Carquest Auto Parts 300

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1997

Joe Nemechek

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Joe Nemechek won the 1997 Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1997, leading 134 of 200 laps. Kevin Lepage finished second; Mark Martin rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Joe Nemechek

Leaders

6 drivers

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