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1997 Phoenix 200
Held on March 23, 1997 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, AZ
200 L, 200 M, 321.8 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	27	Jim Guthrie	Blueprint Racing	Dallara IR7/Oldsmobile/Firestone	200	74	running	35
2	1	2	Tony Stewart	Glidden, Menards	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Firestone	200	85	running	36
3	14	14	Davey Hamilton	Power Team	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	200	0	running	32
4	8	22	Marco Greco	International Sports Limited, Team Scandia, Alta, Xcel	Dallara IR7/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	199	0	running	31
5	19	77	Stephan Gregoire	Miller-Eads	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	199	0	running	30
6	16	10	Mike Groff	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force GF01/Infiniti/Firestone	195	0	running	29
7	10	21	Roberto Guerrero	Pennzoil	Dallara IR7/Infiniti/Goodyear	194	0	running	28
8	22	12	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Food Marts	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	187	0	running	27
9	11	18	John Paul, Jr.	V-Line, Earl's Performance Products	Dallara IR7/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	179	0	running	26
10	6	16	Sam Schmidt	Blueprint Racing	Dallara IR7/Oldsmobile/Firestone	176	0	running	25
11	9	4	Kenny Brack	Monsoon-Galles Racing	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	145	24	accident	24
12	7	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	FirstPlus Financial	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	120	0	overheating	23
13	21	17	Affonso Giaffone	GM of Brazil	Dallara IR7/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	114	13	half shaft	22
14	15	33	Fermin Velez	Mi-Jack, Team Scandia, Alta, Xcel	Dallara IR7/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	94	0	electrical	21
15	17	50	Billy Roe	Eurointernational	Dallara IR7/Oldsmobile/Firestone	82	0	accident	20
16	20	1	Scott Sharp	Conseco	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	65	4	engine	19
17	3	6	Scott Goodyear	Nortel	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Firestone	52	0	engine	18
18	5	3	Robbie Buhl	Menards, Quaker State	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Firestone	51	0	accident	17
19	12	30	Jeret Schroeder	McCormack Motorsports	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	51	0	accident	16
20	18	40	Jack Miller	AMS, Crest	Dallara IR7/Oldsmobile/Firestone	33	0	fuel pickup	15
21	13	91	Buddy Lazier	Delta Faucet, Montana	Dallara IR7/Infiniti/Firestone	31	0	engine	14
22	4	5	Arie Luyendyk	WavePhore	G-Force GF01/Oldsmobile/Firestone	11	0	engine	13

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:14:33
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Tony Stewart - 21.175 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 0.854 seconds
Average Speed: 89.19 mph
Cautions: 9 for 86 laps - Laps 2-6 (#21 stalled); Laps 13-18 (#5 accident); Laps 36-44 (#91 oiling); Laps 52-60 (#3, 30 accident); Laps 69-75 (oil on track); Laps 85-98 (#50 accident); Laps 117-132 (oil on track); Laps 146-154 (#4 accident); Laps 180-190 (#16 accident)
Lead Changes: 10 among 5 drivers - Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (1-41); Jim Guthrie (42); Affonso Giaffone (43-55); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (56-61); Scott Sharp (CT) (62-65); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (66-94); Jim Guthrie (95-120); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (121); Kenny Brack (122-145); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (146-153); Jim Guthrie (154-200)
Fastest Lap: Tony Stewart - 22.135 seconds (lap 11)
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Robbie Buhl was entered in the #54 Beck Motorsports but ran Team Menard #3 instead On race week, Chitwood Motorsports replaced Danny Ongais with Affonso Giaffone supported by General Motors do Brasil, originally in a one-race deal.