IRL Driver Point Standings after VisionAire 500
30 July 1997
INDY RACING LEAGUE
1996-97 IRL Season
Driver Point Standings
(afterVisionAire 500 - Charlotte Motor Speedway - July 26)
No. of Running Highest Laps Laps Total Total
Driver Starts at Finish Finish Led Comp Points* Awards
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1 Tony Stewart 8 4 1 812 1416 233 $1,011,450
2 Davey Hamilton 8 7 3 4 1478 226 704,200
3 Eddie Cheever, Jr. 8 5 1 9 1158 189 640,150
4 Marco Greco 8 6 4 0 1291 188 500,100
5 Buzz Calkins 7 4 2 14 1214 183 536,750
6 Buddy Lazier 8 4 1 122 1044 182 664,550
7 Arie Luyendyk 8 3 1 118 1022 181 1,970,650
8 Scott Goodyear 6 5 2 4 1015 174 818,600
9 Roberto Guerrero 8 4 4 26 1096 171 512,750
10 Mike Groff 6 6 2 0 1106 169 562,850
11 Stephan Gregoire 7 4 2 5 822 146 372,300
12 Jim Guthrie (R) 7 4 1 80 851 144 530,450
13 Eliseo Salazar 6 5 7 3 1051 141 395,650
14 Affonso Giaffone (R)6 3 4 13 788 122 326,500
15 Scott Sharp 5 2 1 22 582 119 324,150
16 John Paul, Jr. 5 4 9 22 783 112 258,600
17 Billy Boat (R) 4 3 2 49 697 110 498,400
18 Mark Dismore 6 2 11 0 708 104 335,050
19 Robbie Buhl 5 2 8 16 612 103 356,650
20 Kenny Brack (R) 5 1 5 24 648 94 329,450
21 Robbie Groff (R) 4 1 9 3 752 93 357,200
22 Dr. Jack Miller (R) 6 0 15 0 427 92 369,100
23 Vincenzo Sospiri (R)4 3 6 0 637 88 310,600
24 Fermin Velez (R) 4 2 9 0 437 82 345,150
25 Tyce Carlson (R) 4 2 11 0 580 73 306,050
26 Johnny Unser 4 1 10 0 451 69 262,150
27 Greg Ray (R) 4 1 8 0 390 68 229,300
28 Michele Alboreto 2 2 3 0 397 62 137,250
29 Richie Hearn 2 1 1 96 366 59 181,000
30 Sam Schmidt (R) 4 0 10 0 326 55 205,700
31 Jeff Ward (R) 2 1 3 49 263 51 437,150
32 Jeret Schroeder (R) 2 0 14 0 144 37 81,500
33 Stan Wattles (R) 2 0 16 0 282 36 72,000
34 Jimmy Kite (R) 2 0 15 11 202 35 78,500
35 Billy Roe (R) 2 0 15 0 192 33 169,450
36 Michel Jourdain,Jr. 1 1 2 0 200 33 95,250
37 Robby Gordon 2 0 14 60 198 27 156,500
38 Brad Murphey (R) 2 0 18 0 105 25 47,000
39 Alessandro Zampedri 2 1 12 0 201 24 167,150
40 Johnny O'Connell 1 0 12 3 183 23 22,000
41 Lyn St. James 1 0 13 0 186 22 188,000
42 Danny Ongais 1 0 13 0 94 22 24,500
43 Steve Kinser (R) 1 0 14 0 185 21 193,250
44 Dennis Vitolo 1 1 15 0 173 20 200,000
45 David Kudrave 1 0 17 0 118 18 14,000
46 J.C. Carbonell (R) 1 0 19 0 112 16 34,000
47 Paul Durant (R) 1 0 21 0 111 14 178,000
48 Joe Gosek (R) 1 0 21 0 30 14 10,000
49 Allen May (R) 1 0 22 0 36 13 13,700
50 Johnny Parsons 1 0 28 0 7 7 10,000
51 Claude Bourbonnais 1 0 30 0 9 5 152,250
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Total: $16,696,950
**Standings Could Change Pending Appeal