|| *Comments on the 1997 Sears DieHard 200:* View the most recent comment <#5> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. RaceFanX posted: 02.29.2008 - 10:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truck series career victory "lucky 13" for Ron Hornday Jr. Busch Series veteran Mark Green makes the first of his two Truck series appearences, both came in 1997 2. 83andJoe posted: 07.06.2013 - 3:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #37 crew chief: Scot Walters 3. Altracing posted: 12.20.2017 - 9:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) First career top ten finish for Mike Wallace in the truck series 4. RaceFanX posted: 12.15.2019 - 5:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wisconsin's own Rich Bickle came into this race leading the points and qualified second. After doing his pre-race interview wearing a Green Bay Packers Cheesehead hat he turned in a podium finish although title rival Jack Sprague's fourth-place run minimized almost all of the benefit he could have gained from it in the title race. Mike Wallace's great run here came in the ex-Cup racer's first outing in Ken Schrader's #52 PureOne Filters Chevrolet. The team struggled early in the season with Truck series vet Tobey Butler at the wheel so the decision was made to have Wallace take the wheel for the rest of the season, the move paid off as the team's performance improved greatly with its new driver. Wallace was so new to the team they didn't have a purpose-made PureOne firesuit ready for him in time for this race so he used one that was originally to be going to be used by his gas man since it was the only one that fit. Schrader, in Daytona for the Pepsi 400 earlier in the day, called the team and told Wallace to go get a top-10 finish and he did just that for his new boss. 5. SweetRich posted: 02.20.2020 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Commentators For The Race Were Eli Gold And Ned Jarrett. The Pit Road Reporters Were Dick Berggren And Mike Joy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: