1997 Indianapolis 500
Post-qualifying controversy
When the gun sounded at 6 p.m., Lyn St. James and Johnny Unser, teammates at Hemelgarn Racing, were the two drivers bumped out of the Indianapolis 500.

1997 Indianapolis 500

Section Title: Post-qualifying controversy
Table Section Text: When the gun sounded at 6 p.m., Lyn St. James and Johnny Unser, teammates at Hemelgarn Racing, were the two drivers bumped out of the Indianapolis 500.

Bump Day

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Speed	Entry status

30	97	United States Greg Ray (R)	Knapp Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	213.760	At-large

31	34	Italy Alessandro Zampedri	Team Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	211.757	At-large

32	72	Canada Claude Bourbonnais (R)	Blueprint Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	210.523	At-large

33	1	United States Paul Durant	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	G-Force	Oldsmobile	209.149	Locked-in

Reinstated

34	90	United States Lyn St. James	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	210.145	At-large

35	9	United States Johnny Unser	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	209.344	At-large

Failed to qualify

36	United States Scott Harrington	Johansson Motorsports	G-Force	Infiniti	Crashed	At-large

Sentence(s)

Claude Bourbonnais speed of 210.523 mph bumped Unser and put Lyn St. James on the bubble.

final_sentence: Claude Bourbonnais speed of 210.523 mph bumped Unser and put Lyn St. James on the bubble.