1997 Samsonite 200

Race 7 of 10

Pikes Peak
200 laps
Time of race: 1:59:50.787
Average speed of winner: 100.128 mph
Margin of victory: 0.222 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 82 laps
Fastest lap: Jimmy Kite 167.715
Lap leaders: Sharp pole, Stewart 1-89, Luyendyk 90, Grégoire 91-95, Stewart 96-148, Goodyear 149, Stewart 150-200

Race notes: First win for Tony Stewart. First pole for Scott Sharp. Debut for Jimmy Kite.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Tony Stewart	2	Glidden/Menard/Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	175.021	200	3	193	running	161500	36
2	11	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Estridge-Moen-Nutone-Porter Paint-Jack K Elrod	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	171.608	200	1	5	running	75200	33
3	4	Davey Hamilton	14	AJ Foyt/Power Team Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	173.879	200	0	0	running	79200	32
4	13	Eddie Cheever	51	FirstPlus Team Cheever	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	171.282	200	0	0	running	63200	31
5	7	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Foodmarts	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley	172.496	200	0	0	running	56800	30
6	18	Vincenzo Sospiri	22	Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	169.356	200	0	0	running	50150	29
7	3	Scott Goodyear	6	Treadway Racing/NORTEL	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	174.224	200	1	1	running	50150	28
8	12	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet-Montana-Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	171.551	198	0	0	running	47050	27
9	10	Affonso Giaffone	17	General Motors of Brazil/Chitwood/Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chitwood	171.608	196	0	0	running	45950	26
10	16	Robbie Groff	30	Team Losi Serv-All Laval McCormack Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	170.438	193	0	0	spun backstretch	46850	25
11	21	Mark Dismore	28	Bombardier Business Aircraft Grainger	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	162.602	192	0	0	running	44600	24
12	14	Eliseo Salazar	7	Copec-Cristal Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	171.282	190	0	0	running	42500	23
13	22	Marco Greco	70	Side Play Int'l - Galles	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Galles		190	0	0	running	21400	22
14	6	Kenny Bräck	4	Monsoon-Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Galles	173.553	179	0	0	accident t4	42800	21
15	8	Arie Luyendyk	5	Treadway Racing/WavePhore/Sprint PCS	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	172.364	163	1	1	accident t2	39200	20
16	20	Dr. Jack Miller	40	AMS/Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	165.320	141	0	0	accident t4	43200	19
17	17	Greg Ray	97	Thomas Knapp Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Knapp	169.988	108	0	0	accident t4	15100	18
18	5	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pennzoil Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Pagan	173.770	85	0	0	accident t4	36250	17
19	15	Billy Boat	18	Klipsch Overhead Door V-Line Earl's	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	171.103	83	0	0	accident t4	34900	16
20	9	Jimmy Kite	33	Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	171.731	39	0	0	accident t4	35900	15
21	19	Johnny Unser	10	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Byrd	165.487	23	0	0	accident t2	32800	14
22	1	Scott Sharp	1	Conseco/AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	176.117	0	0	0	accident t2	55300	15

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Davey Hamilton	207	7	0	0	4	6
2	Tony Stewart	202	7	3	1	4	5
3	Buzz Calkins	183	7	0	0	2	4
4	Arie Luyendyk	167	7	2	2	2	2
5	Marco Greco	162	7	0	0	1	4
6	Eddie Cheever	160	7	0	1	2	3
7	Roberto Guerrero	153	7	0	0	1	3
8	Mike Groff	148	5	0	0	3	4
9	Buddy Lazier	147	7	0	0	2	3
10	Scott Goodyear	142	5	0	0	3	4
11	Jim Guthrie	121	6	0	1	1	2
12	Scott Sharp	119	5	1	1	2	2
13	Stéphan Grégoire	119	6	0	0	2	3
14	Eliseo Salazar	116	5	0	0	0	3
15	Robbie Buhl	103	5	0	0	0	2
16	Affonso Giaffone	91	5	0	0	0	2
17	John Paul, Jr.	88	5	0	0	0	2
18	Mark Dismore	88	5	0	0	0	0
19	Fermín Vélez	82	4	0	0	0	2
20	Dr. Jack Miller	80	5	0	0	0	0
21	Billy Boat	77	3	0	0	1	2
22	Vincenzo Sospiri	73	3	0	0	0	2
23	Tyce Carlson	73	4	0	0	0	0
24	Robbie Groff	71	3	0	0	0	2
25	Johnny Unser	69	5	0	0	0	1