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1997 Samsonite 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post Indy Racing League race number 7 of 10 Sunday, June 29, 1997 at Pikes Peak International Raceway, Fountain, CO 200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:59:51 Average speed: 100.128 mph Pole speed: 176.117 mph Cautions: 9 for 82 laps Margin of victory: .222 sec Attendance: 38100 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1997 Indy Racing League results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 2   Tony Stewart Glidden / Menards   (John Menard) G/A/F 200 161500 running 193 36 2 11 77   Stephan Gregoire Estridge / Moen / Nutone / Porter Paint   (Tom Chastain) G/A/G 200 75200 running 5 33 3 4 14   Davey Hamilton Power Team Racing   (A.J. Foyt) G/A/G 200 79200 running 0 32 4 13 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. First Plus   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) G/A/G 200 63200 running 0 31 5 7 12   Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts   (Brad Calkins) G/A/G 200 56800 running 0 30 6 18 22   Vincenzo Sospiri Old Navy / Scandia / Royal Purple / Alta   (Andy Evans) D/A/G 200 50150 running 0 29 7 3 6   Scott Goodyear Nortel   (Fred Treadway) G/A/F 200 50150 running 1 28 8 12 91   Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet / Montana   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/A/F 198 47050 running 0 27 9 10 17   Affonso Giaffone GM of Brazil   (Chitwood Motorsports) D/A/G 196 45950 running 0 26 10 16 30   Robbie Groff Team Losi / Serv-All / Laval   (Dennis McCormack) G/A/G 193 46850 crash 0 25 11 21 28   Mark Dismore Bombardier Business Aircraft / Grainger   (Tom Kelley) D/A/G 192 44600 running 0 24 12 14 7   Eliseo Salazar Copec / Cristal / Scandia   (Andy Evans) D/A/G 190 42500 running 0 23 13 22 70   Marco Greco Side Play Intl.   (Rick Galles) G/A/G 190 21400 running 0 22 14 6 4   Kenny Brack Monsoon-Galles Racing   (Rick Galles) G/A/G 179 42800 crash 0 21 15 8 5   Arie Luyendyk Treadway / WavePhore / Sprint PCS   (Fred Treadway) G/A/G 163 39200 crash 1 20 16 20 40   Jack Miller AMS / Crest Racing   (Arizona Motorsports) D/I/F 141 43200 crash 0 19 17 17 97   Greg Ray Thomas Knapp Motorsports   (Thomas Knapp) D/A/F 108 15100 crash 0 18 18 5 21   Roberto Guerrero Pennzoil   (Pagan Racing) D/A/G 85 36250 crash 0 17 19 15 18   Billy Boat Klipsch / Overhead Door / V-Line / Earl's   (Paul Diatlovich) D/A/G 73 34900 crash 0 16 20 9 33   Jimmy Kite Old Navy / Scandia / Royal Purple / Alta   (Andy Evans) D/A/G 39 35900 crash 0 15 21 19 10   Johnny Unser Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria / Bryant H & C   (Byrd-Cunningham Racing) G/I/F 23 32800 crash 0 14 22 1 1   Scott Sharp Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/G 0 55300 crash 0 15 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, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jim Guthrie 27 Blueprint / Jacuzzi / Armour Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 10 10   #1 accident   11 24 14     25 36 12   #10 accident   37 40 4     41 56 16   #33 accident   57 86 30     87 97 11   #21,18 accident   98 112 15     113 118 6   #97 accident   119 145 27     146 155 10   #40 accident   156 163 8     164 170 7   #5 accident   171 180 10     181 186 6   #4 accident   187 193 7     194 197 4   #30 spun   198 200 3       Percent of race run under caution: 41.0%             Average green flag run: 13.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tony Stewart 1 89 89   Arie Luyendyk 90 90 1   Stephan Gregoire 91 95 5   Tony Stewart 96 148 53   Scott Goodyear 149 149 1   Tony Stewart 150 200 51 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Davey Hamilton 207     2   Tony Stewart 202   -5   3   Buzz Calkins 183   -24   4   Arie Luyendyk 167   -40   5   Marco Greco 162   -45   6   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 160   -47   7   Roberto Guerrero 153   -54   8   Mike Groff 148   -59   9   Buddy Lazier 147   -60   10   Scott Goodyear 142   -65   11   Jim Guthrie 121   -86   12   Scott Sharp 119   -88   12   Stephan Gregoire 119   -88   14   Eliseo Salazar 116   -91   15   Robbie Buhl 103   -104   16   Affonso Giaffone 91   -116   17   Mark Dismore 88   -119   17   John Paul, Jr. 88   -119   19   Fermin Velez 82   -125   20   Jack Miller 80   -127   21   Billy Boat 77   -130