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1997 Portland Champ Cars

1997 Portland Champ Cars is 278th CART race. Passed at the Portland circuit. Scott Pruett won the pole position, Mark Blundell won this race. Gil de Ferran and Raul Boesel also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 78 laps (247 km).

Previous race: 1997 Detroit Grand Prix
Next race: 1997 Cleveland Champ Cars
Race Start: 22nd June 1997

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1997 Portland Champ Cars

1st victory for the PacWest Racing Group team
1st victory for the Mark Blundell
1st podium for the Mark Blundell
9th podium for the Gil de Ferran
8th podium for the Raul Boesel

1997 Portland Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	20	2h 12.982s	PacWest Racing Group
2	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	16	2h 13.009s	Walker Racing
3	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	14	2h 13.037s	Patrick Racing
4	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	12	2h 14.051s	Newman-Haas Racing
5	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	10	2h 14.088s	Forsythe Racing
6	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	9	2h 16.021s	PacWest Racing Group
7	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	6	2h 16.125s	Marlboro Team Penske
8	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	5	2h 32.194s	Newman-Haas Racing
9	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	4	2h 45.099s	Team Green
10	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	3	2h 1m 0.867s	Tasman Motorsports Group
11	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	2	2h 1m 11.898s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
12	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	1	2h 1m 26.104s	Payton-Coyne Racing
13	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T97/00, #31	0	77 laps	Tasman Motorsports Group
14	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	0	77 laps	Della Penna Motorsports
15	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	0	77 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
16	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	0	76 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
17	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	1	76 laps	Patrick Racing
18	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	0	75 laps	Project Indy
19	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	0	74 laps Spun	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
20	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	0	74 laps	All-American Racers
21	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	0	74 laps	Team Rahal
22	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	0	73 laps	All-American Racers
23	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	0	67 laps Engine	Davis Racing
24	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	0	39 laps Withdrawn	Team Rahal
25	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	0	34 laps Accident	Marlboro Team Penske
26	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	0	34 laps Accident	Hogan Racing
27	Christian Danner	Lola T97/00, #34	0	28 laps Transmission	Dale Coyne Racing
28	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	0	26 laps Transmission	Arciero-Wells Racing

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	59.383s	Patrick Racing
2	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	59.443s	Walker Racing
3	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	59.752s	Newman-Haas Racing
4	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	59.86s	PacWest Racing Group
5	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	59.876s	Hogan Racing
6	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	59.951s	Newman-Haas Racing
7	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	1m 0.021s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	1m 0.024s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
9	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	1m 0.107s	Forsythe Racing
10	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	1m 0.152s	Team Rahal
11	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	1m 0.158s	PacWest Racing Group
12	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	1m 0.229s	Team Rahal
13	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	1m 0.245s	Marlboro Team Penske
14	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	1m 0.249s	Patrick Racing
15	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	1m 0.625s	Marlboro Team Penske
16	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	1m 1.295s	Tasman Motorsports Group
17	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	1m 1.38s	All-American Racers
18	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	1m 1.398s	All-American Racers
19	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	1m 1.4s	Team Green
20	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T97/00, #31	1m 1.472s	Tasman Motorsports Group
21	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	1m 1.537s	Davis Racing
22	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	1m 1.941s	Payton-Coyne Racing
23	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	1m 2.021s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
24	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	1m 2.118s	Della Penna Motorsports
25	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	1m 2.299s	Arciero-Wells Racing
26	Christian Danner	Lola T97/00, #34	1m 2.466s	Dale Coyne Racing
27	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	1m 2.707s	Arciero-Wells Racing
28	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	1m 3.553s	Project Indy