1997 Las Vegas 500K

Race 2 of 10

Las Vegas
200 laps
Time of race: 2:36:17.345
Average speed of winner: 115.171 mph
Margin of victory: 1.693 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 83 laps
Fastest lap: Richie Hearn 219.191
Lap leaders: Luyendyk 1-25, Gordon 26-57, Paul, Jr. 58-79, Gordon 80-99, Hearn 100-110, O'Connell 111, Hearn 112-153, O'Connell 154-155, Hearn 156-160, Gordon 161-168, Hearn 169-200

Race notes: First win for Richie Hearn. Debut for Affonso Giaffone and Robby Gordon. Finale for Michele Alboreto, Michel Jourdain, Jr., Johnny O'Connell, and Johnny Parsons. Only start for Juan Carlos Carbonell. Mike Groff took the points lead from Scott Sharp.

Video links: Most of race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Richie Hearn	4	Ralphs/Food4Less/Fuji Film	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	221.511	200	4	90	running	120000	36
2	22	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	22	Herdez Viva Mexico!	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Scandia	212.615	200	0	0	running	95250	33
3	6	Mike Groff	10	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Byrd	222.359	199	0	0	running	80250	32
4	9	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pennzoil Pagan Racing Ford	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Pagan	220.687	198	0	0	running	75000	31
5	18	Michele Alboreto	33	Scandia Rio Hotel & Casino Perry Ellis Royal Purple	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Scandia	215.139	197	0	0	running	55000	30
6	16	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Motorsports/Bradley Food Marts	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Bradley	215.991	197	0	0	running	47500	29
7	13	Eliseo Salazar	7	Cristal/Copec Mobil Scandia Xcel Alta Perry Ellis	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Scandia	217.672	196	0	0	running	46500	28
8	15	Robbie Buhl	54	Original Coors/Beck Motorsports	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Beck	216.285	195	0	0	running	25750	27
9	24	Marco Greco	40	Scandia International Sports Limited Perry Ellis	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Scandia	210.190	191	0	0	running	44250	26
10	23	Affonso Giaffone	34	Hype/Quaker State/Scandia	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Scandia	211.243	190	0	0	running	21250	25
11	5	Davey Hamilton	14	AJ Foyt Power Team Racing Lola	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Foyt	222.818	187	0	0	running	44250	24
12	11	Johnny O'Connell	6	The Mi-Jack Products/Bryant Heating & Cooling Special	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Treadway	219.646	183	2	3	accident T4	22000	23
13	19	Jim Guthrie	27	Team Blueprint Racing Inc.	Lola	Buick	Firestone	Blueprint	214.968	182	0	0	running	20000	22
14	3	Robby Gordon	50	Valvoline Cummins Craftsman Special	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Walker	223.371	179	3	60	engine	17000	21
15	12	John Paul, Jr.	18	V-Line Earl's Performance Products/Crowne Plaza	Lola	Menard	Goodyear	PDM	219.477	170	1	22	running	48000	20
16	7	Scott Sharp	1	Conseco/AJ Foyt Racing Lola	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Foyt	222.332	168	0	0	wheel bearing	37000	19
17	10	Mark Dismore	3	Menards/Quaker State Special	Lola	Menard	Firestone	Menard	219.718	149	0	0	accident T4	36000	18
18	21	Stan Wattles	30	Spirit of San Antonio/McCormack Motorsports	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	McCormack	213.161	119	0	0	accident T4	35000	17
19	28	Juan Carlos Carbonell	15	Tempero-Giuffre Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	Tempero-Giuffre	181.208	112	0	0	mechanical	34000	16
20	1	Arie Luyendyk	5	The Mi-Jack Products/Bryant Heating & Cooling Special	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Treadway	226.491	106	1	25	accident T1	53000	17
21	2	Tony Stewart	2	Menards/Glidden Special	Lola	Menard	Firestone	Menard	224.225	77	0	0	accident T2	32000	14
22	20	Johnny Unser	64	Ruger Titanium Hawaiian Tropic Project Indy	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy	213.624	67	0	0	mechanical	10000	13
23	14	Tyce Carlson	28	Earl's Performance Products/Harrah's Resorts	Lola	Menard	Goodyear	PDM	217.496	53	0	0	accident T2	34500	12
24	4	Buddy Lazier	91	Hemelgarn Racing/Delta Faucet	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Hemelgarn	222.938	35	0	0	mechanical	32000	11
25	27	Eddie Cheever	51	First Plus Team Cheever	Lola	Menard	Goodyear	Cheever	192.836	27	0	0	accident T2	32000	10
26	25	Stéphan Grégoire	8	Scandia Perry Ellis	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Scandia	209.978	27	0	0	accident T2	10000	9
27	26	Brad Murphey	9	Hemelgarn Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Hemelgarn	205.958	26	0	0	accident T2	32000	8
28	17	Johnny Parsons	16	Team Blueprint Racing Inc.	Lola	Buick	Firestone	Blueprint	215.853	7	0	0	accident T4	10000	7

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Mike Groff	63	2	0	0	2	2
2	Buzz Calkins	62	2	0	0	1	2
3	Michele Alboreto	62	2	0	0	2	2
4	Roberto Guerrero	60	2	0	0	1	2
5	Richie Hearn	59	2	1	1	1	1
6	Scott Sharp	54	2	0	1	1	1
7	Davey Hamilton	54	2	0	0	1	1
8	Marco Greco	54	2	0	0	0	2
9	Eliseo Salazar	54	2	0	0	0	2
10	John Paul, Jr.	45	2	0	0	0	1
11	Robbie Buhl	40	2	0	0	0	1
12	Arie Luyendyk	39	2	1	0	0	0
13	Tony Stewart	38	2	0	0	0	0
14	Stéphan Grégoire	36	2	0	0	0	1
15	Tyce Carlson	36	2	0	0	0	0
16	Stan Wattles	36	2	0	0	0	0
17	Jim Guthrie	34	2	0	0	0	0
18	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	33	1	0	0	1	1
19	Mark Dismore	33	2	0	0	0	0
20	Eddie Cheever	30	2	0	0	0	0
21	Buddy Lazier	27	2	0	0	0	0
22	Affonso Giaffone	25	1	0	0	0	1
23	Brad Murphey	25	2	0	0	0	0
24	Johnny O'Connell	23	1	0	0	0	0
25	Robby Gordon	21	1	0	0	0	0