The Coca-Cola 600 marks the fourth time this season the #97 John Deere Motorsports team has failed to make a race. Officials at John Deere have called a meeting with Mark Rypien and Greg Pollux to discuss their futures together. Apparently Deere has already told the team they are leaving at the end of the 1997 season, and are now discussing whether they should even stick around for the balance of this year. The team is pointing their fingers at the T&L engines they are running this year(5-22-97)
