IRL Driver Points Following Pennzoil 200
21 August 1997
INDY RACING LEAGUE 1996-97 IRL Season Driver Point Standings (after Pennzoil 200 - New Hampshire International Speedway - August 17) RUNNING NO. OF AT HIGH. LAPS LAPS TOTAL TOTAL DRIVER STARTS FINISH FINISH LED COMP PTS AWARDS 1 Tony Stewart 9 4 1 812 1,590 254 $1,050,450 2 Davey Hamilton 9 7 3 4 1,599 244 740,200 3 Eddie Cheever, Jr. 9 5 1 89 1,356 216 694,400 4 Arie Luyendyk 9 4 1 120 1,222 213 2,048,150 5 Buddy Lazier 9 5 1 122 1,239 205 705,550 6 Marco Greco 9 6 4 34 1,350 205 533,600 7 Roberto Guerrero 9 5 4 26 1,296 200 563,750 8 Buzz Calkins 8 4 2 14 1,250 197 568,750 9 Scott Goodyear 7 5 2 35 1,167 193 855,600 10 Eliseo Salazar 7 6 4 42 1,251 172 453,150 11 Mike Groff 6 6 2 0 1,106 169 562,850 12 Stephan Gregoire 8 4 2 5 976 166 388,300 13 Jim Guthrie (R) 8 4 1 80 852 155 562,450 14 John Paul, Jr. 6 5 7 23 982 140 306,850 15 Affonso Giaffone (R) 7 3 4 13 881 139 361,500 16 Robbie Buhl 6 3 1 19 812 138 480,150 17 Billy Boat (R) 5 4 2 48 896 137 546,150 18 Mark Dismore 7 3 11 0 905 128 379,050 19 Kenny Brack (R) 6 2 5 33 848 124 387,200 20 Vincenzo Sospiri (R) 5 4 2 1 837 121 401,100 21 Scott Sharp 5 2 1 22 582 119 324,150 22 Robbie Groff (R) 5 2 9 3 950 118 402,450 23 Dr. Jack Miller (R) 7 0 15 0 508 108 408,100 24 Johnny Unser 5 2 10 0 640 91 302,150 25 Fermin Velez (R) 4 2 9 0 437 82 345,150 26 Tyce Carlson (R) 4 2 11 0 580 73 306,050 27 Sam Schmidt (R) 5 0 10 0 356 68 215,700 28 Greg Ray (R) 4 1 8 0 390 68 229,300 29 Michele Alboreto 2 2 3 0 397 62 137,250 30 Richie Hearn 2 1 1 96 366 59 181,000 31 Jeff Ward (R) 2 1 3 49 263 51 437,150 32 Jimmy Kite (R) 3 0 15 11 206 47 110,750 33 Jeret Schroeder (R) 2 0 14 0 144 37 81,500 34 Stan Wattles (R) 2 0 16 0 282 36 72,000 35 Billy Roe (R) 2 0 15 0 192 33 169,450 36 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 1 1 2 0 200 33 95,250 37 Robby Gordon 2 0 14 60 198 27 156,500 38 Brad Murphey (R) 2 0 18 0 105 25 47,000 39 Alessandro Zampedri 2 1 12 0 201 24 167,150 40 Johnny O'Connell 1 0 12 3 183 23 22,000 41 Lyn St. James 1 0 13 0 186 22 188,000 42 Danny Ongais 1 0 13 0 94 22 24,500 43 Steve Kinser (R) 1 0 14 0 185 21 193,250 44 Dennis Vitolo 1 1 15 0 173 20 200,000 45 David Kudrave 1 0 17 0 118 18 14,000 46 J.C. Carbonell (R) 1 0 19 0 112 16 34,000 47 Paul Durant (R) 1 0 21 0 111 14 178,000 48 Joe Gosek (R) 1 0 21 0 30 14 10,000 49 Allen May (R) 1 0 22 0 36 13 13,700 50 Johnny Parsons 1 0 28 0 7 7 10,000 51 Claude Bourbonnais 1 0 30 0 9 5 152,250 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total: $17,816,950 **Standings Could Change Pending Appeal