1997 Indianapolis 500 - Results
Track Indianapolis
City Indianapolis, Indiana
Type Oval
Length 2.500 mi
Trackrecord 0:37.6160

| P | Driver | Nat | L | Time | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arie Luyendyk | 200 | 3:25:43.388 | ||
| 2 | Scott Goodyear | 200 | 3:25:43.958 +0.570 | +0.570 | |
| 3 | Jeff Ward | 200 | 3:25:47.469 +4.081 | +3.511 | |
| 4 | Buddy Lazier | 200 | 3:25:53.718 +10.330 | +6.249 | |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | 200 | 3:26:12.001 +28.613 | +18.283 | |
| 6 | Davey Hamilton | 199 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap | +1 lap | |
| 7 | Billy Boat | 199 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap | +0.000 | |
| 8 | Robbie Buhl | 199 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap | +0.000 | |
| 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 laps | +7 laps | |
| 12 | Robbie Groff | 188 | 0:00:00.000 +12 laps | +0.000 | |
| 13 | Lyn St. James | 186 | Crash +14 laps | +2 laps | |
| 14 | Steve Kinser | 185 | Crash +15 laps | +1 lap | |
| 15 | Dennis Vitolo | 173 | 0:00:00.000 +27 laps | +12 laps | |
| 16 | Marco Greco | 166 | Gearbox +34 laps | +7 laps | |
| 17 | Vincenzo Sospiri | 163 | 0:00:00.000 +37 laps | +3 laps | |
| 18 | Johnny Unser | 158 | Fuel pressure +42 laps | +5 laps | |
| 19 | Tyce Carlson | 156 | Crash +44 laps | +2 laps | |
| 20 | Jack Miller | 131 | Crash +69 laps | +25 laps | |
| 21 | Paul Durant | 111 | Crash +89 laps | +20 laps | |
| 22 | Billy Roe | 110 | Crash +90 laps | +1 lap | |
| 23 | Ross Cheever | 84 | Drive +116 laps | +26 laps | |
| 24 | Eliseo Salazar | 70 | Crash +130 laps | +14 laps | |
| 25 | Greg Ray | 48 | Water Pump +152 laps | +22 laps | |
| 26 | Jim Guthrie | 43 | Fuel pressure +157 laps | +5 laps | |
| 27 | Roberto Guerrero | 25 | Handling +175 laps | +18 laps | |
| 28 | Mark Dismore | 24 | Crash +176 laps | +1 lap | |
| 29 | Robby Gordon | 19 | Engine +181 laps | +5 laps | |
| 30 | Claude Bourbonnais | 9 | Engine +191 laps | +10 laps | |
| 31 | Stephan Gregoire | 4 | Crash +196 laps | +5 laps | |
| 32 | Affonso Giaffone | 3 | Crash +197 laps | +1 lap | |
| 33 | Kenny Brack | 2 | Crash +198 laps | +1 lap | |
| 34 | Sam Schmidt | 1 | Engine +199 laps | +1 lap | |
| 35 | Alessandro Zampedri | 1 | Oil Leak +199 laps | +0.000 |