1997 Inaugural True Value 500

Race 6 of 10

Texas
208 laps
Time of race: 2:19:48.116
Average speed of winner: 133.903 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 14 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 58 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 218.094
Lap leaders: Stewart 1-68, Salazar 69-71, Hamilton 72-75, Guthrie 76-81, Boat 82-84, R. Groff 85-87, Lazier 88-120, Cheever 121-125, Boat 126-132, Stewart 133, Lazier 134-157, Stewart 158-169, Luyendyk 170, Stewart 171-189, Luyendyk 190-208

Race notes: Finale for Fermín Vélez and Alessandro Zampedri. Only start for Allen May. Davey Hamilton took the points lead from Mike Groff.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	11	Arie Luyendyk	5	Treadway Racing/WavePhore	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	158.791	208	2	20	running	153500	35
2	21	Billy Boat	1	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt		207	2	10	running	100150	33
3	9	Davey Hamilton	14	AJ Foyt/Power Team Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	159.103	207	1	4	running	82500	32
4	5	Scott Goodyear	6	Treadway Racing/NORTEL	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	165.293	207	0	0	running	65850	31
5	1	Tony Stewart	2	Glidden/Menard/Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	167.133	206	4	100	engine/hit wall	119950	33
6	7	Eddie Cheever	51	FirstPlus Team Cheever	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	161.606	206	1	5	running	54150	29
7	22	Eliseo Salazar	7	Cristal/Copec/Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia		205	1	3	running	51050	28
8	6	Greg Ray	97	Thomas Knapp Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Knapp	162.125	204	0	0	running	29950	27
9	17	Vincenzo Sospiri	8	Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	151.010	204	0	0	running	27850	26
10	23	Johnny Unser	10	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Byrd		203	0	0	running	51350	25
11	14	Mark Dismore	28	Kelley Racing Bombardier	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	153.856	203	0	0	running	25250	24
12	26	Alessandro Zampedri	8	Mi-Jack Scandia Royal Purple	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia		201	0	0	running	22150	23
13	15	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pennzoil-Pagan Racing Dallara Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Goodyear	Pagan	152.873	201	0	0	running	44300	22
14	25	Tyce Carlson	18	Klipsch Overhead Door Jacuzzi V-Line Earl's	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM		184	0	0	running	41800	21
15	13	Robbie Groff	30	McCormack Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	154.652	173	1	3	engine	44200	20
16	2	Robbie Buhl	3	Menard/Quaker State Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	165.946	167	0	0	engine	48100	19
17	4	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet-Montana-Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	165.318	157	2	57	engine	40000	18
18	3	Kenny Bräck	4	Monsoon-Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Galles	165.480	118	0	0	water leak	19500	17
19	10	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley	158.792	98	0	0	head gasket	37900	16
20	16	Affonso Giaffone	17	General Motors of Brazil/Chitwood/Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chitwood	152.745	82	0	0	engine fire	14800	15
21	8	Jim Guthrie	27	Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/Ertl	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	160.997	81	1	6	tire/hit wall	35700	14
22	18	Allen May	44	SRS/Young Chevrolet	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Sinden	149.586	36	0	0	accident	13700	13
23	20	Sam Schmidt	16	HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	134.136	36	0	0	accident	13700	12
24	19	Dr. Jack Miller	40	AMS/Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	149.147	24	0	0	electrical	35700	11
25	24	Fermín Vélez	33	Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia		1	0	0	driver ill	34200	10
26	12	Marco Greco	22	Side Play Int'l Sport Scandia Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	158.496	0	0	0	engine	35700	9

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Davey Hamilton	175	6	0	0	3	5
2	Tony Stewart	166	6	3	0	3	4
3	Buzz Calkins	153	6	0	0	1	3
4	Mike Groff	148	5	0	0	3	4
5	Arie Luyendyk	147	6	2	2	2	2
6	Marco Greco	140	6	0	0	1	4
7	Roberto Guerrero	136	6	0	0	1	3
8	Eddie Cheever	129	6	0	1	1	2
9	Jim Guthrie	121	6	0	1	1	2
10	Buddy Lazier	120	6	0	0	2	2
11	Scott Goodyear	114	4	0	0	3	3
12	Scott Sharp	104	4	0	1	2	2
13	Robbie Buhl	103	5	0	0	0	2
14	Eliseo Salazar	93	4	0	0	0	3
15	John Paul, Jr.	88	5	0	0	0	2
16	Stéphan Grégoire	86	5	0	0	1	2
17	Fermín Vélez	82	4	0	0	0	2
18	Tyce Carlson	73	4	0	0	0	0
19	Affonso Giaffone	65	4	0	0	0	1
20	Mark Dismore	64	4	0	0	0	0
21	Michele Alboreto	62	2	0	0	2	2
22	Billy Boat	61	2	0	0	1	2
23	Dr. Jack Miller	61	4	0	0	0	0
24	Richie Hearn	59	2	1	1	1	1
25	Johnny Unser	55	4	0	0	0	1