Daily Practice Report from the IMS (05/17/97)
18 May 1997
The 1997 Indy 50081st Running
Daily Practice Report from the IMS
Wednesday May 17, 1997
| Daily Practice Report for 5/17/97 | |||||||||||
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| --Session-- | --Event Combined-- | ||||||||||
| SR | Car | Driver | C/E/T | Laps | Time | Speed | When | Laps | Time | Speed | Date |
| 1 | 28 | Dismore, Mark | D/A/G (Q) | 69 | 41.406 | 217.360 | 10:08 | 106 | 41.406 | 217.360 | 5/17/97 |
| 2 | 11 | Boat, Billy | D/A/G (Q) | 15 | 41.609 | 216.299 | 11:41 | 130 | 41.609 | 216.299 | 5/17/97 |
| 3 | 16 | Schmidt, Sam | D/A/F (Q) | 15 | 41.636 | 216.159 | 12:14 | 268 | 41.483 | 216.956 | 5/10/97 |
| 4 | 91T | Lazier, Buddy | D/A/F (Q) | 36 | 41.777 | 215.430 | 15:20 | 236 | 41.467 | 217.040 | 5/13/97 |
| 5 | 97 | Ray, Greg | D/A/F | 20 | 41.810 | 215.260 | 10:15 | 203 | 41.745 | 215.595 | 5/11/97 |
| 6 | 34T | Zampedri, Alessandro | D/A/G | 31 | 41.979 | 214.393 | 17:30 | 31 | 41.979 | 214.393 | 5/17/97 |
| 7 | 18 | Carlson, Tyce | D/A/G (Q) | 68 | 42.095 | 213.802 | 15:51 | 116 | 42.095 | 213.802 | 5/17/97 |
| 8 | 50 | Roe, Billy | D/A/F (Q) | 15 | 42.178 | 213.381 | 11:48 | 262 | 42.178 | 213.381 | 5/17/97 |
| 9 | 51T | Cheever Jr, Eddie | G/A/G | 57 | 42.239 | 213.073 | 15:20 | 57 | 42.239 | 213.073 | 5/17/97 |
| 10 | 22 | Greco, Marco | D/A/G (Q) | 12 | 42.265 | 212.942 | 12:20 | 78 | 42.265 | 212.942 | 5/17/97 |
| 11 | 12 | Calkins, Buzz | G/A/G (Q) | 73 | 42.600 | 211.268 | 15:55 | 479 | 42.097 | 213.792 | 5/07/97 |
| 12 | 72 | Bourbonnais, Claude | D/A/F | 68 | 42.780 | 210.379 | 17:30 | 196 | 42.780 | 210.379 | 5/17/97 |
| 13 | 33 | Velez, Fermin | D/A/G (Q) | 22 | 43.040 | 209.108 | 11:51 | 167 | 41.713 | 215.760 | 5/09/97 |
| 14 | 54 | Vitolo, Dennis | D/I/F (Q) | 45 | 43.161 | 208.522 | 10:15 | 172 | 43.161 | 208.522 | 5/17/97 |
| 15 | 7 | Salazar, Eliseo | D/A/G (Q) | 5 | 43.458 | 207.097 | 17:59 | 133 | 41.904 | 214.777 | 5/10/97 |
| 16 | 91 | Unser, Johnny | D/I/F | 10 | 43.938 | 204.834 | 9:30 | 53 | 43.166 | 208.497 | 5/15/97 |
| 17 | 36 | Harrington, Scott | G/A/G | 48 | 44.929 | 200.316 | 16:27 | 65 | 44.929 | 200.316 | 5/17/97 |
| 18 | 4 | Brack, Kenny | G/A/G (Q) | 2 | 75.503 | 119.201 | 16:42 | 247 | 42.284 | 212.846 | 5/10/97 |
| 19 | 5 | Luyendyk, Arie | G/A/F(Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 337 | 40.854 | 220.297 | 5/07/97 |
| 20 | 2 | Stewart, Tony | G/A/F(Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 162 | 41.080 | 219.085 | 5/10/97 |
| 21 | 1 | Sharp, Scott | G/A/G | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 38 | 41.398 | 217.402 | 5/07/97 |
| 22 | 6 | Goodyear, Scott | G/A/F (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 371 | 41.438 | 217.192 | 5/10/97 |
| 23 | 3 | Buhl, Robbie | G/A/F (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 219 | 41.459 | 217.082 | 5/10/97 |
| 24 | 8 | Sospiri, Vincenzo | D/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 189 | 41.464 | 217.056 | 5/10/97 |
| 25 | 51 | Cheever Jr, Eddie | G/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 180 | 41.492 | 216.909 | 5/13/97 |
| 26 | 2T | Stewart, Tony | G/A/F | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 286 | 41.577 | 216.466 | 5/14/97 |
