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1997 Nazareth Champ Cars

1997 Nazareth Champ Cars is 273rd CART race. Passed at the Nazareth circuit. Paul Tracy won the pole position and this race. Michael Andretti and Al Unser, Jr. also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 225 laps (343 km).

Previous race: 1997 Long Beach Grand Prix
Next race: 1997 Rio do Janeiro Champ Cars
Race Start: 27th April 1997

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1997 Nazareth Champ Cars

36th victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
11th victory for the Paul Tracy
27th podium for the Paul Tracy
72nd podium for the Michael Andretti
78th podium for the Al Unser, Jr.

1997 Nazareth Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	22	1h 53m 31.337s	Marlboro Team Penske
2	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	16	1h 53m 31.864s	Newman-Haas Racing
3	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	14	1h 53m 32.587s	Marlboro Team Penske
4	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	12	1h 53m 36.09s	Walker Racing
5	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	10	1h 53m 37.429s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
6	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	8	224 laps	Team Rahal
7	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	6	224 laps	Team Rahal
8	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	5	224 laps	Patrick Racing
9	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	4	224 laps	PacWest Racing Group
10	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	3	224 laps	Patrick Racing
11	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	2	223 laps	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
12	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	1	223 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
13	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	0	222 laps	Hogan Racing
14	Roberto Moreno	Swift 007i, #11	0	218 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
15	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 96I, #36	0	214 laps Engine	All-American Racers
16	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	0	194 laps	Forsythe Racing
17	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	0	190 laps Accident	Team Green
18	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	0	190 laps Accident	Della Penna Motorsports
19	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	0	178 laps Accident	PacWest Racing Group
20	Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T97/00, #19	0	111 laps Engine	Payton-Coyne Racing
21	P.J. Jones	Reynard 96I, #98	0	96 laps Fuel system	All-American Racers
22	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	0	81 laps Engine	Arciero-Wells Racing
23	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	0	58 laps Accident	Tasman Motorsports Group
24	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	0	34 laps Accident	Davis Racing
25	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 96I, #24	0	23 laps Black flagged	Arciero-Wells Racing
26	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T97/00, #31	0	4 laps Transmission	Tasman Motorsports Group
0	Paul Jasper	Lola T97/00, #34	0		Payton-Coyne Racing
0	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #64	0		Project Indy

Qualifying Results for the 1997 Nazareth Champ Cars on the Nazareth circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	18.831s	Marlboro Team Penske
2	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	19.163s	Newman-Haas Racing
3	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	19.204s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
4	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	19.255s	Walker Racing
5	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	19.321s	PacWest Racing Group
6	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	19.345s	Patrick Racing
7	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	19.382s	Marlboro Team Penske
8	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	19.421s	Team Rahal
9	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	19.423s	Team Rahal
10	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	19.52s	Forsythe Racing
11	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	19.556s	Patrick Racing
12	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	19.647s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
13	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	19.697s	Davis Racing
14	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	19.716s	Della Penna Motorsports
15	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T97/00, #31	19.73s	Tasman Motorsports Group
16	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	19.868s	PacWest Racing Group
17	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	19.895s	Team Green
18	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	19.902s	Hogan Racing
19	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	19.937s	Tasman Motorsports Group
20	Roberto Moreno	Swift 007i, #11	19.944s	Newman-Haas Racing
21	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	20.008s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
22	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	20.346s	Arciero-Wells Racing
23	P.J. Jones	Reynard 96I, #98	20.669s	All-American Racers
24	Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T97/00, #19	20.687s	Payton-Coyne Racing
25	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 96I, #36	20.717s	All-American Racers
26	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 96I, #24	21.001s	Arciero-Wells Racing
27	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #64	21.076s	Project Indy
28	Paul Jasper	Lola T97/00, #34	21.366s	Payton-Coyne Racing