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
Kenny Bräck
J. C. Carbonell
Jon Field
Affonso Giaffone
Jimmy Kite
Allen May
Dr. Jack Miller
Mike Ordway
Greg Ray
Billy Roe
Sam Schmidt
Jeret Schroeder
Mike Shank
Vincenzo Sospiri
David Steele
Michele Alboreto
J. C. Carbonell
Jon Field
Steve Kinser
David Kudrave
Allen May
Brad Murphey
Johnny O'Connell
Mike Ordway
Johnny Parsons
Mike Shank
Randy Tolsma
Fermín Velez
Alessandro Zampedri
 

 

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