IRL VisionAire 500 Starting Grid
24 July 1997
INDY RACING LEAGUE VisionAire 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway STARTING LINE UP- JULY 26, 1997 ============================================================================================================= Car Driver Residence Car Name C/E/T Entrant Qual. Time Qual. Speed ============================================================================================================= Row 1 1 2 Tony Stewart Indianapolis, IN Glidden/Menards/Special G/A/F Team Menard 24.866 217.164 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 5 Arie Luyendyk Scottsdale, AZ Treadway Racing -WavePhore Sprint PCS G/A/F Treadway Racing 25.172 214.524 ============================================================================================================= Row 2 3 1 R Billy Boat Phoenix, AZ Conseco AJ Foyt Racing G/A/G AJ Foyt Enterprises 25.419 212.440 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 14 Davey Hamilton Boise, ID AJ Foyt Power Team Racing G/A/G AJ Foyt Enterprises 25.424 212.398 ============================================================================================================= Row 3 5 91 Buddy Lazier Vail, CO Delta Faucet Montana Hemelgarn Racing D/A/F Hemelgarn Racing 25.478 211.948 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 27 R Jim Guthrie Albuquerque, NM Jacuzzi Armour Golf Odyssey Golf ERTL Collectibles D/A/F Blueprint Racing 25.661 210.436 ============================================================================================================= Row 4 7 21 Roberto Guerrero Sn Juan Capistrano, CA Pennzoil/Pagan Racing Dallara D/A/G Pagan Racing 25.688 210.215 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 6 Scott Goodyear Carmel, IN Treadway Racing-NORTEL Quebecor Printing G/A/F Treadway Racing 25.787 209.408 ============================================================================================================= Row 5 9 77 Stephan Gregoire Vittel, France Chastain Motorsports G/A/G Chastain Motorsports 25.799 209.310 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 28 Mark Dismore Greenfield, IN Bombardier Business Aircraft Grainger D/A/G Kelley Motorsports/PDM Racing 25.808 209.237 ============================================================================================================= Row 6 11 70 Marco Greco Sao Paulo, Brazil Monsoon Galles Racing International G/A/G Galles Racing International 25.823 209.116 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 22 R Vincenzo Sospiri Monte Carlo, Monaco Old Navy-Scandia-Royal Purple-Alta-Xcel D/A/G Team Scandia 25.833 209.035 ============================================================================================================= Row 7 13 33 R Jimmy Kite Stockbridge, GA Old Navy-Scandia-Royal Purple-Alta-Xcel D/A/G Team Scandia 25.865 208.776 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 7 Eliseo Salazar Santiago, Chile Copec-Cristal-Scandia D/A/G Team Scandia 25.891 208.567 ============================================================================================================= Row 8 15 51 Eddie Cheever, Jr. Tampa, FL FirstPlus Team Cheever G/A/G Team Cheever 25.911 208.406 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 17 R Affonso Giaffone Sao Paulo, Brazil General Motors of Brazil Chitwood Dallara D/A/G Chitwood Motorsports 26.045 207.333 ============================================================================================================= Row 9 17 31 R Greg Ray Plano, TX Thomas Knapp Motorsports D/A/F Thomas Knapp Motorsports 26.054 207.262 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18 4 R Kenny Brack Albuquerque, NM Monsoon Galles Racing International G/A/G Galles Racing International 26.062 207.198 ============================================================================================================= Row 10 19 40 R Dr. Jack Miller Carmel, IN AMS/Crest Racing D/I/F Arizona Motorsports 26.193 206.162 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20 30 R Robbie Groff Atlanta, GA Serv-All/Team Losi/McCormack Motorsports G/A/G McCormack Motorsports 26.328 205.105 ============================================================================================================= Row 11 21 18 John Paul, Jr. West Palm Beach, FL Klipsch Overhead Door Earl's Performance V-Line D/A/G PDM Racing 26.577 203.183 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22 10 Mike Groff Los Angeles, CA Jonathan Byrd's VisionAire Bryant Heating & Cooling G/A/F Jonathan Byrd-Cunningham Racing 27.187 198.624 ============================================================================================================= Row 12 23 99 R Sam Schmidt Las Vegas, NV HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card Racing Special D/A/F LP Racing/PCI No Time No Speed ============================================================================================================= Legend: R - Indy Racing League Series Rookie Chassis Legend: D-Dallara; G-G Force Engine Legend: A-Oldsmobile Aurora; I-Nissan Infiniti Tire Legend: F-Firestone; G-Goodyear