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1997 Las Vegas 500K 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

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 7   Eliseo Salazar Copec / Cristal / Scandia   (Andy Evans) D/A/G 208 133500 running 70 36 2 8 6   Scott Goodyear Nortel / Quebecor Printing   (Fred Treadway) G/A/F 208 97750 running 5 33 3 4 3   Robbie Buhl Quaker State / Menards   (John Menard) G/A/F 208 48250 running 12 32 4 19 27   Jim Guthrie Jacuzzi / Keller Ladders / ERTL Collectibles   (Blueprint Racing) D/A/F 208 64750 running 9 31 5 9 28   Mark Dismore Bombadier Aircraft / Mechanics Laundry   (Tom Kelley) D/A/G 208 54250 running 45 30 6 7 33   Jimmy Kite Old Navy / Royal Purple / Scandia / Alta   (Andy Evans) D/A/G 208 44250 running 0 29 7 2 14   Davey Hamilton Power Team Racing   (A.J. Foyt) G/A/G 207 45750 running 1 28 8 25 19   Stan Wattles Metro Racing Systems / NCLD   (Metro Racing) R/A/G 206 20000 running 0 27 9 16 77   Stephan Gregoire Estridge   (Tom Chastain) G/A/G 204 22250 running 0 26 10 10 70   Marco Greco Monsoon-Galles Racing   (Rick Galles) G/A/G 204 21250 running 0 25 11 3 2   Tony Stewart Glidden / Menards   (John Menard) G/A/F 204 40000 running 0 24 12 24 18   John Paul, Jr. Klipsch / Overhead Door / V-Line / Earl's   (Paul Diatlovich) G/A/G 201 40000 running 0 23 13 26 24   Billy Roe Roe Racing   (Roe Racing) D/A/F 198 16250 running 0 22 14 18 21   Roberto Guerrero Pennzoil   (Pagan Racing) D/A/G 197 37250 crash 0 21 15 11 17   Affonso Giaffone GM of Brazil   (Chitwood Motorsports) D/A/G 193 36000 running 16 20 16 28 23   Michael Shank Nienhouse Motorsports   (Phil Nienhouse) R/A/G 191 13000 running 0 19 17 12 35   Jeff Ward Tabasco   (Sinden Racing / ISM Racing) D/A/G 168 12000 overheating 41 18 18 27 30   Robbie Groff FastRod / Team Losi   (Dennis McCormack) G/A/G 168 39000 running 0 17 19 30 9   Johnny Unser Delta Faucet / Cinergy   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/I/F 142 16000 engine 0 16 20 13 4   Kenny Brack Monsoon-Galles Racing   (Rick Galles) G/A/G 139 32000 suspension 6 15 21 29 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. First Plus   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) G/A/G 129 31000 engine 0 14 22 15 22   Vincenzo Sospiri Old Navy / Royal Purple / Scandia / Alta   (Andy Evans) D/A/G 114 31000 engine 0 13 23 1 1   Billy Boat Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/G 97 58000 electrical 3 14 24 23 95   Tyce Carlson Keco Coatings   (IZ Racing / Zali Racing) D/I/G 96 9000 ignition 0 11 25 6 5   Arie Luyendyk WavePhore / Mi-Jack   (Fred Treadway) G/A/F 72 31000 engine 0 10 26 31 10   Paul Durant Jonathan Byrd's / Visionaire / Bryant H & C   (Byrd-Cunningham Racing) G/A/F 62 31000 mechanical 0 9 27 22 99   Sam Schmidt BG Products / Keco Coatings   (LP Racing) D/A/F 60 9000 crash 0 8 28 21 12   Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts   (Brad Calkins) G/A/G 60 31000 crash 0 7 29 17 40   Jack Miller AMS / Crest Racing   (Arizona Motorsports) D/I/F 59 31000 crash 0 6 30 20 97   Greg Ray Zali Racing   (Thomas Knapp) D/A/F 35 9000 crash 0 5 31 14 91   Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet / Xerox   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/A/F 4 31000 mechanical 0 4 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

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3   cold/wind   4 8 5     9 12 4   #91 tow-in   13 37 25     38 43 6   #97 accident   44 63 20     64 71 8   #99,40,12 accident   72 117 46     118 125 8   #17 lost wheel   126 130 5     131 135 5   #51 mechanical   136 157 22     158 163 6   #9 tow-in   164 200 37     201 204 4   #21 accident   205 208 4       Percent of race run under caution: 21.2%             Average green flag run: 20.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Billy Boat 1 3 3   Davey Hamilton 4 4 1   Jeff Ward 5 45 41   Robbie Buhl 46 51 6   Mark Dismore 52 94 43   Robbie Buhl 95 99 5   Affonso Giaffone 100 115 16   Scott Goodyear 116 120 5   Mark Dismore 121 122 2   Jim Guthrie 123 131 9   Kenny Brack 132 137 6   Eliseo Salazar 138 158 21   Robbie Buhl 159 159 1   Eliseo Salazar 160 208 49 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tony Stewart 278     2   Davey Hamilton 272   -6   3   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 230   -48   3   Marco Greco 230   -48   5   Scott Goodyear 226   -52   6   Arie Luyendyk 223   -55   7   Roberto Guerrero 221   -57   8   Buddy Lazier 209   -69   9   Eliseo Salazar 208   -70   10   Buzz Calkins 204   -74   11   Stephan Gregoire 192   -86   12   Jim Guthrie 186   -92   13   Robbie Buhl 170   -108   14   Mike Groff 169   -109   15   John Paul, Jr. 163   -115   16   Affonso Giaffone 159   -119   17   Mark Dismore 158   -120   18   Billy Boat 151   -127   19   Kenny Brack 139   -139   20   Robbie Groff 135   -143   21   Vincenzo Sospiri 134   -144