1997 Phoenix 200

Race 4 of 10

Phoenix
200 laps
Time of race: 2:14:32.667
Average speed of winner: 89.190 mph
Margin of victory: 0.854 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 86 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 162.638
Lap leaders: Stewart 1-41, Guthrie 42, Giaffone 43-55, Stewart 56-61, Sharp 62-65, Stewart 66-94, Guthrie 95-120, Stewart 121, Bräck 122-145, Stewart 146-153, Guthrie 154-200

Race notes: First win for Jim Guthrie. Debut for Kenny Bräck, Billy Roe, and Sam Schmidt.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Jim Guthrie	27	Blueprint Racing Inc.	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	169.484	200	3	74	running	170100	35
2	1	Tony Stewart	2	Glidden/Menard/Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	170.012	200	5	85	running	145500	36
3	14	Davey Hamilton	14	AJ Foyt/Power Team Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	162.448	200	0	0	running	83900	32
4	8	Marco Greco	22	Intl Sports Ltd/Scandia/Alta/Xcel/Royal Purple	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	163.495	199	0	0	running	64500	31
5	19	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Miller-Eads Co./Chastain Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	154.939	199	0	0	running	40000	30
6	16	Mike Groff	10	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Byrd	159.858	195	0	0	running	59250	29
7	10	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pennzoil Dallara Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Goodyear	Pagan	163.080	194	0	0	running	54050	28
8	22	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley		187	0	0	running	52100	27
9	11	John Paul, Jr.	18	Klipsch Tnemec V-Line Earl's	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	162.896	179	0	0	running	50650	26
10	6	Sam Schmidt	16	Blueprint Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	163.837	176	0	0	accident T4	25450	25
11	9	Kenny Bräck	4	Monsoon-Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Galles	163.436	145	1	24	accident T4	27250	24
12	7	Eddie Cheever	51	FirstPlus Team Cheever	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	163.510	120	0	0	overheating	45050	23
13	21	Affonso Giaffone	17	General Motors of Brazil/Chitwood/Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chitwood		114	1	13	halfshaft	21600	22
14	15	Fermín Vélez	33	Mi-Jack Scandia Alta Xcel Royal Purple	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	161.907	94	0	0	electrical	42400	21
15	17	Billy Roe	50	Eurointernational Dallara Aurora	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Eurointernational	158.940	82	0	0	accident t3	19200	20
16	20	Scott Sharp	1	Conseco/AJ Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt		65	1	4	mechanical	40000	19
17	3	Scott Goodyear	6	Treadway Racing/NORTEL	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	166.044	51	0	0	engine	38800	18
18	5	Robbie Buhl	3	Menard/Quaker State Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	163.964	51	0	0	accident t2	15600	17
19	12	Jeret Schroeder	30	McCormack Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	162.631	51	0	0	accident t2	36400	16
20	18	Dr. Jack Miller	40	AMS Crest Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Sinden	158.040	33	0	0	fuel pickup	35200	15
21	13	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet-Hemelgarn-Montana	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Hemelgarn	162.543	31	0	0	engine	34000	14
22	4	Arie Luyendyk	5	Treadway Racing/WavePhore	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	165.784	11	0	0	mechanical	34000	13

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Mike Groff	125	4	0	0	3	4
2	Davey Hamilton	114	4	0	0	2	3
3	Buzz Calkins	113	4	0	0	1	3
4	Marco Greco	112	4	0	0	1	4
5	Roberto Guerrero	106	4	0	0	1	3
6	Scott Sharp	104	4	0	1	2	2
7	Tony Stewart	102	4	2	0	1	2
8	Jim Guthrie	98	4	0	1	1	2
9	Eddie Cheever	88	4	0	1	1	1
10	John Paul, Jr.	88	4	0	0	0	2
11	Stéphan Grégoire	82	4	0	0	1	2
12	Arie Luyendyk	75	4	1	0	0	0
13	Buddy Lazier	71	4	0	0	1	1
14	Michele Alboreto	62	2	0	0	2	2
15	Richie Hearn	59	2	1	1	1	1
16	Robbie Buhl	57	3	0	0	0	1
17	Eliseo Salazar	54	2	0	0	0	2
18	Scott Goodyear	50	2	0	0	1	1
19	Fermín Vélez	47	2	0	0	0	1
20	Affonso Giaffone	47	2	0	0	0	1
21	Jeret Schroeder	37	2	0	0	0	0
22	Tyce Carlson	36	2	0	0	0	0
23	Stan Wattles	36	2	0	0	0	0
24	Dr. Jack Miller	35	2	0	0	0	0
25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	33	1	0	0	1	1