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IRL in the 1997 season. Full information

2nd season of IRL, started 18th August and ended at 11th October 1997

Participated in training: Stephan Gregoire , Johnny Unser , Scott Sharp , Johnny O'Connell

List of races and tracks in the 1997 season

Race Winner Track Race Start
New Hampshire Indycars 1996 New Hampshire Indycars Scott Sharp
Lola T95/00, #1
New Hampshire 18th August 1996
Las Vegas Indycars 1996 Las Vegas Indycars Richie Hearn
Reynard 95I, #4
Las Vegas Speedway 15th September 1996
Disney World Indycars 1997 Disney World Indycars Eddie Cheever
G-Force GF01, #51
Disney World 25th January 1997
Phoenix Indycars 1997 Phoenix Indycars Jim Guthrie
Dallara IR7, #27
Phoenix 23rd March 1997
Indianapolis 500 1997 Indianapolis 500 Arie Luyendyk
G-Force GF01, #5
Indianapolis 26th May 1997
Texas Indycars 1997 Texas Indycars Arie Luyendyk
G-Force GF01, #5
Texas Motor Speedway 7th June 1997
Pikes Peak Indycars 1997 Pikes Peak Indycars Tony Stewart
G-Force GF01, #2
Pikes Peak Int Raceway 29th June 1997
Charlotte Indycars 1997 Charlotte Indycars Buddy Lazier
Dallara IR7, #91
Charlotte 26th July 1997
New Hampshire Indycars 1997 New Hampshire Indycars Robbie Buhl
G-Force GF01, #3
New Hampshire 17th August 1997
Las Vegas Indycars 1997 Las Vegas Indycars Eliseo Salazar
Dallara IR7, #7
Las Vegas Speedway 11th October 1997

Drivers championship 1997

Tony Stewart

United States

Champion

Points: 278 Wins: 1 Poles: 4

Davey Hamilton

United States

2nd place

Points: 272 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Marco Greco

Brazil

3rd place

Points: 230 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

List of all drivers for the 1997 season

Name Points
Tony Stewart 278
Davey Hamilton 272
Marco Greco 230
Eddie Cheever 230
Scott Goodyear 226
Arie Luyendyk 223
Roberto Guerrero 221
Buddy Lazier 209
Eliseo Salazar 208
Buzz Calkins 204
Stephan Gregoire 192
Robbie Buhl 170
Mark Dismore 158
Scott Sharp 119
Johnny Unser 107
Michele Alboreto 62
Richie Hearn 59
Robby Gordon 27
Alessandro Zampedri 24
Johnny O'Connell 23
Danny Ongais 22
Dennis Vitolo 20
David Kudrave 18
Claude Bourbonnais 5

List of all cars in the 1997 season

G-Force GF01

Aurora

Points: 2278 Wins: 5 Poles: 6

Dallara IR7

Aurora

Points: 1745 Wins: 3 Poles: 2

Reynard 95I

Ford

Points: 375 Wins: 1 Poles: 2

Dallara IR7

Infiniti

Points: 285 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T95/00

Ford

Points: 252 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Lola T93/00

Buick/Menard

Points: 156 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T94/00

Ford

Points: 134 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T95/00

Buick/Menard

Points: 101 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Reynard 94I

Ford

Points: 79 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Riley & Scott MkV

Aurora

Points: 46 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T92/00

Buick

Points: 14 Wins: 0 Poles: 0