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1997 / Indy Racing League

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Races

Date Circuit Q Race
August 18 New Hampshire Motor Speedway 1997 IRL True Value 200
September 15 Las Vegas Motor Speedway 1997 IRL Las Vegas 500K
January 25 Walt Disney World Speedway 1997 IRL Indy 200 at Walt Disney
March 23 Phoenix International Raceway 1997 IRL Phoenix 200
May 29 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1997 IRL Indianapolis 500
June 7 Texas Motor Speedway 1997 IRL True Value 500
June 29 Pikes Peak International Raceway 1997 IRL Samsonite 200
July 26 Charlotte Motor Speedway 1997 IRL VisionAire 500
August 17 New Hampshire Motor Speedway 1997 IRL Pennzoil 200
October 11 Las Vegas Motor Speedway 1997 IRL Las Vegas 500K Race 2

Standings

1 Tony Stewart 278
2 Davey Hamilton 272
3 Marco Greco 230
3 Eddie Cheever 230
5 Scott Goodyear 226
6 Arie Luyendyk 223
7 Roberto Guerrero 221
8 Buddy Lazier 209
9 Eliseo Salazar 208
10 Buzz Calkins 204
11 Stéphane Grégoire 192
12 Jim Guthrie 186
13 Robbie Buhl 170
14 Mike Groff 169
15 John Paul Jr. 163
16 Affonso Giaffone 159
17 Mark Dismore 158
18 Billy Boat 151
19 Kenny Bräck 139
20 Robbie Groff 135
21 Vincenzo Sospiri 134
22 Scott Sharp 119
23 Jack Miller 114
24 Johnny Unser 107
25 Tyce Carlson 84
26 Fermín Vélez 82
27 Jimmy Kite 76
27 Sam Schmidt 76
29 Greg Ray 73
30 Jeff Ward 69
31 Stan Wattles 63
32 Michele Alboreto 62
33 Richie Hearn 59
34 Billy Roe 55
35 Jeret Schroeder 37
36 Michel Jourdain Jr. 33
37 Robby Gordon 27
38 Brad Murphey 25
39 Alessandro Zampedri 24
40 Paul Durant 23
40 Johnny O´Connell 23
42 Lyn St. James 22
42 Danny Ongais 22
44 Steve Kinser 21
45 Dennis Vitolo 20
46 Mike Shank 19
47 David Kudrave 18
48 Juan Carlos Carbonell 16
49 Joe Gosek 14
50 Allen May 13
51 Johnny Parsons Jr. 7
52 Claude Bourbonnais 5