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1997 Galaxy Foods 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 7 of 30 Saturday, March 29, 1997 at Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, NC 300 laps on a 0.363 mile paved track (108.900 miles) Time of race: 1:50:40 Average speed: 59.042 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 14 for 80 laps Margin of victory: .770 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 8 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 64   Dick Trickle Dura Lube   (Dennis Shoemaker) Chevrolet 300 21130 running 25 180 2 3 74   Randy LaJoie Fina   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 300 23505 running 255 170 3 9 33   Tim Fedewa Kleenex / Galaxy Foods   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 300 11230 running 0 165 4 4 8   Jeff Green Diamond Ridge   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 300 10705 running 2 160 5 1 36   Todd Bodine Stanley   (Scott Welliver) Pontiac 300 8555 running 18 155 6 7 38   Elton Sawyer Barbasol   (Bob Sutton) Ford 300 6145 running 0 150 7 24 57   Jason Keller Slim Jim   (Joe Keller) Chevrolet 300 8195 running 0 146 8 11 29   Elliott Sadler Diamond Ridge   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 300 5795 running 0 142 9 8 37   Mark Green Timber Wolf   (Clarence Brewer) Chevrolet 300 5645 running 0 138 10 20 34   Mike McLaughlin Royal Oak Charcoal   (Frank Cicci) Chevrolet 300 8945 running 0 134 11 10 1   Hermie Sadler DeWalt Tools   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 300 5520 running 0 130 12 16 47   Jeff Fuller Sunoco   (Tad Geschickter) Chevrolet 300 7745 running 0 127 13 13 3   Steve Park AC Delco   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 300 6070 running 0 124 14 6 00   Buckshot Jones Aquafresh   (Billy Jones) Pontiac 300 7695 running 0 121 15 12 45   Greg Sacks Hunters Specialties   (Mike Laughlin) Chevrolet 300 5820 running 0 118 16 14 72   Mike Dillon Detroit Gasket   (Ron Parker) Chevrolet 299 7570 running 0 115 17 22 96   Stevie Reeves Big A Auto Parts   (Donald Laird) Ford 299 5295 running 0 112 18 15 43   Dennis Setzer Lance Snacks   (David Ridling) Chevrolet 298 4270 running 0 109 19 2 10   Phil Parsons Channellock   (Phil Parsons) Chevrolet 298 4245 running 0 106 20 19 88   Kevin Lepage Hype   (David Ridling) Chevrolet 297 7870 running 0 103 21 28 32   Jason Jarrett Hudson Technologies   (Dale Jarrett) Ford 296 3045 running 0 100 22 26 6   Joe Bessey Power Team   (Joe Bessey) Chevrolet 295 5020 running 0 97 23 30 85   Shane Hall Luck's / Bama Foods   (Don Stegall) Chevrolet 293 4995 running 0 94 24 18 99   Glenn Allen, Jr. Luxaire   (Bill Papke) Chevrolet 291 3945 running 0 91 25 23 4   Tim Steele HS Die / CLIMINC   (James Finch) Chevrolet 279 5395 overheating 0 88 26 17 63   Tracy Leslie Lysol   (Hubert Hensley) Pontiac 275 3945 running 0 85 27 31 48   Randy Porter Unifirst Uniforms   (James Porter) Ford 270 2945 engine 0 82 28 25 89   Johnny Chapman Sherwin-Williams   (Meredith Ruark) Ford 226 3945 overheating 0 79 29 21 40   Jerry Robertson Taylor Motorsports   (Doug Taylor) Ford 157 2945 overheating 0 76 30 27 17   Tim Bender Kraft Singles   (Robbie Reiser) Chevrolet 76 3945 crash 0 73 31 29 61   Mike Olsen Little Trees   (Mike Olsen) Chevrolet 62 3145 overheating 0 70

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Stanton Barrett Johnny Rumley 27 Carolyn Laugeni Ford Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 31 Gargoyles Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Jeff Krogh 56 Clearwater Forest Industries Robert Krogh Chevrolet Chris Diamond 68 J & L Motors Jerry Francis Chevrolet Jeff McClure 77 Lear Corporation John Walsh Ford Rodney Combs 78 Mark III Financial Dan Browder Chevrolet Mark Krogh 80 Clearwater Forest Industries Robert Krogh Chevrolet Kevin Grubb 82 Virginia Is For Lovers Kevin Grubb Chevrolet Wayne Grubb 83 Link-Belt Construction William Grubb Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 27 27     28 37 10   #61,89,45 accident turn 2   38 50 13     51 55 5   #89 spun turn 4   56 63 8     64 68 5   #6 spun turn 3   69 78 10     79 88 10   #10,17,89 accident turn 2   89 95 7     96 98 3   #4,63 spun turn 4   99 99 1     100 101 2   break #1   102 118 17     119 124 6   #8,1 spun turn 4   125 134 10     135 139 5   #4 spun turn 4   140 147 8     148 152 5   #32 accident turn 4   153 165 13     166 171 6   #88,72,85,99 accident turn 1   172 199 28     200 201 2   break #2   202 216 15     217 220 4   #00 spun turn 2   221 225 5     226 229 4   #85 accident turn 2   230 232 3     233 245 13   #63 accident turn 2   246 300 55       Percent of race run under caution: 26.7%             Average green flag run: 14.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Todd Bodine 1 18 18   Randy LaJoie 19 105 87   Jeff Green 106 106 1   Randy LaJoie 107 116 10   Jeff Green 117 117 1   Randy LaJoie 118 199 82   Dick Trickle 200 202 3   Randy LaJoie 203 278 76   Dick Trickle 279 300 22 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Todd Bodine 1066     2   Randy LaJoie 1028   -38   3   Phil Parsons 1003   -63   4   Jeff Green 964   -102   5   Dick Trickle 927   -139   6   Elton Sawyer 874   -192   7   Tim Fedewa 854   -212   8   Buckshot Jones 852   -214   9   Mark Green 846   -220   10   Elliott Sadler 787   -279   11   Hermie Sadler 784   -282   12   Mark Martin 758   -308   13   Steve Park 742   -324   14   Greg Sacks 721   -345   15   Mike Dillon 716   -350   16   Jeff Fuller 710   -356   17   Mike McLaughlin 689   -377   18   Kevin Lepage 670   -396   19   Jason Keller 666   -400   20   Glenn Allen, Jr. 662   -404   21   Tracy Leslie 661   -405