1997 True Value 500 - Race Results
Track Texas Motor Speedway
Type Oval
Length 1.491 mi
Trackrecord 0:22.5420
Type Oval
Length 1.491 mi
Trackrecord 0:22.5420
Hélio Castroneves: "The TMS is a 'D'-shaped oval, which sometimes poses some challenges, but the high banking makes up for that and allows us to run full throttle all the way around the track."
| P | Driver | Nat | L | Time | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arie Luyendyk |
 |
208 | 2:19:48.116 | ||
| 2. | Billy Boat |
 |
207 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap |
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| 3. | Davey Hamilton |
|
207 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap |
+0.0000 | |
| 4. | Scott Goodyear |
 |
207 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap |
+0.0000 | |
| 5. | Tony Stewart |
|
206 | Crash | ||
| 6. | Eddie Cheever |
|
206 | 0:00:00.000 +2 laps |
+0.0000 | |
| 7. | Eliseo Salazar |
 |
205 | 0:00:00.000 +3 laps |
+1 lap |
|
| 8. | Greg Ray |
|
204 | 0:00:00.000 +4 laps |
+1 lap |
|
| 9. | Vincenzo Sospiri |
 |
204 | 0:00:00.000 +4 laps |
+0.0000 | |
| 10. | Johnny Unser |
|
203 | 0:00:00.000 +5 laps |
+1 lap |
|
| 11. | Mark Dismore |
|
203 | 0:00:00.000 +5 laps |
+0.0000 | |
| 12. | Alessandro Zampedri |
|
201 | 0:00:00.000 +7 laps |
+2 laps |
|
| 13. | Roberto Guerrero |
 |
201 | 0:00:00.000 +7 laps |
+0.0000 | |
| 14. | Tyce Carlson |
|
184 | 0:00:00.000 +24 laps |
+17 laps |
|
| 15. | Mike Groff |
|
173 | Engine | ||
| 16. | Robbie Buhl |
|
167 | Engine | ||
| 17. | Buddy Lazier |
|
157 | Engine | ||
| 18. | Kenny Brack |
 |
118 | Water Leak | ||
| 19. | Buzz Calkins |
|
98 | Engine | ||
| 20. | Affonso Giaffone |
 |
82 | Engine | ||
| 21. | Jim Guthrie |
|
81 | Crash | ||
| 22. | Allen May |
|
36 | Crash | ||
| 23. | Sam Schmidt |
|
36 | Crash | ||
| 24. | Jack Miller |
|
24 | Electronics | ||
| 25. | Fermín Velez |
 |
1 | Illness | ||
| 26. | Marco Greco |
|
0 | Crash | ||