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1997 Las Vegas 500K

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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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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