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1997 Las Vegas 300
Held on March 16, 1997 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV
200 L, 300 M, 482.8 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 1 8 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevy 200 71 running 180
2 23 64 Dick Trickle Dura Lube Chevy 200 15 running 170
3 9 36 Todd Bodine Stanley Pontiac 200 20 running 165
4 35 21 Michael Waltrip Band-Aid Ford 200 4 running 160
5 12 4 Tim Steele Phoenix Racing Chevy 200 24 running 155
6 27 45 Greg Sacks Hunter's Specialties Ford 200 2 running 150
7 17 10 Phil Parsons Channellock Chevy 200 6 running 146
8 28 3 Steve Park ACDelco Chevy 200 4 running 142
9 10 99 Glenn Allen, Jr. Luxaire Chevy 200 0 running 138
10 15 72 Mike Dillon Detroit Gasket Chevy 200 1 running 134
11 31 32 Dale Jarrett White Rain Ford 200 0 running 130
12 25 44 Bobby Labonte Shell Oil Pontiac 200 0 running 127
13 20 88 Kevin Lepage Hype Energy Drink, Security Central, Amalie Oil Chevy 200 0 running 124
14 24 85 Shane Hall Luck's Foods Chevy 200 0 running 121
15 8 33 Tim Fedewa Kleenex Chevy 200 0 running 118
16 37 96 Stevie Reeves Big A Auto Parts Chevy 199 1 running 115
17 18 43 Rodney Combs Lance Snacks Chevy 199 0 running 112
18 21 63 Tracy Leslie Lysol, Rid-X, D-Con Pontiac 199 0 running 109
19 36 48 Randy Porter UniFirst Uniforms Ford 199 0 running 106
20 39 89 Johnny Chapman Sherwin-Williams Ford 199 0 running 103
21 4 1 Hermie Sadler DeWalt Tools Chevy 199 0 running 100
22 19 40 Jerry Robertson MHCO USA Ford 197 3 running 97
23 40 77 Jeff McClure Lear Corporation Ford 197 0 running 94
24 14 34 Mike McLaughlin Royal Oak Charcoal Chevy 194 0 running 91
25 7 37 Mark Green Timber Wolf Chevy 188 0 running 88
26 42 79 Brad Payne Perry Racing Ford 185 0 running 85
27 34 20 Jimmy Spencer Zippo Chevy 170 0 running 82
28 22 5 Terry Labonte Alka-Seltzer, Bayer Chevy 164 0 running 79
29 32 74 Randy LaJoie Fina Lube Chevy 161 0 running 76
30 2 29 Elliott Sadler Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevy 140 0 accident 73
31 6 38 Elton Sawyer Barbasol Ford 125 0 handling 70
32 13 57 Jason Keller Slim Jim Chevy 122 0 accident 67
33 3 87 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Mobility Chevy 122 49 accident 64
34 38 17 Tim Bender Kraft Singles Chevy 122 0 accident 61
35 30 7 Mike Wallace Clabber Girl Chevy 121 0 accident 58
36 16 47 Jeff Fuller Sunoco Chevy 97 0 engine 55
37 26 6 Joe Bessey Power Team Chevy 84 0 engine 52
38 11 94 Ron Barfield, Jr. New Holland Ford 58 0 accident 49
39 5 00 Buckshot Jones Aquafresh Pontiac 57 0 accident 46
40 33 11 Jimmy Foster Outdoor Life Network, Speedvision Ford 35 0 accident 43
41 29 0 Doug Taylor MHCO USA Ford 30 0 brakes 0
42 41 2 Ed Spencer, III Zippo Chevy 2 0 transmission 37
DID NOT QUALIFY

03 Joe Bean C&R Transfer Chevy DNQ
RACE DATA
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Time of Race: 2:37:41
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Jeff Green - 33.896 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 2.8 seconds
Average Speed: 114.153 mph
Cautions: 8 for 47 laps - 19-23 (#40 spun (turn 4)); 38-41 (#11 accident (turn 4)); 59-66 (#94,00 accident (turn 4)); 72-74 (#38 spun (turn 2)); 86-92 (#6 oil on track); 112-115 (debris); 124-130 (#7,57,87,17,40 accident (turn 4)); 140-148 (#29,40 accident (turn 2))
Lead Changes: 25 among 12 drivers - Joe Nemechek 1-38; Jerry Robertson 39-41; Greg Sacks 42-43; Nemechek 44-54; Jeff Green (KY) 55-74; Todd Bodine 75-77; J.Green 78-86; Bodine 87; J.Green 88-112; Phil Parsons (NC) 113-118; Bodine 119-123; Michael Waltrip 124-127; Steve Park 128-131; Tim Steele 132-133; Mike Dillon 134; Steele 135-138; Bodine 139; Steele 140-143; Stevie Reeves 144; Steele 145-155; J.Green 156-157; Steele 158-160; Bodine 161-170; Dick Trickle 171-185; J.Green 186-200
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered