Indy 500 Results and Standings
29 May 1997
UNOFFICIAL BOX SCORE
81st Running - May 27, 1997
Indianapolis 500-Mile Race
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F S Laps Running/
P P CAR DRIVER CAR NAME C/E/T Comp Reason
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1 1 5 WF Arie Luyendyk
Wavephore/Sprint PCS/Miller Lite/Provimi G/A/F 200 Running
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2 5 6 F Scott Goodyear
Nortel/Sprint PCS/Quebecor Printing G/A/F 200 Running
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3 7 52 R Jeff Ward
FirstPlus Team Cheever G/A/G 200 Running
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4 10 91 WF Buddy Lazier
Delta Faucet-Montana-Hemelgarn Racing D/A/F 200 Running
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5 2 2 F Tony Stewart
Glidden/Menards/Special G/A/F 200 Running
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6 8 14 F Davey Hamilton
AJ Foyt PowerTeam Racing G/A/G 199 Running
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7 22 11 R Billy Boat
Conseco AJ Foyt Racing D/A/G 199 Running
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8 4 3 F Robbie Buhl
Quaker State/Special G/A/F 199 Running
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9 21 30 RF Robbie Groff
Alfa-Laval/Team Losi/McCormack Motorsports G/A/G 197 Running
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10 29 33 F Fermin Velez
Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel D/A/G 195 Running
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11 16 12 F Buzz Calkins
Bradley Food Marts G/A/G 188 Rt Half Shaft
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12 18 10 F Mike Groff G/I/F 188 Running
Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria/Visionaire/Bryant
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13 34 90 Lyn St. James D/I/F 186 Accident T4
LifetimeTV-Cinergy-Delta Faucet-Hemelgarn
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14 20 44 R Steve Kinser D/A/G 185 Accident T4
SRS/One Call/Menards/Quaker State/St. Elmo's
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15 28 54 F Dennis Vitolo D/I/F 173 Running
SmithKline Beecham/Kroger/Beck Motorsports
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16 27 22 F Marco Greco D/A/G 166 Gearbox
Side Play Int'l Sport Scandia Alta Xcel
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17 3 8 RF Vincenzo Sospiri D/A/G 163 Running
Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel
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18 35 9 Johnny Unser D/I/F 158 Oil Pressure
Delta Faucet-Montana-Cinergy-Hemelgarn
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19 26 18 RF Tyce Carlson D/A/G 156 Accident, T2
Klipsch Tnemec Overhead Door Pyle V-Line Earl's
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20 17 40 RF Dr. Jack Miller
AMS/Crest Racing/Trane/Spot-On D/I/F 131 Accident, T3
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21 33 1 F Paul Durant
Conseco AJ Foyt Racing G/A/G 111 Accident, T3
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22 24 50 R Billy Roe D/A/F 110 Accident, T3
Sega/Progressive Elect./KECO/U.J.T./Eurointernat'l
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23 11 51 F Eddie Cheever, Jr.
FirstPlus Team Cheever G/A/G 84 Timing Chain
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24 9 7 F Eliseo Salazar
Copec/Cristal/Scandia D/A/G 70 Accident, T2
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25r 30 97 R Greg Ray
Tobacco Free Kids D/A/F 48 Water Pump
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26 6 27 F Jim Guthrie
Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/ERTL D/A/F 43 Engine
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27 19 21 F Roberto Guerrero
Pennzoil-Pagan Racing Dallara Infiniti D/I/G 25 Steering Gear
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28 25 28 F Mark Dismore D/A/G 24 Accident, T4
Kelley Automotive Mechanics Laundry Bombardier Grainger
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29 12 42 Robby Gordon
Coors Light G/A/G 19 Fire
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30 32 72 R Claude Bourbonnais
Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/ERTL D/A/F 9 Engine
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31 13 77 F Stephan Gregoire G/A/G 0 Accident, T4
Chastain Motorsports-Estridge-Miller-Eads
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32 14 17 RF Affonso Giaffone D/A/G 0 Accident, T4
General Motors Brazil Chitwood Dallara
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33 15 4 RF Kenny Brack G/A/G 0 Accident, T4
Monsoon Galles Racing
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34 23 16 R Sam Schmidt D/A/F 0 Engine
Blueprint/HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card
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35 31 34 Alessandro Zampedri D/A/G 0 Oil Leak
Mi-Jack Scandia Royal Purple
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Time of Race: 3.25:43.388
Average Speed: 145.827
Margin of Victory: 0.570
Fastest Lap: #2 Tony Stewart,Lap 105 - 215.626
Leading Lap: #5 Arie Luyendyk, Lap 108 - 215.115
LEGEND: SP-Start Position; R-Rookie; W-Former Winner; F-Officially In The Field.
