Round	Race name	Date	Circuit	Laps	Winner
1	True Value 200	18/08/1996	New Hampshire	200	Scott Sharp AJ Foyt Racing
10	Las Vegas 500 kms	11/10/1997	Las Vegas Speedway	208	Eliseo Salazar Team Scandia
3	Indy 200	25/01/1997	Disney World	149	Eddie Cheever Team Cheever
4	Phoenix 200	23/03/1997	Phoenix	200	Jim Guthrie Blueprint Racing Enterprises
5	Indianapolis 500	26/05/1997	Indianapolis	200	Arie Luyendyk Treadway Racing
6	True Value 500 kms	07/06/1997	Texas Motor Speedway	208	Arie Luyendyk Treadway Racing
7	Samsonite 200	29/06/1997	Pikes Peak Int Raceway	200	Tony Stewart Team Menard
8	VisionAire 500 kms	26/07/1997	Charlotte	208	Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing
9	Pennzoil 200	17/08/1997	New Hampshire	200	Robbie Buhl Team Menard

Driver	Standing	Team	Nationality	Points
Tony Stewart	1	Team Menard	USA	278
Davey Hamilton	2	AJ Foyt Power Team Racing	USA	272
Marco Greco	3	Team Scandia	BRA	230
Eddie Cheever	3	Team Cheever	USA	230
Scott Goodyear	5	Treadway Racing	CAN	226
Arie Luyendyk	6	Treadway Racing	NLD	223
Roberto Guerrero	7	Pagan Racing	COL	221
Buddy Lazier	8	Hemelgarn Racing	USA	209
Eliseo Salazar	9	Team Scandia	CHL	208
Buzz Calkins	10	Bradley Motorsports	USA	204
Stephan Gregoire	11	Chastain Motorsports	FRA	192
Jim Guthrie	12	Blueprint Racing Enterprises	USA	186
Robbie Buhl	13	Team Menard	USA	170
Michael Groff	14	Byrd-Cunningham Racing	USA	169
John Paul jr	15	PDM Racing	USA	163
Affonso Giaffone	16	Chitwood Motorsports	BRA	159
Mark Dismore	17	Kelley Racing	USA	158
Billy Boat	18	AJ Foyt Racing	USA	151
Kenny Brack	19	Galles Racing	SWE	139
Robbie Groff	20	McCormack Motorsports	USA	135
Vincenzo Sospiri	21	Team Scandia	ITA	134
Scott Sharp	22	AJ Foyt Racing	USA	119
Jack Miller	23	Crest Racing	USA	114
Johnny Unser	24	Hemelgarn Racing	USA	107
Tyce Carlson	25	PDM Racing	USA	84
Fermin Velez	26	Team Scandia	ESP	82
Sam Schmidt	27	Blueprint Racing Enterprises	USA	76
Jimmy Kite	27		USA	76
Greg Ray	29	Thomas Knapp Motorsports	USA	73
Jeff Ward	30	Team Cheever	USA	69
Stan Wattles	31		USA	63
Michele Alboreto	32		ITA	62
Richie Hearn	33		USA	59
Billy Roe	34	Eurointernational	USA	55
Jeret Schroeder	35		USA	37
Michel Jourdain jr	36		MEX	33
Robby Gordon	37	Team Sabco	USA	27
Brad Murphey	38		USA	25
Alessandro Zampedri	39	Team Scandia	ITA	24
Johnny O'Connell	40	AJ Foyt Racing	USA	23
Paul Durant	40	AJ Foyt Racing	USA	23
Lyn St James	42	Hemelgarn Racing	USA	22
Danny Ongais	42		USA	22
Steve Kinser	44	Team Menard	USA	21
Dennis Vitolo	45	Beck Motorsports	USA	20
Mark Shank	46		USA	19
David Kudrave	47		USA	18
Juan Carlos Carbonell	48		CHL	16
Joe Gosek	49		USA	14
Allen May	50		USA	13
Johnny Parsons jr	51		USA	7
Claude Bourbonnais	52	Blueprint Racing Enterprises	CAN	5

1996/97 Indy Racing League