| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 10th round of the 1996–1997 Indy Racing League season | |
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| Date | October 11, 1997 |
| Official name | Las Vegas 500K |
| Location | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi / 2.414 km |
| Distance | 208 laps 312.000 mi / 502.115 km |
| Weather | Night race, dry with temperatures reaching up to 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 34 miles per hour (55 km/h)[1] |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Billy Boat (A. J. Foyt Enterprises) |
| Time | 26.035 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Billy Boat (A. J. Foyt Enterprises) |
| Time | 26.424 (on lap 19 of 208) |
| Podium | |
| First | Eliseo Salazar (Team Scandia) |
| Second | Scott Goodyear (Treadway-Shelby Racing) |
| Third | Robbie Buhl (Team Menard) |
The 1997 Las Vegas 500K was the tenth and final round of the 1996–1997 Indy Racing League. The race was held on October 11, 1997, at the 1.500 mi (2.414 km) Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- ^ "1997 Las Vegas 500K weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2015-07-16.