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1997 Fontana Champ Cars in CART at the California Speedway circuit. Full information

1997 Fontana Champ Cars

1997 Fontana Champ Cars is 286th CART race. Passed at the California Speedway circuit. Mauricio Gugelmin won the pole position, Mark Blundell won this race. Jimmy Vasser and Adrian Fernandez also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 250 laps (816 km).

Previous race: 1997 Monterey Grand Prix
Next race: 1998 Miami Grand Prix
Race Start: 28th September 1997

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1997 Fontana Champ Cars

4th victory for the PacWest Racing Group team
3rd victory for the Mark Blundell
5th podium for the Mark Blundell
15th podium for the Jimmy Vasser
3rd podium for the Adrian Fernandez

1997 Fontana Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	20	3h 2m 42.62s	PacWest Racing Group
2	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	16	3h 2m 43.467s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	14	249 laps	Tasman Motorsports Group
4	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	13	249 laps	PacWest Racing Group
5	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	10	249 laps	Team Rahal
6	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	8	249 laps	Walker Racing
7	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	6	248 laps	Patrick Racing
8	Robby Gordon	Reynard 97I, #9	5	247 laps	Hogan Racing
9	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	4	247 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
10	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	3	244 laps	All-American Racers
11	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	2	243 laps	Team Green
12	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	1	242 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
13	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	0	240 laps Engine	Forsythe Racing
14	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	0	238 laps	Davis Racing
15	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	0	238 laps	Della Penna Motorsports
16	Dennis Vitolo	Reynard 97I, #34	0	231 laps	Payton-Coyne Racing
17	Andre Ribeiro	Reynard 97I, #31	0	207 laps Accident	Tasman Motorsports Group
18	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	0	195 laps Handling	Payton-Coyne Racing
19	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	0	104 laps Overheating	Newman-Haas Racing
20	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	0	83 laps Electrics	Patrick Racing
21	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	0	80 laps Engine	Team Rahal
22	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	0	44 laps Exhausts	Marlboro Team Penske
23	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	0	40 laps Suspension	Arciero-Wells Racing
24	Arie Luyendyk	Reynard 97I, #4	0	39 laps Accident	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
25	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	0	38 laps Accident	Project Indy
26	Paul Tracy, Juan Manuel Fangio II	Penske PC26, #3	0	12 laps Accident	Marlboro Team Penske

Qualifying Results for the 1997 Fontana Champ Cars on the California Speedway circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	30.316s	PacWest Racing Group
2	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	30.534s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	30.705s	Team Rahal
4	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	30.845s	Patrick Racing
5	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	30.872s	Payton-Coyne Racing
6	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	30.912s	Forsythe Racing
7	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	30.913s	Newman-Haas Racing
8	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	30.942s	PacWest Racing Group
9	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	30.971s	Patrick Racing
10	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	30.975s	Team Rahal
11	Andre Ribeiro	Reynard 97I, #31	30.988s	Tasman Motorsports Group
12	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	31.035s	Walker Racing
13	Robby Gordon	Reynard 97I, #9	31.078s	Hogan Racing
14	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	31.125s	Tasman Motorsports Group
15	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	31.184s	Team Green
16	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	31.205s	Newman-Haas Racing
17	Dennis Vitolo	Reynard 97I, #34	31.484s	Payton-Coyne Racing
18	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	31.585s	All-American Racers
19	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	31.703s	Marlboro Team Penske
20	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	31.761s	Marlboro Team Penske
21	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	31.995s	All-American Racers
22	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	32.484s	Della Penna Motorsports
23	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	33.011s	Arciero-Wells Racing
24	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	33.593s	Project Indy
25	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25		Arciero-Wells Racing
26	Gualter Salles, Arie Luyendyk	Reynard 97I, #77		Davis Racing