Indianapolis 500 Race Day Stats
1997 INDIANAPOLIS 500 RACE RESULTS
Finish | Start | Qual. Speed | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant | Make/Model | Status | Laps | Led | Winnings |
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1 | 1 | 218.263 | 5 | Arie Luyendyk | Wavephore/Sprint PCS/Miller Lite/Provimi | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | 145.827 | 200 | 61 | $1,568,150 |
2 | 5 | 215.811 | 6 | Scott Goodyear | Nortel/Sprint PCS/Quebecor Printing | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | 145.82 | 200 | 2 | $513,300 |
3 | 7 | 214.517 | 52 | Jeff Ward | FirstPlus Team Cheever | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | 145.779 | 200 | 49 | $414,250 |
4 | 10 | 214.286 | 91 | Buddy Lazier | Delta Faucet-Montana-Hemelgarn | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | 145.705 | 200 | 7 | $279,250 |
5 | 2 | 218.021 | 2 | Tony Stewart | Glidden/Menards | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | 145.49 | 200 | 64 | $345,050 |
6 | 8 | 214.484 | 14 | Davey Hamilton | AJ Foyt PowerTeam Racing | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 199 | 0 | $214,000 |
7 | 22 | 215.544 | 11 | Billy Boat | Conseco A.J. Foyt Racing | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 199 | 1 | $269,700 |
8 | 4 | 216.102 | 3 | Robbie Buhl | Quaker State/Menards | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 199 | 16 | $235,200 |
9 | 21 | 207.792 | 30 | Robbie Groff | Alfa-Laval/Team Losi/McCormack Mtspts. | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 197 | 0 | $222,350 |
10 | 29 | 206.512 | 33 | Fermin Velez | Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 195 | 0 | $216,400 |
11 | 16 | 209.564 | 12 | Buzz Calkins | Bradley Food Marts | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Half shaft | 188 | 0 | $201,000 |
12 | 18 | 208.537 | 10 | Mike Groff | Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria/Visionaire/Bryant | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 188 | 0 | $197,300 |
13 | 34 | 210.145 | 90 | Lyn St. James | Lifetime TV-Cinergy-Delta Faucet-Hemelgarn | Dallara/Nissan Infiniti Indy | Accident | 186 | 0 | $188,000 |
14 | 20 | 210.793 | 44 | Steve Kinser | SRS/One Call/Menards/Quaker St./St. Elmo's | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 185 | 0 | $193,250 |
15 | 28 | 207.626 | 54 | Dennis Vitolo | SmithKline Beechman/Kroger/Beck Mtspts. | Dallara/Nissan Infiniti Indy | Running | 173 | 0 | $210,000 |
16 | 27 | 210.322 | 22 | Marco Greco | Side Play Int'l Sport Scandia Alta Xcel | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Gear box | 166 | 0 | $193,000 |
17 | 3 | 216.822 | 8 | Vincenzo Sospiri | Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 163 | 0 | $196,250 |
18 | 35 | 209.344 | 9 | Johnny Unser | Delta Faucet-Montana-Cinergy-Hemelgarn | Dallara/Nissan Infiniti Indy | Oil pressure | 158 | 0 | $158,000 |
19 | 26 | 210.852 | 18 | Tyce Carlson | Klipsch Tnemec Overhead Door Pyle V-Line | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 156 | 0 | $173,250 |
20 | 17 | 209.25 | 40 | Jack Miller | AMS/Crest Racing/Trane/Spot-On | Dallara/Nissan Infiniti Indy | Accident | 131 | 0 | $171,250 |
21 | 33 | 209.149 | 1 | Paul Durant | Conseco A.J. Foyt Racing | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 111 | 0 | $178,000 |
22 | 24 | 212.752 | 50 | Billy Roe | Sega/Progressive Elect./KECO/U.J.T./Euroint'l | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 110 | 0 | $150,250 |
23 | 11 | 214.073 | 51 | Eddie Cheever Jr. | FirstPlus Team Cheever | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Timing chain | 84 | 0 | $176,000 |
24 | 9 | 214.32 | 7 | Eliseo Salazar | Copec/Cristal/Scandia | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 70 | 0 | $164,000 |
25 | 30 | 213.76 | 97 | Greg Ray | Tobacco Free Kids | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Water pump | 48 | 0 | $171,250 |
26 | 6 | 215.207 | 27 | Jim Guthrie | Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/ERTL | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Engine | 43 | 0 | $164,500 |
27 | 19 | 207.371 | 21 | Roberto Guerrero | Pennzoil-Pagan Racing | Dallara/Nissan Infiniti Indy | Steering | 25 | 0 | $160,000 |
28 | 25 | 212.423 | 28 | Mark Dismore | Kelley Auto./Mech Laundry/Bombardier | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 24 | 0 | $159,000 |
29 | 12 | 213.211 | 42 | Robby Gordon | Coors Light | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Fire | 19 | 0 | $139,500 |
30 | 32 | 210.523 | 72 | Claude Bourbonnais | Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/ERTL | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Engine | 9 | 0 | $152,250 |
31 | 13 | 213.126 | 77 | Stephan Gregoire | Chastain Motorsports-Estridge-Miller Eads | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 0 | 0 | $158,000 |
32 | 14 | 212.974 | 17 | Affonso Giaffone | General Motors Brazil Chitwood | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 0 | 0 | $158,250 |
33 | 15 | 211.221 | 4 | Kenny Brack | Monsoon Galles Racing | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 0 | 0 | $202,250 |
34 | 23 | 215.141 | 16 | Sam Schmidt | Blueprint/HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Engine | 0 | 0 | $150,250 |
35 | 31 | 211.757 | 34 | Alessandro Zampedri | Mi-Jack Scandia Royal Purple | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Oil leak | 0 | 0 | $145,000 |