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1997 Pennzoil 200
Held on August 17, 1997 at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, NH
200 L, 211.6 M, 340.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	3	Robbie Buhl	Quaker State, Menards	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	200	3	running	35
2	9	22	Vincenzo Sospiri	Old Navy, Scandia, Royal Purple, Alta	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	200	1	running	33
3	8	5	Arie Luyendyk	WavePhore, Sprint PCS	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	200	2	running	32
4	5	7	Eliseo Salazar	Copec, Cristal, Scandia	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	200	39	running	31
5	3	4	Kenny Brack	Monsoon-Galles Racing	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	200	9	running	30
6	10	21	Roberto Guerrero	Pennzoil	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	200	0	running	29
7	11	18	John Paul, Jr.	Klipsch, Overhead Door, V-Line, Earl's Performance	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	199	1	running	28
8	16	1	Billy Boat	Conseco	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	199	0	running	27
9	18	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	FirstPlus Financial	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	198	80	gearbox	27
10	19	30	Robbie Groff	FastRod, Team Losi	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	198	0	running	25
11	23	28	Mark Dismore	Bombardier Aircraft, Mechanic's Laundry	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	197	0	running	24
12	15	91	Buddy Lazier	Delta Faucet, Cinergy	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	195	0	running	23
13	20	10	Johnny Unser	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, Bryant Heating & Cooling	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	189	0	running	22
14	14	2	Tony Stewart	Glidden, Menards	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	174	0	engine	21
15	6	77	Stephan Gregoire	Chastain Motorsports	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	154	0	electrical	20
16	2	6	Scott Goodyear	Nortel, Quebecor Printing	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	152	31	engine	19
17	12	14	Davey Hamilton	Power Team Racing	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	121	0	engine	18
18	17	17	Affonso Giaffone	GM of Brazil	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	93	0	accident	17
19	22	40	Jack Miller	AMS, Crest Racing	Dallara/Nissan/Firestone	81	0	handling	16
20	1	70	Marco Greco	Monsoon-Galles Racing	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	59	34	oil fitting	17
21	13	12	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Food Marts	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	36	0	electrical	14
22	24	99	Sam Schmidt	HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	30	0	accident	13
23	4	33	Jimmy Kite	Old Navy, Scandia, Royal Purple, Alta	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	4	0	accident	12
24	21	27	Jim Guthrie	Jacuzzi, Armour Golf, Odyssey Golf, Ertl	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	0	0	gearbox	11
DID NOT START
		28	Mark Dismore	Bombardier Aircraft, Mechanic's Laundry	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile/Goodyear			DNS
		10	Mike Groff	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, Bryant Heating & Cooling	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNS

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:46:51
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Marco Greco - 23.717 sec.
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Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 0.064 seconds
Average Speed: 118.829 mph
Cautions: 7 for 37 laps - Laps 1-5 (#30 spun); Laps 7-10 (#33 accident); Laps 34-39 (#99 accident); Laps 61-66 (#70 spun); Laps 69-72 (#91 spun); Laps 95-102 (#17 accident); Laps 154-157 (#6 tow-in)
Lead Changes: 12 among 9 drivers - Marco Greco (1-34); Scott Goodyear (35-62); Eliseo Salazar (63-64); John Paul, Jr. (65); Eliseo Salazar (66-95); Eddie Cheever, Jr. (96-133); Scott Goodyear (134-136); Arie Luyendyk (137-138); Eliseo Salazar (139-145); Kenny Brack (146-154); Vincenzo Sospiri (155); Eddie Cheever, Jr. (156-197); Robbie Buhl (198-200)
Fastest Lap: Vincenzo Sospiri - 24.843 seconds (lap 195)
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Greg Ray team withdrew on Saturday morning, prior to qualifying not having completed a single lap in practice, in order to prepare for the Las Vegas race. Mark Dismore changed his Riley & Scott chassis, which was making its debut for a Dallara chassis Mike Groff crashed during Friday's second practice session and was hospitalized with a concussion. Replaced by Johnny Unser