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Indy Racing League race number 5 of 10
Tuesday, May 27, 1997 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:25:43
Average speed: 145.827 mph
Pole speed: 218.263 mph

Cautions: 15 for 61 laps
Margin of victory: .570 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 17

Glossary 1997 Indy Racing League results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	5	Arie Luyendyk	Sprint PCS / Miller Lite / Provimi (Fred Treadway)	G/A/F	200	1568150	running	61	37
2	5	6	Scott Goodyear	Nortel / Sprint PCS / Quebecor Printing (Fred Treadway)	G/A/F	200	513303	running	2	33
3	7	52	Jeff Ward	First Plus (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	G/A/G	200	414250	running	49	32
4	10	91	Buddy Lazier	Delta Faucet / Montana (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/A/F	200	279250	running	7	31
5	2	2	Tony Stewart	Glidden / Menards (John Menard)	G/A/F	200	345050	running	64	31
6	8	14	Davey Hamilton	Power Team Racing (A.J. Foyt)	G/A/G	199	264000	running	0	29
7	22	11	Billy Boat	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	D/A/G	199	259700	running	1	28
8	4	3	Robbie Buhl	Quaker State / Menards (John Menard)	G/A/F	199	235200	running	16	27
9	21	30	Robbie Groff	Alfa-Laval / Team Losi (Dennis McCormack)	G/A/G	197	222350	running	0	26
10	29	33	Fermin Velez	Old Navy / Scandia / Royal Purple / Alta (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	195	216400	running	0	25
11	16	12	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Food Marts (Brad Calkins)	G/A/G	188	201000	running	0	24
12	18	10	Mike Groff	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria / Bryant H & C (Byrd-Cunningham Racing)	G/I/F	188	197300	running	0	23
13	34	90	Lyn St. James	Lifetime TV / Cinergy / Delta Faucet (LSJ Racing / Hemelgarn Racing)	D/I/F	186	188000	crash	0	22
14	20	44	Steve Kinser	One Call / Menards / Quaker State (Sinden Racing)	D/A/G	185	193250	crash	0	21
15	28	54	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham / Firestone / Kroger (Greg Beck)	D/I/F	173	200000	running	0	20
16	27	22	Marco Greco	Side Play / Intl. Sport / Scandia / Alta (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	166	193000	running	0	19
17	3	8	Vincenzo Sospiri	Old Navy / Scandia / Royal Purple / Alta (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	163	196250	running	0	18
18	35	9	Johnny Unser	Delta Faucet / Montana / Cinergy (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/I/F	158	158000	oil pressure	0	17
19	26	18	Tyce Carlson	Klipsch / Overhead Door (Paul Diatlovich)	D/A/G	156	173250	crash	0	16
20	17	40	Jack Miller	AMS / Crest Racing / Trane / Spot-On (Arizona Motorsports)	D/I/F	131	171250	crash	0	15
21	33	1	Paul Durant	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	G/A/G	111	178000	crash	0	14
22	24	50	Billy Roe	Sega / Progressive Elect. / KECO / U.J.T. (Antonio Ferrari)	D/A/F	110	150250	crash	0	13
23	11	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	First Plus (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	G/A/G	84	176000	timing chain	0	12
24	9	7	Eliseo Salazar	Copec / Cristal / Scandia (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	70	164000	brakes	0	11
25	30	97	Greg Ray	Tobacco Free Kids / Arizona Diamondbacks (Thomas Knapp)	D/A/F	48	171250	water pump	0	10
26	6	27	Jim Guthrie	Jacuzzi / Armour Golf / ERTL (Blueprint Racing)	D/A/F	43	164500	fuel pressure	0	9
27	19	21	Roberto Guerrero	Pennzoil (Pagan Racing)	D/I/G	25	160000	suspension	0	8
28	25	28	Mark Dismore	Kelley Automotive / Mechanics Laundry (Tom Kelley)	D/A/G	24	159000	crash	0	7
29	12	42	Robby Gordon	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	G/A/G	19	139500	fire	0	6
30	32	72	Claude Bourbonnais	Jacuzzi / Armour Golf / ERTL (Blueprint Racing)	D/A/F	9	152250	engine	0	5
31	13	77	Stephan Gregoire	Estridge / Miller-Eads (Tom Chastain)	G/A/G	0	158000	crash	0	4
32	14	17	Affonso Giaffone	GM of Brazil (Chitwood Motorsports)	D/A/G	0	158250	crash	0	3
33	15	4	Kenny Brack	Monsoon-Galles Racing (Rick Galles)	G/A/G	0	202250	crash	0	2
34	23	16	Sam Schmidt	HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card (Blueprint Racing)	D/A/F	0	150250	engine	0	1
35	31	34	Alessandro Zampedri	Mi-Jack / Scandia / Royal Purple (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	0	145000	oil leak	0	1

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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Scott Harrington	36	Gold Eagle	G/O Johansson Motorsports
DC	Scott Sharp	1	Conseco	A.J. Foyt
DC	John Paul, Jr.	18	Klipsch / Overhead Door	Paul Diatlovich

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	0	0	1	#17,4,77 accident
	1	9	9
	10	10	1	#72 smoking
	11	14	4	moisture
	15	15	1	red flag
	16	18	3	moisture
	19	19	1
	20	28	9	#42 stopped on track
	29	58	30
	59	62	4	#27 stalled on track
	63	93	31
	94	99	6	#7 stopped on track
	100	113	14
	114	123	10	#50,1 accident
	124	137	14
	138	142	5	#40 accident
	143	164	22
	165	169	5	#18 spun
	170	188	19
	189	193	5	#44 accident
	194	195	2
	196	197	2	debris
	198	198	1
	199	199	1	debris
	200	200	1
Percent of race run under caution: 28.5% Average green flag run: 13.1 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tony Stewart	1	50	50
Billy Boat	51	51	1
Tony Stewart	52	62	11
Arie Luyendyk	63	78	16
Tony Stewart	79	79	1
Buddy Lazier	80	82	3
Arie Luyendyk	83	109	27
Tony Stewart	110	111	2
Buddy Lazier	112	115	4
Robbie Buhl	116	131	16
Arie Luyendyk	132	140	9
Scott Goodyear	141	141	1
Jeff Ward	142	166	25
Arie Luyendyk	167	168	2
Jeff Ward	169	192	24
Scott Goodyear	193	193	1
Arie Luyendyk	194	200	7

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Mike Groff	148
2	Davey Hamilton	143	-5
3	Buzz Calkins	137	-11
4	Tony Stewart	133	-15
5	Marco Greco	131	-17
6	Roberto Guerrero	114	-34
7	Arie Luyendyk	112	-36
8	Jim Guthrie	107	-41
9	Scott Sharp	104	-44
10	Buddy Lazier	102	-46
11	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	100	-48
12	John Paul, Jr.	88	-60
13	Stephan Gregoire	86	-62
14	Robbie Buhl	84	-64
15	Scott Goodyear	83	-65
16	Fermin Velez	72	-76
17	Eliseo Salazar	65	-83
18	Michele Alboreto	62	-86
19	Richie Hearn	59	-89
20	Tyce Carlson	52	-96
21	Jeff Ward	51	-97