1997 Cactus Clash (WWS)

1997 Cactus Clash
Las Vegas
100 L, 150 M
June 7, 1997
Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	4	45	Gary Smith (RES)	TootsieToy	Chevy	100	16	running
2	3	38	Butch Gilliland (RES)	Stroppe Motorsports	Ford	100	50	running
3	13	9	Craig Rayburn (RES)	ADL/Direct Blinds	Chevy	100	0	running
4	5	07	Sean Woodside (RES)	Cinema Vehicle Services	Pontiac	99	2	running
5	12	21	John Kinder (RES)	Stardust	Pontiac	98	0	running
6	2	86	Rich Woodland, Jr. (RES)	Woodland Racing	Chevy	98	0	running
7	10	00	Scott Gaylord (RES)	Oliver Gravity Separators	Chevy	98	0	running
8	16	19	Billy Kann (RES)	Interstate Batteries	Chevy	98	0	running
9	7	81	Jeff Davis (RES)	Ultra Shield	Ford	98	0	running
10	18	95	Lance Wade (RES)	Tribune Timber	Ford	97	0	running
11	1	65	Sammy Potashnick (RES)	PTI Transportation	Chevy	95	32	accident
12	9	03	Eric Ash (RES)	Foxfire/Ash Motorsports	Ford	93	0	accident
13	14	12	Dan Obrist (RES)	Doernbecker Hospital	Chevy	93	0	running
14	15	16	Bill McAnally (RES)	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevy	89	0	running
15	8	36	H.B. Bailey (RES)	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	81	0	running
16	17	6	Pappy Pryor (RES)	Panhandle Racing	Chevy	71	0	engine
17	23	25	Kevin Culver (RES)	AC Nutter	Chevy	65	0	engine
18	21	37	Larry Gunselman (RES)	RaceStuff	Ford	60	0	transmission
19	11	43	Kenny Smith (RES)	Quick Pick Motorsports	Chevy	20	0	clutch
20	6	26	Ron Burns (RES)	AutoTech/The Orleans	Ford	19	0	accident
21	24	15	Darrel Krentz (RES)	Ulyate for Governor	Ford	10	0	vibration
22	19	8	David Gilliland (RES)	Stroppe Motorsports	Ford	4	0	rear end
23	20	22	St. James Davis (RES)	Stick Only	Chevy	3	0	vibration
24	22	89	Wayne Jacks (RES)	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Pontiac	0	0	engine

The 1997 Cactus Clash was a Winston West Series (now Camping World West Series) event held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on June 7, 1997. Gary Smith won the event, holding off a charge by eventual season champ Butch Gilliland.

[edit] Race Data

Time of Race: 1 hour, 23 minutes, 16 seconds Average Speed: 108.086 mph Margin of Victory: 3 seconds Busch Pole Award: Sammy Potashnick. PTI Racing Chevrolet (159.537 mph, 33.848 seconds) AE Clevite Engine Bearings Award: T & L Enterprises, Tootsietoy/Rabanco Chevrolet Sears Point Raceway Rookie-of-the-Year Award: Gary Smith, Tootsietoy/Rabanco Chevrolet Cautions: 3 for 21 laps (22-35, 66-68, 96-99) Lap Leaders: Sammy Potashnick 1-10, Butch Gilliland 11-60, Gary Smith 61-66, Potashnick 67-88, Smith 89-92, Sean Woodside 93-94, Smith 95-100.