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1997 Auto Value / United National Bank 200 Previous race results / Next race results                         Post ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series race number 12 of 22 Saturday, July 12, 1997 at West Virginia Motor Speedway, Mineral Wells, WV 200 laps on a 0.625 mile dirt track (125.000 miles) Time of race: 1:40:33 Average speed: 74.589 mph Pole speed: 85.363 mph Cautions: 6 for 25 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 46   Frank Kimmel Advance Auto Parts   (Dan Falldorf) Chevrolet 200 7500 running 72 2 6 26   Blaise Alexander Lisa Express / Sunoco Lubricants   (Blaise Alexander) Chevrolet 199   running 0 3 2 16   Tim Steele HS Die / CIMLINC   (Harold Steele) Ford 199   running 104 4 10 53   Steve Kosiski Kosiski Auto Parts   (Joe Kosiski) Chevrolet 199   running 0 5 19 85   Bobby Gerhart Gerhart Truck World   (Billy Gerhart) Chevrolet 199   running 24 6 17 21   Bob Strait Zinsser Paints / Petron Plus   (Jack Bowsher) Ford 199   running 0 7 24 59   Mark Gibson Cunningham Historic Motorcars   (Mark Gibson) Ford 198   running 0 8 7 23   Butch Garner Garner Auto Body   (Butch Garner) Chevrolet 198   running 0 9 8 66   Mark Thompson Midway Island / Phoenix Air   (Mike Brandt) Ford 197   running 0 10 27 12   Roger Blackstock Mopar Performance / Kraken Bar   (Roger Blackstock) Dodge 196   running 0 11 26 76   Mike Lorz Adhesive Systems   (Mike Lorz) Pontiac 195   running 0 12 18 36   Jerry Huffman Jerry & Maxine Ellet   (Catherine Huffman) Ford 195   running 0 13 16 84   Norm Benning Benning Racing   (Norm Benning) Chevrolet 194   running 0 14 21 18   Josh Baltes Baltes Commercial Realty   (Terry Baltes) Chevrolet 194   running 0 15 28 4   David Ray Boggs Boggs Racing   (David Ray Boggs) Oldsmobile 193   running 0 16 5 42   Dan Pardus Midwest Transit   (Jim Gardner) Chevrolet 192   running 0 17 14 48   Mike Buckley Enterprise Technical Services   (Mike Buckley) Pontiac 191   running 0 18 22 10   Curt Piercy Zip Strip Media Blasting   (Ron Turpin) Oldsmobile 190   running 0 19 12 6   Steve Stevenson Keith Whitehead Racing   (Keith Whitehead) Chevrolet 187   running 0 20 4 99   Jeff Finley RaDiUs Motorsports   (Ray DeWitt) Ford 186   crash 0 21 9 70   Tony DePaulo Premier Paint Tech / Van Door Corp Chevrolet 186   running 0 22 20 51   Joe Cooksey Brandon Industrial / Turbo Blue   (Joe Cooksey) Chevrolet 126   overheating 0 23 25 22   Billy Thomas J.W. Miller Land & Timber   (Billy Thomas) Pontiac 107   handling 0 24 11 9   Eric Smith Southtown Motorsports   (Cleve Smith) Ford 95   crash 0 25 23 45   Randy Huffman Cathy Huffman Racing   (Catherine Huffman) Ford 63   axle 0 26 15 20   Todd Coon Mid City Truck Repair   (Dick Coon) Chevrolet 40   crash 0 27 13 55   Don LaDuke Tec 3 Prototypes   (Don LaDuke) Oldsmobile 36   water pump 0 28 1 05   Wes Russell Russell Racing   (Billy Gerhart) Chevrolet 32   oil pump 0 29 30 02   Dick Tracey Tracey Racing   (Dick Tracey) Chevrolet 2   overheating 0 30 29 3   Jimmy Smith Viron International Pontiac 0   did not start 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tim Steele 1 104 104   Bobby Gerhart 105 128 24   Frank Kimmel 129 200 72