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IRL Samsonite 200 Results

30 June 1997


OFFICIAL RESULTS
INDY RACING LEAGUE
Samsonite 200 at Pikes Peak International Raceway
Sunday, June 29, 1997

FP SP Car Driver		IRL Pts  Ttl Pts IRL Rank   IRL Awards	Desig. Awards Total Awards
	  Car Name					     C/E/T QualSpeed  Laps Comp Reason Out
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 1  2  2  Tony Stewart		  36	  202	    2	    $106,000	 $55,500	$161,500
	  Glidden/Menards/Special			     G/A/F  175.021	200	100.128
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 2 11 77  Stephan Gregoire	  33	  119	   13	      64,700	  10,500	75,200
	  Estridge-Moen-Nutone-Porter Paint-Jack K Elrod     G/A/G  171.608	200	Running
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 3  4 14  Davey Hamilton	  32	  207	    1	      72,700	   6,500	79,200
	  AJ Foyt Power Team Racing 			     G/A/G  173.879	200	Running
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 4 13 51  Eddie Cheever, Jr.	  31	  160	    6	      59,700	   3,500	63,200
	  FirstPlus Team Cheever			     G/A/G  171.282	200	Running
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 5  7 12  Buzz Calkins		  30	  183	    3	      54,300	   2,500	56,800
	  Bradley Foodmarts			 	     G/A/G  172.496	200	Running
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 6 18 22 (R) Vincenzo Sospiri	  29	   73	   23	      48,900	   1,250	50,150
	  Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel	     D/A/G  169.356	200	Running
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 7  3  6  Scott Goodyear	  28	  142	   10	      47,900	   2,250	50,150
	  Treadway Racing-NORTEL			     G/A/F  174.224	200	Running
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 8 12 91  Buddy Lazier		  27	  147	    9	      46,800	     250	47,050
	  Delta Faucet Montana Hemelgarn Racing		     D/A/F  171.551	198	Running
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 9 10 17 (R) Affonso Giaffone	  26  	   91	   16	      45,700	     250	45,950
	  General Motors of Brazil Chitwood Dallara	     D/A/G  171.608	196	Running
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10 16 30 (R) Robbie Groff	  25	   71	   24	      44,600	   2,250	46,850
	  Team Losi Serv-All Laval McCormack Motorsports     G/A/G  170.438	193	Spin Back Straight Away
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11 21 28  Mark Dismore		  24	   88	   17	      43,600	   1,000	44,600
	  Bombardier Business Aircraft Grainger		     D/A/G  162.602	192	Running
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12 14  7  Eliseo Salazar	  23	  116	   14	      42,500	       0	42,500
	  Copec-Cristal Scandia				     D/A/G  171.282	190	Running
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13 22 70  Marco Greco		  22	  162	    5	      19,400	   2,000	21,400
	  Side Play Int'l-Galles			     G/A/G  No Time	190	Running
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14  6  4 (R) Kenny Brack	  21	   64	   26	      40,300	   2,500	42,800
	  Monsoon Galles Racing				     G/A/G  173.553	179	Accident T4
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15  8  5  Arie Luyendyk		  20	  167	    4	      39,200	       0	39,200
	  Treadway Racing-WavePhore Sprint PCS		     G/A/F  172.364	163	Accident T2
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16 20 40 (R) Dr. Jack Miller	  19	   80	   20	      38,200	   5,000	43,200
	  AMS/Crest Racing			   	     D/I/F  165.320	141	Accident T4
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17 17 97 (R) Greg Ray		  18	   55	   29	      15,100	       0	15,100
	  Thomas Knapp Motorsports			     D/A/F  169.988	108	Accident T4
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18  5 21  Roberto Guerrero	  17	  153	    7	      36,000	     250	36,250
	  Pennzoil Racing            			     D/A/G  173.770	85	Accident T4
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19 15 18 (R) Billy Boat		  16	   77	   21	      34,900		0	34,900
	  Klipsch Overhead Door V-Line Earl's Performance    D/A/G  171.103	83	Accident T4
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20  9 33 (R) Jimmy Kite		  15	   15	   46	      33,900	    2,000	35,900
	  Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel 	     D/A/G  171.731	39	Accident T4
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21 19 10  Johnny Unser		  14	   69	   25	      32,800		0	32,800
	  Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria Bryant Heating & Cooling G/I/F  165.487	23	Accident T2
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22  1  1  Scott Sharp	 	  15	  119	   12	      32,800	   22,500	55,300
	  Conseco AJ Foyt Racing 			     D/A/G  176.117	0	Accident T2
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														$1,000,000	$120,000	$1,120,000

Time of Race: 1:59:50
Average Speed: 100.128
Margin of Victory: 0.222																
Fastest Lap: #33 Jimmy Kite, Lap 15  167.715 mph 
Fastest Leading Lap:#2 Tony Stewart, Lap 60  165.753 mph
PPG Pole Winner: Scott Sharp 
True Value Pole Winning Chief Mechanic: Craig Baranouski/AJ Foyt Enterprises
MBNA America Lap Leader: Tony Stewart 
Coors Pit  Performance Winner: #2 Stewart 2-59 sec./Team Menard 
IRL Points Bonus: x-2 points PPG Pole; y-1 point most laps led

Legend: R-Indy Racing League Rookie     
Chassis Legend: D- Dallara; G- G Force     
Engine Legend: A- Oldsmobile Aurora; I- Nissan Infiniti    
Tire Legend: F- Firestone; G- Goodyear

Lap Leaders:						
Lap-Lap    Driver						
1-89	#2	Tony Stewart				
90	#5	Arie Luyendyk				
91-95	#77	Stephan Gregoire				
96-148	#2	Tony Stewart				
149	#6	Scott Goodyear				
150-200	#2	Tony Stewart				
						
						
						
Caution Flags:			
Laps	Reason/Incident		
1-10	#1 Sharp, Accident Turn 2		Total Cautions: 82 Laps
25-36	#10 Unser, Accident T2		
41-56	#33 Kite, Accident Turn 4		
87-97	#21 Guerrero & #18 Boat, Accident Turn 4		
113-118	#97 Ray, Accident Turn 4		
146-155	#40 Miller, Accident Turn 4		
164-170	#5 Luyendyk, Accident Turn 2		
181-186	#4 Brack, Accident Turn 4		
194-197	#30 Groff, Spin Back Straight		


Lap Leader Summary:		
Driver	         Times	Total
Tony Stewart	  3	193
Stephan Gregoire  1	5
Arie Luyendyk	  1	1
Scott Goodyear	  1	1