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IRL Las Vegas 500k: Results

12 October 1997


OFFICIAL BOX SCORE										
INDY RACING LEAGUE										
Las Vegas 500 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway										
Saturday, October 11, 1997
										Qual	Laps Reason   IRL 
FP SP Car  Driver	   Car Name					C/E/T	Speed   Comp   Out    Pts
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 1  5  7   Eliseo Salazar  Copec/Cristal/Scandia			D/A/G	204.615	208  Running  36
 2  8  6   Scott Goodyear  Treadway Racing Nortel Quebecor Printing	G/A/F	203.489	208  Running  33
 3  4  3   Robbie Buhl	   Quaker State/Menards/Special			G/A/F	205.074	208  Running  32
 4 19 27 R Jim Guthrie	   Jacuzzi/Keller Ladders/ERTL Collectibles	D/A/F	200.602	208  Running  31
 5  9 28   Mark Dismore	   Bombardier Aircraft Mechanics Laundry	D/A/G	203.443	208  Running  30
 6  7 33 R Jimmy Kite	   Old Navy/Royal Purple/Scandia/Alta/Xcel	D/A/G	203.758	208  Running  29
 7  2 14   Davey Hamilton  AJ Foyt Power Team Racing			G/A/G	205.300	207  Running  28
 8 25 19 R Stan Wattles	   Metro Racing Systems / NCLD			R/A/G	197.542	206  Running  27
 9 16 77   S. Gregoire	   Chastain Motorsports				G/A/G	201.372	204  Gearbox  26
10 10 70   Marco Greco	   Monsoon Galles Racing			G/A/G	203.221	204  Running  25
11  3  2   Tony Stewart	   Glidden/Menards/Special			G/A/F	205.113	204  Running  24
12 24 18   John Paul, Jr.  Klipsch Overhd Door/V-Line/Earl's Perf Prod	G/A/G	197.679	201  Running  23
13 26 24 R Billy Roe	   Roe Racing					D/A/F	196.951	198  Running  22
14 18 21   R. Guerrero	   Pennzoil/Pagan Racing Dallara-Aurora		D/A/G	200.714	197  Accident 21
15 11 17 R A. Giaffone	   General Motors of Brazil Chitwood Dallara	D/A/G	202.916	193  Running  20
16 28 23 R Mike Shank	   Nienhouse Motorsports			R/A/G	191.918	191  Running  19
17 12 35 R Jeff Ward	   SRS/ISM Racing				D/A/G	202.680	168  Overheat 18
18 27 30 R Robbie Groff	   Fast Rod/Team Losi/McCormack Motorsports	G/A/G	195.893	168  Running  17
19 30  9   Johnny Unser	   Delta Faucet Cinergy Hemelgarn Racing	D/I/F	NS	142  Engine   16
20 13  4 R Kenny Brack	   Monsoon Galles Racing			G/A/G	202.589	139  Suspens. 15
21 29 51   E. Cheever, Jr. FirstPlus Team Cheever			G/A/G	NS	129  Engine   14
22 15 22 R V. Sospiri	   Old Navy/Royal Purple/Scandia/Alta/Xcel	D/A/G	201.568	114  Mechan.  13
23  1  1 R Billy Boat	   Conseco AJ Foyt Racing			D/A/G	207.413	97   Electr.  14
24 23 95 R Tyce Carlson	   IZ Racing/Keco Coatings			D/I/G	197.998	96   Ignition 11
25  6  5   Arie Luyendyk   WavePhore-Mi-Jack				G/A/F	204.460	72   Engine   10
26 31 10 R Paul Durant	   Jonathan Byrds/VisionAire/Bryant Heat & Cool	G/A/F	200.185	62   Mechan.   9
27 22 99 R Sam Schmidt	   BG Product/Keco Coatings Racing Special	D/A/F	198.231	60   Accident  8
28 21 12   Buzz Calkins	   Bradley Food Marts				G/A/G	198.529	60   Accident  7
29 17 40 R Dr. Jack Miller AMS/Crest Racing				D/I/F	200.885	59   Accident  6
30 20 97 R Greg Ray	   TKM/Zali Racing				D/A/F	199.837	35   Accident  5
31 14 91   Buddy Lazier	   Delta Faucet Xerox Hemelgarn Racing		D/A/F	202.240	4    Mechan    4



Time of Race:			2:11:07
Average Speed:			142.757 mph
Margin of Victory:		1.204 seconds
Fastest Lap:			#1 Billy Boat (Lap 19, 204.360)
Fastest Leading Lap:		#17 Affonso Giaffone (Lap 108, 201.801 mph)
PPG Pole Winner:		Billy Boat
True Value Pole Winning 
         Chief Mechanic:	Craig Baranouski/AJ Foyt Enterprises
MBNA America Lap Leader:	#7 Eliseo Salazar
Coors Pit  Performance Winner:	#6 Goodyear/Treadway Racing


LAP LEADERS:
Lap-Lap    Driver			   Lap-Lap    Driver		
1-3	#1	Billy Boat	           121-122	#28	Mark Dismore
4	#14	Davey Hamilton	           123-131	#27	Jim Guthrie
5-45	#35	Jeff Ward	           132-137	#4	Kenny Brack
46-51	#3	Robbie Buhl	           138-158	#7	Eliseo Salazar
52-94	#28	Mark Dismore	           159	        #3	Robbie Buhl
95-99	#3	Robbie Buhl	           160-208	#7	Eliseo Salazar
100-116	#17	Affonso Giaffone			
116-120	#6	Scott Goodyear			


CAUTION FLAGS:
Laps	Reason/Incident
1-3	Cold & Wind
9-12	Tow-in #91 Lazier
38-43	Accident T2 #97 Ray
64-71	Accident  BS #99 Schmidt, #40 Miller, #12 Calkins
118-125	Lost Wheel T2 #17 Giaffone
131-135	Mechanical #51
158-163	Tow-in #9 Unser
201-204	Accident BS #21 Guerrero

44-Total Caution Laps


LAP LEADER SUMMARY:
Driver	         Times	Total
Eliseo Salazar	  2	70
Mark Dismore	  2	45
Jeff Ward	  1	41
Affonso Giaffone  1	16
Robbie Buhl	  1	12
Jim Guthrie	  1	9
Kenny Brack 	  1	6
Scott Goodyear	  1	5
Billy Boat	  1	3
Davey Hamilton	  1	1