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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Carquest Auto Parts 420: Fact Sheet

5 November 1997

             1997 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES RACE FACTS
 
 WHAT : Carquest Auto Parts 420
        NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race #26 of 26
 
 WHERE : Las Vegas Motor Speedway
         Las Vegas, NV
         1.5-Mile Paved Oval
 
 WHEN :  Sunday, November 9, 1997
         12:00 pm (PST)
 
 DISTANCE : 262.5 Miles / 175 Laps / 420 Kilometers
            The race will be run in two segments split by a mandatory pit
              stop.
 
 POSTED AWARDS: $803,019
 
 FIELD : 40 trucks possible. Fastest 30 trucks through time trials. Up to two
provisional starting positions based on 1997 NCTS driver points and two based
on owner point standings and six provisional positions based on qualifying
event.
 
 SANCTION : National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR)
 
 PROMOTER : Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Inc.
 
 TV : CBS
      Airtime: 3:00 pm (EST)
      Announcers: Eli Gold and Buddy Baker
      Pit Reporter: Glenn Jarrett and Bill Stephens
 
 RADIO : NASCAR Truck Network (Live)
         Airtime : 3:15 pm (EST)
         Announcers : Mike Bagley and Barney Hall
 
 SCHEDULE :
 
 Friday, November 7 - OPTIONAL
               8:00 am : NASCAR Garage Opens
               9:00 am : Registration and Inspection
       12:00 - 1:30 pm : Practice
        2:30 - 4:00 pm : Practice
 
 Saturday, November 8
               6:00 am : Registration and Inspection
               8:00 am : Mandatory Rookie Drivers' Meeting
               8:00 am : Drawing to determine order of qualifying
      10:30 - 11:30 am : Practice
       12:00 - 1:00 pm : Practice
                   TBD : Time Trials (Positions 1-30) following NWW time
                          trials
                   TBD : Qualifying event following NWW event
                   TBD : Practice following qualifying event as time permits
 
 Sunday, November 9
               7:00 am : NASCAR Garage Opens
              11:35 am : Mandatory Drivers' Meeting
                         NOTE: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series registration
                         closes two hours prior to race time.
 
THE RACE: The Las Vegas Motor Speedway track is a 1.5-mile asphalt oval with
12 degrees of banking in the corners, 9 degrees of banking in the dogleg and 3
degrees on the straight.
 
RECORDS: Qualifying - Bryan Reffner; 34.197 seconds; 157.909 mph; 11/3/96
         Race - Jack Sprague; 120.782 mph; 2 hours, 10 minutes, 24 seconds;
                 11/3/96
 
PARTICIPATING AWARDS SPONSORS : Craftsman Tools, Chevy Trucks, Goodyear Tires,
Accel Plug Wires, AE Clevite, Anheuser-Busch, Auto Meter Products, Auto
Ventshade Company, Bilstein Shocks, Champion Spark Plugs, Cintas, Competition
Cams, Crane Cams, Dodge Ram Trucks, Earl's Performance Products, Edelbrock
Intake Manifolds, Featherlite Trailers, Fel-Pro Gaskets, Ford Motor Company,
Gatorade, Goodyear Belts & Hoses, Griffin Radiators, Hella Lights, Holley
Performance Products, Hurst Performance Shifters, Hutcherson-Pagan
Enterprises, JE Pistons, Jesel, Inc., Lawson Products, Mallory Distributors,
MCI, Mechanix Wear, Moog Automotive, MSD Ignitions, Plasti-Kote Spray Paint,
Precision Gear, Raybestos Brakes, Russell Performance Products, Simpson
Helmets, Spicer Drive Line, STP Oil Treatment, Tilton Engineering, Unocal 76
Gasoline, Wiseco Pistons, Wix Air Filters, and Carquest.