1997 True Value 500 - Race Results
Track Texas Motor Speedway
Type Oval
Length 2.400 km.
Trackrecord 0:22.5420
Type Oval
Length 2.400 km.
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 (R) |
 |
208 | 2:19:48.116 | ||
| 2. | Billy Boat (R) |
 |
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 (R) |
 |
207 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap |
+0.0000 | |
| 5. | Tony Stewart (R) |
|
206 | Crash | ||
| 6. | Eddie Cheever (R) |
|
206 | 0:00:00.000 +2 laps |
+0.0000 | |
| 7. | Eliseo Salazar (R) |
 |
205 | 0:00:00.000 +3 laps |
+1 lap |
|
| 8. | Greg Ray (R) |
|
204 | 0:00:00.000 +4 laps |
+1 lap |
|
| 9. | Vincenzo Sospiri (R) |
 |
204 | 0:00:00.000 +4 laps |
+0.0000 | |
| 10. | Johnny Unser (R) |
|
203 | 0:00:00.000 +5 laps |
+1 lap |
|
| 11. | Mark Dismore (R) |
|
203 | 0:00:00.000 +5 laps |
+0.0000 | |
| 12. | Alessandro Zampedri (R) |
|
201 | 0:00:00.000 +7 laps |
+2 laps |
|
| 13. | Roberto Guerrero (R) |
 |
201 | 0:00:00.000 +7 laps |
+0.0000 | |
| 14. | Tyce Carlson (R) |
|
184 | 0:00:00.000 +24 laps |
+17 laps |
|
| 15. | Mike Groff (R) |
|
173 | Engine | ||
| 16. | Robbie Buhl |
|
167 | Engine | ||
| 17. | Buddy Lazier |
|
157 | Engine | ||
| 18. | Kenny Brack (R) |
 |
118 | Water Leak | ||
| 19. | Buzz Calkins (R) |
|
98 | Engine | ||
| 20. | Affonso Giaffone (R) |
 |
82 | Engine | ||
| 21. | Jim Guthrie (R) |
|
81 | Crash | ||
| 22. | Allen May (R) |
|
36 | Crash | ||
| 23. | Sam Schmidt (R) |
|
36 | Crash | ||
| 24. | Jack Miller (R) |
|
24 | Electronics | ||
| 25. | Fermín Velez (R) |
 |
1 | Illness | ||
| 26. | Marco Greco (R) |
|
0 | Crash | ||