IRL VisionAire 500 Official Results
28 July 1997
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE
INDY RACING LEAGUE
Inaugural VisionAire 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Saturday, July 26, 1997
Status/ Total IRL
FP SP Car Driver C/E/T Speed Laps Reason Pts Pts Rank Awards
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1 5 91 Buddy Lazier D/A/F 211.948 208 Running 35 182 6 $152,700
2 3 1 R Billy Boat G/A/G 212.440 208 Running 33 110 17 103,650
3 8 6 Scott Goodyear G/A/F 209.408 207 Running 32 174 8 81,600
4 16 17 R Affonso Giaffone D/A/G 207.333 206 Running 31 122 14 64,650
5 18 4 R Kenny Brack G/A/G 207.198 206 Running 30 94 20 37,650
6 15 51 Eddie Cheever, Jr. G/A/G 208.406 206 Running 29 189 3 61,750
7 1 2 Tony Stewart G/A/F 217.164 205 Running 31xy 233 1 83,150
8 9 77 Stephan Gregoire G/A/G 209.310 202 Running 27 146 11 27,550
9 11 70 Marco Greco G/A/G 209.116 202 Running 26 188 4 28,450
10 14 7 Eliseo Salazar D/A/G 208.567 200 Running 25 141 13 47,350
11 21 18 John Paul, Jr. D/A/G 203.183 198 Running 24 112 16 46,000
12 6 27 R Jim Guthrie D/A/F 210.436 197 Running 23 144 12 44,900
13 20 30 R Robbie Groff G/A/G 205.105 189 Half Shaft 22 93 21 43,800
14 22 10 Mike Groff G/A/F 198.624 176 Running 21 169 10 42,700
15 13 33 R Jimmy Kite D/A/G 208.776 163 Accident 20 35 34 42,600
16 4 14 Davey Hamilton G/A/G 212.398 141 Accident 19 226 2 40,500
17 7 21 Roberto Guerrero D/A/G 210.215 141 Accident 18 171 9 40,150
18 23 99 R Sam Schmidt D/A/F N/T 114 Engine 17 55 30 16,300
19 10 28 Mark Dismore D/A/G 209.237 97 Engine 16 104 18 37,200
20 12 22 R Vincenzo Sospiri D/A/G 209.035 70 Engine 15 88 23 36,350
21 2 5 Arie Luyendyk G/A/F 214.524 67 Handling 14 181 7 35,000
22 17 31 R Greg Ray D/A/F 207.262 30 Engine 13 68 27 13,000
23 19 40 R Dr. Jack Miller D/I/F 206.162 13 Electrical 12 92 22 40,000
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TOTAL - $1,167,000
IRL Points Bonus: x-2 points PPG Pole; y-1 point most laps led
Time of Race: 1:55:29
Average Speed: 162.096 mph
Margin of Victory: 3.301
Fastest Lap: #1 Billy Boat (Lap 9, 213.506 mph)
Fastest Leading Lap: #91 Buddy Lazier (Lap 82, 212.089 mph)
PPG Pole Winner: Tony Stewart
True Value Pole Winning Chief Mechanic: Bill Martin/Team Menard
MBNA America Lap Leader: #2 Tony Stewart
Coors Pit Performance Winner: #51 Eddie Cheever/FirstPlus Team Cheever
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