CHASSIS LEGEND: D-Dallara; G-G Force.
ENGINE LEGEND: A-Oldsmobile Aurora V-8; I-Nissan Infiniti Indy V-8.
TIRE LEGEND: 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 64 $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, Turn 4 (4 Caution Laps Run)
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 20-23 #42 Gordon, Stops in Turn1, Fire
Laps 24-28 #44 Kinser,#7 Salazar,#28 Dismore-Accident T4
Laps 59-62 #27 Guthrie stalls on Front Straight
Laps 94-99 #7Salazar Spun & Hit wall in Turn 2
Laps 114-123 Accident, #50 Roe & #1Durant, Turn 3
Laps 137-142 Accident, #40 Miller , #10 M.Groff, North short chute
Laps 165-169 #18Carlson, Spin, Turn 2.. #9 Unser,Blown Engine T2
Laps 189-193 #44Kinser, Accident, Turn 4. #90 St.James, T4 (stopped in T1)
Laps 196-197 Debris
Laps 198-199 #2 Stewart Brushed Wall, T4
1996-97 IRL Season
Driver Point Standings
(after Indianapolis 500 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - May 27)
No. of Running Highest Laps Laps
Points Driver Starts at Finish Finish Led Completed Total
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1 Mike Groff 5 5 2 0 930 148
2 Davey Hamilton 5 5 3 0 930 143
3 Buzz Calkins 5 3 2 14 916 137
4 Tony Stewart 5 2 2 445 805 133
5 Marco Greco 5 4 4 0 899 131
6 Roberto Guerrero 5 3 4 0 669 114
7 Arie Luyendyk 5 2 1 97 584 112
8 Jim Guthrie (R) 5 3 1 74 574 107
9 Scott Sharp 4 2 1 22 582 104
10 Buddy Lazier 5 1 4 7 481 102
11 Eddie Cheever, Jr. 5 3 1 4 546 100
12 John Paul, Jr. 4 3 9 22 585 88
13 Stephan Gregoire 5 2 5 0 420 86
14 Robbie Buhl 4 2 8 16 445 84
15 Scott Goodyear 3 2 2 2 401 83
16 Fermin Velez (R) 3 2 9 0 436 72
17 Eliseo Salazar 3 2 7 0 456 65
18 Michele Alboreto 2 2 3 0 397 62
19 Richie Hearn 2 1 1 96 366 59
20 Tyce Carlson (R) 3 1 11 0 396 52
21 Jeff Ward (R) 2 1 3 49 263 51
22 Dr. Jack Miller (R) 3 0 15 0 249 50
23 Affonso Giaffone (R) 3 1 10 13 304 50
24 Mark Dismore 3 0 17 0 216 40
25 Jeret Schroeder (R) 2 0 14 0 144 37
26 Stan Wattles (R) 2 0 16 0 282 36
27 Billy Roe (R) 2 0 15 0 192 33
28 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 1 1 2 0 200 33
29 Johnny Unser 2 0 18 0 225 30
30 Billy Boat (R) 1 1 7 1 199 28
31 Robby Gordon 2 0 14 60 198 27
32 Robbie Groff (R) 1 1 9 0 197 26
33 Kenny Brack (R) 2 0 11 24 145 26
34 Sam Schmidt (R) 2 0 10 0 176 26
35 Brad Murphey (R) 2 0 18 0 105 25
36 Johnny O'Connell 1 0 12 3 183 23
37 Lyn St. James 1 0 13 0 186 22
38 Danny Ongais 1 0 13 0 94 22
39 Steve Kinser (R) 1 0 14 0 185 21
40 Dennis Vitolo 1 1 15 0 173 20
41 Vincenzo Sospiri (R) 1 1 17 0 163 18
42 David Kudrave 1 0 17 0 118 18
43 J.C. Carbonell (R) 1 0 19 0 112 16
44 Joe Gosek 1 0 21 0 30 14
45 Paul Durant 1 0 21 0 111 14
46 Greg Ray (R) 1 0 25 0 48 10
47 Johnny Parsons 1 0 28 0 7 7
48 Claude Bourbonnais (R) 1 0 30 0 0 5
49 Alessandro Zampedri 1 0 35 0 0 1
Legend: R- League Rookie