1997 Food City 250

Race #23 of 30 in the 1997 NASCAR Busch Series Season

1997 Food City 250
*Held on August 22, 1997 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN*
250 L, 133.25 M, 214.5 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	16	20	Jimmy Spencer	Zippo	Chevy	250	154	running	180
2	14	3	Steve Park	ACDelco	Chevy	250	0	running	170
3	29	47	Robert Pressley	Sunoco, 360 Communication	Chevy	250	0	running	165
4	1	74	Randy LaJoie	Fina	Chevy	250	56	running	160
5	23	75	Rick Wilson	Food Country USA	Chevy	250	0	running	155
6	11	44	Bobby Labonte	Shell Oil	Pontiac	250	0	running	150
7	17	96	Stevie Reeves	Big A Auto Parts	Ford	250	0	running	146
8	30	36	Todd Bodine	Stanley	Pontiac	250	0	running	142
9	10	45	Jeff Fuller	Hunter's Specialties	Chevy	250	0	running	138
10	24	88	Kevin Lepage	TBA 10-4-97, Ridling.com	Chevy	250	0	running	134
11	7	78	Nathan Buttke	Carquest Auto Parts	Chevy	250	0	running	130
12	37	89	Johnny Chapman	AlarmSouth	Ford	250	0	running	127
13	13	37	Mark Green	Timber Wolf	Chevy	250	0	running	124
14	33	56	Jeff Krogh	Clearwater Forest Industries	Chevy	250	0	running	121
15	5	64	Dick Trickle	Dura Lube	Chevy	249	0	running	118
16	9	34	Mike McLaughlin	Royal Oak Charcoal	Chevy	249	0	running	115
17	42	6	Joe Bessey	Power Team	Chevy	249	0	running	112
18	41	43	Dennis Setzer	Lance Snacks	Chevy	249	0	running	109
19	40	63	Tracy Leslie	Lysol, Rid-X, D-Con	Pontiac	248	0	running	106
20	20	17	Matt Kenseth	Kraft Singles	Chevy	248	0	running	103
21	25	77	Brad Teague	Lear Corporation, UAW	Ford	247	0	running	100
22	2	7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Church Brothers Collision Repair Specialists	Chevy	247	22	running	97
23	35	35	Lyndon Amick	Team Amick	Pontiac	247	0	running	94
24	28	94	Ron Barfield, Jr.	New Holland	Ford	247	0	running	91
25	22	48	Randy Porter	UniFirst Uniforms	Ford	247	0	running	88
26	3	00	Buckshot Jones	Aquafresh	Pontiac	238	16	penalty	35
27	4	33	Tim Fedewa	Kleenex	Chevy	237	2	running	82
28	15	1	Hermie Sadler	DeWalt Tools	Chevy	211	0	accident	79
29	21	57	Jason Keller	Slim Jim	Chevy	210	0	running	76
30	31	72	Mike Dillon	Detroit Gasket	Chevy	185	0	running	73
31	18	5	Terry Labonte	Alka-Seltzer, Bayer	Chevy	173	0	handling	70
32	39	10	Phil Parsons	Channellock	Chevy	173	0	running	67
33	27	80	Mark Krogh	Clearwater Forest Industries	Chevy	167	0	running	64
34	8	38	Elton Sawyer	Barbasol	Ford	153	0	accident	61
35	36	16	Mark Day	31-W Insulation	Pontiac	147	0	engine	58
36	26	50	Chris Diamond	J & L Motors	Chevy	145	0	accident	55
37	38	99	Glenn Allen, Jr.	Luxaire	Chevy	83	0	handling	52
38	6	85	Shane Hall	Luck's Foods	Chevy	81	0	accident	49
39	19	32	Dale Jarrett	White Rain	Ford	56	0	radiator	46
40	12	21	Michael Waltrip	Band-Aid	Ford	50	0	rotor	43
41	32	29	Elliott Sadler	Phillips 66	Chevy	43	0	overheating	40
42	34	4	Dale Shaw	Piggly Wiggly	Chevy	12	0	accident	37
DID NOT QUALIFY
		68	Chris Diamond	J & L Motors	Chevy			DNQ
QUALIFIED CAR
		50	Larry Pearson	Rawlings	Pontiac			qualified car

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
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Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}\|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered