1996-97 Indy Racing League

The 1997 Indy Racing League consisted of 10 races, held at 8 circuits across the United States of America. Tony Stewart won the Drivers’ Championship.

1997 Races

Round	Date	Event	Circuit	Track Type	Winner	Car/Engine	Avg. Speed
1	18 August 1996	True Value 200	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Oval	Scott Sharp	Lola/Ford	130.934
2	15 September 1996	Las Vegas 500K	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Oval	Richie Hearn	Reynard/Ford	115.171
3	25 January 1997	Indy 200 at Walt Disney World	Walt Disney World Speedway	Oval	Eddie Cheever Jr.	G-Force/Oldsmobile	133.995
4	23 March 1997	Phoenix 200	Phoenix Raceway	Oval	Jim Guthrie	Dallara/Oldsmobile	89.19
5	27 May 1997	81st Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Oval	Arie Luyendyk	G-Force/Oldsmobile	145.827
6	7 June 1997	True Value 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Oval	Arie Luyendyk	G-Force/Oldsmobile	133.903
7	29 June 1997	Samsonite 200	Pikes Peak International Raceway	Oval	Tony Stewart	G-Force/Oldsmobile	100.128
8	26 July 1997	Visionaire 500K	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Oval	Buddy Lazier	Dallara/Oldsmobile	162.096
9	17 August 1997	Pennzoil 200	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Oval	Robbie Buhl	G-Force/Oldsmobile	118.829
10	11 October 1997	Las Vegas 500K	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Oval	Eliseo Salazar	Dallara/Oldsmobile	142.757

1997 Driver Standings

Pos.	Driver	NH	LAS	WDW	PHX	IND	TEX	PIK	CHA	NH	LAS	Points
1	Tony Stewart	24	14	28	36	31	33	36	31	21	24	278
2	Davey Hamilton	30	24	28	32	29	32	32	19	18	28	272
3	Eddie Cheever Jr.	20	10	35	23	12	29	31	29	27	14	230
4	Marco Greco	28	26	27	31	19	9	22	26	17	25	230
5	Scott Goodyear	0	0	32	18	33	31	28	32	19	33	226
6	Arie Luyendyk	22	17	23	13	37	35	20	14	32	10	223
7	Roberto Guerrero	29	31	18	28	8	22	17	18	29	21	221
8	Buddy Lazier	16	11	30	14	31	18	27	35	23	4	209
9	Eliseo Salazar	26	28	0	0	11	28	23	25	31	36	208
10	Buzz Calkins	33	29	24	27	24	16	30	0	14	7	204
11	Stephan Gregoire	27	9	16	30	4	0	33	27	20	26	192
12	Jim Guthrie	12	22	29	35	9	14	0	23	11	31	186
13	Robbie Buhl	13	27	0	17	27	19	0	0	35	32	170
14	Mike Groff	31	32	33	29	23	0	0	21	0	0	169
15	John Paul Jr.	25	20	17	26	0	0	0	24	28	23	163
16	Affonso Giaffone	0	25	0	22	3	15	26	31	17	20	159
17	Mark Dismore	15	18	0	0	7	24	24	16	24	30	158
18	Billy Boat	0	0	0	0	28	33	16	33	27	14	151
19	Kenny Brack	0	0	0	24	2	17	21	30	30	15	139
20	Robbie Groff	0	0	0	0	26	20	25	22	25	17	135
21	Vincenzo Sospiri	0	0	0	0	18	26	29	15	33	13	134
22	Scott Sharp	35	19	31	19	0	0	15	0	0	0	119
23	Jack Miller	0	0	20	15	15	11	19	12	16	6	114
24	Johnny Unser	0	13	0	0	17	25	14	0	22	16	107
25	Tyce Carlson	24	12	0	0	16	21	0	0	0	11	84
26	Fermin Velez	0	0	26	21	25	10	0	0	0	0	82
27	Jimmy Kite	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	20	12	29	76
28	Sam Schmidt	0	0	0	25	1	12	0	17	13	8	76
29	Greg Ray	0	0	0	0	10	27	18	13	0	5	73
30	Jeff Ward	0	0	19	0	32	0	0	0	0	18	69
31	Stan Wattles	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	63
32	Billy Roe	0	0	0	20	13	0	0	0	0	22	55
33	Jeret Schroeder	0	0	21	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	37
34	Robby Gordon	0	21	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	27
35	Alessandro Zampedri	0	0	0	0	1	23	0	0	0	0	24
36	Paul Durant	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	9	23
37	Danny Ongais	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
38	Lyn St. James	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	22
39	Steve Kinser	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	21
40	Dennis Vitolo	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	20
41	Mike Shank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	19
42	Allen May	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	13
43	Claude Bourbonnais	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5

1996-97 Indy Racing League

1996-97 Indy Racing League

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