Indianapolis 500-Mile Race
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 25, 1997

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 1 Arie Luyendyk 5 WavePhore/Miller Lite G-Force Oldsmobile 200 3:25:43.388 145.827 37
2 5 Scott Goodyear 6 Nortel/Sprint PCS G-Force Oldsmobile 200 3:25:43.958 145.820 33
3 7 Jeff Ward 52 FirstPlus G-Force Oldsmobile 200 3:25:47.469 145.779 32
4 10 Buddy Lazier 91 Delta Faucet/Montana Dallara Oldsmobile 200 3:25:53.718 145.705 31
5 2 Tony Stewart 2 Glidden G-Force Oldsmobile 200 3:26:12.001 145.490 31
6 8 Davey Hamilton 14 Power Team Racing G-Force Oldsmobile 199 Flagged 29
7 22 Billy Boat 11 Conceco Dallara Oldsmobile 199 Flagged 28
8 4 Robbie Buhl 3 Quaker State G-Force Oldsmobile 199 Flagged 27
9 21 Robbie Groff 30 Alfa-Laval/Team Losi G-Force Oldsmobile 197 Flagged 26
10 29 Fermín Velez 33 Old Navy Alta Dallara Oldsmobile 195 Flagged 25
11 16 Buzz Calkins 12 Bradley Food Marts G-Force Oldsmobile 188 Broken right halfshaft 24
12 18 Mike Groff 10 Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria G-Force Nissan 188 Flagged 23
13 34 Lyn St. James 90 Lifetime TV/Cinergy Dallara Nissan 186 Wrecked turn 4 22
14 20 Steve Kinser 44 SRS/One Call/Quaker State Dallara Oldsmobile 185 Wrecked turn 4 21
15 28 Dennis Vitolo 54 SmithKline Beacham/Kroger Dallara Nissan 173 Flagged 20
16 27 Marco Greco 22 Side Play International Sport Dallara Oldsmobile 166 Broken gearbox 19
17 3 Vincenzo Sospiri 8 Old Navy/Scandia/Royal Purple Dallara Oldsmobile 163 Flagged 18
18 35 Johnny Unser 9 Delta Faucet/Montana Dallara Nissan 158 Lost oil pressure 17
19 26 Tyce Carlson 18 Klipsch Tnemac Overhead Dallara Oldsmobile 156 Wrecked 16
20 17 Dr. Jack Miller 40 AMS/Crest Racing Dallara Nissan 131 Wrecked 15
21 33 Paul Durant 1 Conseco G-Force Oldsmobile 111 Wrecked turn 3 14
22 24 Billy Roe 50 Sega/Progressive Electric Dallara Oldsmobile 110 Wrecked turn 3 13
23 11 Eddie Cheever 51 FirstPlus G-Force Oldsmobile 84 Broken timing chain 12
24 9 Eliseo Salazar 7 Copec/Cristal Dallara Oldsmobile 70 Wrecked 11
25 30 Greg Ray 97 Tobacco Free Kids Dallara Oldsmobile 48 Water pump 10
26 6 Jim Guthrie 27 Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Dallara Oldsmobile 43 Fuel pressure 9
27 19 Roberto Guerrero 21 Pennzoil Dallara Nissan 25 Broken steering gear 8
28 25 Mark Dismore 28 Kelley Automotive Group Dallara Oldsmobile 24 Wrecked turn 4 7
29 12 Robby Gordon 42 Coors Light G-Force Oldsmobile 19 Engine fire 6
30 32 Claude Bourbonnais 72 Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Dallara Oldsmobile 9 Engine 5
31 13 Stéphan Grégoire 77 Chastain Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile -- Wrecked turn 4 pace lap 4
32 14 Affonso Giaffone 17 General Motors Brazil Dallara Oldsmobile -- Wrecked turn 4 pace lap 3
33 15 Kenny Bräck 4 Monsoon G-Force Oldsmobile -- Wrecked turn 4 pace lap 2
34 23 Sam Schmidt 16 Blueprint/HOPE Prepaid Dallara Oldsmobile -- Blown engine pace lap 1
35 31 Alessandro Zampedri 34 Mi-Jack/Royal Purple Dallara Oldsmobile -- Oil leak pace lap 1
-- -- Scott Harrington 36 Johansson/Immke G-Force Oldsmobile -- Wrecked qualifying
-- -- Johnny O'Connell 1 Conseco G-Force Oldsmobile -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Johnny Unser 91 Delta Faucet/Montana Dallara Oldsmobile -- Did not qualify
-- -- John Paul, Jr. 18 Klipsch Tnemac Overhead Dallara Oldsmobile -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Jeff Ward 51 FirstPlus G-Force Oldsmobile -- Did not qualify
-- -- Scott Sharp 1 Conseco G-Force Oldsmobile -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Billy Boat 1 Conseco G-Force Oldsmobile -- Did not qualify
-- -- Davey Hamilton 1 Conseco G-Force Oldsmobile -- Did not qualify
-- -- Marco Greco 8 Old Navy/Scandia/Royal Purple Dallara Oldsmobile -- Did not qualify

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Tony Stewart 64 1-50, 52-62, 79, 110-11
Arie Luyendyk 61 63-78, 83-109, 132-140, 167-168, 194-200
Jeff Ward 49 142-166, 169-192
Robbie Buhl 16 116-131
Buddy Lazier 7 80-82, 112-115
Scott Goodyear 2 141, 193
Billy Boat 1 51