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1997 True Value 500

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Indy Racing League race number 6 of 10
Saturday, June 7, 1997 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
208 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (312.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:19:48
Average Speed: 133.903 mph
Pole Speed: 167.133 mph

Cautions: 8 for 58 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: 128,000
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 1997 Indy Racing League results / 1997 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	11	5	Arie Luyendyk	WavePhore (Fred Treadway)	G/A/F	208	153,500	running	50	35
2	21	1	Billy Boat	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	G/A/G	207	100,150	running	10	33
3	9	14	Davey Hamilton	Power Team Racing (A.J. Foyt)	G/A/G	207	82,500	running	4	32
4	5	6	Scott Goodyear	Nortel (Fred Treadway)	G/A/F	207	65,850	running	0	31
5	1	2	Tony Stewart	Glidden / Menards (John Menard)	G/A/F	206	119,950	engine	100	33
6	7	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	First Plus (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	G/A/G	206	54,150	running	5	29
7	22	7	Eliseo Salazar	Copec / Cristal / Scandia (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	205	51,050	running	3	28
8	6	97	Greg Ray	Thomas Knapp Motorsports (Thomas Knapp)	D/A/F	204	29,950	running	0	27
9	17	8	Vincenzo Sospiri	Old Navy / Scandia / Royal Purple / Alta (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	204	27,850	running	0	26
10	23	10	Johnny Unser	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria / Bryant H & C (Byrd-Cunningham Racing)	G/I/F	203	51,350	running	0	25
11	14	28	Mark Dismore	Bombardier / Grainger (Tom Kelley)	D/A/G	203	25,250	running	0	24
12	26	34	Alessandro Zampedri	Mi-Jack / Scandia / Royal Purple (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	201	22,150	running	0	23
13	15	21	Roberto Guerrero	Pennzoil (Pagan Racing)	D/I/G	201	44,300	running	0	22
14	25	18	Tyce Carlson	Klipsch / Overhead Door / Jacuzzi (Paul Diatlovich)	D/A/G	184	41,800	running	0	21
15	13	30	Robbie Groff	McCormack Motorsports (Dennis McCormack)	G/A/G	173	44,200	engine	3	20
16	2	3	Robbie Buhl	Menards / Quaker State (John Menard)	G/A/F	167	48,100	engine	0	19
17	4	91	Buddy Lazier	Delta Faucet / Montana (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/A/F	157	40,000	engine	57	18
18	3	4	Kenny Brack	Monsoon-Galles Racing (Rick Galles)	G/A/G	118	19,500	water leak	0	17
19	10	12	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Food Marts (Brad Calkins)	G/A/G	98	37,900	head gasket	0	16
20	16	17	Affonso Giaffone	GM of Brazil (Chitwood Motorsports)	D/A/G	82	14,800	engine fire	0	15
21	8	27	Jim Guthrie	Jacuzzi / Armour (Blueprint Racing)	D/A/F	81	35,700	crash	6	14
22	18	44	Allen May	Young Chevrolet (Sinden Racing)	D/A/G	36	13,700	crash	0	13
23	20	16	Sam Schmidt	HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card (Blueprint Racing)	D/A/F	36	13,700	crash	0	12
24	19	40	Jack Miller	AMS / Crest Racing (Arizona Motorsports)	D/I/F	24	35,700	crash	0	11
25	24	33	Fermin Velez	Old Navy / Scandia / Royal Purple / Alta (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	1	34,200	driver illness	0	10
26	12	22	Marco Greco	Side Play / Intl. Sport / Scandia / Alta (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	0	35,700	engine	0	9

C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes
Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force; L - Lola; R - Reynard
Engine: A - Oldsmobile Aurora; B - Buick; F - Ford Cosworth XB; I - Nissan Infiniti; M - Menard V6
Tires: F - Firestone; G - Goodyear

Failed to qualify: Mike Groff (#10)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	18	18	#22 engine
	19	23	5
	24	26	3	#40 stopped on track
	27	36	10
	37	46	10	#44,16 accident
	47	80	34
	81	91	11	#27,17 accident/fire
	92	136	45
	137	141	5	#4 engine
	142	142	1
	143	148	6	#18,6 accident
	149	167	19
	168	171	4	#3 engine
	172	206	35
	207	208	2	#2 accident
Percent of race run under caution: 28.4% Average green flag run: 21.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tony Stewart	1	68	68
Eliseo Salazar	69	71	3
Davey Hamilton	72	75	4
Jim Guthrie	76	81	6
Billy Boat	82	84	3
Robbie Groff	85	87	3
Buddy Lazier	88	120	33
Eddie Cheever, Jr.	121	125	5
Billy Boat	126	132	7
Tony Stewart	133	133	1
Buddy Lazier	134	157	24
Tony Stewart	158	169	12
Arie Luyendyk	170	170	1
Tony Stewart	171	189	19
Arie Luyendyk	190	208	19

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Davey Hamilton	175
2	Tony Stewart	166	-9
3	Buzz Calkins	153	-22
4	Mike Groff	148	-27
5	Arie Luyendyk	147	-28
6	Marco Greco	140	-35
7	Roberto Guerrero	136	-39
8	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	129	-46
9	Jim Guthrie	121	-54
10	Buddy Lazier	120	-55
11	Scott Goodyear	114	-61
12	Scott Sharp	104	-71
13	Robbie Buhl	103	-72
14	Eliseo Salazar	93	-82
15	John Paul, Jr.	88	-87
16	Stephan Gregoire	86	-89
17	Fermin Velez	82	-93
18	Tyce Carlson	73	-102
19	Affonso Giaffone	65	-110
20	Mark Dismore	64	-111

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