The Bud At The Glen
The Bud At The Glen was held August 10 at Watkins Glen International Raceway. The #34 of Todd Bodine (in a one-off Winston Cup race for Team 34 Racing, his Busch Series team at the time) won the pole. The race was broadcast on ESPN.
Top Ten Results
- 24-Jeff Gordon
- 7-Geoff Bodine
- 2-Rusty Wallace
- 40-Robby Gordon
- 6-Mark Martin
- 16-Ted Musgrave
- 94-Bill Elliott
- 5-Terry Labonte
- 41-Steve Grissom
- 46-Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
- This was Jeff Gordon's 1st career victory on a road course, beginning a streak of 6 consecutive road course wins that lasted until 2000.
- This race was the 1st career Winston Cup start for Steve Park, driving the #14 Burger King Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Inc. He qualified well, but ended up finishing 33rd, 2 laps down.
Read more about this topic: 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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