1997 Indy Racing League standings

1997 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Fastest Laps	Laps	DNFs
1	Tony Stewart	278	10	4	1	4	6	1142450	3.40	8.80	7	7	22	812	3	42.51	67.90	5	1794	5
2	Davey Hamilton	272	10	0	0	4	7	816950	8.20	7.80	2	0	2	5	2	0.24	72.02	0	1806	2
3	Eddie Cheever	230	10	0	1	2	5	725400	14.00	12.20	3	1	4	89	0	4.51	53.91	0	1485	5
4	Marco Greco	230	10	1	0	1	6	554850	14.20	12.20	1	0	1	34	0	1.70	53.91	0	1554	3
5	Scott Goodyear	226	8	0	0	5	6	953350	5.00	6.75	5	0	7	40	0	2.49	76.29	0	1374	2
6	Arie Luyendyk	223	10	2	2	3	3	2079150	4.60	13.30	6	0	12	120	0	5.96	49.38	0	1294	6
7	Roberto Guerrero	221	10	0	0	1	4	601000	12.80	12.90	1	0	1	26	0	1.25	51.03	0	1493	5
8	Buddy Lazier	209	10	0	1	3	4	736550	9.20	14.20	3	0	7	122	0	5.88	45.68	0	1243	5
9	Eliseo Salazar	208	8	0	1	2	6	586650	11.00	9.25	3	1	6	112	0	6.82	67.65	0	1359	1
10	Buzz Calkins	204	9	0	0	2	4	599750	13.11	12.33	1	0	1	14	0	1.04	53.85	0	1310	5
11	Stéphan Grégoire	192	9	0	0	2	5	410550	14.67	13.67	1	0	1	5	0	0.28	47.71	0	1180	4
12	Jim Guthrie	186	9	0	1	2	3	627200	12.11	14.44	3	0	5	89	0	4.91	45.50	0	1059	4
13	Robbie Buhl	170	7	0	1	2	4	528400	7.14	10.86	3	0	5	31	0	2.18	62.09	0	1020	3
14	Mike Groff	169	6	0	0	3	4	562850	14.17	6.83	0	0	0	0	4	0.00	75.69	0	1106	0
15	John Paul, Jr.	163	7	0	0	0	3	346850	14.71	11.71	2	0	2	23	0	1.44	53.99	0	1183	1
16	Affonso Giaffone	159	8	0	0	1	3	397500	16.00	15.13	2	0	2	29	0	1.77	44.33	0	884	4
17	Mark Dismore	158	8	0	0	1	1	433300	14.63	15.25	1	0	2	45	0	2.70	44.12	0	905	4
18	Billy Boat	151	6	1	0	2	4	604150	13.00	10.17	4	0	9	52	0	4.17	64.52	2	993	2
19	Kenny Bräck	139	7	0	0	2	2	419200	9.57	15.14	3	0	3	39	0	2.77	43.75	0	987	5
20	Robbie Groff	135	6	0	0	0	3	441450	19.33	12.50	1	0	1	3	0	0.24	55.48	0	1118	3
21	Vincenzo Sospiri	134	6	0	0	1	3	432100	12.33	12.67	1	0	1	1	0	0.10	54.84	1	951	2
22	Scott Sharp	119	5	1	1	2	2	324150	8.80	11.80	2	0	2	22	1	2.20	50.46	0	582	3
23	Dr. Jack Miller	114	8	0	0	0	0	439100	18.75	20.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.56	0	567	8
24	Johnny Unser	107	6	0	0	0	1	318150	24.50	17.17	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.38	0	782	4
25	Tyce Carlson	84	5	0	0	0	0	315050	20.80	18.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.68	0	580	2
26	Fermín Vélez	82	4	0	0	0	2	345150	19.50	14.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.90	0	437	2
27	Jimmy Kite	76	4	0	0	0	1	155000	8.25	16.00	1	0	2	11	0	1.32	37.50	1	414	3
28	Sam Schmidt	76	6	0	0	0	1	224700	19.67	22.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.42	0	416	6
29	Greg Ray	73	5	0	0	0	1	238300	18.00	20.40	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.52	0	425	4
30	Jeff Ward	69	3	0	0	1	1	449150	9.00	12.00	2	0	3	90	0	14.74	59.76	0	431	2
31	Stan Wattles	63	3	0	0	0	1	92000	22.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.63	0	488	2
32	Michele Alboreto	62	2	0	0	2	2	137250	10.00	4.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	87.76	0	397	0
33	Richie Hearn	59	2	1	1	1	1	181000	4.50	7.50	2	1	5	96	0	24.00	73.47	1	366	1
34	Billy Roe	55	3	0	0	0	0	185700	22.33	16.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.71	0	390	2
35	Jeret Schroeder	37	2	0	0	0	0	81500	13.50	16.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.51	0	144	2
36	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	33	1	0	0	1	1	95250	22.00	2.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	96.30	0	200	0
37	Robby Gordon	27	2	0	0	0	0	156500	7.50	21.50	1	0	3	60	0	15.00	32.79	0	198	2
38	Brad Murphey	25	2	0	0	0	0	47000	24.50	22.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.24	0	105	2
39	Alessandro Zampedri	24	2	0	0	0	0	167150	28.50	23.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.73	0	201	1
40	Paul Durant	23	2	0	0	0	0	209000	32.00	23.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.69	0	173	2
41	Johnny O'Connell	23	1	0	0	0	0	22000	11.00	12.00	1	0	2	3	0	1.50	59.26	0	183	1
42	Lyn St. James	22	1	0	0	0	0	188000	34.00	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	64.71	0	186	1
43	Danny Ongais	22	1	0	0	0	0	24500	16.00	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.33	0	94	7
44	Steve Kinser	21	1	0	0	0	0	193250	20.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	61.76	0	185	1
45	Dennis Vitolo	20	1	0	0	0	0	200000	28.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.82	0	173	0
46	Michael Shank	19	1	0	0	0	0	13000	28.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.00	0	191	0
47	Dave Kudrave	18	1	0	0	0	0	14000	22.00	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	27.27	0	118	1
48	Juan Carlos Carbonell	16	1	0	0	0	0	34000	28.00	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.33	0	112	1
49	Joe Gosek	14	1	0	0	0	0	10000	21.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.09	0	30	1
50	Allen May	13	1	0	0	0	0	13700	18.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.00	0	36	1
51	Johnny Parsons	7	1	0	0	0	0	10000	17.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	20	2
52	Claude Bourbonnais	5	1	0	0	0	0	152250	32.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	14.71	0	9	1