1997 Las Vegas 300 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 1997 Las Vegas 300 |
| Name of Track: | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Date: | March 16th |
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Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 kmē) complex of four different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The complex is home to several race teams. Currently, March, 2005, the track is open two nights a week for locals to drag race. This is an effort to get this activity off of local streets and into a safer environment.
The track is used by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as their driver training facility.
Higher BankingIn 2006, plans were announced to reconfigure the track after the March 2006 NEXTEL Cup Series Race. This reconfiguration entailed raised banking to increase side by side racing, and the construction of a new fan zone and pit road.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.1997 Las Vegas 300 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 1997 Las Vegas 300, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Green | 8 | 1 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Diamond Ridge |
| 2 | Dick Trickle | 64 | 23 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Dura Lube |
| 3 | Todd Bodine | 36 | 9 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Stanley |
| 4 | Michael Waltrip | 21 | 35 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Band-Aid |
| 6 | Greg Sacks | 45 | 27 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Hunters Specialties |
| 7 | Phil Parsons | 10 | 17 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Channellock |
| 8 | Steve Park | 3 | 28 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | AC Delco |
| 9 | Glenn Allen, Jr. | 99 | 10 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Luxaire |
| 10 | Mike Dillon | 72 | 15 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Detroit Gasket |
| 11 | Dale Jarrett | 32 | 31 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | White Rain |
| 12 | Bobby Labonte | 44 | 25 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Shell Oil |
| 13 | Kevin Lepage | 88 | 20 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Hype |
| 14 | Shane Hall | 85 | 24 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Luck's Foods |
| 15 | Tim Fedewa | 33 | 8 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | Kleenex |
| 17 | Rodney Combs | 43 | 18 | $0 | 199 | 0 | running | Lance Snacks |
| 18 | Tracy Leslie | 63 | 21 | $0 | 199 | 0 | running | Lysol |
| 20 | Johnny Chapman | 89 | 39 | $0 | 199 | 0 | running | Sherwin-Williams |
| 21 | Hermie Sadler | 1 | 4 | $0 | 199 | 0 | running | DeWalt Tools |
| 24 | Mike McLaughlin | 34 | 14 | $0 | 194 | 0 | running | Royal Oak Charcoal |
| 25 | Mark Green | 37 | 7 | $0 | 188 | 0 | running | Timber Wolf |
| 27 | Jimmy Spencer | 20 | 34 | $0 | 170 | 0 | running | Zippo |
| 28 | Terry Labonte | 5 | 22 | $0 | 164 | 0 | running | Alka-Seltzer / Bayer |
| 29 | Randy LaJoie | 74 | 32 | $0 | 161 | 0 | running | Fina |
| 30 | Elliott Sadler | 29 | 2 | $0 | 140 | 0 | crash | Diamond Ridge |
| 31 | Elton Sawyer | 38 | 6 | $0 | 125 | 0 | handling | Barbasol |
| 32 | Jason Keller | 57 | 13 | $0 | 122 | 0 | crash | Slim Jim |
| 33 | Joe Nemechek | 87 | 3 | $0 | 122 | 0 | crash | BellSouth Mobility |
| 34 | Tim Bender | 17 | 38 | $0 | 122 | 0 | crash | Kraft Singles |
| 35 | Mike Wallace | 7 | 30 | $0 | 121 | 0 | crash | Clabber Girl |
| 36 | Jeff Fuller | 47 | 16 | $0 | 97 | 0 | engine | Sunoco |
| 37 | Joe Bessey | 6 | 26 | $0 | 84 | 0 | engine | Power Team |
| 38 | Ron Barfield, Jr. | 94 | 11 | $0 | 58 | 0 | crash | New Holland |
| 39 | Buckshot Jones | 0 | 5 | $0 | 57 | 0 | crash | Aquafresh |
| 40 | Jimmy Foster | 11 | 33 | $0 | 35 | 0 | crash | Outdoor Life / Speedvision |
