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1997 Las Vegas 300

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NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 5 of 30
Sunday, March 16, 1997 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:37:41
Average speed: 114.153 mph
Pole speed: 159.311 mph

Cautions: 8 for 47 laps
Margin of victory: 2.8 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 25

Glossary 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	8	Jeff Green	Diamond Ridge (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	200	89250	running	71	180
2	23	64	Dick Trickle	Dura Lube (Dennis Shoemaker)	Chevrolet	200	48875	running	15	170
3	9	36	Todd Bodine	Stanley (Scott Welliver)	Pontiac	200	41375	running	20	165
4	35	21	Michael Waltrip	Band-Aid (Michael Waltrip)	Ford	200	24600	running	4	160
5	12	4	Tim Steele	Phoenix Racing (James Finch)	Chevrolet	200	24275	running	24	155
6	27	45	Greg Sacks	Hunters Specialties (Mike Laughlin)	Chevrolet	200	19000	running	2	150
7	17	10	Phil Parsons	Channellock (Phil Parsons)	Chevrolet	200	23000	running	6	146
8	28	3	Steve Park	AC Delco (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	200	21600	running	4	142
9	10	99	Glenn Allen, Jr.	Luxaire (Bill Papke)	Chevrolet	200	19000	running	0	138
10	15	72	Mike Dillon	Detroit Gasket (Ron Parker)	Chevrolet	200	21850	running	1	134
11	31	32	Dale Jarrett	White Rain (Dale Jarrett)	Ford	200	15000	running	0	130
12	25	44	Bobby Labonte	Shell Oil (Bobby Labonte)	Pontiac	200	14500	running	0	127
13	20	88	Kevin Lepage	Hype (David Ridling)	Chevrolet	200	19250	running	0	124
14	24	85	Shane Hall	Luck's Foods (Don Stegall)	Chevrolet	200	14500	running	0	121
15	8	33	Tim Fedewa	Kleenex (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	200	16725	running	0	118
16	37	96	Stevie Reeves	Big A Auto Parts (Donald Laird)	Chevrolet	199	16000	running	1	115
17	18	43	Rodney Combs	Lance Snacks (David Ridling)	Chevrolet	199	16000	running	0	112
18	21	63	Tracy Leslie	Lysol (Hubert Hensley)	Pontiac	199	14900	running	0	109
19	36	48	Randy Porter	Unifirst Uniforms (James Porter)	Ford	199	12800	running	0	106
20	39	89	Johnny Chapman	Sherwin-Williams (Meredith Ruark)	Ford	199	15025	running	0	103
21	4	1	Hermie Sadler	DeWalt Tools (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	199	14600	running	0	100
22	19	40	Jerry Robertson	MHCO USA (Doug Taylor)	Ford	197	12500	running	3	97
23	40	77	Jeff McClure	Lear Corporation (John Walsh)	Ford	197	12400	running	0	94
24	14	34	Mike McLaughlin	Royal Oak Charcoal (Frank Cicci)	Chevrolet	194	16550	running	0	91
25	7	37	Mark Green	Timber Wolf (Clarence Brewer)	Chevrolet	188	14400	running	0	88
26	42	79	Brad Payne	Perry Racing (Bryan Perry)	Ford	185	12100	running	0	85
27	34	20	Jimmy Spencer	Zippo (Allen Cretsinger)	Chevrolet	170	12000	running	0	82
28	22	5	Terry Labonte	Alka-Seltzer / Bayer (Terry Labonte)	Chevrolet	164	11900	running	0	79
29	32	74	Randy LaJoie	Fina (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	161	17050	running	0	76
30	2	29	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	140	13925	crash	0	73
31	6	38	Elton Sawyer	Barbasol (Bob Sutton)	Ford	125	13600	handling	0	70
32	13	57	Jason Keller	Slim Jim (Joe Keller)	Chevrolet	122	15750	crash	0	67
33	3	87	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth Mobility (Joe Nemechek)	Chevrolet	122	11400	crash	49	64
34	38	17	Tim Bender	Kraft Singles (Robbie Reiser)	Chevrolet	122	13300	crash	0	61
35	30	7	Mike Wallace	Clabber Girl (Ed Whitaker)	Chevrolet	121	11200	crash	0	58
36	16	47	Jeff Fuller	Sunoco (Tad Geschickter)	Chevrolet	97	14375	engine	0	55
37	26	6	Joe Bessey	Power Team (Joe Bessey)	Chevrolet	84	12075	engine	0	52
38	11	94	Ron Barfield, Jr.	New Holland (Bill Elliott)	Ford	58	12000	crash	0	49
39	5	00	Buckshot Jones	Aquafresh (Billy Jones)	Pontiac	57	14450	crash	0	46
40	33	11	Jimmy Foster	Outdoor Life / Speedvision (Curtis Key)	Ford	35	11000	crash	0	43
41	29	0	Doug Taylor	MHCO USA (Doug Taylor)	Ford	30	11000	brakes	0	0
42	41	2	Ed Spencer III	Zippo (Allen Cretsinger)	Chevrolet	2	11000	transmission	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Joe Bean	03	C&R Transfer	Joe Bean	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	18	18
	19	23	5	#40 spun turn 2
	24	37	14
	38	41	4	#11 accident turn 4
	42	58	17
	59	66	8	#94,00 accident turn 4
	67	71	5
	72	74	3	#38 spun turn 2
	75	85	11
	86	92	7	#6 oil on track
	93	111	19
	112	115	4	debris
	116	123	8
	124	130	7	#7,57,87,17,40 accident turn 4
	131	139	9
	140	148	9	#29,40 accident turn 2
	149	200	52
Percent of race run under caution: 23.5% Average green flag run: 17.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Nemechek	1	38	38
Jerry Robertson	39	41	3
Greg Sacks	42	43	2
Joe Nemechek	44	54	11
Jeff Green	55	74	20
Todd Bodine	75	77	3
Jeff Green	78	86	9
Todd Bodine	87	87	1
Jeff Green	88	112	25
Phil Parsons	113	118	6
Todd Bodine	119	123	5
Michael Waltrip	124	127	4
Steve Park	128	131	4
Tim Steele	132	133	2
Mike Dillon	134	134	1
Tim Steele	135	138	4
Todd Bodine	139	139	1
Tim Steele	140	143	4
Stevie Reeves	144	144	1
Tim Steele	145	155	11
Jeff Green	156	157	2
Tim Steele	158	160	3
Todd Bodine	161	170	10
Dick Trickle	171	185	15
Jeff Green	186	200	15

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Todd Bodine	777
2	Phil Parsons	742	-35
3	Randy LaJoie	678	-99
4	Jeff Green	662	-115
5	Elton Sawyer	612	-165
6	Mark Green	602	-175
7	Mark Martin	598	-179
8	Dick Trickle	582	-195
9	Buckshot Jones	581	-196
10	Elliott Sadler	569	-208
11	Tim Fedewa	568	-209
12	Steve Park	557	-220
13	Hermie Sadler	524	-253
14	Mike Dillon	519	-258
15	Rodney Combs	494	-283
16	Mike McLaughlin	491	-286
17	Greg Sacks	488	-289
18	Glenn Allen, Jr.	474	-303
19	Stevie Reeves	473	-304
20	Kevin Lepage	467	-310
21	Bobby Labonte	466	-311