1997 Indy 200

Race 3 of 10

Walt Disney
149 laps
Time of race: 1:33:30.748
Average speed of winner: 128.325 mph
Margin of victory: 0.866 sec.
Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 12 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 159.440
Lap leaders: Stewart 1-130, Calkins 131-144, Stewart 145, Cheever 146-149

Race notes: First win for Eddie Cheever. Debut for Scott Goodyear, Dr. Jack Miller, Jeret Schroeder, and Jeff Ward. Finale for Danny Ongais.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Eddie Cheever	51	FirstPlus Team Cheever	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	163.547	149	1	4	running	170000	35
2	14	Mike Groff	10	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Byrd	159.355	149	0	0	running	118850	33
3	6	Scott Goodyear	6	Treadway Racing/NORTEL	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	163.332	149	0	0	running	68900	32
4	4	Scott Sharp	1	Conseco/AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	163.785	149	0	0	running	73850	31
5	11	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet-Hemelgarn-Montana	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Hemelgarn	161.341	149	0	0	running	45550	30
6	9	Jim Guthrie	27	Blueprint Racing Inc.	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	162.272	148	0	0	running	63250	29
7	7	Davey Hamilton	14	AJ Foyt/Power Team Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	163.280	148	0	0	running	54850	28
8	12	Marco Greco	22	Intl Sports Ltd/Scandia/Alta/Xcel/Royal Purple	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	160.214	147	0	0	running	63550	27
9	10	Fermín Vélez	33	Mi-Jack Scandia Alta Xcel Royal Purple	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	161.638	147	0	0	running	52150	26
10	1	Tony Stewart	2	Glidden/Menard/Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	166.013	146	2	131	accident T3	83300	28
11	3	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley	164.046	144	1	14	engine	54200	24
12	2	Arie Luyendyk	5	Treadway Racing/WavePhore	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	164.964	97	0	0	accident T1	47800	23
13	16	Danny Ongais	17	Trane Heating/Cooling Co./Allied Specialty Insurance	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chitwood	151.483	94	0	0	suspension	24500	22
14	15	Jeret Schroeder	30	McCormack Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	154.859	93	0	0	accident T1	45100	21
15	18	Dr. Jack Miller	40	AMS Crest Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Sinden		85	0	0	suspension	43750	20
16	8	Jeff Ward	4	Monsoon-Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Galles	162.660	63	0	0	gearbox	22900	19
17	17	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pennzoil Dallara Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Goodyear	Pagan		56	0	0	fuel pump	46000	18
18	13	John Paul, Jr.	18	Earl's Performance V-Line/Tnemec/KECO	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	159.553	46	0	0	oil pump	42700	17
19	19	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Miller-Eads Co./Chastain Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain		2	0	0	fuel pump	16300	16

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Mike Groff	96	3	0	0	3	3
2	Buzz Calkins	86	3	0	0	1	2
3	Scott Sharp	85	3	0	1	2	2
4	Davey Hamilton	82	3	0	0	1	2
5	Marco Greco	81	3	0	0	0	3
6	Roberto Guerrero	78	3	0	0	1	2
7	Tony Stewart	66	3	1	0	0	1
8	Eddie Cheever	65	3	0	1	1	1
9	Jim Guthrie	63	3	0	0	0	1
10	Michele Alboreto	62	2	0	0	2	2
11	John Paul, Jr.	62	3	0	0	0	1
12	Arie Luyendyk	62	3	1	0	0	0
13	Richie Hearn	59	2	1	1	1	1
14	Buddy Lazier	57	3	0	0	1	1
15	Eliseo Salazar	54	2	0	0	0	2
16	Stéphan Grégoire	52	3	0	0	0	1
17	Robbie Buhl	40	2	0	0	0	1
18	Tyce Carlson	36	2	0	0	0	0
19	Stan Wattles	36	2	0	0	0	0
20	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	33	1	0	0	1	1
21	Mark Dismore	33	2	0	0	0	0
22	Scott Goodyear	32	1	0	0	1	1
23	Fermín Vélez	26	1	0	0	0	1
24	Affonso Giaffone	25	1	0	0	0	1
25	Brad Murphey	25	2	0	0	0	0