1997 Pennzoil 200

Race 9 of 10

Loudon
200 laps
Time of race: 1:46:50.574
Average speed of winner: 118.829 mph
Margin of victory: 0.064 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 37 laps
Fastest lap: Vincenzo Sospiri 153.315
Lap leaders: Greco 1-34, Goodyear 35-62, Salazar 63-64, Paul, Jr. 65, Salazar 66-95, Cheever 96-133, Goodyear 134-136, Luyendyk 137-138, Salazar 139-145, Bräck 146-154, Sospiri 155, Cheever 156-197, Buhl 198-200

Race notes: First win for Robbie Buhl. Only pole for Marco Greco.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Robbie Buhl	3	Quaker State/Menards/Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	156.728	200	1	3	running	123500	35
2	9	Vincenzo Sospiri	22	Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	155.151	200	1	1	running	90500	33
3	8	Arie Luyendyk	5	Treadway Racing/WavePhore/Sprint PCS	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	156.618	200	1	2	running	77500	32
4	5	Eliseo Salazar	7	Copec-Cristal Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	159.511	200	3	39	running	57500	31
5	3	Kenny Bräck	4	Monsoon-Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Galles	160.296	200	1	9	running	57750	30
6	10	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pennzoil-Pagan Racing Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Pagan	155.062	200	0	0	running	51000	29
7	11	John Paul, Jr.	18	Klipsch Overhead Door Earl's Performance V-Line	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	154.496	199	1	1	running	48250	28
8	16	Billy Boat	1	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	152.559	199	0	0	running	47750	27
9	18	Eddie Cheever	51	FirstPlus Team Cheever	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	151.884	198	2	80	gearbox	54250	27
10	19	Robbie Groff	30	Fast Rod/Team Losi/McCormack Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	151.775	198	0	0	running	45250	25
11	23	Mark Dismore	28	Bombardier Business Aircraft Grainger	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley		197	0	0	running	44000	24
12	15	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet-Cinergy-Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	153.723	195	0	0	running	41000	23
13	20	Johnny Unser	10	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	151.498	189	0	0	running	40000	22
14	14	Tony Stewart	2	Glidden/Menard/Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	153.860	174	0	0	engine	39000	21
15	6	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Chastain Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	156.947	154	0	0	electrical	16000	20
16	2	Scott Goodyear	6	Treadway Racing/NORTEL/Quebecor	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	160.567	152	2	31	engine	37000	19
17	12	Davey Hamilton	14	AJ Foyt/Power Team Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	154.377	121	0	0	engine	36000	18
18	17	Affonso Giaffone	17	General Motors of Brazil/Chitwood/Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chitwood	152.242	93	0	0	accident	35000	17
19	22	Dr. Jack Miller	40	AMS/Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden		81	0	0	handling	39000	16
20	1	Marco Greco	70	Monsoon Galles International Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Galles	160.594	59	1	34	oil fitting	33500	17
21	13	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley	153.922	36	0	0	electrical	32000	14
22	24	Sam Schmidt	99	HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	LP		30	0	0	accident	10000	13
23	4	Jimmy Kite	33	Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	160.000	4	0	0	accident t4	32250	12
24	21	Jim Guthrie	27	Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/Ertl Collectibles	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	145.518	0	0	0	gearbox	32000	11

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	254	9	4	1	4	6
2	Davey Hamilton	244	9	0	0	4	6
3	Eddie Cheever	216	9	0	1	2	5
4	Arie Luyendyk	213	9	2	2	3	3
5	Buddy Lazier	205	9	0	1	3	4
6	Marco Greco	205	9	1	0	1	5
7	Roberto Guerrero	200	9	0	0	1	4
8	Buzz Calkins	197	8	0	0	2	4
9	Scott Goodyear	193	7	0	0	4	5
10	Eliseo Salazar	172	7	0	0	1	5
11	Mike Groff	169	6	0	0	3	4
12	Stéphan Grégoire	166	8	0	0	2	4
13	Jim Guthrie	155	8	0	1	1	2
14	John Paul, Jr.	140	7	0	0	0	3
15	Affonso Giaffone	139	7	0	0	1	3
16	Robbie Buhl	138	6	0	1	1	3
17	Billy Boat	137	5	0	0	2	4
18	Mark Dismore	128	7	0	0	0	0
19	Kenny Bräck	124	6	0	0	2	2
20	Vincenzo Sospiri	121	5	0	0	1	3
21	Scott Sharp	119	5	1	1	2	2
22	Robbie Groff	118	5	0	0	0	3
23	Dr. Jack Miller	108	7	0	0	0	0
24	Johnny Unser	91	6	0	0	0	1
25	Fermín Vélez	82	4	0	0	0	2