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1997 Auto Club 200

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NASCAR Winston West Series race number 7 of 14
Saturday, June 21, 1997 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA
100 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:48:47
Average speed: 110.311 mph
Pole speed: 179.52 mph

Cautions: 7 for 33 laps
Margin of victory: .589 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1997 NASCAR Winston West Series results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	3	Ken Schrader	Skoal (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	100	14600	running	70	185
2	25	91	Mike Wallace	Spam (Joe Falk / Ron Neal)	Chevrolet	100	9840	running	6	175
3	1	96	David Green	Caterpillar (Buz McCall)	Chevrolet	100	8300	running	13	170
4	6	38	Butch Gilliland	Auto Club of So. California / Pro Insulation (Bill Stroppe)	Ford	100	8171	running	3	165
5	2	45	Gary Smith	Xtreme J / Rabanco (John Strauser)	Chevrolet	100	7771	running	8	160
6	9	2	Ron Esau	Advantage Memory / GMR / Ampro (Dave Reed)	Chevrolet	100	5000	running	0	150
7	8	21	John Kinder	PowerBase Motorsports (Jim Kinder / Nick Carone)	Chevrolet	100	5071	running	0	146
8	12	9	Craig Rayburn	ADL / Satellite TV (Gerry Blachley)	Chevrolet	99	4821	running	0	142
9	10	00	Scott Gaylord	Oliver Gravity Separators (Geoff Burney)	Chevrolet	99	4571	running	0	138
10	13	12	Dan Obrist	Dan Obrist Recycling (Dan Obrist)	Chevrolet	97	4696	running	0	134
11	18	16	Bill McAnally	NAPA / Martin Senour / Madcap (Bill McAnally)	Chevrolet	97	4371	running	0	130
12	15	25	Kevin Culver	Moog Chassis Parts / Wagner Brakes (Nancy Culver)	Chevrolet	95	4271	running	0	127
13	16	19	Billy Kann	Interstate Batteries (Billy Kann)	Chevrolet	94	3871	running	0	124
14	17	78	Ron Peterson	Golden Gate Meats	Chevrolet	86	2700	crash	0	121
15	14	7	L.J. Pryor	Lucas Oil Products / Gordon Trucking	Ford	77	2750	crash	0	118
16	20	22	St. James Davis	Lucas Oil / JE (LaDonna Davis)	Pontiac	71	3571	running	0	115
17	23	81	Jeff Davis	Ultra Shield / Jasper / Prolong (Jeff Davis)	Ford	65	2400	crash	0	112
18	7	86	Rich Woodland, Jr.	Charles Dunn Company (Richard Woodland)	Chevrolet	64	2300	suspension	0	109
19	4	37	Larry Gunselman	Race Stuff / Olson Technology (Tamara Turner)	Ford	61	3271	engine	0	106
20	5	07	Sean Woodside	Cinema Vehicle Services / Unocal / Kragen (Raymond Claridge)	Pontiac	34	3171	engine	0	103
21	21	95	Lance Wade	J.R. Edgett / Tribune Timber / Bud's Poultry (Dan Wade)	Ford	18	2071	engine	0	100
22	24	33	Darrel Krentz	Nevada Auto Test Center (Robert Wood)	Ford	10	1900	crash	0	97
23	19	88	David Gilliland	Stroppe Motorsports / Stroppe Testing (Bill Stroppe)	Ford	7	1800	ignition	0	94
24	22	8	Bruce Bechtel	Pro Insulation / Stroppe Motorsports (Bill Stroppe)	Ford	4	1800	transmission	0	91
25	11	43	Kenny Smith	Milton Engines / Bob's AB&D Auto (Kenny Smith)	Chevrolet	1	2821	crash	0	88
26	26	65	Sammy Potashnick	PTI Transportation (Sammy Potashnick)	Chevrolet	0		did not start	0	85

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	8	6	#43 accident turn 2
	9	11	3
	12	16	5	#33 accident turn 2
	17	21	5
	22	24	3	#37,07 accident turn 2
	25	38	14
	39	42	4	fluid on track
	43	68	26
	69	73	5	#81 accident turn 3
	74	81	8
	82	86	5	#7 accident turn 4
	87	88	2
	89	93	5	#78 accident turn 2
	94	100	7
Percent of race run under caution: 33.0% Average green flag run: 8.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Gary Smith	1	8	8
Ken Schrader	9	11	3
David Green	12	24	13
Ken Schrader	25	39	15
Butch Gilliland	40	42	3
Ken Schrader	43	81	39
Mike Wallace	82	87	6
Ken Schrader	88	100	13

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Butch Gilliland	1178
2	Sean Woodside	1079	-99
3	Gary Smith	1011	-167
4	Larry Gunselman	970	-208
5	Kevin Culver	865	-313
6	Scott Gaylord	847	-331
7	Dan Obrist	811	-367
8	Bill McAnally	773	-405
9	John Kinder	705	-473
10	Kenny Smith	690	-488
11	Wayne Jacks	647	-531
12	St. James Davis	642	-536
13	Lew Miller	541	-637
14	Chuck Pruett	507	-671
15	Craig Rayburn	441	-737
16	Billy Kann	404	-774
17	Bill Sedgwick	381	-797
18	Lance Wade	340	-838
19	Gary Collins	319	-859
20	David Gilliland	291	-887
21	Ron Esau	274	-904