IRL Driver Points Following Pennzoil 200
21 August 1997
INDY RACING LEAGUE
1996-97 IRL Season
Driver Point Standings
(after Pennzoil 200 - New Hampshire International Speedway - August 17)
RUNNING
NO. OF AT HIGH. LAPS LAPS TOTAL TOTAL
DRIVER STARTS FINISH FINISH LED COMP PTS AWARDS
1 Tony Stewart 9 4 1 812 1,590 254 $1,050,450
2 Davey Hamilton 9 7 3 4 1,599 244 740,200
3 Eddie Cheever, Jr. 9 5 1 89 1,356 216 694,400
4 Arie Luyendyk 9 4 1 120 1,222 213 2,048,150
5 Buddy Lazier 9 5 1 122 1,239 205 705,550
6 Marco Greco 9 6 4 34 1,350 205 533,600
7 Roberto Guerrero 9 5 4 26 1,296 200 563,750
8 Buzz Calkins 8 4 2 14 1,250 197 568,750
9 Scott Goodyear 7 5 2 35 1,167 193 855,600
10 Eliseo Salazar 7 6 4 42 1,251 172 453,150
11 Mike Groff 6 6 2 0 1,106 169 562,850
12 Stephan Gregoire 8 4 2 5 976 166 388,300
13 Jim Guthrie (R) 8 4 1 80 852 155 562,450
14 John Paul, Jr. 6 5 7 23 982 140 306,850
15 Affonso Giaffone (R) 7 3 4 13 881 139 361,500
16 Robbie Buhl 6 3 1 19 812 138 480,150
17 Billy Boat (R) 5 4 2 48 896 137 546,150
18 Mark Dismore 7 3 11 0 905 128 379,050
19 Kenny Brack (R) 6 2 5 33 848 124 387,200
20 Vincenzo Sospiri (R) 5 4 2 1 837 121 401,100
21 Scott Sharp 5 2 1 22 582 119 324,150
22 Robbie Groff (R) 5 2 9 3 950 118 402,450
23 Dr. Jack Miller (R) 7 0 15 0 508 108 408,100
24 Johnny Unser 5 2 10 0 640 91 302,150
25 Fermin Velez (R) 4 2 9 0 437 82 345,150
26 Tyce Carlson (R) 4 2 11 0 580 73 306,050
27 Sam Schmidt (R) 5 0 10 0 356 68 215,700
28 Greg Ray (R) 4 1 8 0 390 68 229,300
29 Michele Alboreto 2 2 3 0 397 62 137,250
30 Richie Hearn 2 1 1 96 366 59 181,000
31 Jeff Ward (R) 2 1 3 49 263 51 437,150
32 Jimmy Kite (R) 3 0 15 11 206 47 110,750
33 Jeret Schroeder (R) 2 0 14 0 144 37 81,500
34 Stan Wattles (R) 2 0 16 0 282 36 72,000
35 Billy Roe (R) 2 0 15 0 192 33 169,450
36 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 1 1 2 0 200 33 95,250
37 Robby Gordon 2 0 14 60 198 27 156,500
38 Brad Murphey (R) 2 0 18 0 105 25 47,000
39 Alessandro Zampedri 2 1 12 0 201 24 167,150
40 Johnny O'Connell 1 0 12 3 183 23 22,000
41 Lyn St. James 1 0 13 0 186 22 188,000
42 Danny Ongais 1 0 13 0 94 22 24,500
43 Steve Kinser (R) 1 0 14 0 185 21 193,250
44 Dennis Vitolo 1 1 15 0 173 20 200,000
45 David Kudrave 1 0 17 0 118 18 14,000
46 J.C. Carbonell (R) 1 0 19 0 112 16 34,000
47 Paul Durant (R) 1 0 21 0 111 14 178,000
48 Joe Gosek (R) 1 0 21 0 30 14 10,000
49 Allen May (R) 1 0 22 0 36 13 13,700
50 Johnny Parsons 1 0 28 0 7 7 10,000
51 Claude Bourbonnais 1 0 30 0 9 5 152,250
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Total: $17,816,950
**Standings Could Change Pending Appeal
