Desert Star Classic

Phoenix Raceway — January 1, 1997

Jack Sprague

Winner

150

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jack Sprague won the 1997 Desert Star Classic at Phoenix Raceway on January 1, 1997, leading 108 of 150 laps. Joe Ruttman finished second; Mike Bliss rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

Phoenix Raceway

Season

1997

Winner

Jack Sprague

Leaders

2 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Jack Sprague	Hendrick Motorsports		150	—	Running	108	180
2	7	+5	Joe Ruttman	Roush Racing		150	—	Running	—	170
3	2	-1	Mike Bliss	Ultra Motorsports		150	—	Running	42	165
4	8	+4	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.		150	—	Running	—	160
5	4	-1	Rich Bickle	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports		150	—	Running	—	155
6	20	+14	Bob Keselowski	K Automotive Racing	Dodge	150	—	Running	—	150
7	16	+9	Dave Rezendes	Charles Hardy Motorsports		150	—	Running	—	146
8	31	+23	Chuck Bown	Roush Racing		150	—	Running	—	142
9	36	+27	Toby Porter	Tom Walsh (Owner)		150	—	Running	—	138
10	13	+3	Rick Carelli	Chesrown Racing		150	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Jay Sauter	Richard Childress Racing		150	—	Running	—	130
12	11	-1	Tammy Jo Kirk	Geoff Bodine Racing		150	—	Running	—	127
13	3	-10	Curtis Markham	Joseph Horner (Owner)		149	—	Running	—	124
14	25	+11	Jimmy Hensley	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	149	—	Running	—	121
15	19	+4	Lance Norick	L & R Motorsports		149	—	Running	—	118
16	26	+10	Kelly Denton	Grandaddy Racing		149	—	Running	—	115
17	6	-11	Kenny Irwin Jr.	Liberty Racing		149	—	Running	—	112
18	5	-13	Tobey Butler	Ken Schrader Racing		148	—	Running	—	109
19	29	+10	Terry Cook	ThorSport Racing		148	—	Running	—	106
20	17	-3	Doug George	Blake Motorsports		147	—	Running	—	103
21	14	-7	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Racing		147	—	Running	—	100
22	32	+10	Brian Cunningham	CSG Motorsports		147	—	Running	—	97
23	34	+11	Kenny Allen	Sheila Allen (Owner)		144	—	Running	—	94
24	10	-14	Boris Said	No Fear Racing		141	—	Running	—	91
25	22	-3	Lonnie Rush Jr.	Doran Racing		134	—	Running	—	88
26	21	-5	T.J. Clark	Clark Racing		104	—	Running	—	85
27	15	-12	Dan Press	Spears Racing		84	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	12	-16	Michael Dokken	Roehrig Racing	Dodge	83	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	28	-1	Brandon Butler	Harry Brix (Owner)	Dodge	82	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	18	-12	Butch Miller	Walker Evans Racing		80	—	DNF	—	73
31	30	-1	Bobby Dotter	Wegner Motorsports		59	—	DNF	—	70
32	9	-23	Jerry Glanville	Glanville Motorsports		32	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	27	-6	Stacy Compton	Impact Motorsports		31	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	23	-11	Bryan Reffner	Dale Phelon (Owner)		30	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	33	-2	Bob Brevak	Brevak Racing		11	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	35	-1	Tony Roper	Brevak Racing		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	55