1997 Indianapolis 500 - Race Results

Track Indianapolis
Type Oval
Length 2.500 mi
Trackrecord 0:37.6160

Hélio Castroneves: "It’s interesting going into Turn 1. It looks and feels like the banking is off. As you approach the apex, the banking comes back to normal. Turn 2 is flat out, but not as fast as Turn 1. Turn 3 is the least difficult because of the banking. In Turn 4, you"

Race

P	Driver	L	Time	GP
1.	Arie Luyendyk	200	3:25:43.388
2.	Scott Goodyear	200	3:25:43.958 +0.5700
3.	Jeff Ward	200	3:25:47.469 +4.0810	+3.5110
4.	Buddy Lazier	200	3:25:53.718 +10.3300	+6.2490
5.	Tony Stewart	200	3:26:12.001 +28.6130	+18.2830
6.	Davey Hamilton	199	0:00:00.000 +1 lap	+1 lap
7.	Billy Boat	199	0:00:00.000 +1 lap	+0.0000
8.	Robbie Buhl	199	0:00:00.000 +1 lap	+0.0000
9.	Robbie Groff	197	0:00:00.000 +3 laps	+2 laps
10.	Fermín Velez	195	0:00:00.000 +5 laps	+2 laps
11.	Buzz Calkins	188	Driveshaft
12.	Robbie Groff	188	0:00:00.000 +12 laps	+0.0000
13.	Lyn St. James	186	Crash
14.	Steve Kinser	185	Crash
15.	Dennis Vitolo	173	0:00:00.000 +27 laps	+12 laps
16.	Marco Greco	166	Gearbox
17.	Vincenzo Sospiri	163	0:00:00.000 +37 laps	+3 laps
18.	Johnny Unser	158	Fuel pressure
19.	Tyce Carlson	156	Crash
20.	Jack Miller	131	Crash
21.	Paul Durant	111	Crash
22.	Billy Roe	110	Crash
23.	Ross Cheever	84	Drive
24.	Eliseo Salazar	70	Crash
25.	Greg Ray	48	Water Pump
26.	Jim Guthrie	43	Fuel pressure
27.	Roberto Guerrero	25	Handling
28.	Mark Dismore	24	Crash
29.	Robby Gordon	19	Engine
30.	Claude Bourbonnais	9	Engine
31.	Stephan Gregoire	4	Crash
32.	Affonso Giaffone	3	Crash
33.	Kenny Brack	2	Crash
34.	Sam Schmidt	1	Engine
35.	Alessandro Zampedri	1	Oil Leak

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