Indy 500 Awards

30 May 1997

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FP SP CAR  DRIVER		PRIZE	      PARADE    PRIZES	  AWARDS       TOTAL WINNINGS
           CAR NAME                                     C/E/T   SPEED   LAPS  REASONS     PTS
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 1  1  5WF Arie Luyendyk	$869,900       $300	$27,450	  $670,500	$1,568,150
           Wavephore/Sprint PCS/Miller Lite/Provimi	G/A/F   218.263	 200  145.827      37	
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 2  5  6 F Scott Goodyear	 447,700	300	    900	    64,400	   513,300
           Nortel/Sprint PCS/Quebecor Printing	        G/A/F	215.811  200  145.820	   33
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 3  7 52 R Jeff Ward		 294,700        300	$22,050     97,200	   414,250
           FirstPlus Team Cheever	                G/A/G	214.517	 200  145.779	   32
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 4 10 91WF Buddy Lazier		 228,700	300	  3,150	    47,100         279,250
           Delta Faucet-Montana-Hemelgarn Racing	D/A/F   214.286	 200  145.705	   31	
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 5  2  2 F Tony Stewart		 216,700	300	 28,800	    99,250	   345,050
           Glidden/Menards/Special			G/A/F	218.021	 200  145.490      31	
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 6  8 14 F Davey Hamilton	 208,700	300		     5,000	   214,000
           AJ Foyt PowerTeam Racing			G/A/G	214.484	 199  Running	   29	
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 7 22 11 R Billy Boat		 203,700	300	    450	    65,250	   269,700
	   Conseco AJ Foyt Racing			D/A/G	215.544	 199  Running      28
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 8  4  3 F Robbie Buhl		 192,700	300	  7,200	    35,000	   235,200
	   Quaker State/Special				G/A/F	216.102	 199  Running	   27
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 9 21 30RF Robbie Groff		 196,700	300		    25,350	   222,350
           Alfa-Laval/Team Losi/McCormack Motorsports	G/A/G	207.792	 197  Running	   26
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10 29 33 F Fermin Velez	 	 182,700	300		    33,400	   216,400
           Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	D/A/G   206.512	 195  Running	   25
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11 16 12 F Buzz Calkins		 179,700	300		    21,000	   201,000
           Bradley Food Marts				G/A/G	209.564	 188  R Half Shaft 24
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12 18 10 F Mike Groff		 175,700	300		   21,300	   197,300
           Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria/Visionaire/Bryant	G/I/F   208.537	 188  Running	   23
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13 34 90   Lyn St. James	 150,700	300	            37,000	   188,000
           LifetimeTV-Cinergy-Delta Faucet-Hemelgarn	D/I/F   210.145	 186  Accident T4  22
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14 20 44 R Steve Kinser		 173,000	  0		    20,250	   193,250
          SRS/One Call/Menards/Quaker State/St. Elmo's	D/A/G	210.793	 185  Accident T4  21
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15 28 54 F Dennis Vitolo	 166,700	300		    43,000	   210,000
           SmithKline Beecham/Kroger/Beck Motorsports	D /I/F	207.626	 173  Running	   20
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16 27 22 F Marco Greco		 164,700	300		    28,000	   193,000
           Side Play Int'l Sport Scandia Alta Xcel	D/A/G   210.322	 166  Gearbox	   19	
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17  3 8 RF Vincenzo Sospiri	 139,700	300		    56,250	   196,250
           Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	D/A/G   216.822	 163  Running	   18
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18 35  9   Johnny Unser		 137,700	300		    20,000	   158,000
           Delta Faucet-Montana-Cinergy-Hemelgarn	D/I/F   209.344	 158  Oil Pressure 17
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19 26 18RF Tyce Carlson		 157,700	300		    15,250	   173,250
       Klipsch Tnemec Overhead Door Pyle V-Line Earl's  D/A/G   210.852  156  Accident, T2 16
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20 17 40RF Dr. Jack Miller	 155,700	300		    15,250	   171,250
           AMS/Crest Racing/Trane/Spot-On		D/I/F	209.250  131  Accident, T3 15
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21 33 1 F Paul Durant		 153,700	300		    24,000	   178,000
          Conseco AJ Foyt Racing			G/A/G	209.149	 111  Accident, T3 14
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22 24 50 R Billy Roe		 134,700	300	            15,250	   150,250
    Sega/Progressive Elect./KECO/U.J.T./Eurointernat'l  D/A/F   212.752  110  Accident, T3 13
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23 11 51 F Eddie Cheever, Jr.	 149,700	300	            26,000	   176,000
	   FirstPlus Team Cheever			G/A/G	214.073	  84  Timing Chain 12
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24  9  7 F Eliseo Salazar	 148,700	300	            15,000	   164,000
	   Copec/Cristal/Scandia	                D/A/G	214.320	  70  Accident, T2 11
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25 30 97 R Greg Ray		 150,700	300	            20,250	   171,250
	   Tobacco Free Kids			        D/A/F	213.760	  48  Water Pump   10
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26  6 27 F Jim Guthrie		 146,700	300	            17,500	   164,500
	   Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/ERTL		D/A/F	215.207   43  Engine	    9
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27 19 21 F Roberto Guerrero	 144,700	300	            15,000	   160,000	
           Pennzoil-Pagan Racing Dallara Infiniti	D/I/G   207.371	  25  Steering Gear 8
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28 25 28 F Mark Dismore		 143,700	300	            15,000	   159,000
Kelley Automotive Mechanics Laundry Bombardier Grainger D/A/G   212.423   24  Accident, T4  7
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29 12 42   Robby Gordon		 121,700	300                 17,500	   139,500
           Coors Light					G/A/G	213.211	  19  Fire	    6
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30 32 72 R Claude Bourbonnais	 125,700	300	            26,250	   152,250
	   Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/ERTL		D/A/F   210.523	   9  Engine	    5
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31 13 77 F Stephan Gregoire	 142,700	300	            15,000	   158,000
	   Chastain Motorsports-Estridge-Miller-Eads	G/A/G	213.126	   0  Accident, T4  4 
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32 14 17RF Affonso Giaffone	 142,700	300	            15,250	   158,250
	   General Motors Brazil Chitwood Dallara	D/A/G	212.974    0  Accident, T4  3
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33 15 4 RF Kenny Brack		 141,700	300	            60,250	   202,250
           Monsoon Galles Racing			G/A/G 	211.221	   0  Accident, T4  2
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34 23 16 R Sam Schmidt		 129,700	300	            20,250	   150,250
           Blueprint/HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card		D/A/F	215.141	   0  Engine	    1
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35 31 34   Alessandro Zampedri	 129,700	300	            15,000	   145,000
	   Mi-Jack Scandia Royal Purple			D/A/G	211.757    0  Oil Leak	    1
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	   John Paul,Jr.					    25,000	    25,000
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			     $6,750,000	    $10,200	$90,000	$1,762,250	$8,612,450


