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1997 Las Vegas 500K qualifying results Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Indy Racing League race number 10 of 10 Saturday, October 11, 1997 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV 208 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (312.000 miles) Time of race: 2:11:07 Average speed: 142.757 mph Pole speed: 207.413 mph Cautions: 8 for 44 laps Margin of victory: 1.204 sec Attendance: 30000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1997 Indy Racing League results   /   1997 standings

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Car Time Speed   1   Billy Boat 1 26.035   207.413   2   Davey Hamilton 14 26.303   205.300   3   Tony Stewart 2 26.327   205.113   4   Robbie Buhl 3 26.332   205.074   5   Eliseo Salazar 7 26.391   204.615   6   Arie Luyendyk 5 26.411   204.460   7   Jimmy Kite 33 26.502   203.758   8   Scott Goodyear 6 26.537   203.489   9   Mark Dismore 28 26.543   203.443   10   Marco Greco 70 26.572   203.221   11   Affonso Giaffone 17 26.612   202.916   12   Jeff Ward 35 26.643   202.680   13   Kenny Brack 4 26.655   202.589   14   Buddy Lazier 91 26.701   202.240   15   Vincenzo Sospiri 22 26.790   201.568   16   Stephan Gregoire 77 26.816   201.372   17   Jack Miller 40 26.881   200.885   18   Roberto Guerrero 21 26.904   200.714   19   Jim Guthrie 27 26.919   200.602   20   Paul Durant 10 26.975   200.185   21   Greg Ray 97 27.022   199.837   22   Buzz Calkins 12 27.200   198.529   23   Sam Schmidt 99 27.241   198.231   24   Tyce Carlson 95 27.273   197.998   25   John Paul, Jr. 18 27.317   197.679   26   Stan Wattles 19 27.336   197.542   27   Billy Roe 24 27.418   196.951   28   Robbie Groff 30 27.566   195.893   29   Michael Shank 23 28.137   191.918   30   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 51     31   Johnny Unser 9     OP: qualified via owners points PC: qualified as past champion PR: provisional QR: via qualifying race * - had to qualify on time Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   not available