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1997 MBNA 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 26 of 30 Saturday, September 20, 1997 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 2:06:26 Average speed: 94.912 mph Pole speed: 147.656 mph Cautions: 7 for 41 laps Margin of victory: .495 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 6 6   Joe Bessey Power Team   (Joe Bessey) Chevrolet 200 30260 running 15 180 2 16 74   Randy LaJoie Fina   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 200 25700 running 99 170 3 15 17   Matt Kenseth Kraft Singles   (Robbie Reiser) Chevrolet 200 15125 running 0 165 4 11 72   Mike Dillon Detroit Gasket   (Ron Parker) Chevrolet 200 12925 running 0 160 5 17 3   Steve Park AC Delco   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 200 12750 running 0 155 6 8 29   Elliott Sadler Phillips 66   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 200 10990 running 1 150 7 39 63   Tracy Leslie Lysol   (Hubert Hensley) Chevrolet 200 8690 running 0 146 8 25 99   Glenn Allen, Jr. Luxaire   (Bill Papke) Chevrolet 200 8240 running 0 142 9 15 5   Terry Labonte Bayer / Alka-Seltzer   (Terry Labonte) Chevrolet 200 6035 running 0 138 10 13 34   Mike McLaughlin Royal Oak Charcoal   (Frank Cicci) Chevrolet 200 11185 running 0 134 11 18 37   Mark Green Timber Wolf   (Clarence Brewer) Chevrolet 200 7635 running 6 130 12 22 77   Ed Berrier Lear Corporation / UAW   (John Walsh) Ford 200 5560 running 0 127 13 20 57   Jason Keller Slim Jim   (Joe Keller) Chevrolet 200 9325 running 0 124 14 5 33   Tim Fedewa Kleenex   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 200 6885 running 0 121 15 30 36   Todd Bodine Stanley   (Scott Welliver) Pontiac 200 7160 running 0 118 16 24 38   Elton Sawyer Barbasol   (Bob Sutton) Ford 200 6785 running 0 115 17 31 35   Lyndon Amick Team Amick   (Bill Amick) Pontiac 200 5260 running 0 112 18 28 43   Dennis Setzer Lance Snacks   (David Ridling) Chevrolet 199 6735 running 0 109 19 32 85   Shane Hall Luck's Foods   (Don Stegall) Chevrolet 198 6710 running 0 106 20 29 96   Stevie Reeves Big A Auto Parts   (Donald Laird) Ford 197 7110 running 0 103 21 38 82   Kevin Grubb Crestar Bank   (Kevin Grubb) Chevrolet 196 5160 running 0 0 22 10 10   Phil Parsons Channellock   (Phil Parsons) Chevrolet 196 6575 running 0 97 23 7 00   Buckshot Jones Aquafresh   (Billy Jones) Pontiac 186 8800 crash 7 94 24 36 89   John Preston Northstar Water   (Meredith Ruark) Ford 182 5025 handling 0 91 25 37 46   Hal Browning Cypress Creek   (Donald Johnson) Chevrolet 169 5200 running 0 88 26 21 1   Hermie Sadler DeWalt Tools   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 160 6475 crash 0 85 27 12 47   Robert Pressley Sunoco / 360 Communication   (Tad Geschickter) Chevrolet 142 7200 handling 0 82 28 2 2   Ricky Craven Raybestos   (Ricky Craven) Chevrolet 127 4925 engine 72 79 29 26 94   Ron Barfield, Jr. New Holland Tractors   (Bill Elliott) Ford 116 5900 engine 0 76 30 9 22   Scott Lagasse Pest Offense   (Allen Bloom) Chevrolet 98 5100 engine 0 73 31 3 44   Bobby Labonte Shell Oil   (Bobby Labonte) Pontiac 84 4850 crash 0 70 32 4 88   Kevin Lepage Northeastern Electric   (David Ridling) Chevrolet 83 8075 crash 0 67 33 34 80   Mark Krogh Clearwater Forest Industries   (Robert Krogh) Chevrolet 82 5800 crash 0 64 34 33 4   Dale Shaw Phoenix Racing   (James Finch) Chevrolet 71 4775 crash 0 61 35 19 45   Jeff Fuller Hunters Specialties   (Mike Laughlin) Chevrolet 70 5720 crash 0 58 36 27 21   Michael Waltrip Band-Aid   (Michael Waltrip) Ford 70 4725 crash 0 55 37 35 95   Tim Zock Blair Menswear   (Ron Zock) Ford 69 4700 crash 0 52 38 1 64   Dick Trickle Dura Lube   (Dennis Shoemaker) Chevrolet 46 5475 engine 0 49 39 41 7   Danny Edwards, Jr. Llumar   (Ed Whitaker) Chevrolet 35 4675 handling 0 46 40 40 56   Jeff Krogh Clearwater Forest Industries   (Robert Krogh) Chevrolet 27 5675 crash 0 43 41 23 48   Randy Porter Unifirst Uniforms   (James Porter) Ford 15 4675 crash 0 40 42 42 41   Joey McCarthy Rent-A-Wreck   (James Pritchard) Chevrolet 2 4875 handling 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Eddie Beahr 39 Fidelity Printing Wayne Beahr Ford Bill Hoff 86 Mawson & Mawson Tim Durbin Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 5 5     6 8 3   #82 spun backstretch   9 16 8     17 21 5   #48 accident frontstretch   22 71 50     72 79 8   #4,45,63,95,21 accident turn 4   80 84 5     85 92 8   #37,80,47,10,44,88 accident turn 4   93 137 45     138 141 4   #46 spun turn 1   142 161 20     162 171 10   #1 accident frontstretch   172 186 15     187 189 3   #00 accident backstretch   190 200 11       Percent of race run under caution: 20.5%             Average green flag run: 19.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ricky Craven 1 72 72   Randy LaJoie 73 138 66   Mark Green 139 144 6   Randy LaJoie 145 149 5   Elliott Sadler 150 150 1   Randy LaJoie 151 178 28   Buckshot Jones 179 185 7   Joe Bessey 186 200 15 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Randy LaJoie 3856     2   Todd Bodine 3625   -231   3   Steve Park 3483   -373   4   Phil Parsons 3168   -688   5   Elliott Sadler 3131   -725   6   Mike McLaughlin 3109   -747   7   Buckshot Jones 3057   -799   8   Elton Sawyer 3022   -834   9   Tim Fedewa 3012   -844   10   Hermie Sadler 2936   -920   11   Kevin Lepage 2884   -972   12   Jason Keller 2863   -993   13   Mark Green 2815   -1041   14   Dick Trickle 2730   -1126   15   Mike Dillon 2600   -1256   16   Tracy Leslie 2537   -1319   17   Glenn Allen, Jr. 2451   -1405   18   Joe Bessey 2376   -1480   19   Stevie Reeves 2300   -1556   20   Jeff Fuller 2187   -1669   21   Dennis Setzer 2135   -1721