IRL Las Vegas 500k: Starting Lineup
10 October 1997
INDY RACING LEAGUE
Las Vegas 500k - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Saturday, October 11, 1997
STARTING LINEUP
Qual Qual
SP Car Driver Car Name C/E/T Time Speed
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ROW 1
1 1 R Billy Boat Conseco AJ Foyt Racing D/A/G 26.035 207.413
2 14 Davey Hamilton AJ Foyt Power Team Racing G/A/G 26.303 205.300
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ROW 2
3 2 Tony Stewart Glidden/Menards/Special G/A/F 26.327 205.113
4 3 Robbie Buhl Quaker State/Menards/Special G/A/F 26.332 205.074
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ROW 3
5 7 Eliseo Salazar Copec/Cristal/Scandia D/A/G 26.391 204.615
6 5 Arie Luyendyk WavePhore-Mi-Jack G/A/F 26.411 204.460
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ROW 4
7 33 R Jimmy Kite Old Navy/Royal Purple/Scandia/Alta/Xcel D/A/G 26.502 203.758
8 6 Scott Goodyear Treadway Racing Nortel Quebecor Printing G/A/F 26.537 203.489
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ROW 5
9 28 Mark Dismore Bombardier Aircraft Mechanics Laundry D/A/G 26.543 203.443
10 70 Marco Greco Monsoon Galles Racing G/A/G 26.572 203.221
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ROW 6
11 17 R Affonso Giaffone General Motors of Brazil Chitwood Dallara D/A/G 26.612 202.916
12 35 R Jeff Ward SRS/ISM Racing D/A/G 26.643 202.680
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ROW 7
13 4 R Kenny Brack Monsoon Galles Racing G/A/G 26.655 202.589
14 91 Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet Xerox Hemelgarn Racing D/A/F 26.701 202.240
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ROW 8
15 22 R Vincenzo Sospiri Old Navy/Royal Purple/Scandia/Alta/Xcel D/A/G 26.790 201.568
16 77 Stephan Gregoire Chastain Motorsports G/A/G 26.816 201.372
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ROW 9
17 40 R Dr. Jack Miller AMS/Crest Racing D/I/F 26.881 200.885
18 21 Roberto Guerrero Pennzoil/Pagan Racing Dallara-Aurora D/A/G 26.904 200.714
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ROW 10
19 27 R Jim Guthrie Jacuzzi/Keller Ladders/ERTL Collectibles D/A/F 26.919 200.602
20 10 R Paul Durant Jonathan Byrd's VisionAire Bryant Hting & Coolng G/A/F 26.975 200.185
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ROW 11
21 97 R Greg Ray TKM/Zali Racing D/A/F 27.022 199.837
22 12 Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts G/A/G 27.200 198.529
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ROW 12
23 99 R Sam Schmidt BG Product/Keco Coatings Racing Special D/A/F 27.241 198.231
24 95 R Tyce Carlson IZ Racing/Keco Coatings D/I/G 27.273 197.998
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ROW 13
25 18 John Paul, Jr. Klipsch Overhead Door/V-Line/Earl's Perf Prods G/A/G 27.317 197.679
26 19 R Stan Wattles Metro Racing Systems / NCLD R/A/G 27.336 197.542
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ROW 14
27 24 R Billy Roe Roe Racing D/A/F 27.418 196.951
28 30 R Robbie Groff Fast Rod/Team Losi/McCormack Motorsports G/A/G 27.566 195.893
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ROW 15
29 23 R Mike Shank Nienhouse Motorsports R/A/G 28.137 191.918
30 51 Eddie Cheever, Jr. FirstPlus Team Cheever G/A/G NT NS
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ROW 16
31 9 Johnny Unser Delta Faucet Cinergy Hemelgarn Racing D/I/F NT NS
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PPG Pole Winner: Billy Boat
True Value Pole Winning Chief Mechanic: Craig Baranouski/AJ Foyt Enterprises
Legend: R - Indy Racing League Series Rookie
Chassis Legend: D - Dallara; G - G Force; R - Riley & Scott
Engine Legend: A - Oldsmobile Aurora; I - Nissan Infiniti
Tire Legend: F - Firestone; G - Goodyear