IRL Las Vegas 500k: Results
12 October 1997
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE
INDY RACING LEAGUE
Las Vegas 500 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Saturday, October 11, 1997
Qual Laps Reason IRL
FP SP Car Driver Car Name C/E/T Speed Comp Out Pts
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1 5 7 Eliseo Salazar Copec/Cristal/Scandia D/A/G 204.615 208 Running 36
2 8 6 Scott Goodyear Treadway Racing Nortel Quebecor Printing G/A/F 203.489 208 Running 33
3 4 3 Robbie Buhl Quaker State/Menards/Special G/A/F 205.074 208 Running 32
4 19 27 R Jim Guthrie Jacuzzi/Keller Ladders/ERTL Collectibles D/A/F 200.602 208 Running 31
5 9 28 Mark Dismore Bombardier Aircraft Mechanics Laundry D/A/G 203.443 208 Running 30
6 7 33 R Jimmy Kite Old Navy/Royal Purple/Scandia/Alta/Xcel D/A/G 203.758 208 Running 29
7 2 14 Davey Hamilton AJ Foyt Power Team Racing G/A/G 205.300 207 Running 28
8 25 19 R Stan Wattles Metro Racing Systems / NCLD R/A/G 197.542 206 Running 27
9 16 77 S. Gregoire Chastain Motorsports G/A/G 201.372 204 Gearbox 26
10 10 70 Marco Greco Monsoon Galles Racing G/A/G 203.221 204 Running 25
11 3 2 Tony Stewart Glidden/Menards/Special G/A/F 205.113 204 Running 24
12 24 18 John Paul, Jr. Klipsch Overhd Door/V-Line/Earl's Perf Prod G/A/G 197.679 201 Running 23
13 26 24 R Billy Roe Roe Racing D/A/F 196.951 198 Running 22
14 18 21 R. Guerrero Pennzoil/Pagan Racing Dallara-Aurora D/A/G 200.714 197 Accident 21
15 11 17 R A. Giaffone General Motors of Brazil Chitwood Dallara D/A/G 202.916 193 Running 20
16 28 23 R Mike Shank Nienhouse Motorsports R/A/G 191.918 191 Running 19
17 12 35 R Jeff Ward SRS/ISM Racing D/A/G 202.680 168 Overheat 18
18 27 30 R Robbie Groff Fast Rod/Team Losi/McCormack Motorsports G/A/G 195.893 168 Running 17
19 30 9 Johnny Unser Delta Faucet Cinergy Hemelgarn Racing D/I/F NS 142 Engine 16
20 13 4 R Kenny Brack Monsoon Galles Racing G/A/G 202.589 139 Suspens. 15
21 29 51 E. Cheever, Jr. FirstPlus Team Cheever G/A/G NS 129 Engine 14
22 15 22 R V. Sospiri Old Navy/Royal Purple/Scandia/Alta/Xcel D/A/G 201.568 114 Mechan. 13
23 1 1 R Billy Boat Conseco AJ Foyt Racing D/A/G 207.413 97 Electr. 14
24 23 95 R Tyce Carlson IZ Racing/Keco Coatings D/I/G 197.998 96 Ignition 11
25 6 5 Arie Luyendyk WavePhore-Mi-Jack G/A/F 204.460 72 Engine 10
26 31 10 R Paul Durant Jonathan Byrds/VisionAire/Bryant Heat & Cool G/A/F 200.185 62 Mechan. 9
27 22 99 R Sam Schmidt BG Product/Keco Coatings Racing Special D/A/F 198.231 60 Accident 8
28 21 12 Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts G/A/G 198.529 60 Accident 7
29 17 40 R Dr. Jack Miller AMS/Crest Racing D/I/F 200.885 59 Accident 6
30 20 97 R Greg Ray TKM/Zali Racing D/A/F 199.837 35 Accident 5
31 14 91 Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet Xerox Hemelgarn Racing D/A/F 202.240 4 Mechan 4
Time of Race: 2:11:07
Average Speed: 142.757 mph
Margin of Victory: 1.204 seconds
Fastest Lap: #1 Billy Boat (Lap 19, 204.360)
Fastest Leading Lap: #17 Affonso Giaffone (Lap 108, 201.801 mph)
PPG Pole Winner: Billy Boat
True Value Pole Winning
Chief Mechanic: Craig Baranouski/AJ Foyt Enterprises
MBNA America Lap Leader: #7 Eliseo Salazar
Coors Pit Performance Winner: #6 Goodyear/Treadway Racing
LAP LEADERS:
Lap-Lap Driver Lap-Lap Driver
1-3 #1 Billy Boat 121-122 #28 Mark Dismore
4 #14 Davey Hamilton 123-131 #27 Jim Guthrie
5-45 #35 Jeff Ward 132-137 #4 Kenny Brack
46-51 #3 Robbie Buhl 138-158 #7 Eliseo Salazar
52-94 #28 Mark Dismore 159 #3 Robbie Buhl
95-99 #3 Robbie Buhl 160-208 #7 Eliseo Salazar
100-116 #17 Affonso Giaffone
116-120 #6 Scott Goodyear
CAUTION FLAGS:
Laps Reason/Incident
1-3 Cold & Wind
9-12 Tow-in #91 Lazier
38-43 Accident T2 #97 Ray
64-71 Accident BS #99 Schmidt, #40 Miller, #12 Calkins
118-125 Lost Wheel T2 #17 Giaffone
131-135 Mechanical #51
158-163 Tow-in #9 Unser
201-204 Accident BS #21 Guerrero
44-Total Caution Laps
LAP LEADER SUMMARY:
Driver Times Total
Eliseo Salazar 2 70
Mark Dismore 2 45
Jeff Ward 1 41
Affonso Giaffone 1 16
Robbie Buhl 1 12
Jim Guthrie 1 9
Kenny Brack 1 6
Scott Goodyear 1 5
Billy Boat 1 3
Davey Hamilton 1 1