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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 7 12 Buzz Calkins 30 183 3 54,300 2,500 56,800 Bradley Foodmarts G/A/G 172.496 200 Running --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 3 6 Scott Goodyear 28 142 10 47,900 2,250 50,150 Treadway Racing-NORTEL G/A/F 174.224 200 Running --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 14 7 Eliseo Salazar 23 116 14 42,500 0 42,500 Copec-Cristal Scandia D/A/G 171.282 190 Running --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 5 21 Roberto Guerrero 17 153 7 36,000 250 36,250 Pennzoil Racing D/A/G 173.770 85 Accident T4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $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