Final IRL Driver Point Standings for 1997
12 October 1997
1996-97 IRL Season
Driver Point Standings
(after Las Vegas 500 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - October 11)
Running
at Highest Laps Laps Total Total
Driver Starts Finish Finish Led Completed Points Awards**
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1 Tony Stewart 10 5 1 812 1,794 278 $1,090,450
2 Davey Hamilton 10 8 3 5 1,806 272 785,950
3 Marco Greco 10 7 4 34 1,554 230 554,850
4 Eddie Cheever, Jr. 10 5 1 89 1,485 230 725,400
5 Scott Goodyear 8 6 2 40 1,375 226 953,350
6 Arie Luyendyk 10 4 1 120 1,294 223 2,079,150
7 Roberto Guerrero 10 5 4 26 1,493 221 601,000
8 Buddy Lazier 10 5 1 122 1,243 209 736,550
9 Eliseo Salazar 8 7 1 112 1,459 208 586,650
10 Buzz Calkins 9 4 2 14 1,310 204 599,750
11 Stephan Gregoire 9 4 2 5 1,180 192 410,550
12 Jim Guthrie (R) 9 5 1 89 1,060 186 627,200
13 Robbie Buhl 7 4 1 31 1,020 170 528,400
14 Mike Groff 6 6 2 0 1,106 169 562,850
15 John Paul, Jr. 7 6 7 23 1,183 163 346,850
16 Affonso Giaffone (R) 8 4 4 29 1,074 159 397,500
17 Mark Dismore 8 4 5 45 1,113 158 433,300
18 Billy Boat (R) 6 4 2 51 993 151 604,150
19 Kenny Brack (R) 7 2 5 33 987 139 419,200
20 Robbie Groff (R) 6 3 9 3 1,118 135 441,450
21 Vincenzo Sospiri (R) 6 4 2 1 951 134 432,100
22 Scott Sharp 5 2 1 22 582 119 324,150
23 Dr. Jack Miller (R) 8 0 15 0 567 114 439,100
24 Johnny Unser 6 2 10 0 782 107 318,150
25 Tyce Carlson (R) 5 2 11 0 676 84 315,050
26 Fermin Velez (R) 4 2 9 0 437 82 345,150
27 Jimmy Kite (R) 4 1 6 11 414 76 155,000
28 Sam Schmidt (R) 6 0 10 0 416 76 224,700
29 Greg Ray (R) 5 1 8 0 425 73 238,300
30 Jeff Ward (R) 3 1 3 90 431 69 449,150
31 Stan Wattles (R) 3 1 8 0 488 63 92,000
32 Michele Alboreto 2 2 3 0 397 62 137,250
33 Richie Hearn 2 1 1 96 366 59 181,000
34 Billy Roe (R) 3 1 13 0 390 55 185,700
35 Jeret Schroeder (R) 2 0 14 0 144 37 81,500
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 Paul Durant (R) 2 0 21 0 173 23 209,000
41 Johnny O'Connell 1 0 12 3 183 23 22,000
42 Lyn St. James 1 0 13 0 186 22 188,000
43 Danny Ongais 1 0 13 0 94 22 24,500
44 Steve Kinser (R) 1 0 14 0 185 21 193,250
45 Dennis Vitolo 1 1 15 0 173 20 200,000
46 Mike Shank (R) 1 1 0 0 191 19 13,000
47 David Kudrave 1 0 17 0 118 18 14,000
48 J.C. Carbonell (R) 1 0 19 0 112 16 34,000
49 Joe Gosek (R) 1 0 21 0 30 14 10,000
50 Allen May (R) 1 0 22 0 36 13 13,700
51 Johnny Parsons 1 0 28 0 7 7 10,000
Total: $18,800,200
**Does not include championship money
