1997 DeVilbiss 400

{{Short description|21st race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series}}

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The 1997 DeVilbiss 400 was the 21st stock car race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 28th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 17, 1997, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to come back from a blown tire to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 21st career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third victory of the season.{{Cite web |last=Poole |first=David |date=August 17, 1997 |title=Martin books to Michigan win |url=http://www.thatsracin.com/97/docs/0817.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815213428/http://www.thatsracin.com/97/docs/0817.htm |archive-date=August 15, 2000 |access-date=September 30, 2022 |website=That's Racin' |publisher=The Charlotte Observer}}{{Cite news |last=Atkins |first=Harry |date=August 18, 1997 |title=Martin cruises to win |pages=47 |work=Citizens' Voice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110461131/martin-cruises-to-win/ |access-date=September 30, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon and Roush Racing driver Ted Musgrave would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

File:Michigan_International_Speedway_track_map.png, the venue where the race was held.]]

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

= Entry list =

(R) denotes rookie driver.

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1997 DeVilbiss 400

Background

= Entry list =

Qualifying

= Full qualifying results =

Race results

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