1997 BOXSCORE
True Value 500k
WINNER
Arie Luyendyk
IZOD IndyCar Series June 7, 1997 | 208 Laps | Purse: $1,243,000 Finish Start Car Running Total Pos. Pos. No. Driver Car Name C/E/T Laps Reason Out Awards
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
11 21 9 5 1 7 22 6 17 23 14 26 15 25 13 2 4 3 10 16 8 18 20 19 24 12
5 1 14 6 2 51 7 97 8 10 28 34 21 18 30 3 91 4 12 17 27 44 16 40 33 22
Arie Luyendyk Treadway Racing/Wavephore G/A/F Billy Boat - R Conseco A.J. Foyt Racing G/A/G Davey Hamilton A.J. Foyt Power Team Racing G/A/G Scott Goodyear Treadway Racing/Nortel G/A/F Tony Stewart Glidden/Menards/Special G/A/F Eddie Cheever Jr. FirstPlus Team Cheever G/A/G Eliseo Salazar Copec/Cristal/Scandia D/A/G Greg Ray - R Thomas Knapp Motorsports D/A/F Vincenzo Sospiri - R Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel D/A/G Johnny Unser Jonathan Byrd’s Cafeteria Bryant Heat & Cooling G/I/F Mark Dismore Kelley Racing Bombardier Grainger Mech. Laundry D/A/G Alessandro Zampedri Mi-Jack Scandia Royal Purple D/A/G Roberto Guerrero Pennzoil-Pagan Dallara Infiniti D/I/G Tyce Carlson - R Klipsch Overhead Door Jacuzzi Earl’s V-Line D/A/G Robbie Groff - R McCormack Motorsports G/A/G Robbie Buhl Menards/Quaker State/Special G/A/F Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet-Montana-Hemelgarn Racing D/A/F Kenny Brack - R Monsoon Galles Racing G/A/G Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts G/A/G Alfonso Giaffone - R General Motors of Brazil D/A/G Jim Guthrie - R Blueprint Racing/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/ERTL D/A/F Allen May - R SRS/Young Chevrolet D/A/G Sam Schmidt - R HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card D/A/F Dr. Jack Miller - R AMS/Crest Racing D/I/F Fermin Velez - R Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel D/A/G Marco Greco Side Play Int’l Scandia Alta Xcel D/A/G
208 207 207 207 206 206 205 204 204 203 203 201 201 184 173 167 157 118 98 82 81 36 36 24 1 0
Running $153,500 Running 100,150 Running 82,500 Running 65,850 Engine/Contact 119,950 Running 54,150 Running 51,050 Running 29,950 Running 27,850 Running 51,350 Running 25,250 Running 22,150 Running 44,300 Running 41,800 Engine 44,200 Engine 48,100 Engine 40,000 Water Leak 19,500 Head Gasket 37,900 Engine Fire 14,800 Tire/Contact 35,700 Accident 13,700 Accident 13,700 Electrical 35,700 Driver Illness 34,200 Engine/Spin 35,700
R = IZOD IndyCar Series Rookie Chassis: D = Dallara, G = G Force; Engine: A = Oldsmobile Aurora, I = Nissan Infiniti; Tire: F = Firestone; G = Goodyear Time of Race: 2:19:48 Average Speed: 133.903 mph Margin of Victory: Under caution Fastest Lap: #2 Tony Stewart (Lap 97, 218.094 mph) Fastest Leading Lap: #2 Tony Stewart (Lap 57, 217.488 mph) PPG Pole Winner: #2 Tony Stewart (167.133 mph) Lap Leaders: Tony Stewart 1-68, Eliseo Salazar 69-71, Davey Hamilton 72-75, Jim Guthrie 76-81, Billy Boat 82-84, Robbie Groff 85-87, Buddy Lazier 88-120, Eddie Cheever Jr. 121-125, Boat 126-132, Stewart 133, Lazier 134-157, Stewart 158-169, Arie Luyendyk 170, Stewart 171-189, Luyendyk 190-208 LEAD CHANGES: 14 lead changes among 9 drivers. Lap Leader Summary (times/total): Tony Stewart 4/100, Buddy Lazier 2/57, Arie Luyendyk 2/20, Billy Boat 2/10, Jim Guthrie 1/6, Eddie Cheever Jr. 1/5, Davey Hamilton 1/4, Eliseo Salazar 1/3, Robbie Groff 1/3 Caution Flags: 8 cautions for 58 laps. Laps 1-18 (#22 - Engine, Turn 1), 24-26 (#40 - Stopped, Backstraight), 37-46 (#44 & 16 - Accident, Turn 2), 81-91 (#27 - Accident, Frontstraight; #17 - Engine Fire, Turn 4), 137-141 (#4 - Blown Engine), 143-148 (#18 & 6 Contact, Frontstraight), 168-171 (#3 - Engine, Turn 4), 207-208 (#2 - Accident, Turn 1)
Race Recap
The True Value 500k, the inaugural IZOD IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, had a controversial finish that led to a skirmish between owner A.J. Foyt and winner Arie Luyendyk (No. 5 Treadway/ Wavephore Oldsmobile). Billy Boat, Foyt’s driver, appeared to have won the race, but Luyendyk was declared the winner after USAC approved his protest of the race results, citing malfunctioning timing and scoring equipment. Luyendyk was credited with leading the final 19 laps en route to the victory.
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