Indy Racing League 1996/1997

Indy Racing League 1997 inleddes redan 1996, och höll sedan på fram till slutet av 1997. Serien kördes över 10 omgångar.

Delsegrare

Datum	Bana	Vinnare	Team	Rapport
18 augusti	New Hampshire	Scott Sharp	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	*
15 september	Las Vegas	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	*
25 januari	Disney World	Eddie Cheever	Team Cheever	*
23 mars	Phoenix	Jim Guthrie	Blueprint Racing	*
26 maj	Indianapolis 500	Arie Luyendyk	Treadway Racing	*
7 juni	Texas	Arie Luyendyk	Treadway Racing	*
29 juni	Pikes Peak	Tony Stewart	Team Menard	*
27 juli	Charlotte	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing	*
17 augusti	New Hampshire	Robbie Buhl	Team Menard	*
11 oktober	Las Vegas	Eliseo Salazar	Team Scandia	*

New Hampshire

Plats	Förare	Team
1	Scott Sharp	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
2	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Motorsports
3	Michele Alboreto	Team Scandia
4	Mike Groff	Byrd-Cunningham Racing
5	Davey Hamilton	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
6	Roberto Guerrero	Pagan Racing
7	Marco Greco	Team Scandia
8	Stéphane Grégoire	Team Scandia
9	Eliseo Salazar	Team Scandia
10	John Paul Jr.	PDM Racing

Las Vegas

Plats	Förare	Team
1	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports
2	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Scandia
3	Mike Groff	Byrd-Cunningham Racing
4	Roberto Guerrero	Pagan Racing
5	Michele Alboreto	Team Scandia
6	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Motorsports
7	Eliseo Salazar	Team Scandia
8	Robbie Buhl	Beck Motorsports
9	Marco Greco	Team Scandia
10	Affonso Giaffone	Team Scandia

Disney World

Plats	Förare	Team
1	Eddie Cheever	Team Cheever
2	Mike Groff	Byrd-Cunningham Racing
3	Scott Goodyear	Treadway Racing
4	Scott Sharp	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
5	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing
6	Jim Guthrie	Blueprint Racing
7	Davey Hamilton	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
8	Marco Greco	Team Scandia
9	Fermín Vélez	Team Scandia
10	Tony Stewart	Team Menard

Phoenix

Plats	Förare	Team
1	Jim Guthrie	Blueprint Racing
2	Tony Stewart	Team Menard
3	Davey Hamilton	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
4	Marco Greco	Team Scandia
5	Stéphane Grégoire	Chastain Motorsports
6	Mike Groff	Byrd-Cunningham Racing
7	Roberto Guerrero	Pagan Racing
8	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Motorsports
9	John Paul Jr.	PDM Racing
10	Sam Schmidt	Blueprint Racing

Indianapolis 500

Plats	Förare	Team
1	Arie Luyendyk	Treadway Racing
2	Scott Goodyear	Treadway Racing
3	Jeff Ward	Team Cheever
4	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing
5	Tony Stewart	Team Menard
6	Davey Hamilton	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
7	Billy Boat	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
8	Mike Groff	Byrd-Cunningham Racing
9	Robbie Groff	McCormack Motorsports
10	Fermín Vélez	Team Scandia

Texas

Plats	Förare	Team
1	Arie Luyendyk	Treadway Racing
2	Billy Boat	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
3	Davey Hamilton	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
4	Scott Goodyear	Treadway Racing
5	Tony Stewart	Team Menard
6	Eddie Cheever	Team Cheever
7	Eliseo Salazar	Team Scandia
8	Greg Ray	Knapp Motorsports
9	Vincenzo Sospiri	Team Scandia
10	Johnny Unser	Byrd-Cunningham Racing

Pikes Peak

Plats	Förare	Team
1	Tony Stewart	Team Menard
2	Stéphane Grégoire	Chastain Motorsports
3	Davey Hamilton	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
4	Eddie Cheever	Team Cheever
5	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Motorsports
6	Vincenzo Sospiri	Team Scandia
7	Scott Goodyear	Treadway Racing
8	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing
9	Affonso Giaffone	Chitwood Motorsports
10	Robbie Groff	McCormack Motorsports

Charlotte

Plats	Förare	Team
1	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing
2	Billy Boat	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
3	Scott Goodyear	Treadway Racing
4	Affonso Giaffone	Chitwood Motorsports
5	Kenny Bräck	Galles Racing
6	Eddie Cheever	Team Cheever
7	Tony Stewart	Team Menard
8	Stéphane Grégoire	Chastain Motorsports
9	Marco Greco	Galles Racing
10	Eliseo Salazar	Team Scandia

New Hampshire

Plats	Förare	Team
1	Robbie Buhl	Team Menard
2	Vincenzo Sospiri	Team Scandia
3	Arie Luyendyk	Treadway Racing
4	Eliseo Salazar	Team Scandia
5	Kenny Bräck	Galles Racing
6	Roberto Guerrero	Pagan Racing
7	John Paul Jr.	PDM Racing
8	Billy Boat	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
9	Eddie Cheever	Team Cheever
10	Mike Groff	Byrd-Cunningham Racing

Las Vegas

Plats	Förare	Team
1	Eliseo Salazar	Team Scandia
2	Scott Goodyear	Treadway Racing
3	Robbie Buhl	Team Menard
4	Jim Guthrie	Blueprint Racing
5	Mark Dismore	Kelley Racing
6	Jimmy Kite	Team Scandia
7	John Paul Jr.	PDM Racing
8	Billy Boat	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
9	Stéphane Grégoire	Chastain Motorsports
10	Marco Greco	Galles Racing

Slutställning

Plats	Förare	Team	Poäng
1	Tony Stewart	Team Menard	278
2	Davey Hamilton	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	272
3	Marco Greco	Team Scandia Galles Racing	230
4	Eddie Cheever	Team Cheever	230
5	Scott Goodyear	Treadway Racing	226
6	Arie Luyendyk	Treadway Racing	223
7	Roberto Guerrero	Pagan Racing	221
8	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing	209
9	Eliseo Salazar	Team Scandia	208
10	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Motorsports	204
11	Stéphane Grégoire	Team Scandia Chastain Motorsports	192
12	Jim Guthrie	Blueprint Racing	186
13	Robbie Buhl	Beck Motorsports Team Menard	170
14	Mike Groff	Byrd-Cunningham Racing	169
15	John Paul Jr.	PDM Racing	163
16	Affonso Giaffone	Team Scandia Chitwood Motorsports	159
17	Mark Dismore	Team Menard Kelley Racing	158
18	Billy Boat	A.J. Foyt Enterprises PDM Racing	151
19	Kenny Bräck	Galles Racing	139
20	Robbie Groff	McCormack Motorsports	135
21	Vincenzo Sospiri	Team Scandia	134
22	Scott Sharp	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	119