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INDY RACING LEAGUE VisionAire 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway STARTING LINE UP- JULY 26, 1997
Qual. Qual.
Car Driver Residence Car Name C/E/T Entrant Time Speed
Row 1
1 2 Tony Stewart Indianapolis, IN Glidden/Menards/Special G/A/F Team Menard
24.866 217.164
2 5 Arie Luyendyk Scottsdale, AZ Treadway Racing -WavePhore Sprint PCS
G/A/F Treadway Racing 25.172 214.524
Row 2
3 1 R Billy Boat Phoenix, AZ Conseco
AJ Foyt Racing G/A/G AJ Foyt Enterprises 25.419 212.440
4 14 Davey Hamilton Boise, ID AJ Foyt Power Team Racing G/A/G AJ Foyt
Enterprises 25.424 212.398
Row 3
5 91 Buddy Lazier Vail, CO Delta Faucet Montana Hemelgarn Racing D/A/F
Hemelgarn Racing 25.478 211.948
6 27 R Jim Guthrie Albuquerque, NM Jacuzzi Armour Golf Odyssey Golf ERTL
Collectibles D/A/F Blueprint Racing 25.661 210.436
Row 4
7 21 Roberto Guerrero San Juan Capistrano, CA Pennzoil/Pagan Racing Dallara
D/A/G Pagan Racing 25.688 210.215
8 6 Scott Goodyear Carmel, IN Treadway Racing-NORTEL Quebecor Printing
G/A/F Treadway Racing 25.787 209.408
Row 5
9 77 Stephan Gregoire Vittel, France Chastain Motorsports G/A/G Chastain
Motorsports 25.799 209.310
10 28 Mark Dismore Greenfield, IN Bombardier Business Aircraft Grainger
D/A/G Kelley Motorsports/PDM Racing 25.808 209.237
Row 6
11 70 Marco Greco Sao Paulo, Brazil Monsoon Galles Racing International
G/A/G Galles Racing International 25.823 209.116
12 22 R Vincenzo Sospiri Monte Carlo, Monaco Old Navy-Scandia-Royal
Purple-Alta-Xcel D/A/G Team Scandia 25.833 209.035
Row 7
13 33 R Jimmy Kite Stockbridge, GA Old Navy-Scandia-Royal Purple-Alta-Xcel
D/A/G Team Scandia 25.865 208.776
14 7 Eliseo Salazar Santiago, Chile Copec-Cristal-Scandia D/A/G Team
Scandia 25.891 208.567
Row 8
15 51 Eddie Cheever, Jr. Tampa, FL FirstPlus Team Cheever G/A/G Team
Cheever 25.911 208.406
16 17 R Affonso Giaffone Sao Paulo, Brazil General Motors of Brazil Chitwood
Dallara D/A/G Chitwood Motorsports 26.045 207.333
Row 9
17 31 R Greg Ray Plano, TX Thomas Knapp Motorsports D/A/F Thomas Knapp
Motorsports 26.054 207.262
18 4 R Kenny Brack Albuquerque, NM Monsoon Galles Racing International G/A/G
Galles Racing International 26.062 207.198
Row 10
19 40 R Dr. Jack Miller Carmel, IN AMS/Crest Racing D/I/F Arizona
Motorsports 26.193 206.162
20 30 R Robbie Groff Atlanta, GA Serv-All/Team Losi/McCormack Motorsports
G/A/G McCormack Motorsports 26.328 205.105
Row 11
21 18 John Paul, Jr. West Palm Beach, FL Klipsch Overhead Door Earl's
Performance V-Line D/A/G PDM Racing 26.577 203.183
22 10 Mike Groff Los Angeles, CA Jonathan Byrd's VisionAire Bryant Heating
& Cooling G/A/F Jonathan Byrd-Cunningham Racing 27.187 198.624
Row 12
23 99 R Sam Schmidt Las Vegas, NV HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card Racing Special
D/A/F LP Racing/PCI No Time No Speed
Legend: R - Indy Racing League Series Rookie
Chassis Legend: D-Dallara; G-G Force
Engine Legend: A-Oldsmobile Aurora; I-Nissan Infiniti
Tire Legend: F-Firestone; G-Goodyear
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