1997 Carquest Auto Parts 300

Charlotte Motor Speedway · 1997 · NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Joe Nemechek	2	43	30	20	6	134	200	300

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	134	running	180
2	24	88	Kevin Lepage	Emerald Performance Group	Chevrolet	200		running	170
3	1	60	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	200	7	running	0
4	9	20	Jimmy Spencer	Crestinger Racing	Chevrolet	200		running	160
5	21	10	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	Chevrolet	200		running	155
6	11	00	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	Pontiac	200		running	150
7	29	36	Todd Bodine	Team 34	Pontiac	200		running	146
8	7	57	Jason Keller	KEL Racing	Chevrolet	200		running	142
9	15	1	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	Chevrolet	200		running	138
10	18	74	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	200		running	134
11	3	64	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	Chevrolet	200		running	130
12	20	5	Terry Labonte	Terry Labonte Inc.	Chevrolet	200		running	127
13	25	9	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	200		running	124
14	26	72	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	Chevrolet	200		running	121
15	32	45	Greg Sacks	Laughlin Racing	Chevrolet	200		running	118
16	5	3	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	Chevrolet	200		running	115
17	12	92	Sterling Marlin	Martin Racing	Chevrolet	200		running	112
18	36	75	Rick Wilson	Henderson Motorsports	Chevrolet	200		running	109
19	28	37	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	Chevrolet	200		running	106
20	38	32	Dale Jarrett	Isenhower Brothers Racing	Ford	200		running	103
21	8	29	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	Chevrolet	199		running	100
22	35	17	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	Chevrolet	199		running	97
23	40	94	Ron Barfield Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing	Ford	199	4	running	94
24	43	63	Larry Pearson	Hensley Racing	Pontiac	199	3	running	91
25	17	28	Jeff Purvis	LAR Motorspots	Chevrolet	199		running	88
26	41	80	Mark Krogh	Excel Motorsports	Chevrolet	198		running	85
27	37	96	Stevie Reeves	Donald Laird Racing	Ford	195		running	82
28	33	4	Ernie Irvan	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	194	9	running	79
29	22	08	Kevin Simmons		Chevrolet	189		running	0
30	10	44	Bobby Labonte	Labonte Motorsports	Pontiac	189	43	engine	73
31	16	8	Jeff Green	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	Chevrolet	145		overheating	70
32	19	85	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	Chevrolet	136		accident	67
33	30	34	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	Chevrolet	131		running	64
34	4	47	Jeff Fuller	ST Motorsports	Chevrolet	121		accident	61
35	14	33	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	106		overheating	58
36	23	6	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	Chevrolet	77		accident	55
37	42	7	Mike Wallace	Wellrich Motorsports	Chevrolet	77		accident	52
38	34	49	Kyle Petty	Shaver Racing	Chevrolet	77		accident	49
39	6	2	Ricky Craven	Ricky Craven Motorsports	Chevrolet	62		engine	46
40	39	50	Morgan Shepherd	Bobby Jones (Owner)	Pontiac	43		brakes	43
41	27	70	Dale Fischlein	Mike Stegall Racing	Chevrolet	39		accident	40
42	13	11	Jimmy Foster	Key Motorsports	Ford	28		accident	37
43	31	38	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	Ford	4		accident	34

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Joe Nemechek	134	67.0%	P1
2	Bobby Labonte	43	21.5%	P30
3	Ernie Irvan	9	4.5%	P28
4	Mark Martin	7	3.5%	P3
5	Ron Barfield Jr.	4	2.0%	P23
6	Larry Pearson	3	1.5%	P24

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