1997 Phoenix 200
Practice and qualifying

1997 Phoenix 200

Section Title: Practice and qualifying
Table Section Text: None

Pos	No.	Name	Lap 1	Lap 2	Best (in mph)

1	2	United States Tony Stewart	21.424	21.175	170.012

2	27	United States Jim Guthrie R	21.364	21.241	169.484

3	6	Canada Scott Goodyear	21.975	21.681	166.044

4	5	Netherlands Arie Luyendyk W	21.736	21.715	165.784

5	3	United States Robbie Buhl	21.956	22.257	163.964

6	16	United States Sam Schmidt R	22.141	21.973	163.837

7	51	United States Eddie Cheever	22.059	22.017	163.510

8	22	Brazil Marco Greco	22.064	22.019	163.495

9	4	Sweden Kenny Bräck R	22.051	22.027	163.436

10	21	Colombia Roberto Guerrero W	22.129	22.075	163.080

11	18	United States John Paul, Jr.	Waved off	22.100	162.896

12	30	United States Jeret Schroeder R	22.136	22.166	162.631

13	91	United States Buddy Lazier	22.148	22.202	162.543

14	14	United States Davey Hamilton	22.161	22.209	162.448

15	33	Spain Fermín Vélez R	22.235	22.477	161.907

16	10	United States Mike Groff	22.593	22.520	159.858

17	50	United States Billy Roe R	22.916	22.650	158.940

18	40	United States Jack Miller R	22.933	22.779	158.040

19	77	France Stéphan Grégoire	23.386	23.235	154.939

20	1	United States Scott Sharp	Didn't qualify	No speed

21	17	Brazil Affonso Giaffone R	Didn't qualify	No speed

22	12	United States Buzz Calkins	22.217	21.947	164.032

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Guthrie ran the fastest first lap and finished at 169.484 mph, qualifying in a second place.
In the 1997 Phoenix 200, Guthrie completed the lap with a best of 169.484 and qualified in second place.
In the 1997 Phoenix 200, Guthrie qualified in second place at 169.484 mph.

final_sentence: Guthrie ran the fastest first lap and finished at 169.484 mph, qualifying in a second place.
final_sentence: In the 1997 Phoenix 200, Guthrie completed the lap with a best of 169.484 and qualified in second place.
final_sentence: In the 1997 Phoenix 200, Guthrie qualified in second place at 169.484 mph.