1996-97 Indy Racing League Championship

1996-97 Indy Racing League Championship

Tony Stewart - Champion

Date	Race	Track	Miles	Type	Winner
8/18/96	True Value 200	Loudon	211.6	PO	Scott Sharp
9/15/96	Las Vegas 500K	Las Vegas	300	PO	Richie Hearn
1/25/97	Indy 200	Orlando	149	PO	Eddie Cheever
3/23/97	Phoenix 200	Phoenix	200	PO	Jim Guthrie
5/25/97	Indianapolis 500-Mile Race	Indianapolis	500	PO	Arie Luyendyk
6/7/97	True Value 500	Ft. Worth	312	PO	Arie Luyendyk
6/29/97	Samsonite 200	PPIR	200	PO	Tony Stewart
7/26/97	VisionAire 500	Charlotte	312	PO	Buddy Lazier
8/17/97	Pennzoil 200	Loudon	211.6	PO	Robbie Buhl
10/11/97	Las Vegas 500K	Las Vegas	312	PO	Eliseo Salazar

Standing	Driver		Starts	DNS/DNQ	Wins	2nds	3rds	4ths	5ths	Best Finish	Poles	Points
1	Tony	Stewart	10	0	1	1	0	0	2		4	278
2	Davey	Hamilton	10	0	0	0	3	0	1		0	272
3T	Eddie	Cheever	10	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	230
3T	Marco	Greco	10	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	230
5	Scott	Goodyear	8	0	0	2	2	1	0		0	226
6	Arie	Luyendyk	10	0	2	0	1	0	0		2	223
7	Roberto	Guerrero	10	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	221
8	Buddy	Lazier	10	0	1	0	0	1	1		0	209
9	Eliseo	Salazar	8	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	208
10	Buzz	Calkins	9	0	0	1	0	0	1		0	204
11	Stéphan	Grégoire	8	2	0	1	0	0	1		0	192
12	Jim	Guthrie	9	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	186
13	Robbie	Buhl	7	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	170
14	Mike	Groff	6	2	0	1	1	1	0		0	169
15	John	Paul, Jr.	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	163
16	Affonso	Giaffone	7	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	159
17	Mark	Dismore	8	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	158
18	Billy	Boat	6	0	0	2	0	0	0		1	149
19	Kenny	Bräck	6	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	139
20	Robbie	Groff	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	135
21	Vincenzo	Sospiri	6	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	134
22	Scott	Sharp	5	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	119
23	Dr. Jack	Miller	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	114
24	Johnny	Unser	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	107
25	Tyce	Carlson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	84
26	Fermín	Velez	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	82
27T	Jimmy	Kite	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	76
27T	Sam	Schmidt	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	76
29	Greg	Ray	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	73
30	Jeff	Ward	3	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	69
31	Stan	Wattles	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	63
32	Michele	Alboreto	2	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	62
33	Richie	Hearn	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	59
34	Billy	Roe	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	55
35	Jeret	Schroeder	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	37
36	Michel	Jourdain, Jr.	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	33
37	Robby	Gordon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	27
38	Brad	Murphey	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	25
39	Alessandro	Zampedri	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	24
40T	Johnny	O'Connell	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	23
40T	Paul	Durant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	23
42T	Danny	Ongais	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	22
42T	Lyn	St. James	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	22
44	Steve	Kinser	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	21
45	Dennis	Vitolo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	20
46	Mike	Shank	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	19
47	David	Kudrave	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	18
48	J. C.	Carbonell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	16
49	Joe	Gosek	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	14
50	Allen	May	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	13
51	Johnny	Parsons	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	7
52	Claude	Bourbonnais	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	5
NR	Jon	Field	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	NS	0	0
NR	Scott	Harrington	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	NS	0	0
NR	Davy	Jones	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	NS	0	0
NR	Mike	Ordway	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	NS	0	0
NR	David	Steele	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	NS	0	0
NR	Randy	Tolsma	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	NS	0	0

Debuts

Farewells

J. C. Carbonell

Affonso Giaffone

Dr. Jack Miller

Jeret Schroeder

Vincenzo Sospiri

Michele Alboreto

J. C. Carbonell

Johnny O'Connell

Alessandro Zampedri

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