Indy Racing League 1996/1997

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The 1996/97 Indy Racing League began on August 18, 1996 in Loudon and ended on October 11, 1997 in Las Vegas .

Race results

date route winner team Pole position
August 18, 1996 United StatesUnited States Loudon United StatesUnited States Scott Sharp AJ Foyt Enterprises United StatesUnited States Richie Hearn
September 15, 1996 United StatesUnited States Las Vegas United StatesUnited States Richie Hearn Della Penna NetherlandsNetherlands Aria Luyendyk
January 25, 1997 United StatesUnited States Orlando United StatesUnited States Eddie Cheever Team Cheever United StatesUnited States Tony Stewart
March 23, 1997 United StatesUnited States Phoenix United StatesUnited States Jim Guthrie Blueprint Racing United StatesUnited States Tony Stewart
May 27, 1997 United StatesUnited States Indianapolis NetherlandsNetherlands Aria Luyendyk Treadway Racing NetherlandsNetherlands Aria Luyendyk
June 7, 1997 United StatesUnited States Fort Worth NetherlandsNetherlands Aria Luyendyk Treadway Racing United StatesUnited States Tony Stewart
June 29, 1997 United StatesUnited States Pikes Peak United StatesUnited States Tony Stewart Team Menard United StatesUnited States Scott Sharp
July 26, 1997 United StatesUnited States Charlotte United StatesUnited States Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing United StatesUnited States Tony Stewart
17th August 1997 United StatesUnited States Loudon United StatesUnited States Robbie Buhl Team Menard BrazilBrazil Marco Greco
October 11, 1997 United StatesUnited States Las Vegas ChileChile Eliseo Salazar Team Scandia United StatesUnited States Billy Boat

Final score

driver

Pl. driver Points
1. United StatesUnited States Tony Stewart 278
2. United StatesUnited States Davey Hamilton 272
3. United StatesUnited States Eddie Cheever 230
BrazilBrazil Marco Greco 230
5. CanadaCanada Scott Goodyear 226
6th NetherlandsNetherlands Aria Luyendyk 223
7th ColombiaColombia Roberto Guerrero 221
8th. United StatesUnited States Buddy Lazier 209
9. ChileChile Eliseo Salazar 208
10. United StatesUnited States Buzz Calkins 204
11. FranceFrance Stéphan Grégoire 192
12. United StatesUnited States Jim Guthrie 186
13. United StatesUnited States Robbie Buhl 170
14th United StatesUnited States Mike Groff 169
15th United StatesUnited States John Paul Jr. 163
16. BrazilBrazil Affonso Giaffone 159
17th United StatesUnited States Mark Dismore 158
18th United StatesUnited States Billy Boat 151
Pl. driver Points
19th SwedenSweden Kenny Bräck 139
20th United StatesUnited States Robbie Groff 135
21st ItalyItaly Vincenzo Sospiri 134
22nd United StatesUnited States Scott Sharp 119
23. United StatesUnited States Jack Miller 114
24. United StatesUnited States Johnny Unser 107
25th United StatesUnited States Tyce Carlson 84
26th SpainSpain Firmin Velez 82
27. United StatesUnited States Jimmy Kite 76
United StatesUnited States Sam Schmidt 76
29 United StatesUnited States Greg Ray 73
30th United StatesUnited States Jeff Ward 69
31. United StatesUnited States Stan Wattles 63
32. ItalyItaly Michele Alboreto 62
33. United StatesUnited States Richie Hearn 59
34. United StatesUnited States Billy Roe 55
35. United StatesUnited States Jeret Schroeder 37
36. MexicoMexico Michel Jourdain junior 33
Pl. driver Points
37. United StatesUnited States Robby Gordon 27
38. AustraliaAustralia Brad Murphy 25th
39. ItalyItaly Alessandro Zampedri 24
40. United StatesUnited States Paul Durant 23
United StatesUnited States Johnny O'Connell 23
42. United StatesUnited States Lyn St. James 22nd
United StatesUnited States Danny Ongais 22nd
44. United StatesUnited States Steve Kinser 21st
45. United StatesUnited States Dennis Vitolo 20th
46. United StatesUnited States Mike Shank 19th
47. United StatesUnited States Dave Kudrave 18th
48. ChileChile Juan Carlos Carbonell 16
49. United StatesUnited States Joe Gosek 14th
50. United StatesUnited States Allen May 13
51. United StatesUnited States Johnny Parsons 7th
52. CanadaCanada Claude Bourbonnais 5