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1997 Food City 250

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NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 23 of 30
Friday, August 22, 1997 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
250 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (133.250 miles)

Time of race: 2:02:02
Average speed: 65.515 mph
Pole speed: 121.267 mph

Cautions: 13 for 87 laps
Margin of victory: .139 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	16	20	Jimmy Spencer	Zippo (Allen Cretsinger)	Chevrolet	250	25755	running	154	180
2	14	3	Steve Park	AC Delco (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	250	22730	running	0	170
3	29	47	Robert Pressley	Sunoco / 360 Communication (Tad Geschickter)	Chevrolet	250	12115	running	0	165
4	1	74	Randy LaJoie	Fina (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	250	15840	running	56	160
5	23	75	Rick Wilson	Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson)	Chevrolet	250	7415	running	0	155
6	11	44	Bobby Labonte	Shell Oil (Bobby Labonte)	Pontiac	250	5340	running	0	150
7	17	96	Stevie Reeves	Big A Auto Parts (Donald Laird)	Ford	250	8090	running	0	146
8	30	36	Todd Bodine	Stanley (Scott Welliver)	Pontiac	250	7440	running	0	142
9	10	45	Jeff Fuller	Hunters Specialties (Mike Laughlin)	Chevrolet	250	6890	running	0	138
10	24	88	Kevin Lepage	TBA 10/4/97 (David Ridling)	Chevrolet	250	9540	running	0	134
11	7	78	Nathan Buttke	Carquest Auto Parts (Dan Browder)	Chevrolet	250	4640	running	0	130
12	37	89	Johnny Chapman	Alarm South (Meredith Ruark)	Ford	250	6590	running	0	127
13	13	37	Mark Green	Timber Wolf (Clarence Brewer)	Chevrolet	250	6530	running	0	124
14	33	56	Jeff Krogh	Clearwater Forest Industries (Robert Krogh)	Chevrolet	250	6510	running	0	121
15	5	64	Dick Trickle	Dura Lube (Dennis Shoemaker)	Chevrolet	249	4915	running	0	118
16	9	34	Mike McLaughlin	Royal Oak Charcoal (Frank Cicci)	Chevrolet	249	8730	running	0	115
17	42	6	Joe Bessey	Power Team (Joe Bessey)	Chevrolet	249	8730	running	0	112
18	41	43	Dennis Setzer	Lance Snacks (David Ridling)	Chevrolet	249	5940	running	0	109
19	40	63	Tracy Leslie	Lysol (Hubert Hensley)	Pontiac	248	5930	running	0	106
20	20	17	Matt Kenseth	Kraft Singles (Robbie Reiser)	Chevrolet	248	6340	running	0	103
21	25	77	Brad Teague	Lear Corporation / UAW (John Walsh)	Ford	247	4365	running	0	100
22	2	7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Church Brothers (Ed Whitaker)	Chevrolet	247	4355	running	22	97
23	35	35	Lyndon Amick	Team Amick (Bill Amick)	Pontiac	247	4345	running	0	94
24	28	94	Ron Barfield, Jr.	New Holland Tractors (Bill Elliott)	Ford	247	4835	running	0	91
25	22	48	Randy Porter	Unifirst Uniforms (James Porter)	Ford	247	5025	running	0	88
26	3	00	Buckshot Jones	Aquafresh (Billy Jones)	Pontiac	238	8065	penalty	16	35
27	4	33	Tim Fedewa	Kleenex (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	237	5805	running	2	82
28	15	1	Hermie Sadler	DeWalt Tools (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	211	5795	crash	0	79
29	21	57	Jason Keller	Slim Jim (Joe Keller)	Chevrolet	210	8035	running	0	76
30	31	72	Mike Dillon	Detroit Gasket (Ron Parker)	Chevrolet	185	7750	running	0	73
31	18	5	Terry Labonte	Alka-Seltzer / Bayer (Terry Labonte)	Chevrolet	173	4265	handling	0	70
32	39	10	Phil Parsons	Channellock (Phil Parsons)	Chevrolet	173	5255	running	0	67
33	27	80	Mark Krogh	Clearwater Forest Industries (Robert Krogh)	Chevrolet	167	5245	running	0	64
34	8	38	Elton Sawyer	Barbasol (Bob Sutton)	Ford	153	5235	crash	0	61
35	36	16	Mark Day	31-W Insulation (Wayne Day)	Pontiac	147	4225	engine	0	58
36	26	50	Chris Diamond	J & L Motors (Bobby Jones)	Pontiac	145	4215	crash	0	55
37	38	99	Glenn Allen, Jr.	Luxaire (Bill Papke)	Chevrolet	83	5205	handling	0	52
38	6	85	Shane Hall	Luck's Foods (Don Stegall)	Chevrolet	81	5170	crash	0	49
39	19	32	Dale Jarrett	White Rain (Dale Jarrett)	Ford	56	4170	radiator	0	46
40	12	21	Michael Waltrip	Band-Aid (Michael Waltrip)	Ford	50	4170	rotor	0	43
41	32	29	Elliott Sadler	Phillips 66 (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	43	7420	overheating	0	40
42	34	4	Dale Shaw	Piggly Wiggly (James Finch)	Chevrolet	12	4370	crash	0	37

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Chris Diamond	50	driver change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Chris Diamond	68	J & L Motors	Jerry Francis	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	13	13
	14	23	10	#4,80,72 accident frontstretch
	24	32	9
	33	46	14	#99 accident turn 2
	47	49	3
	50	53	4	#56,85,48,36,57 accident turn 2
	54	69	16
	70	75	6	#7,50 accident turn 2
	76	82	7
	83	89	7	#7,85 accident turn 4
	90	130	41
	131	135	5	#88 spun backstretch
	136	154	19
	155	163	9	#50,38 accident turn 1
	164	182	19
	183	187	5	#1,34 spun backstretch
	188	192	5
	193	199	7	#56 spun turn 2
	200	213	14
	214	217	4	#1 accident turn 2
	218	220	3
	221	225	5	#35,33 spun turn 3
	226	230	5
	231	236	6	#64 spun turn 2
	237	239	3
	240	244	5	#00 accident turn 1
	245	250	6
Percent of race run under caution: 34.8% Average green flag run: 11.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Randy LaJoie	1	46	46
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	47	68	22
Tim Fedewa	69	70	2
Jimmy Spencer	71	131	61
Randy LaJoie	132	141	10
Buckshot Jones	142	157	16
Jimmy Spencer	158	250	93

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Randy LaJoie	3407
2	Todd Bodine	3277	-130
3	Steve Park	2993	-414
4	Phil Parsons	2865	-542
5	Elliott Sadler	2743	-664
6	Buckshot Jones	2741	-666
7	Mike McLaughlin	2738	-669
8	Elton Sawyer	2713	-694
9	Tim Fedewa	2635	-772
10	Kevin Lepage	2620	-787
11	Jason Keller	2593	-814
12	Hermie Sadler	2571	-836
13	Mark Green	2482	-925
14	Dick Trickle	2356	-1051
15	Mike Dillon	2279	-1128
16	Tracy Leslie	2230	-1177
17	Glenn Allen, Jr.	2088	-1319
18	Joe Bessey	2065	-1342
19	Stevie Reeves	2051	-1356
20	Jeff Fuller	2028	-1379
21	Jeff Green	1898	-1509