| 27 | 14 | Hamilton, Davey | G/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 94 | 41.588 | 216.409 | 5/10/97 |
| 28 | 27 | Guthrie, Jim | D/A/F (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 159 | 41.652 | 216.076 | 5/07/97 |
| 29 | 42 | Gordon, Robby | G/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 347 | 41.668 | 215.993 | 5/07/97 |
| 30 | 17 | Giaffone, Affonso | D/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 307 | 41.696 | 215.848 | 5/10/97 |
| 31 | 3T | Buhl, Robbie | G/A/F | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 313 | 41.723 | 215.708 | 5/08/97 |
| 32 | 52 | Ward, Jeff | G/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 88 | 41.738 | 215.631 | 5/10/97 |
| 33 | 4T | Brack, Kenny | G/A/G | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 402 | 41.846 | 215.074 | 5/16/97 |
| 34 | 44 | Kinser, Steve | D/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 408 | 41.922 | 214.684 | 5/16/97 |
| 35 | 77 | Gregoire, Stephan | G/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 227 | 41.963 | 214.475 | 5/10/97 |
| 36 | 1T | Sharp, Scott | G/A/G | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 23 | 42.027 | 214.148 | 5/09/97 |
| 37 | 91 | Lazier, Buddy | D/I/F | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 44 | 42.031 | 214.128 | 5/06/97 |
| 38 | 51T | Ward, Jeff | G/A/G | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 79 | 42.245 | 213.043 | 5/16/97 |
| 39 | 1 | O Connell, Johnny | G/A/G | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 32 | 42.269 | 212.922 | 5/16/97 |
| 40 | 90 | St James, Lyn | D/I/F (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 207 | 42.298 | 212.776 | 5/13/97 |
| 41 | 18 | Paul, John | D/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 163 | 42.342 | 212.555 | 5/06/97 |
| 42 | 14T | Hamilton, Davey | D/A/G | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 11 | 42.562 | 211.456 | 5/15/97 |
| 43 | 34 | Zampedri, Alessandro | D/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 128 | 42.562 | 211.456 | 5/10/97 |
| 44 | 10T | Groff, Mike | G/I/F | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 209 | 42.627 | 211.134 | 5/16/97 |
| 45 | 30 | Groff, Robbie | G/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 368 | 42.719 | 210.679 | 5/09/97 |
| 46 | 21T | Guerrero, Roberto | D/I/G | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 73 | 42.721 | 210.669 | 5/13/97 |
| 47 | 21T | Guerrero, Roberto | D/I/G | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 106 | 42.722 | 210.664 | 5/08/97 |
| 48 | 10 | Groff, Mike | G/I/F (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 156 | 42.942 | 209.585 | 5/08/97 |
| 49 | 40 | Miller, Jack | D/I/F (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 211 | 42.960 | 209.497 | 5/10/97 |
| 50 | 21 | Guerrero, Roberto | D/I/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 39 | 44.044 | 204.341 | 5/06/97 |
| 51 | 1T | Boat, Billy | G/A/G | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 19 | 44.112 | 204.026 | 5/11/97 |
| 52 | 8 | Greco, Marco | D/A/G (Q) | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0:00 | 3 | 81.786 | 110.043 | 5/06/97 |
| Total | 611 | 8997 | |||||||||
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