|| *Comments on the 1997 Hardee's Fried Chicken Challenge 250:* View the most recent comment <#21> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. tquievryn posted: 01.04.2005 - 8:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Jeff Burton dominated. Jason Keller was looking his first win 1995. All they got was getting to watch Mark Martin claim his 2nd victory of the year, when Burton and Keller got together coming off the 4th turn coming to the checkers. The two had a heated exchange after the race. 2. SPENCER posted: 11.08.2005 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WOW Ed Spencer III starts 3 races Martin wins them all, by the way Ed nice 15th place finish(best career) 3. Anonymous posted: 11.13.2006 - 2:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If I remember right, Burton ended up on victory circle, which was on the infield at the time. 4. biffle16 posted: 05.13.2007 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Irony! 5. biffle16 posted: 05.13.2007 - 9:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, Jimmy Foster finishes 41st on his 20th birthday. :( 6. SK posted: 11.10.2007 - 5:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff Krogh makes his Busch Series debut. 7. RaceFanX posted: 12.23.2007 - 3:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last NASCAR race for Doug Heveron 8. most posted: 05.16.2008 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Burton wasn't so calm back then! He was mighty angry about that crash. 9. RaceFanX posted: 12.04.2009 - 2:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ron Barfield Jr's best Busch series finish in 9th 10. Matt G posted: 03.05.2011 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If I remember correctly, Keller hit Burton coming to the white flag and knocked him back to third. Then on the last lap Keller got into turn 3 too hard and couldn't keep his car on the bottom allowing Mark Martin to get by. Burton then tried for a revenge shot coming off turn 4 as Keller got back in the grovove and they both wrecked. 11. RaceFanX posted: 07.03.2011 - 12:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the only Busch race that Keller led in 1997. 12. CBASS posted: 01.04.2014 - 12:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #40 MHCO USA #17 Kraft Singles/ Ukrop's 13. 23andJoe posted: 01.06.2016 - 11:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #20 sponsor: Spencer Motor Ventures 14. 23andJoe posted: 01.07.2016 - 12:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Data for yet-unpaged drivers: Junior Purcell's hometown is Sarasota, FL. 15. Anthony posted: 09.30.2016 - 3:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3 different leaders in the last 3 laps, you don't see that too often! 16. RaceFanX posted: 09.28.2017 - 12:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Virginia short tracker Brandon Butler, a popular racer who spent the prior two seasons in Busch North competition, makes his Busch Grand National series debut but crashes out in a multi-car accident. It would be more than three years before Butler would make another start in this series, racing at Richmond again in 2000. 17. Pacer posted: 09.28.2017 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This was the last year this race was the "Hardee's Fried Chicken 250" although it remained the "Hardee's 250" through 2003. The Hardee's chain was sold to CKE Restaurants Holdings, the parent company of the hamburger chain Carl Jr's, about a month after this race leading to something of a restructuring of the Hardee's chain and its menus; fried chicken was phased off the menus in many of its restaurants (although a few in the south still sell it). 18. Evan posted: 09.28.2017 - 4:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I had some of Hardee's Fried Chicken in Louisa, VA about four years ago, so that fact is indeed true. 19. SK posted: 06.16.2018 - 2:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Per the race broadcast and media guide, this race should be called the 'Hardee's Fried Chicken Challenge 250'. 20. Jimnsimforever posted: 04.07.2019 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With qualifying rained out, the 43 car field was set by the following. Positions 1 to 23 were by 1996 car owner points. Positions 24 to 43 were set by the postmark date on the entry form. 21. Rich posted: 08.06.2020 - 12:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators were Dr. Jerry Punch, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons. The pit road reporters were Bill Weber, Kyle Petty and Ray Dunlap. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: