Birmingham Auto Dealers/Easy Care 500K

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1997

Mark Martin

Winner

117

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Mark Martin won the 1997 Birmingham Auto Dealers/Easy Care 500K at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1997, leading 62 of 117 laps. Steve Park finished second; Jeff Green rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1997

Winner

Mark Martin

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	23	+22	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	117	—	Running	62	180
2	12	+10	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	117	—	Running	6	170
3	9	+6	Jeff Green	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	117	—	Running	—	165
4	24	+20	Kyle Petty	Shaver Racing	117	—	Running	—	160
5	28	+23	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	117	—	Running	—	155
6	2	-4	Tim Steele	Phoenix Racing	117	—	Running	2	150
7	20	+13	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	117	—	Running	—	146
8	4	-4	Todd Bodine	Team 34	117	—	Running	6	142
9	25	+16	Ron Barfield Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing	117	—	Running	—	138
10	6	-4	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	117	—	Running	2	134
11	14	+3	Jason Keller	KEL Racing	117	—	Running	—	130
12	18	+6	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	117	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	Kevin Lepage	Emerald Performance Group	117	—	Running	—	124
14	16	+2	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	117	—	Running	14	121
15	10	-5	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	117	—	Running	—	118
16	7	-9	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	116	—	Running	—	115
17	8	-9	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	116	—	Running	1	112
18	30	+12	Sterling Marlin	Martin Racing	116	—	Running	—	109
19	19	—	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	116	—	Running	—	106
20	26	+6	Stevie Reeves	Donald Laird Racing	116	—	Running	—	103
21	33	+12	Jimmy Spencer	Crestinger Racing	116	—	Running	—	100
22	31	+9	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	115	—	Running	—	97
23	27	+4	Mike Wallace	Wellrich Motorsports	115	—	Running	—	94
24	17	-7	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	115	—	Running	—	91
25	22	-3	Dale Fischlein	Mike Stegall Racing	115	—	Running	—	88
26	36	+10	Jeff Fuller	ST Motorsports	115	—	Running	—	85
27	35	+8	Doug Reid	Bart Walker (Owner)	114	—	Running	—	82
28	32	+4	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	114	—	Running	—	79
29	40	+11	Johnny Chapman	NorthStar Motorsports	114	—	Running	—	76
30	42	+12	Jeff McClure	PRW Racing	112	—	Running	—	0
31	38	+7	Mark Day	Day Enterprises	112	—	Running	—	70
32	41	+9	Randy Porter	Porter Racing	111	—	Running	—	67
33	29	-4	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	84	—	Running	—	64
34	39	+5	Greg Sacks	Laughlin Racing	75	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	5	-30	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	57	—	Running	—	58
36	21	-15	Ted Musgrave	Roush Racing	49	—	DNF	—	55
37	37	—	Dennis Setzer	Emerald Performance Group	46	—	DNF	—	52
38	11	-27	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	46	—	DNF	—	49
39	3	-36	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	35	—	DNF - Engine	24	46
40	34	-6	Jimmy Foster	Key Motorsports	9	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	1	-40	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	8	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	13	-29	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	8	—	DNF - Crash	—	37