Carquest Auto Parts 420K

Las Vegas Motor Speedway — January 1, 1997

Joe Ruttman

Winner

175

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Joe Ruttman won the 1997 Carquest Auto Parts 420K at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on January 1, 1997, leading 3 of 175 laps. Jack Sprague finished second; Ron Hornaday Jr. rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Joe Ruttman

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Joe Ruttman	Roush Racing		175	—	Running	3	180
2	1	-1	Jack Sprague	Hendrick Motorsports		175	—	Running	25	170
3	14	+11	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.		175	—	Running	—	165
4	10	+6	Jay Sauter	Richard Childress Racing		175	—	Running	—	160
5	2	-3	Mike Bliss	Ultra Motorsports		175	—	Running	85	155
6	12	+6	Rick Carelli	Chesrown Racing		175	—	Running	53	150
7	30	+23	Mike Wallace	Ken Schrader Racing		175	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	Kevin Harvick	Spears Racing		175	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Chuck Bown	Roush Racing		174	—	Running	—	138
10	17	+7	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Racing		174	—	Running	—	134
11	32	+21	Tony Raines	Roehrig Racing	Dodge	173	—	Running	—	130
12	23	+11	Stacy Compton	Impact Motorsports		173	—	Running	—	127
13	4	-9	Bob Keselowski	K Automotive Racing	Dodge	172	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Lance Norick	L & R Motorsports	Dodge	172	—	Running	—	121
15	31	+16	Jimmy Hensley	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	172	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	Rich Bickle	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports		171	—	Running	—	115
17	36	+19	Rick Johnson	Jim Clark (Owner)		171	—	Running	—	112
18	13	-5	Ken Schrader	A.J. Foyt Racing		171	—	Running	—	109
19	39	+20	Butch Gilliland	Doran Racing		170	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Curtis Markham	Joseph Horner (Owner)		169	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	22	+1	Doug George	SKB Racing		169	—	Running	—	100
22	38	+16	Ron Esau	Bunce Engineering		169	—	Running	—	97
23	35	+12	Ken Bouchard	Doran Racing		167	—	DNF	—	94
24	18	-6	Brendan Gaughan	Walker Evans Racing		165	—	Running	—	91
25	11	-14	Kenny Irwin Jr.	Liberty Racing		162	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	33	+7	Ron Barfield Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing		161	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	34	+7	Tony Roper	Brevak Racing		148	—	Running	—	82
28	7	-21	Butch Miller	Walker Evans Racing		146	—	Running	—	79
29	25	-4	Wayne Anderson	Liberty Racing		137	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	20	-10	Randy Tolsma	Xpress Motorsports		134	—	DNF	—	73
31	19	-12	Bill Elliott	Bill Elliott Racing		113	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	37	+5	Dave Rezendes	Gloy Racing		96	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	40	+7	Frank Kimmel	Wegner Motorsports		91	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	3	-31	Barry Bodine	Geoff Bodine Racing		74	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	9	-26	Lonnie Rush Jr.	Tom Walsh (Owner)		73	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	16	-20	Mike Skinner	Great Dane Racing		24	—	DNF	—	55
37	26	-11	Boris Said	No Fear Racing		19	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	5	-33	Bryan Reffner	Dale Phelon (Owner)		18	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	24	-15	Troy Beebe	TKO Motorsports		2	—	DNF	—	46
40	29	-11	Brian Cunningham	CSG Motorsports		0	—	DNF - Crash	—	43