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1997 Carquest Auto Parts 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston West Series race number 5 of 14 Sunday, May 25, 1997 at Mesa Marin Raceway, Bakersfield, CA 200 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:25:42 Average speed: 70.012 mph Pole speed: 94.578 mph Cautions: 7 for 33 laps Margin of victory: .51 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Winston West Series results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 38   Butch Gilliland Stroppe Motorsports / Pro Insulation   (Bill Stroppe) Ford 200 13050 running 34 180 13 2 75   Kevin Harvick Spears Motorsports   (Wayne Spears) Chevrolet 163 1300 engine 0 124 2 3 07   Sean Woodside Cinema Vehicle Services / Unocal   (Raymond Claridge) Pontiac 200 8250 running 141 180 3 4 45   Gary Smith Tootsietoy / Rabanco   (John Strauser) Chevrolet 199 4525 running 13 170 5 5 9   Bill Sedgwick ADL / Direct Blinds / Blachley Racing   (Gerry Blachley) Chevrolet 198 2825 running 0 155 6 7 37   Larry Gunselman Race Stuff / Olson Technology   (Tamara Turner) Ford 198 1925 running 12 155 7 8 25   Kevin Culver Action Auto Glass / AC Nutter   (Nancy Culver) Chevrolet 198 1825 running 0 146 18 8 12   Dan Obrist Doernbecker Childrens Hospital   (Dan Obrist) Chevrolet 118 775 engine 0 109 19 9 89   Wayne Jacks Las Vegas Motor Speedway   (Wayne Jacks) Pontiac 110 750 camshaft 0 108 14 10 7   L.J. Pryor GTI / Gordon Trucking Ford 148 1100 engine 0 121 9 11 21   John Kinder PowerBase Motorsports   (Jim Kinder / Nick Carone) Pontiac 196 1600 running 0 138 4 12 00   Scott Gaylord Oliver Gravity Separators   (Geoff Burney) Chevrolet 198 2225 running 0 160 17 13 15   Rick Scribner Scribner Engineering   (Rick Scribner) Chevrolet 124 850 engine 0 112 8 14 8   Lew Miller Pro Insulation / Stroppe Motorsports   (Bill Stroppe) Ford 197 1700 running 0 142 12 15 29   Kazuteru Wakida West Coast Fabrication / Imuraya   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 185 1300 running 0 127 11 16 17   George Nordling Shilo Inns Chevrolet 185 1400 running 0 130 16 17 14   John Wood Joyce Sasse-Wood Chevrolet 126 950 rear end 0 115 20 18 6   Pappy Pryor Panhandle Racing Chevrolet 57 725 overheating 0 103 15 19 22   St. James Davis Stick Only / Hoffman   (LaDonna Davis) Buick 130 1100 running 0 118 10 20 16   Bill McAnally NAPA / Martin Senour   (Bill McAnally) Chevrolet 192 1600 running 0 134 21 21 78   Chuck Pruett California Culinary Academy   (James Offenbach) Pontiac 0 700 engine 0 100 22 22 43   Kenny Smith Quick Pick Motorsports   (Kenny Smith) Chevrolet 0   did not start 0 97

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 5 3     6 30 25     31 34 4     35 48 14     49 59 11     60 86 27     87 91 5     92 101 10     102 105 4     106 181 76     182 184 3     185 194 10     195 197 3     198 200 3       Percent of race run under caution: 16.5%             Average green flag run: 20.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Butch Gilliland 1 17 17   Sean Woodside 18 101 84   Larry Gunselman 102 113 12   Gary Smith 114 126 13   Sean Woodside 127 183 57   Butch Gilliland 184 200 17 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Butch Gilliland 833     2   Sean Woodside 811   -22   3   Larry Gunselman 755   -78   4   Gary Smith 671   -162   5   Kevin Culver 626   -207   6   Scott Gaylord 563   -270   7   Wayne Jacks 556   -277   8   Dan Obrist 553   -280   9   Lew Miller 541   -292   10   Bill McAnally 522   -311   11   Chuck Pruett 507   -326   12   Kenny Smith 496   -337   13   St. James Davis 433   -400   14   John Kinder 404   -429   15   Bill Sedgwick 381   -452   16   Gary Collins 319   -514   17   George Nordling 248   -585   18   Tim McCauley 197   -636   19   Billy Kann 138   -695   20   Craig Rayburn 134   -699   21   Ron Burns 127   -706