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1997 Visionaire 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post Indy Racing League race number 8 of 10 Saturday, July 26, 1997 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 208 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (312.000 miles) Time of race: 1:55:29 Average speed: 162.096 mph Pole speed: 217.164 mph Cautions: 4 for 27 laps Margin of victory: 3.301 sec Attendance: 73000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1997 Indy Racing League results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 7 1 2   Tony Stewart Glidden / Menards   (John Menard) G/A/F 205 83150 running 74 31 21 2 5   Arie Luyendyk Treadway / WavePhore / Sprint PCS   (Fred Treadway) G/A/F 67 35000 handling 0 14 2 3 1   Billy Boat Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) G/A/G 208 103650 running 38 33 16 4 14   Davey Hamilton Power Team Racing   (A.J. Foyt) G/A/G 141 40500 crash 0 19 1 5 91   Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet / Xerox   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/A/F 208 152700 running 58 35 12 6 27   Jim Guthrie Jacuzzi / Armour Golf / Odyssey Golf / ERTL   (Blueprint Racing) D/A/F 197 44900 running 0 23 17 7 21   Roberto Guerrero Pennzoil   (Pagan Racing) D/A/G 141 40150 crash 26 18 3 8 6   Scott Goodyear Nortel / Quebecor Printing   (Fred Treadway) G/A/F 207 81600 running 1 32 8 9 77   Stephan Gregoire Chastain Motorsports   (Tom Chastain) G/A/G 202 27550 running 0 27 19 10 28   Mark Dismore Bombardier Business Aircraft / Grainger   (Tom Kelley) D/A/G 97 37200 engine 0 16 9 11 70   Marco Greco Monsoon-Galles Racing   (Rick Galles) G/A/G 202 28450 running 0 26 20 12 22   Vincenzo Sospiri Old Navy / Scandia / Royal Purple / Alta   (Andy Evans) D/A/G 70 36350 engine 0 15 15 13 33   Jimmy Kite Old Navy / Scandia / Royal Purple / Alta   (Andy Evans) D/A/G 163 42600 crash 11 20 10 14 7   Eliseo Salazar Copec / Cristal / Scandia   (Andy Evans) D/A/G 200 47350 running 0 25 6 15 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. First Plus   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) G/A/G 206 61750 running 0 29 4 16 17   Affonso Giaffone GM of Brazil   (Chitwood Motorsports) D/A/G 206 64650 running 0 31 22 17 31   Greg Ray RCR / Chase Authentics   (Richard Childress) D/A/F 30 13000 engine 0 13 5 18 4   Kenny Brack Monsoon-Galles Racing   (Rick Galles) G/A/G 206 37650 running 0 30 23 19 40   Jack Miller AMS / Crest Racing   (Arizona Motorsports) D/I/F 13 40000 electrical 0 12 13 20 30   Robbie Groff Serv-All / Team Losi   (Dennis McCormack) G/A/G 189 43800 half shaft 0 22 11 21 18   John Paul, Jr. Klipsch / Overhead Door / V-Line / Earl's   (Paul Diatlovich) D/A/G 198 46000 running 0 24 14 22 10   Mike Groff Jonathan Byrd's / Visionaire / Bryant H & C   (Byrd-Cunningham Racing) G/A/F 176 42700 running 0 21 18 23 99   Sam Schmidt HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card   (LP Racing) D/A/F 114 16300 engine 0 17 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 73 73     74 76 3   debris   77 98 22     99 106 8   oil on track   107 144 38     145 154 10   #21,14,7 accident   155 164 10     165 170 6   #33 accident   171 208 38       Percent of race run under caution: 13.0%             Average green flag run: 36.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tony Stewart 1 47 47   Scott Goodyear 48 48 1   Tony Stewart 49 75 27   Buddy Lazier 76 92 17   Billy Boat 93 100 8   Roberto Guerrero 101 126 26   Billy Boat 127 139 13   Jimmy Kite 140 145 6   Billy Boat 146 146 1   Jimmy Kite 147 151 5   Billy Boat 152 166 15   Buddy Lazier 167 195 29   Billy Boat 196 196 1   Buddy Lazier 197 208 12 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tony Stewart 233     2   Davey Hamilton 226   -7   3   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 189   -44   4   Marco Greco 188   -45   5   Buzz Calkins 183   -50   6   Buddy Lazier 182   -51   7   Arie Luyendyk 181   -52   8   Scott Goodyear 174   -59   9   Roberto Guerrero 171   -62   10   Mike Groff 169   -64   11   Stephan Gregoire 146   -87   12   Jim Guthrie 144   -89   13   Eliseo Salazar 141   -92   14   Affonso Giaffone 122   -111   15   Scott Sharp 119   -114   16   John Paul, Jr. 112   -121   17   Billy Boat 110   -123   18   Mark Dismore 104   -129   19   Robbie Buhl 103   -130   20   Kenny Brack 94   -139   21   Robbie Groff 93   -140