1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Third season of third tier NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

The 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was the third season of the Craftsman Truck Series, the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. Jack Sprague of Hendrick Motorsports won the title.

List of full time teams at the start of 1997. TeamTruck(s)#Driver(s)Listed owner(s)Crew chief AAG Racing Chevrolet C/K 65 Kenny Allen Shiela Allen Blake Motorsports Chevrolet C/K 12 Doug George Bob Blake Brevak Racing Ford F 150 31 Tony Roper (R) Shelly Brevak Bob Brevak Charles Hardy Motorsports Chevrolet C/K 35 Dave Rezendes Charles Hardy Tony Gibson Chesrown Racing Chevrolet C/K 6 Rick Carelli Marshall Chesrown Rick Ren Circle Bar Racing Ford F 150 14 Rick Crawford (R) Tom Mitchell Roland Wlodyka Clark Racing Chevrolet C/K 23 T. J. Clark Debbie Clark CSG Motorsports Ford F 150 57 Brian Cunningham Ed Scherer Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet C/K 16 Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt Fred Graves Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet C/K 17 Rich Bickle Darrell Waltrip Dave McCarty Geoff Bodine Racing Ford F 150 7 Tammy Jo Kirk (R) Geoff Bodine Ernie Cope Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet C/K 24 Jack Sprague Rick Hendrick Dennis Connor Impact Motorsports Ford F 150 86 Stacy Compton (R) David Hodson Troy Selberg Irvan Simo Racing Ford F 150 44 Boris Said (R) Mark Simo Jay Smith K Automotive Racing Dodge Ram 29 Bob Keselowski Ron Keselowski Ron Keselowski Ken Schrader Racing Chevrolet C/K 52 Tobey Butler Ken Schrader Tim Kohuth L&R Racing Dodge Ram 90 Lance Norick Ron Norick Liberty Racing Ford F 150 98 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Jim Herrick Gary Showalter Petty Enterprises Dodge Ram 43 Jimmy Hensley Dodge Motorsports Richard Petty Phelon Motorsports Ford F 150 66 Bryan Reffner Dale Phelon RGR Racing Ford F 150 27 Rob Rizzo (R) Rob Rizzo Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet C/K 3 Jay Sauter Richard Childress Todd Berrier Roehrig Motorsports Dodge Ram 18 Michael Dokken Kurt Roehrig Mike Bodick 19 Tony Raines (R) Carmela Roehrig Bob Hustler Roush Racing Ford F 150 80 Joe Ruttman Jack Roush Randy Goss 99 Chuck Bown Spears Motorsports Chevrolet C/K 75 Dan Press Wayne Spears ThorSport Racing Chevrolet C/K 88 Terry Cook (R) Duke Thorson Ultra Motorsports Ford F 150 2 Mike Bliss Marlene Smith Barry Dodson Walker Evans Racing Chevrolet C/K 20 Butch Miller Phyllis Evans Xpress Motorsports Chevrolet C/K 61 Randy Tolsma (R) Steve Coulter

No. Race Title Track Date 1 Chevy Trucks Challenge Walt Disney World Speedway, Bay Lake January 19 2 NAPA 200 Tucson Raceway Park, Tucson March 1 3 Florida Dodge Dealers 400 Homestead Motorsports Complex, Homestead March 16 4 Chevy Desert Star Classic Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix April 20 5 Craftsman 200 Portland Speedway, Portland May 3 6 NAPACARD 200 Evergreen Speedway, Monroe May 10 7 Western Auto/Parts America 200 I 70 Speedway, Odessa May 24 8 Pennzoil Discount Center 200 New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon May 31 9 Pronto Auto Parts 400K Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth June 6 10 Loadhandler 200 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol June 21 11 NAPA AutoCare 200 Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth June 29 12 Sears DieHard 200 The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis July 5 13 Link Belt Construction Equipment 225 Louisville Motor Speedway, Louisville July 12 14 Colorado 250 By Snap On Tools Colorado National Speedway, Dacono July 19 15 Lund Look 275K Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka July 27 16 Cummins 200 Indianapolis Raceway Park, Brownsburg July 31 17 Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 200 Flemington Speedway, Flemington August 9 18 Federated Auto Parts 250 Nashville Speedway USA, Nashville August 16 19 Parts America 150 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen August 24 20 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 Richmond International Raceway, Richmond September 4 21 Hanes 250 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway September 27 22 Kragen/Exide 151 Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma October 5 23 Dodge California Truck Stop 300 Mesa Marin Raceway, Bakersfield October 12 24 The No Fear Challenge California Speedway, Fontana October 18 25 GM Goodwrench/Delco 300 Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix November 1 26 Carquest Auto Parts 420K Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas November 9