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Derrike Cope drove a Pontiac for the MB2 Motorsports #36 SKITTLES® Racing Team in 1997. The announcement was made in Charlotte in October 1996. Before the season, the team did testing.
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Derrike Cope drove a Pontiac for the MB2 Motorsports #36 SKITTLES® Racing Team in 1997. The announcement was made in Charlotte in October 1996. Before the season, the team did testing.
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| Date | Event | Start | Finish | Status | Money Won |
Laps | Laps Led |
Race Points |
Standing |
| Feb. 16 | Daytona 500 Daytona, FL |
29 | 36 | Handling | $58,584 | 124/200 | 55 | 37 | |
| 23 | Goodwrench Service 400 Rockingham, NC |
26 | 31 | Running | $12,265 | 388/393 | 70 | 36 | |
| Mar. 2 | Pontiac Excitement 400 Richmond, VA |
38 | 30 | Running | $11,160 | 395/400 | 73 | 37 | |
| 9 | Primestar 500 Hampton, GA |
DNQ | 0 | 40 | |||||
| 23 | TranSouth Financial 400 Darlington, SC |
25 | 20 | Running | $13,890 | 292/293 | 103 | 37 | |
| Apr. 6 | Interstate Batteries 500 Roanoke, TX |
37 | 41 | Accident | $35,000 | 21/334 | 43 | 37 | |
| 13 | Food City 500 Bristol, TN |
36 | 16 | Running | $13,640 | 499/500 | 115 | 38 | |
| 20 | Goody's Headache Powder 500 Martinsville, VA |
24 | 34 | Running | $11,140 | 481/500 | 61 | 38 | |
| May 4 | Save Mart Supermarkets 300 Sonoma, CA |
21 | 18 | Running | $21,705 | 74/74 | 109 | 36 | |
| 10 | Winston 500 Talladega, AL |
12 | 13 | Running | $18,385 | 188/188 | 124 | 34 | |
| 17 | Winston Open Concord, NC |
15 | 18 | Running | $2,950 | 50/50 | --- | 34 | |
| 25 | Coca-Cola 600 Concord, NC |
24 | 12 | Running | $36,350 | 333/333 | 127 | 31 | |
| Jun. 1 | Miller 500 Dover, DE |
15 | 20 | Running | $22,440 | 495/500 | 103 | 30 | |
| 8 | Pocono 500 Long Pond, PA |
38 | 11 | Running | $19,525 | 200/200 | 130 | 29 | |
| 15 | Miller 400 Brooklyn, MI |
42 | 8 | Running | $33,475 | 200/200 | 142 | 25 | |
| 22 | California 500 Fontana, CA |
23 | 29 | Running | $25,975 | 245/250 | 76 | 25 | |
| Jul. 5 | Pepsi 400 Daytona, FL |
28 | 28 | Accident | $18,445 | 159/160 | 79 | 26 | |
| 13 | Jiffy Lube 300 Loudon, NH |
31 | 20 | Running | $26,600 | 299/300 | 103 | 25 | |
| 20 | Pennsylvania 500 Long Pond, PA |
29 | 16 | Running | $16,090 | 200/200 | 174-175 | 120 | 25 |
| Aug. 2 | Brickyard 400 Speedway, IN |
32 | 41 | Accident | $55,755 | 12/160 | 40 | 27 | |
| 10 | Bud at the Glen Watkins Glen, NY |
37 | 38 | Running | $11,365 | 64/90 | 49 | 28 | |
| 17 | DeVilbiss 400 Brooklyn, MI |
16 | 16 | Running | $22,015 | 200/200 | 115 | 28 | |
| 23 | Goody's Headache Powder 500 Bristol, TN |
9 | 32 | Running | $14,780 | 440/500 | 67 | 29 | |
| 31 | Mountain Dew Southern 500 Darlington, SC |
24 | 14 | Running | $19,640 | 365/367 | 121 | 29 | |
| Sep. 6 | Exide NASCAR Select
Batteries 400 Richmond, VA |
19 | 16 | Running | $19,520 | 398/400 | 115 | 28 | |
| 14 | CMT 300 Loudon, NH |
24 | 26 | Running | $27,975 | 299/300 | 85 | 28 | |
| 21 | MBNA 400 Dover, DE |
38 | 30 | Running | $16,215 | 392/400 | 73 | 28 | |
| 28 | Hanes 500 Martinsville, VA |
42 | 36 | Engine | $9,340 | 289/500 | 55 | 28 | |
| Oct. 5 | UAW-GM Quality 500 Concord, NC |
13 | 33 | Engine | $14,995 | 291/334 | 64 | 28 | |
| 12 | Sears DieHard 500 Talladega, AL |
5 | 18 | Running | $27,280 | 188/188 | 109 | 28 | |
| 26 | ACDelco 400 Rockingham, NC |
14 | 20 | Running | $19,175 | 391/393 | 103 | 27 | |
| Nov. 2 | Dura-Lube 500 Phoenix, AZ |
16 | 16 | Running | $16,580 | 311/312 | 115 | 27 | |
| 16 | NAPA 500 Hampton, GA |
14 | 5 | Running | $38,100 | 325/325 | 183-184 | 160 | 27 |
If you can fill in any missing
stats or photos, please let us know.
Note: Thanks to Jerry Michaelsen for some of the stats.
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