1997 UAW-GM Quality 500

{{Short description|28th race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series}}

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The 1997 UAW-GM Quality 500 was the 28th stock car race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 38th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 5, 1997, in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. In the late stages of the race, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett, owing to a fallen part from his car according to Jarrett, would help propel Jarrett to the front to capture his 14th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his sixth victory of the season.{{Cite web |last=Poole |first=David |date=October 5, 1997 |title=Jarrett gets help in 500 victory when forgotten part hits the road |url=http://www.thatsracin.com/97/docs/1005.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001118093400/http://www.thatsracin.com/97/docs/1005.htm |archive-date=November 18, 2000 |access-date=October 5, 2022 |website=That's Racin' |publisher=The Charlotte Observer}}{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Mike |date=October 6, 1997 |title=Jarrett's win gains little ground |pages=14 |work=The Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110752745/jarretts-win-gains-little-ground/ |access-date=October 5, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} To fill out the top three, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

File:Charlotte_Motor_Speedway_diagram.svg, the venue where the race was held.]]

Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.

= Entry list =

(R) denotes rookie driver.

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|Morgan Shepherd

|Precision Products Racing

1997 UAW-GM Quality 500

Background

= Entry list =

Qualifying

= Full qualifying results =

Race results

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