1997 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 1997 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 |
| Name of Track: | California Speedway |
| Date: | October 19th |
Satellite View of California Speedway.
The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval speedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of Michigan International Speedway, approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill.
It is a relatively new race track, opening in early 1997, and has additional configurations and facilities to accommodate "road" races, motorcycle races, vehicle testing, and drag races (Auto Club Dragway), even though the track cannot host NHRA national events, because of International Speedway Corporation's corporatewide deal with Pepsi. (The NHRA has a policy prohibiting certain Pepsi brands to be advertised anywhere at their national events as part of a deal with Coca-Cola.)
This racetrack is a stones throw from the old Ontario Motor Speedway and the old Riverside International Raceway.
After Riverside's closure in 1988, Southern California did not host a NASCAR race from 1988 to 1997, when the new California Speedway was opened.
Wikipedia.org1997 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 1997 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Bodine | 36 | 28 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Stanley |
| 2 | Steve Park | 3 | 1 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | AC Delco |
| 3 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | 5 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Kraft Singles |
| 4 | Michael Waltrip | 21 | 17 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Band-Aid |
| 5 | Robert Pressley | 47 | 32 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Sunoco / 360 Communication |
| 6 | Mike Dillon | 72 | 15 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Detroit Gasket |
| 7 | Glenn Allen, Jr. | 99 | 12 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Luxaire |
| 8 | Dennis Setzer | 43 | 36 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Lance Snacks |
| 9 | Mike McLaughlin | 34 | 23 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Royal Oak Charcoal |
| 10 | Randy LaJoie | 74 | 18 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Fina |
| 11 | Jeff Fuller | 45 | 39 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Hunters Specialties |
| 12 | Kevin Lepage | 4 | 13 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Phoenix Racing |
| 13 | Ed Berrier | 77 | 27 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Lear Corporation / UAW |
| 14 | Stanton Barrett | 89 | 7 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Northstar Water |
| 15 | Tracy Leslie | 63 | 35 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Lysol |
| 16 | Joe Bessey | 6 | 25 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Power Team |
| 17 | Jason Keller | 57 | 33 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Slim Jim |
| 18 | Terry Labonte | 5 | 29 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Bayer / Alka-Seltzer |
| 19 | Elton Sawyer | 38 | 20 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Barbasol |
| 20 | Blaise Alexander | 20 | 26 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Lisa Express |
| 21 | Rusty Wallace | 2 | 37 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Miller Lite |
| 22 | Ron Barfield, Jr. | 94 | 14 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | New Holland Tractors |
| 23 | Peter Gibbons | 9 | 40 | $0 | 147 | 0 | running | Serengetti Eyewear |
| 24 | Jeff Krogh | 56 | 19 | $0 | 146 | 0 | running | Clearwater Forest Industries |
| 25 | Dick Trickle | 64 | 9 | $0 | 146 | 0 | running | Dura Lube |
| 26 | Elliott Sadler | 29 | 4 | $0 | 146 | 0 | running | Phillips 66 |
| 27 | Hermie Sadler | 1 | 21 | $0 | 145 | 0 | running | DeWalt Tools |
| 28 | Scott Lagasse | 22 | 34 | $0 | 143 | 0 | running | Pest Offense |
| 29 | Lyndon Amick | 35 | 38 | $0 | 142 | 0 | running | Team Amick |
| 30 | Bobby Labonte | 44 | 2 | $0 | 141 | 0 | running | Shell Oil |
| 32 | Phil Parsons | 10 | 30 | $0 | 140 | 0 | running | Channellock |
| 33 | Tim Fedewa | 33 | 3 | $0 | 135 | 0 | engine | Kleenex |
| 34 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 7 | 11 | $0 | 129 | 0 | handling | Manheim |
| 35 | Loy Allen, Jr. | 48 | 42 | $0 | 123 | 0 | running | Unifirst Uniforms |
| 36 | Shane Hall | 85 | 8 | $0 | 109 | 0 | running | Luck's Foods |
| 38 | Chris Diamond | 68 | 24 | $0 | 101 | 0 | engine | J & L Motors |
| 39 | Mark Krogh | 80 | 10 | $0 | 47 | 0 | engine | Clearwater Forest Industries |
| 40 | Buckshot Jones | 0 | 16 | $0 | 16 | 0 | crash | Aquafresh |
| 41 | Mark Green | 37 | 31 | $0 | 8 | 0 | crash | Timber Wolf |
| 42 | Johnny Chapman | 0 | 41 | $0 | 3 | 0 | engine | Bowl Fresh / Honeywell |
