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1997 Phoenix Indycars in IRL at the Phoenix circuit. Full information

1997 Phoenix Indycars

1997 Phoenix Indycars is 7th IRL race. Passed at the Phoenix circuit. Tony Stewart won the pole position, Jim Guthrie won this race. Tony Stewart and Davey Hamilton also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (322 km).

Previous race: 1997 Disney World Indycars
Next race: 1997 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 23rd March 1997

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1997 Phoenix Indycars

1st victory for the Blueprint Racing Enterprises team
1st victory for the Jim Guthrie
1st podium for the Jim Guthrie
2nd podium for the Tony Stewart
1st podium for the Davey Hamilton

Dallara IR7 - 1997 Phoenix Indycars winner

Dallara IR7 #27 - 1997 Phoenix Indycars winner

1997 Phoenix Indycars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Jim Guthrie Dallara IR7, #27 35 2h 14m 32.667s 0 Blueprint Racing Enterprises
2 Tony Stewart G-Force GF01, #2 36 2h 14m 33.521s 0 Team Menard
3 Davey Hamilton G-Force GF01, #14 32 200 laps 0 AJ Foyt Power Team Racing
4 Marco Greco Dallara IR7, #22 31 199 laps 0 Team Scandia
5 Stephan Gregoire G-Force GF01, #77 30 199 laps 0 Chastain Motorsports
6 Michael Groff G-Force GF01, #10 29 195 laps 0 Byrd-Cunningham Racing
7 Roberto Guerrero Dallara IR7, #21 28 194 laps 0 Pagan Racing
8 Buzz Calkins G-Force GF01, #12 27 187 laps 0 Bradley Motorsports
9 John Paul, Jr. Dallara IR7, #18 26 179 laps 0 PDM Racing
10 Sam Schmidt Dallara IR7, #16 25 176 laps Accident 0 Blueprint Racing Enterprises
11 Kenny Brack G-Force GF01, #4 24 145 laps Accident 0 Galles Racing
12 Eddie Cheever G-Force GF01, #51 23 120 laps Overheating 0 Team Cheever
13 Affonso Giaffone Dallara IR7, #17 22 114 laps Half shaft 0 Chitwood Motorsports
14 Fermin Velez Dallara IR7, #33 21 94 laps Electrics 0 Team Scandia
15 Billy Roe Dallara IR7, #50 20 82 laps Accident 0 Eurointernational
16 Scott Sharp G-Force GF01, #1 19 65 laps Engine 0 AJ Foyt Racing
17 Scott Goodyear G-Force GF01, #6 18 51 laps Engine 0 Treadway Racing
18 Robbie Buhl G-Force GF01, #3 17 51 laps Accident 0 Team Menard
19 Jeret Schroeder G-Force GF01, #30 16 51 laps Accident 0 McCormack Motorsports
20 Jack Miller Dallara IR7, #40 15 33 laps Fuel starvation 0 Crest Racing
21 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR7, #91 14 31 laps Engine 0 Hemelgarn Racing
22 Arie Luyendyk G-Force GF01, #5 13 11 laps Mechanical 0 Treadway Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1997 Phoenix Indycars on the Phoenix circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Tony Stewart G-Force GF01, #2 21.175s Team Menard
2 Jim Guthrie Dallara IR7, #27 21.241s Blueprint Racing Enterprises
3 Scott Goodyear G-Force GF01, #6 21.681s Treadway Racing
4 Arie Luyendyk G-Force GF01, #5 21.715s Treadway Racing
5 Robbie Buhl G-Force GF01, #3 21.956s Team Menard
6 Sam Schmidt Dallara IR7, #16 21.973s Blueprint Racing Enterprises
7 Eddie Cheever G-Force GF01, #51 22.017s Team Cheever
8 Marco Greco Dallara IR7, #22 22.019s Team Scandia
9 Kenny Brack G-Force GF01, #4 22.027s Galles Racing
10 Roberto Guerrero Dallara IR7, #21 22.075s Pagan Racing
11 John Paul, Jr. Dallara IR7, #18 22.1s PDM Racing
12 Jeret Schroeder G-Force GF01, #30 22.136s McCormack Motorsports
13 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR7, #91 22.148s Hemelgarn Racing
14 Davey Hamilton G-Force GF01, #14 22.161s AJ Foyt Power Team Racing
15 Fermin Velez Dallara IR7, #33 22.235s Team Scandia
16 Michael Groff G-Force GF01, #10 22.52s Byrd-Cunningham Racing
17 Billy Roe Dallara IR7, #50 22.65s Eurointernational
18 Jack Miller Dallara IR7, #40 22.779s Crest Racing
19 Stephan Gregoire G-Force GF01, #77 23.235s Chastain Motorsports
20 Scott Sharp G-Force GF01, #1 Engine AJ Foyt Racing
21 Affonso Giaffone Dallara IR7, #17 Half shaft Chitwood Motorsports
22 Buzz Calkins G-Force GF01, #12 21.947s Bradley Motorsports

List of all cars for the 1997 Phoenix Indycars on the Phoenix circuit

G-Force GF01

Aurora

Dallara IR7

Aurora

Dallara IR7

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