Time of Race: 3:25:43.388
Margin of Victory: .570 seconds
Fastest Lap: #2 Tony Stewart, Lap 105 - 215.626
Fastest Leading Lap: #5 Arie Luyendyk, Lap 108 - 215.115
Legend: FP - Finishing Position; SP - Starting Position; R - Indy 500
Rookie; W - Former Winner; F - Officially In The Field.
Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force.
Engine: A - Oldsmobile Aurora V-8; I - Nissan Infiniti Indy V-8.
Tires: F - Firestone; G - Goodyear. 

Lap Leaders:
1-50	#2	Tony Stewart
51-51	#11	 Billy Boat
52-62	#2	Tony Stewart
63-78	#5	Arie Luyendyk
79-79	#2	Tony Stewart
80-82	#91	Buddy Lazier
83-109	#5	Arie Luyendyk
110-111	#2	Tony Stewart
112-115	#91	Buddy Lazier
116-131	#3	Robbie Buhl
132-140	#5	Arie Luyendyk
141-141	#6	Scott Goodyear
142-166	#52	Jeff Ward
167-168	#5	Arie Luyendyk
169-192	#52	Jeff Ward
193-193	#6	Scott Goodyear
194-200	#5	Arie Luyendyk



Lap Leader Summary:
#2	Tony Stewart	63	$28,800         
#5	Arie Luyendyk	61	$27,450
#52	Jeff Ward	49	$22,050
#3	Robbie Buhl	16	$7,200
#91	Buddy Lazier	7	$3,150
#6	Scott Goodyear	2	$900
#11	 Billy Boat 	1	$450

Caution Flags:
Pace Lap,	Accident, #17 Giaffone, #4 Brack, #77 Gregoire T4 (4 Caution Laps)
Laps 10-10	Smoking Car, #72 Bourbonnais
Laps 11-14	Moisture Reported
Lap 15		Red Flag, Moisture, Postponed
Laps 16-18	Race Continues under caution -5/27/97
Laps 20-28	#42 Gordon, Stops in T1
Laps 59-62	#27 Guthrie stalls on Front Straight
Laps 94-99	#7 Salazar Stops in T2
Laps 114-123	Accident, #50 Roe & #1 Durant T3
Laps 138-142	Accident, #40 Miller, North Short Chute
Laps 165-169	#18 Carlson, Spin T2
Laps 189-193	Accident, #44 Kinser T4
Laps 196-197	Debris
Lap  199	Debris