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1997 Craftsman 200
Held on May 3, 1997 at Portland Speedway in Portland, OR (Paved configuration)
200 L, 100 M, 160.934 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	17	Rich Bickle	Sears DieHard, Sears Auto Center	Chevy	200	138	running	180
2	2	16	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	NAPA Brakes	Chevy	200	62	running	170
3	4	20	Butch Miller	Orleans Hotel & Casino	Chevy	200	0	running	165
4	17	24	Jack Sprague	Quaker State	Chevy	200	0	running	160
5	9	29	Bob Keselowski	Mopar Performance	Dodge	200	0	running	155
6	20	2	Mike Bliss	Team ASE Racing, Ultra Wheels, Wagner Brakes	Ford	200	0	running	150
7	8	19	Tony Raines	Pennzoil	Dodge	200	0	running	146
8	11	14	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Motel & RV Park	Ford	200	0	running	142
9	18	52	Tobey Butler	Purolator PureOne Filters	Chevy	200	0	running	138
10	25	3	Jay Sauter	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevy	200	0	running	134
11	5	43	Jimmy Hensley	Cummins Engines, Touch 1, Mopar, Viper Auto Security	Dodge	200	0	running	130
12	13	86	Stacy Compton	Valvoline Instant Oil Change	Ford	200	0	running	127
13	30	80	Joe Ruttman	LCI Telecommunications, 1-888-TEAM-LCI	Ford	199	0	running	124
14	3	7	Tammy Jo Kirk	Lovable, Tanya Tucker's Salsa	Ford	199	0	running	121
15	29	98	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	Raybestos, Ford Credit	Ford	199	0	running	118
16	24	87	Jim Bown	Wholesale Truck Parts	Chevy	199	0	running	115
17	19	35	Dave Rezendes	Ortho Lawn & Garden, Hardy Auto Dealerships	Chevy	198	0	running	112
18	12	75	Dan Press	Spears Manufacturing	Chevy	198	0	running	109
19	21	12	Doug George	Red Line Oil	Chevy	198	0	running	106
20	16	90	Lance Norick	NHL, NHL on Fox	Ford	197	0	running	103
21	6	66	Bryan Reffner	Phelon, Carlin Burners & Controls	Ford	196	0	running	100
22	27	01	Dave Goulet	Highwallers Racing	Chevy	195	0	running	97
23	28	31	Tony Roper	Concor Tool & Machine	Ford	195	0	running	94
24	26	4	Bill Sedgwick	Soff-Cut International	Chevy	194	0	running	91
25	31	27	Rob Rizzo	RGR Racing	Ford	193	0	running	88
26	10	44	Boris Said	Federated Auto Parts, 1-800-COLLECT	Ford	182	0	running	85
27	7	99	Chuck Bown	Exide Batteries	Ford	176	0	running	82
28	23	6	Rick Carelli	REMAX	Chevy	169	0	running	79
29	22	18	Michael Dokken	Dana Corporation	Dodge	160	0	running	76
30	32	65	Kenny Allen	AAG Racing	Chevy	155	0	accident	73
31	14	77	Lonnie Rush, Jr.	A & G Coal	Chevy	105	0	accident	70
32	15	02	Rick McCray	McCray Racing	Chevy	29	0	engine	67
DID NOT QUALIFY
		10	Toby Porter	Mag-Lite	Ford			DNQ
		23	T.J. Clark					DNQ
		25	Andy Genzman					DNQ
		56	Brandon Butler					DNQ
		57	Brian Cunningham					DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:27:06
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Rich Bickle - 20.227 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 0.675 seconds
Average Speed: 68.886 mph
Cautions: 9 for 38 laps - Laps 31-33 (#02 spun turn 3); Laps 57-61 (#6,27,35 accident turn 3); Laps 65-67 (#44 spun turn 4); Lap 101 (halfway break); Laps 107-113 (#77 accident turn 3); Laps 133-135 (#31 stalled turn 2); Laps 138-140 (#66,75 accident turn 1); Laps 159-164 (#65,66 accident turn 3); Laps 177-181 (#7,80 accident backstretch)
Lead Changes: 4 among 2 drivers - Ron Hornaday Jr. (1-43); Rich Bickle (44-165); Ron Hornaday Jr. (166-184); Rich Bickle (185-200)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered