1997 Indianapolis 500
Third Day - Saturday May 17

1997 Indianapolis 500

Section Title: Third Day - Saturday May 17
Table Section Text: None

Third Day

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Speed	Entry status

22	11	United States Billy Boat (R)	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara	Oldsmobile	215.544	At-large

23	16	United States Sam Schmidt (R)	Blueprint Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	215.141	At-large

24	50	United States Billy Roe (R)	EuroInternational	Dallara	Oldsmobile	212.752	At-large

25	28	United States Mark Dismore	Kelley Racing - PDM	Dallara	Oldsmobile	212.423	Locked-in

26	18	United States Tyce Carlson (R)	PDM Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	210.852	Locked-in

27	22	Brazil Marco Greco	Team Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	210.322	Locked-in

28	54	United States Dennis Vitolo	Beck Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	207.626	Locked-in

29	33	Spain Fermín Vélez	Team Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	206.512	Locked-in

97	United States Greg Ray (R)	Knapp Motorports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	engine trouble	At-large

Sentence(s)

Billy Boat set the early pace with an average of 215.544 mph.

final_sentence: Billy Boat set the early pace with an average of 215.544 mph.