1997 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

Race 5 of 10

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 3:25:43.388
Average speed of winner: 145.827 mph
Margin of victory: 0.570 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 15 for 61 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 215.626
Lap leaders: Stewart 1-50, Boat 51, Stewart 52-62, Luyendyk 63-78, Stewart 79, Lazier 80-82, Luyendyk 83-109, Stewart 110-111, Lazier 112-115, Buhl 116-131, Luyendyk 132-140, Goodyear 141, Ward 142-166, Luyendyk 167-168, Ward 169-192, Goodyear 193, Luyendyk 194-200

Race notes: Debut for Billy Boat, Robbie Groff, Greg Ray, and Vincenzo Sospiri. Only start for Claude Bourbonnais, Steve Kinser, and Dennis Vitolo.

Video links: Part 1 (Starting grid), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 (Finish), Part 10 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Arie Luyendyk	5	WavePhore/Sprint PCS/Miller Lite/Provimi	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	218.263	200	5	61	running	1568150	37
2	5	Scott Goodyear	6	NORTEL/Sprint PCS/Quebecor Printing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	215.811	200	2	2	running	513300	33
3	7	Jeff Ward	52	FirstPlus Team Cheever	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	214.517	200	2	49	running	414250	32
4	10	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet-Montana-Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	214.286	200	2	7	running	279250	31
5	2	Tony Stewart	2	Glidden/Menard/Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	218.021	200	4	64	running	345050	31
6	8	Davey Hamilton	14	AJ Foyt/Power Team Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	214.484	199	0	0	running	264000	29
7	22	Billy Boat	11	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	215.544	199	1	1	running	259700	28
8	4	Robbie Buhl	3	Menard/Quaker State Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	216.102	199	1	16	running	235200	27
9	21	Robbie Groff	30	Alfa Laval/Team Losi/McCormack Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	207.792	197	0	0	running	222350	26
10	29	Fermín Vélez	33	Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	206.512	195	0	0	running	216400	25
11	16	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley	209.564	188	0	0	half shaft	201000	24
12	18	Mike Groff	10	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria Visionaire Bryant	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Byrd	208.537	188	0	0	running	197300	23
13	34	Lyn St. James	90	Lifetime TV-Cinergy-Delta Faucet-Hemelgarn	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Hemelgarn	210.145	186	0	0	accident t4	188000	22
14	20	Steve Kinser	44	SRS/One Call/Menards/Quaker State/St. Elmo's	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Sinden	210.793	185	0	0	accident t4	192350	21
15	28	Dennis Vitolo	54	Smithkline Beechman/Kroger/Beck Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Beck	207.626	173	0	0	running	200000	20
16	27	Marco Greco	22	Side Play Int'l Sport Scandia Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	210.332	166	0	0	gearbox	193000	19
17	3	Vincenzo Sospiri	8	Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	216.882	163	0	0	running	196250	18
18	35	Johnny Unser	9	Delta Faucet-Montana-Cinergy-Hemelgarn	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Hemelgarn	209.344	158	0	0	oil pressure	158000	17
19	26	Tyce Carlson	18	Klispch Tnemec Overhead Door Pyle V-Line Earl's	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	210.852	156	0	0	accident t2	173250	16
20	17	Dr. Jack Miller	40	AMS/Crest Racing/Trane/Spot On	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	209.250	131	0	0	accident t3	171250	15
21	33	Paul Durant	1	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	209.149	111	0	0	accident t3	178000	14
22	24	Billy Roe	50	Sega/Progressive Elect/Keco/U.J.T./Euroint'l	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Eurointernational	212.752	110	0	0	accident	150250	13
23	11	Eddie Cheever	51	FirstPlus Team Cheever	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	214.073	84	0	0	timing chain	176000	12
24	9	Eliseo Salazar	7	Cristal/Copec/Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	214.320	70	0	0	accident t2	164000	11
25	30	Greg Ray	97	Tobacco Free Kids	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Knapp	213.760	48	0	0	water pump	171250	10
26	6	Jim Guthrie	27	Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/Ertl	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	215.207	43	0	0	engine	164500	9
27	19	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pennzoil-Pagan Racing Dallara Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Goodyear	Pagan	207.371	25	0	0	steering gear	160000	8
28	25	Mark Dismore	28	Kelley Auto Mechanics Laundry Bombardier Grainger	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	212.423	24	0	0	accident t4	159000	7
29	12	Robby Gordon	42	Coors Light	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	SABCO	213.211	19	0	0	fire	139500	6
30	32	Claude Bourbonnais	72	Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/Ertl	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	210.523	9	0	0	engine	152250	5
31	13	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Chastain Motorsports-Estridge-Miller-Eads	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	213.126	0	0	0	accident t4	158000	4
32	14	Affonso Giaffone	17	General Motors of Brazil/Chitwood/Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chitwood	212.974	0	0	0	accident t4	158250	3
33	15	Kenny Bräck	4	Monsoon-Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Galles	211.121	0	0	0	accident t4	202250	2
34	23	Sam Schmidt	16	Blueprint/HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	215.141	0	0	0	engine	150250	1
35	31	Alessandro Zampedri	34	Mi-Jack Scandia Royal Purple	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	211.757	0	0	0	oil leak	145000	1
127		John Paul, Jr.	0					PDM		0	0	0	did not start	25000	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Mike Groff	148	5	0	0	3	4
2	Davey Hamilton	143	5	0	0	2	4
3	Buzz Calkins	137	5	0	0	1	3
4	Tony Stewart	133	5	2	0	2	3
5	Marco Greco	131	5	0	0	1	4
6	Roberto Guerrero	114	5	0	0	1	3
7	Arie Luyendyk	112	5	2	1	1	1
8	Jim Guthrie	107	5	0	1	1	2
9	Scott Sharp	104	4	0	1	2	2
10	Buddy Lazier	102	5	0	0	2	2
11	Eddie Cheever	100	5	0	1	1	1
12	John Paul, Jr.	88	5	0	0	0	2
13	Stéphan Grégoire	86	5	0	0	1	2
14	Robbie Buhl	84	4	0	0	0	2
15	Scott Goodyear	83	3	0	0	2	2
16	Fermín Vélez	72	3	0	0	0	2
17	Eliseo Salazar	65	3	0	0	0	2
18	Michele Alboreto	62	2	0	0	2	2
19	Richie Hearn	59	2	1	1	1	1
20	Tyce Carlson	52	3	0	0	0	0
21	Jeff Ward	51	2	0	0	1	1
22	Affonso Giaffone	50	3	0	0	0	1
23	Dr. Jack Miller	50	3	0	0	0	0
24	Mark Dismore	40	3	0	0	0	0
25	Jeret Schroeder	37	2	0	0	0	0