Indianapolis 500
Race Results for the 1997 Indianapolis 500
| Finish | Start | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Status | Laps | Led | Prize Money |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Arie Luyendyk (W) | Wavephore/Sprint PCS/Miller Lite/Provimi | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | 145.827 | 200 | 61 | $1,568,150 |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | Scott Goodyear | Nortel/Sprint PCS/Quebecor Printing | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | 145.820 | 200 | 2 | $513,300 |
| 3 | 7 | 52 | Jeff Ward (R) | FirstPlus Team Cheever | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | 145.779 | 200 | 49 | $414,250 |
| 4 | 10 | 91 | Buddy Lazier (W) | Delta Faucet-Montana-Hemelgarn | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | 145.705 | 200 | 7 | $279,250 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Tony Stewart | Glidden/Menards | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | 145.490 | 200 | 64 | $345,050 |
| 6 | 8 | 14 | Davey Hamilton | AJ Foyt PowerTeam Racing | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 199 | 0 | $214,000 |
| 7 | 22 | 11 | Billy Boat (R) | Conseco A.J. Foyt Racing | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 199 | 1 | $269,700 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Robbie Buhl | Quaker State/Menards | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 199 | 16 | $235,200 |
| 9 | 21 | 30 | Robbie Groff (R) | Alfa-Laval/Team Losi/McCormack Mtspts. | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 197 | 0 | $222,350 |
| 10 | 29 | 33 | Fermin Velez | Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 195 | 0 | $216,400 |
| 11 | 16 | 12 | Buzz Calkins | Bradley Food Marts | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Half shaft | 188 | 0 | $201,000 |
| 12 | 18 | 10 | Mike Groff | Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria/Visionaire/Bryant | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 188 | 0 | $197,300 |
| 13 | 34 | 90 | Lyn St. James | Lifetime TV-Cinergy-Delta Faucet-Hemelgarn | Dallara/Nissan Infiniti Indy | Accident | 186 | 0 | $188,000 |
| 14 | 20 | 44 | Steve Kinser (R) | SRS/One Call/Menards/Quaker St./St. Elmo's | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 185 | 0 | $193,250 |
| 15 | 28 | 54 | Dennis Vitolo | SmithKline Beechman/Kroger/Beck Mtspts. | Dallara/Nissan Infiniti Indy | Running | 173 | 0 | $210,000 |
| 16 | 27 | 22 | Marco Greco | Side Play Int'l Sport Scandia Alta Xcel | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Gear box | 166 | 0 | $193,000 |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Vincenzo Sospiri (R) | Old Navy Scandia Royal Purple Alta Xcel | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Running | 163 | 0 | $196,250 |
| 18 | 35 | 9 | Johnny Unser | Delta Faucet-Montana-Cinergy-Hemelgarn | Dallara/Nissan Infiniti Indy | Oil pressure | 158 | 0 | $158,000 |
| 19 | 26 | 18 | Tyce Carlson (R) | Klipsch Tnemec Overhead Door Pyle V-Line | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 156 | 0 | $173,250 |
| 20 | 17 | 40 | Jack Miller (R) | AMS/Crest Racing/Trane/Spot-On | Dallara/Nissan Infiniti Indy | Accident | 131 | 0 | $171,250 |
| 21 | 33 | 1 | Paul Durant | Conseco A.J. Foyt Racing | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 111 | 0 | $178,000 |
| 22 | 24 | 50 | Billy Roe (R) | Sega/Progressive Elect./KECO/U.J.T./Euroint'l | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 110 | 0 | $150,250 |
| 23 | 11 | 51 | Eddie Cheever Jr. | FirstPlus Team Cheever | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Timing chain | 84 | 0 | $176,000 |
| 24 | 9 | 7 | Eliseo Salazar | Copec/Cristal/Scandia | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 70 | 0 | $164,000 |
| 25 | 30 | 97 | Greg Ray (R) | Tobacco Free Kids | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Water pump | 48 | 0 | $171,250 |
| 26 | 6 | 27 | Jim Guthrie | Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/ERTL | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Engine | 43 | 0 | $164,500 |
| 27 | 19 | 21 | Roberto Guerrero | Pennzoil-Pagan Racing | Dallara/Nissan Infiniti Indy | Steering | 25 | 0 | $160,000 |
| 28 | 25 | 28 | Mark Dismore | Kelley Auto./Mech Laundry/Bombardier | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 24 | 0 | $159,000 |
| 29 | 12 | 42 | Robby Gordon | Coors Light | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Fire | 19 | 0 | $139,500 |
| 30 | 32 | 72 | Claude Bourbonnais (R) | Blueprint/Jacuzzi/Armour Golf/ERTL | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Engine | 9 | 0 | $152,250 |
| 31 | 13 | 77 | Stephan Gregoire | Chastain Motorsports-Estridge-Miller Eads | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 0 | 0 | $158,000 |
| 32 | 14 | 17 | Affonso Giaffone (R) | General Motors Brazil Chitwood | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 0 | 0 | $158,250 |
| 33 | 15 | 4 | Kenny Brack (R) | Monsoon Galles Racing | G Force/Oldsmobile Aurora | Accident | 0 | 0 | $202,250 |
| 34 | 23 | 16 | Sam Schmidt (R) | Blueprint/HOPE Prepaid Fuel Card | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Engine | 0 | 0 | $150,250 |
| 35 | 31 | 34 | Alessandro Zampedri | Mi-Jack Scandia Royal Purple | Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora | Oil leak | 0 | 0 | $145,000 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner