IRL: Driver points after Charlotte

INDY RACING LEAGUE 1996-97 IRL Season Driver Point Standings (afterVisionAire 500 - Charlotte Motor Speedway - July 26) No. of Running Highest Laps Laps Total Total Driver Starts at Finish Finish Led Comp Points* Awards 1 Tony Stewart 8 4 1 812 1416 233 $1,011,450 2 Davey Hamilton 8 7 3 4 1478 226 704,200 3 Eddie Cheever, Jr. 8 5 1 9 1158 189 640,150 4 Marco Greco 8 6 4 0 1291 188 500,100 5 Buzz Calkins 7 4 2 14 1214 183 536,750 6 Buddy Lazier 8 4 1 122 1044 182 664,550 7 Arie Luyendyk 8 3 1 118 1022 181 1,970,650 8 Scott Goodyear 6 5 2 4 1015 174 818,600 9 Roberto Guerrero 8 4 4 26 1096 171 512,750 10 Mike Groff 6 6 2 0 1106 169 562,850 11 Stephan Gregoire 7 4 2 5 822 146 372,300 12 Jim Guthrie (R) 7 4 1 80 851 144 530,450 13 Eliseo Salazar 6 5 7 3 1051 141 395,650 14 Affonso Giaffone (R)6 3 4 13 788 122 326,500 15 Scott Sharp 5 2 1 22 582 119 324,150 16 John Paul, Jr. 5 4 9 22 783 112 258,600 17 Billy Boat (R) 4 3 2 49 697 110 498,400 18 Mark Dismore 6 2 11 0 708 104 335,050 19 Robbie Buhl 5 2 8 16 612 103 356,650 20 Kenny Brack (R) 5 1 5 24 648 94 329,450 21 Robbie Groff (R) 4 1 9 3 752 93 357,200 22 Dr. Jack Miller (R) 6 0 15 0 427 92 369,100 23 Vincenzo Sospiri (R)4 3 6 0 637 88 310,600 24 Fermin Velez (R) 4 2 9 0 437 82 345,150 25 Tyce Carlson (R) 4 2 11 0 580 73 306,050 26 Johnny Unser 4 1 10 0 451 69 262,150 27 Greg Ray (R) 4 1 8 0 390 68 229,300 28 Michele Alboreto 2 2 3 0 397 62 137,250 29 Richie Hearn 2 1 1 96 366 59 181,000 30 Sam Schmidt (R) 4 0 10 0 326 55 205,700 31 Jeff Ward (R) 2 1 3 49 263 51 437,150 32 Jeret Schroeder (R) 2 0 14 0 144 37 81,500 33 Stan Wattles (R) 2 0 16 0 282 36 72,000 34 Jimmy Kite (R) 2 0 15 11 202 35 78,500 35 Billy Roe (R) 2 0 15 0 192 33 169,450 36 Michel Jourdain,Jr. 1 1 2 0 200 33 95,250 37 Robby Gordon 2 0 14 60 198 27 156,500 38 Brad Murphey (R) 2 0 18 0 105 25 47,000 39 Alessandro Zampedri 2 1 12 0 201 24 167,150 40 Johnny O'Connell 1 0 12 3 183 23 22,000 41 Lyn St. James 1 0 13 0 186 22 188,000 42 Danny Ongais 1 0 13 0 94 22 24,500 43 Steve Kinser (R) 1 0 14 0 185 21 193,250 44 Dennis Vitolo 1 1 15 0 173 20 200,000 45 David Kudrave 1 0 17 0 118 18 14,000 46 J.C. Carbonell (R) 1 0 19 0 112 16 34,000 47 Paul Durant (R) 1 0 21 0 111 14 178,000 48 Joe Gosek (R) 1 0 21 0 30 14 10,000 49 Allen May (R) 1 0 22 0 36 13 13,700 50 Johnny Parsons 1 0 28 0 7 7 10,000 51 Claude Bourbonnais 1 0 30 0 9 5 152,250 Total: $16,696,950 **Standings Could Change Pending Appeal