Miller 500

June 1, 1997
Dover, DE

With solid finishes at both Talladega and Charlotte, Derrike goes to the cement-track at Dover Downs International Speedway with the ambition to duplicate his 1990 victory. "Dover has been good to me," said Derrike. "The SKITTLESŽ Team has worked hard putting together the #36 Pontiac for Dover. We will utilize our time during practice to learn everything we can since this type of track is new to this team. This SKITTLESŽ Team is making steady strides and we could be looking at our first top-10 finish real soon."

After Derrike took his qualifying run, he was 4th fastest. When first round qualifying was finished, Derrike was able to stay in the top-25 with a 15th starting position for Sunday's race.

This is where Derrike was during the race:

12th position - lap 35 of 400
30th - lap 49 (before this, Derrike said the tires were no good which required an unscheduled pit stop to change them)
28th - lap 89 (lap 92 was lapped by Ernie Irvan)
25th - lap 132
20th - lap 195
16th - lap 242
17th - lap 311 (pit stops happened and Derrike lost 3 spots in the pits)
20th - lap 325
17th - lap 347
25th - lap 402
21st - lap 423
25th - lap 431
22nd - lap 472

Derrike finished the last 500 mile race at Dover in 20th position, 5 laps down. The car was loose most of the day which was why they couldn't move up faster to the front. You probably didn't hear anything on television but in the pits, Ted Musgrave accidentally hit SKITTLESŽ tire carrier Mike Cappuccetti. Mike has a sprained ankle but fortunately is doing well. Derrike again moved up this week in the point standings to 30th.

Start	Finish	Status	Winston Cup Points	Money Won	Standing
15	20	Running	103	$22,440	30

Patty Leizear was at the race and provided a live report.

Miller 500

June 1, 1997 Dover, DE

June 1, 1997
Dover, DE