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1997 Indianapolis 500

81st running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race
Event indianapolis_500 Q934431

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
Indianapolis 500, recurring sporting event edition[4]
Country
United States[3]
Location
Indianapolis Motor Speedway[5]
Part of
1996–1997 Indy Racing League season[6]
Edition number
81[7]
Point in time
May 26, 1997[8]
Pole position
Arie Luyendyk[11]
Sport
auto racing[9]
Uses
Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval circuit[10]
Winner
Arie Luyendyk[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en 1997 Indianapolis 500 ar إنديانابولس 500 سنة 1997 ar إنديانابوليس ٥٠٠ سنة ١٩٩٧ de Indianapolis 500 1997 fr 500 miles d'Indianapolis 1997 hu 1997-es indianapolisi 500 ja 1997年のインディ500 nl Indianapolis 500 in 1997 pt 500 Milhas de Indianápolis de 1997 pt Indianapolis 500 de 1997
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
1997Indy500PaceLaps.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0d8m_c
IMDb ID
tt32483204

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Belongs to 1
Indianapolis 500
Country 1
United States
Instance of 1
Indianapolis 500
Location 1
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Part of 1
1996–1997 Indy Racing League season
Pole position 1
Arie Luyendyk
Sport 1
auto racing
Winner 1
Arie Luyendyk
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Summary

1997 Indianapolis 500 is an Indianapolis 500[1].

FAQs

What awards did 1997 Indianapolis 500 receive?

Honors received include Arie Luyendyk[2].

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edition number → 81
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'hu', 'nl', 'pt', 'sl', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Edition number: 81, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290255|batch #290255]]"
  2. 25w ago · Saldanha-mareo · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Winner → Arie Luyendyk
    Country → United States
    Country → —
    Sport → auto racing
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: recurring sporting event edition, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778617433403"
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