Indy Racing League standings for 1997

Click on the Driver to see 1997 race-level statistics for that driver.
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	Driver	Races	Win	Podium	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	AvSt	AvFn	Raf	Miles	LLF	Points	Diff
1	Tony Stewart	10	1	2	4	1794	812	1,090,450	3.4	8.8	5	2,451.38	3	278
2	Davey Hamilton	10	0	3	0	1806	5	785,950	8.2	7.8	8	2,484.57	2	272	-6
3	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	10	1	1	0	1485	89	725,400	14.0	12.2	5	1,906.84	2	230	-48
4	Marco Greco	10	0	0	1	1554	34	554,850	14.2	12.2	8	2,116.29	0	230	-48
5	Scott Goodyear	8	0	4	0	1375	40	953,353	5.0	6.8	6	1,985.50	4	226	-52
6	Arie Luyendyk	10	2	3	2	1294	120	2,079,150	4.6	13.3	4	1,832.60	3	223	-55
7	Roberto Guerrero	10	0	0	0	1493	26	601,000	12.8	12.9	5	1,912.92	1	221	-57
8	Buddy Lazier	10	1	1	0	1243	122	736,550	9.2	14.2	5	1,753.07	3	209	-69
9	Eliseo Salazar	8	1	1	0	1459	112	586,650	11.0	9.3	7	1,981.90	2	208	-70
10	Buzz Calkins	9	0	1	0	1310	14	599,750	13.1	12.3	5	1,778.78	2	204	-74
11	Stephan Gregoire	9	0	1	0	1180	5	410,550	14.7	13.7	5	1,416.57	1	192	-86
12	Jim Guthrie	9	1	1	0	1059	89	627,200	12.1	14.4	5	1,453.86	2	186	-92
13	Robbie Buhl	7	1	2	0	1020	31	528,400	7.1	10.9	4	1,607.59	2	170	-108
14	Mike Groff	6	0	2	0	1106	0	562,850	14.2	6.8	6	1,587.04	1	169	-109
15	John Paul, Jr.	7	0	0	0	1183	23	321,850	14.7	11.7	6	1,490.06	0	163	-115
16	Affonso Giaffone	8	0	0	0	1074	29	397,500	16.0	15.1	4	1,411.20	0	159	-119
17	Mark Dismore	8	0	0	0	1113	45	433,300	14.6	15.3	4	1,482.29	1	158	-120
18	Billy Boat	6	0	2	1	983	52	604,150	13.0	10.2	4	1,539.73	1	151	-127
19	Kenny Brack	7	0	0	0	987	39	419,200	9.6	15.1	2	1,224.79	1	139	-139
20	Robbie Groff	6	0	0	0	1118	3	441,450	19.3	12.5	3	1,682.20	0	135	-143
21	Vincenzo Sospiri	6	0	1	0	951	1	432,100	12.3	12.7	4	1,391.92	2	134	-144
22	Scott Sharp	5	1	1	1	582	22	324,150	8.8	11.8	2	677.60	2	119	-159
23	Jack Miller	8	0	0	0	567	0	439,100	18.8	20.8	0	815.12	0	114	-164
24	Johnny Unser	6	0	0	0	782	0	308,150	24.5	17.2	2	1,226.83	0	107	-171
25	Tyce Carlson	5	0	0	0	676	0	315,050	20.8	18.2	2	1,079.07	0	84	-194
26	Fermin Velez	4	0	0	0	437	0	345,150	19.5	14.5	2	729.96	0	82	-196
27	Jimmy Kite	4	0	0	0	414	11	155,000	8.3	16.0	1	599.73	1	76	-202
28	Sam Schmidt	6	0	0	0	416	0	224,700	19.7	22.3	0	521.12	0	76	-202
29	Greg Ray	5	0	0	0	425	0	238,300	18.0	20.4	1	622.32	0	73	-205
30	Jeff Ward	3	0	1	0	431	90	449,150	9.0	12.0	1	815.00	1	69	-209
31	Stan Wattles	3	0	0	0	488	0	92,000	22.0	14.0	1	659.95	0	63	-215
32	Michele Alboreto	2	0	1	0	397	0	136,750	10.0	4.0	2	507.10	1	62	-216
33	Richie Hearn	2	1	1	1	366	96	181,000	4.5	7.5	1	475.63	1	59	-219
34	Billy Roe	3	0	0	0	390	0	185,700	22.3	16.7	1	654.00	0	55	-223
35	Jeret Schroeder	2	0	0	0	144	0	81,500	13.5	16.5	0	144.00	0	37	-241
36	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	1	0	1	0	200	0	95,250	22.0	2.0	1	300.00	1	33	-245
37	Robby Gordon	2	0	0	0	198	60	156,500	7.5	21.5	0	316.00	0	27	-251
38	Brad Murphey	2	0	0	0	105	0	47,000	24.5	22.5	0	122.58	0	25	-253
39	Alessandro Zampedri	2	0	0	0	201	0	167,150	28.5	23.5	1	292.46	0	24	-254
40	Johnny O'Connell	1	0	0	0	183	3	23,000	11.0	12.0	0	274.50	0	23	-255
41	Paul Durant	2	0	0	0	173	0	209,000	32.0	23.5	0	370.50	0	23	-255
42	Danny Ongais	1	0	0	0	94	0	24,500	16.0	13.0	0	94.00	0	22	-256
43	Lyn St. James	1	0	0	0	186	0	188,000	34.0	13.0	0	465.00	0	22	-256
44	Steve Kinser	1	0	0	0	185	0	193,250	20.0	14.0	0	462.50	0	21	-257
45	Dennis Vitolo	1	0	0	0	173	0	200,000	28.0	15.0	1	432.50	0	20	-258
46	Michael Shank	1	0	0	0	191	0	13,000	28.0	16.0	1	286.50	0	19	-259
47	Dave Kudrave	1	0	0	0	118	0	14,000	22.0	17.0	0	124.84	0	18	-260
48	J.C. Carbonell	1	0	0	0	112	0	34,000	28.0	19.0	0	168.00	0	16	-262
49	Joe Gosek	1	0	0	0	30	0	10,000	21.0	21.0	0	31.74	0	14	-264
50	Allen May	1	0	0	0	36	0	13,700	18.0	22.0	0	52.38	0	13	-265
51	Johnny Parsons	1	0	0	0	7	0	10,000	17.0	28.0	0	10.50	0	7	-271
52	Claude Bourbonnais	1	0	0	0	9	0	152,250	32.0	30.0	0	22.50	0	5	-273