OFFICIAL BOX SCORE INDY RACING LEAGUE Las Vegas 500 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday, October 11, 1997 Running/ IRL
FP SP Car Driver Car Name C/E/T Qual. Speed Laps Comp. Reason Out Pts.
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 Stephan 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 Overhead Door V-Line Earl's Perf Products 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 Roberto Guerrero Pennzoil/Pagan Racing Dallara-Aurora D/A/G 200.714 197 Accident 21
15 11 17 R Affonso 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 Overheating 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 Suspension 15
21 29 51 Eddie Cheever, Jr. FirstPlus Team Cheever G/A/G NS 129 Engine 14
22 15 22 R Vincenzo Sospiri Old Navy/Royal Purple/Scandia/Alta/Xcel D/A/G 201.568 114 Mechanical 13
23 1 1 R Billy Boat Conseco AJ Foyt Racing D/A/G 207.413 97 Electrical 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 Byrd's VisionAire Bryant Heating & Cooling G/A/F 200.185 62 Mechanical 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 Mechanical 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
