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Daily Practice Report from the IMS (05/13/97)

14 May 1997

The 1997 Indy 500
81st Running
Daily Practice Report from the IMS
Monday May 13, 1997

Daily Practice Report (05/13/97)
--Session-- --Event combined--
SR Car Driver C/E/T Laps Time Speed When Laps Time Speed Date
1 91T Lazier, Buddy D/A/F 35 41.467 217.040 17:34 103 41.467 217.040 5/13/97
2 51 Cheever Jr, Eddie G/A/G 22 41.492 216.909 16:16 180 41.492 216.909 5/13/97
3 6 Goodyear, Scott G/A/F 101 41.568 216.513 16:13 371 41.438 217.192 5/10/97
4 42 Gordon, Robby G/A/G 58 41.749 215.574 17:51 242 41.668 215.993 5/07/97
5 3T Buhl, Robbie G/A/F 97 41.883 214.884 17:33 215 41.723 215.708 5/08/97
6 44 Kinser, Steve D/A/G 48 41.969 214.444 16:00 258 41.969 214.444 5/13/97
7 2T Stewart, Tony G/A/F 61 41.970 214.439 12:52 176 41.701 215.822 5/08/97
8 11 Boat, Billy G/A/G 21 42.030 214.133 17:19 61 42.030 214.133 5/13/97
9 17 Giaffone, Affonso D/A/G 42 42.123 213.660 15:50 307 41.696 215.848 5/10/97
10 12 Calkins, Buzz G/A/G 53 42.185 213.346 16:37 252 42.097 213.792 5/07/97
11 90 St James, Lyn D/I/F 53 42.298 212.776 15:46 170 42.298 212.776 5/13/97
12 4T Brack, Kenny G/A/G 52 42.540 211.566 17:33 177 42.319 212.670 5/12/97
13 21T Guerrero, Roberto D/I/G 46 42.721 210.669 17:34 46 42.721 210.669 5/13/97
14 22 Greco, Marco D/A/G 14 42.841 210.079 16:21 48 42.841 210.079 5/13/97
15 10T Groff, Mike G/I/F 60 42.876 209.908 17:59 106 42.876 209.908 5/13/97
16 50 Roe, Billy D/A/F 67 42.880 209.888 16:16 176 42.880 209.888 5/13/97
17 54 Vitolo, Dennis D/I/F 19 45.918 196.002 17:36 20 45.918 196.002 5/13/97
18 5 Luyendyk, Arie G/A/F 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 337 40.854 220.297 5/07/97
19 2 Stewart, Tony G/A/F 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 162 41.080 219.085 5/10/97
20 1 Sharp, Scott G/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 38 41.398 217.402 5/07/97
21 3 Buhl, Robbie G/A/F 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 219 41.459 217.082 5/10/97
22 8 Sospiri, Vincenzo D/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 189 41.464 217.056 5/10/97
23 16 Schmidt, Sam D/A/F 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 204 41.483 216.956 5/10/97
24 14 Hamilton, Davey G/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 73 41.588 216.409 5/10/97
25 27 Guthrie, Jim D/A/F 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 159 41.652 216.076 5/07/97
26 33 Velez, Fermin D/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 130 41.713 215.760 5/09/97
27 52 Ward, Jeff G/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 88 41.738 215.631 5/10/97
28 97 Ray, Greg D/A/F 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 173 41.745 215.595 5/11/97
29 7 Salazar, Eliseo D/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 128 41.904 214.777 5/10/97
30 77 Gregoire, Stephan G/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 198 41.963 214.475 5/10/97
31 1T Sharp, Scott G/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 23 42.027 214.148 5/09/97
32 91 Lazier, Buddy D/I/F 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 39 42.031 214.128 5/06/97
33 4 Brack, Kenny G/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 245 42.284 212.846 5/10/97
34 18 Paul, John D/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 163 42.342 212.555 5/06/97
35 34 Zampedri, Alessandro D/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 128 42.562 211.456 5/10/97
36 30 Groff, Robbie G/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 318 42.719 210.679 5/09/97
37 21T Guerrero, Roberto D/I/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 106 42.722 210.664 5/08/97
38 10 Groff, Mike G/I/F 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 156 42.942 209.585 5/08/97
39 40 Miller, Jack D/I/F 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 162 42.960 209.497 5/10/97
40 51T Ward, Jeff G/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 16 43.736 205.780 5/04/97
41 21 Guerrero, Roberto D/I/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 39 44.044 204.341 5/06/97
42 1T Boat, Billy G/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 19 44.112 204.026 5/11/97
43 8 Greco, Marco D/A/G 0 0.000 0.000 0:00 3 81.786 110.043 5/06/97
Total 8496423
Legend: SR=Speed Rank, C=Chassis, E=Engine, T=Tire
Chassis: D=Dallara, G=G Force
Engine: A=Aurora by Oldsmobile, I=Infinity Indy V8
Tire: F=Firestone, G=Goodyear