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1997 NASCAR Thunder Special Suzuka     Post Exhibition or unclassified race Sunday, November 23, 1997 at Suzuka Circuitland, Suzuka City, Japan 125 laps on a 1.394 kilometer road course (174.250 kilometers) Time of race: 2:20:22 Average speed: 74.537 kph Pole time: 80.608 seconds Cautions: 5 for 18 laps Margin of victory: 3.742 sec Attendance: 35000 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    Other Exhibition / Unclassified Races

Pos St # Driver Team Sponsor Car Laps Status Led 1 4 31   Mike Skinner Richard Childress Lowe's / Snap-On CV 125 running 26 2 1 6   Mark Martin Jack Roush Valvoline / Kosei FR 125 running 51 3 11 74   Randy LaJoie Bill Baumgardner Staff America CV 125 running 0 4 12 96   David Green Buz McCall Caterpillar CV 125 running 9 5 15 21   Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Citgo FR 125 running 0 6 2 09   Jim Richards Dick Midgley Pyroil PT 125 running 0 7 23 72   Kenny Wallace Bill Baumgardner EA Sports CV 125 running 0 8 5 5   Jack Sprague Rick Hendrick Rain-X CV 125 running 0 9 19 38   Butch Gilliland Bill Stroppe Stroppe Motorsports FR 125 running 0 10 6 7   Geoffrey Bodine Geoffrey Bodine Get Well Bill FR 124 running 0 11 7 01   Keiichi Tsuchiya Team DD Hot Version FR 123 running 0 12 14 67   Scott Gaylord Scott Gaylord SMS Motorsports FR 123 running 0 13 9 45   Ron Hornaday, Jr. Felix Sabates Xtreme-J CV 123 running 0 14 16 4   Bobby Hamilton Larry McClure Kodak Gold Film CV 123 running 0 15 28 37   Larry Gunselman Tamara Turner Lucas Oil FR 122 running 0 16 25 07   Sean Woodside Dick Midgley Cinema Vehicles PT 121 running 0 17 30 08   John Kinder Dick Midgley PowerBase Motorsports CV 120 running 0 18 17 28   Kenny Irwin, Jr. Robert Yates Caltex / Texaco / Havoline FR 116 running 0 19 26 24   Ricky Craven Rick Hendrick DuPont Refinishes CV 114 running 35 20 21 1   Lance Hooper Richard Jackson R+L Carriers PT 108 running 1 21 24 23   Hideo Fukuyama Travis Carter Million Card FR 103 ignition 0 22 22 61   Rick Carelli Marshall Chesrown RE/MAX International CV 79 engine 0 23 10 02   Akihiko Nakaya Jim Smith Mooneyes FR 76 running 0 24 8 46   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Felix Sabates Universal Studios CV 65 crash 3 25 29 29   Kazuteru Wakida Gary Bechtel Gunblaster CV 65 engine 0 26 27 14   Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Ultra Shield Products FR 62 running 0 27 13 3   Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress AC Delco CV 29 overheating 0 28 20 98   Kevin Culver Jeff Davis Wholesale Truck Parts CV 8 engine 0 29 3 2   Rusty Wallace Roger Penske Miller Special FR 8 engine 0 30 18 9   Bill Sedgwick Bill Sedgwick ADL CV 5 oil leak 0

Fastest Lap: Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mark Martin 1 45 45   Mike Skinner 46 48 3   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 49 51 3   Lance Hooper 52 52 1   David Green 53 61 9   Mark Martin 62 67 6   Ricky Craven 68 102 35   Mike Skinner 103 125 23