1997 True Value 200

Race 1 of 10

Loudon
200 laps
Time of race: 1:36:57.912
Average speed of winner: 130.934 mph
Margin of victory: 20.4 sec.
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 25 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 166.439
Lap leaders: Hearn 1-6, Luyendyk 7-13, Stewart 14-37, Luyendyk 38-41, Stewart 42-182, Sharp 183-200

Race notes: First win for Scott Sharp. First pole for Richie Hearn. Debut for Tyce Carlson. Finale for Joe Gosek and Dave Kudrave.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	12	Scott Sharp	1	Conseco/AJ Foyt Racing Lola	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Foyt	168.867	200	1	18	running	118000	35
2	10	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Motorsports/Bradley FoodMarts	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Bradley	169.831	200	0	0	running	87250	33
3	2	Michele Alboreto	33	Scandia Rio Hotel & Casino Perry Ellis Royal Purple	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Scandia	175.125	200	0	0	running	81750	32
4	9	Mike Groff	10	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Byrd	170.638	199	0	0	running	64500	31
5	17	Davey Hamilton	14	AJ Foyt Power Team Racing Lola	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Foyt	165.903	196	0	0	running	55000	30
6	18	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pennzoil Pagan Racing Ford	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Pagan	164.477	196	0	0	running	57000	29
7	15	Marco Greco	40	Scandia International Sports Limited Perry Ellis	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Scandia	166.287	196	0	0	running	49250	28
8	14	Stéphan Grégoire	22	Scandia Perry Ellis	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Scandia	168.322	192	0	0	running	45250	27
9	6	Eliseo Salazar	7	Cristal/Copec Mobil Scandia Xcel Alta Perry Ellis	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Scandia	171.197	190	0	0	running	44250	26
10	11	John Paul, Jr.	18	V-Line Earl's Performance Products/Crowne Plaza	Lola	Menard	Goodyear	PDM	169.416	190	0	0	running	46250	25
11	16	Tyce Carlson	28	Earl's Performance Products/Harrah's Resorts	Lola	Menard	Goodyear	PDM	165.975	187	0	0	running	56500	24
12	7	Tony Stewart	2	Glidden Menards Special	Lola	Menard	Firestone	Menard	171.190	182	2	165	electrical	41000	24
13	3	Arie Luyendyk	5	The Mi-Jack Products/Bryant Heating & Cooling Special	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Treadway	174.643	170	2	11	running	40000	22
14	1	Richie Hearn	4	Ralphs/Food4Less/Fuji Film/Della Penna Motorsports	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	175.367	166	1	6	engine	61000	23
15	8	Eddie Cheever	51	First Plus Team Cheever	Lola	Menard	Goodyear	Cheever	170.852	166	0	0	running	38000	20
16	20	Stan Wattles	30	Spirit of San Antonio/McCormack Motorsports	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	McCormack	161.842	163	0	0	fuel pressure	37000	19
17	22	Dave Kudrave	15	Tempero-Giuffre Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	Tempero-Giuffre	150.867	118	0	0	clutch	14000	18
18	23	Brad Murphey	9	Hemelgarn Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Hemelgarn		79	0	0	handling	15000	17
19	4	Buddy Lazier	91	Hemelgarn Racing/Delta Faucet/Super Fitness	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Hemelgarn	172.664	66	0	0	accident	34000	16
20	5	Mark Dismore	3	Quaker State Menards Special	Lola	Menard	Firestone	Menard	172.056	43	0	0	clutch	33000	15
21	21	Joe Gosek	96	ABF Motorsports/Manaras/United Airlines	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	ABF	154.196	30	0	0	accident	10000	14
22	13	Robbie Buhl	54	Original Coors/Beck Motorsports	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Beck	168.710	0	0	0	accident	32000	13
23	19	Jim Guthrie	27	Team Blueprint Racing Inc.	Lola	Menard	Firestone	Blueprint	164.031	0	0	0	accident	32000	12
127		Johnny Unser	64	Ruger Titanium Hawaiian Tropic Project Indy	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy		0	0	0	did not start	10000	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Scott Sharp	35	1	0	1	1	1
2	Buzz Calkins	33	1	0	0	1	1
3	Michele Alboreto	32	1	0	0	1	1
4	Mike Groff	31	1	0	0	1	1
5	Davey Hamilton	30	1	0	0	1	1
6	Roberto Guerrero	29	1	0	0	0	1
7	Marco Greco	28	1	0	0	0	1
8	Stéphan Grégoire	27	1	0	0	0	1
9	Eliseo Salazar	26	1	0	0	0	1
10	John Paul, Jr.	25	1	0	0	0	1
11	Tyce Carlson	24	1	0	0	0	0
12	Tony Stewart	24	1	0	0	0	0
13	Richie Hearn	23	1	1	0	0	0
14	Arie Luyendyk	22	1	0	0	0	0
15	Eddie Cheever	20	1	0	0	0	0
16	Stan Wattles	19	1	0	0	0	0
17	Dave Kudrave	18	1	0	0	0	0
18	Brad Murphey	17	1	0	0	0	0
19	Buddy Lazier	16	1	0	0	0	0
20	Mark Dismore	15	1	0	0	0	0
21	Joe Gosek	14	1	0	0	0	0
22	Robbie Buhl	13	1	0	0	0	0
23	Jim Guthrie	12	1	0	0	0	0
24	Johnny Unser	0	1	0	0	0	0