1997 Inaugural Visionaire 500

Race 8 of 10

Charlotte
208 laps
Time of race: 1:55:29.224
Average speed of winner: 162.096 mph
Margin of victory: 3.301 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 27 laps
Fastest lap: Billy Boat 213.506
Lap leaders: Stewart 1-47, Goodyear 48, Stewart 49-75, Lazier 76-92, Boat 93-100, Guerrero 101-126, Boat 127-139, Kite 140-145, Boat 146, Kite 147-151, Boat 152-166, Lazier 167-195, Boat 196, Lazier 197-208

Race notes: Tony Stewart took the points lead from Davey Hamilton.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet-Cinergy-Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	211.948	208	3	58	running	152700	35
2	3	Billy Boat	1	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	212.440	208	5	38	running	103650	33
3	8	Scott Goodyear	6	Treadway Racing/NORTEL/Quebecor	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	209.408	207	1	1	running	81600	32
4	16	Affonso Giaffone	17	General Motors of Brazil/Chitwood/Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chitwood	207.333	206	0	0	running	64650	31
5	18	Kenny Bräck	4	Monsoon-Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Galles	207.198	206	0	0	running	37650	30
6	15	Eddie Cheever	51	FirstPlus Team Cheever	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	208.406	206	0	0	running	61750	29
7	1	Tony Stewart	2	Glidden/Menard/Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	217.164	205	2	74	running	83150	31
8	9	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Chastain Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	209.310	202	0	0	running	27550	27
9	11	Marco Greco	70	Monsoon Galles International Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Galles	209.116	202	0	0	running	28450	26
10	14	Eliseo Salazar	7	Copec-Cristal Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	208.567	200	0	0	running	47350	25
11	21	John Paul, Jr.	18	Klipsch Overhead Door Earl's Performance V-Line	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	203.183	198	0	0	running	46000	24
12	6	Jim Guthrie	27	Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/Golf Odyssey/Ertl	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	210.436	197	0	0	running	44900	23
13	20	Robbie Groff	30	Team Losi Serv-All Laval McCormack Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	205.105	189	0	0	half shaft	43800	22
14	22	Mike Groff	10	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria Visionaire Bryant	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	198.624	176	0	0	running	42700	21
15	13	Jimmy Kite	33	Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	208.776	163	2	11	accident t4	42600	20
16	4	Davey Hamilton	14	AJ Foyt/Power Team Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	212.398	141	0	0	accident	40500	19
17	7	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pennzoil-Pagan Racing Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Pagan	210.215	141	1	26	accident	40150	18
18	23	Sam Schmidt	99	HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	LP		114	0	0	engine	16300	17
19	10	Mark Dismore	28	Bombardier Business Aircraft Grainger	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	209.237	97	0	0	engine	37200	16
20	12	Vincenzo Sospiri	22	Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	209.035	70	0	0	engine	36350	15
21	2	Arie Luyendyk	5	Treadway Racing/WavePhore/Sprint PCS	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	214.524	67	0	0	handling	35000	14
22	17	Greg Ray	31	Thomas Knapp Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Knapp	207.262	30	0	0	engine	13000	13
23	19	Dr. Jack Miller	40	AMS/Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	206.162	13	0	0	electrical	40000	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	233	8	4	1	4	6
2	Davey Hamilton	226	8	0	0	4	6
3	Eddie Cheever	189	8	0	1	2	4
4	Marco Greco	188	8	0	0	1	5
5	Buzz Calkins	183	7	0	0	2	4
6	Buddy Lazier	182	8	0	1	3	4
7	Arie Luyendyk	181	8	2	2	2	2
8	Scott Goodyear	174	6	0	0	4	5
9	Roberto Guerrero	171	8	0	0	1	3
10	Mike Groff	169	6	0	0	3	4
11	Stéphan Grégoire	146	7	0	0	2	4
12	Jim Guthrie	144	7	0	1	1	2
13	Eliseo Salazar	141	6	0	0	0	4
14	Affonso Giaffone	122	6	0	0	1	3
15	Scott Sharp	119	5	1	1	2	2
16	John Paul, Jr.	112	6	0	0	0	2
17	Billy Boat	110	4	0	0	2	3
18	Mark Dismore	104	6	0	0	0	0
19	Robbie Buhl	103	5	0	0	0	2
20	Kenny Bräck	94	5	0	0	1	1
21	Robbie Groff	93	4	0	0	0	2
22	Dr. Jack Miller	92	6	0	0	0	0
23	Vincenzo Sospiri	88	4	0	0	0	2
24	Fermín Vélez	82	4	0	0	0	2
25	Tyce Carlson	73	4	0	0	0	0