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1997 St Louis Champ Cars

1997 St Louis Champ Cars is 275th CART race. Passed at the St Louis circuit. Raul Boesel won the pole position, Paul Tracy won this race. Patrick Carpentier and Gil de Ferran also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 236 laps (482 km).

Previous race: 1997 Rio do Janeiro Champ Cars
Next race: 1997 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Race Start: 24th May 1997

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1997 St Louis Champ Cars

38th victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
13th victory for the Paul Tracy
29th podium for the Paul Tracy
1st podium for the Patrick Carpentier
7th podium for the Gil de Ferran

1997 St Louis Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	20	2h 37m 54.496s	Marlboro Team Penske
2	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	16	2h 37m 56.887s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
3	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	14	2h 37m 59.812s	Walker Racing
4	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	12	2h 38m 0.628s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	10	2h 38m 6.394s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
6	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	8	2h 38m 6.906s	PacWest Racing Group
7	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	6	2h 38m 8.088s	Team Green
8	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	5	2h 38m 15.226s	Tasman Motorsports Group
9	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	4	2h 38m 16.966s	Della Penna Motorsports
10	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T97/00, #31	3	2h 38m 17.623s	Tasman Motorsports Group
11	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	3	2h 38m 19.004s	Newman-Haas Racing
12	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	1	2h 38m 20.786s	Davis Racing
13	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	0	234 laps	Forsythe Racing
14	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	1	231 laps	Patrick Racing
15	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	0	229 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
16	Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T97/00, #19	0	216 laps	Payton-Coyne Racing
17	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	0	210 laps Transmission	Hogan Racing
18	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	0	181 laps Transmission	Marlboro Team Penske
19	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	0	143 laps Accident	Patrick Racing
20	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	0	103 laps Electrics	Team Rahal
21	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	0	99 laps Out of fuel	All-American Racers
22	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	0	73 laps Electrics	Team Rahal
23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	0	37 laps Engine	All-American Racers
24	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	0	28 laps Ignition	PacWest Racing Group
25	Roberto Moreno	Swift 007i, #11	0	8 laps Transmission	Newman-Haas Racing
26	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	0	4 laps Engine	Arciero-Wells Racing
0	Paul Jasper	Lola T97/00, #34	0		Payton-Coyne Racing
0	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	0		Project Indy

Qualifying Results for the 1997 St Louis Champ Cars on the St Louis circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	24.324s	Patrick Racing
2	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	24.353s	Marlboro Team Penske
3	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	24.374s	PacWest Racing Group
4	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	24.496s	Forsythe Racing
5	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	24.546s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
6	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	24.576s	Marlboro Team Penske
7	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	24.614s	Team Green
8	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	24.695s	Hogan Racing
9	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	24.702s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
10	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	24.726s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
11	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	24.727s	Newman-Haas Racing
12	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	24.744s	Team Rahal
13	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	24.756s	Della Penna Motorsports
14	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	24.905s	Team Rahal
15	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	24.911s	Walker Racing
16	Roberto Moreno	Swift 007i, #11	24.925s	Newman-Haas Racing
17	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	24.981s	Patrick Racing
18	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	25.071s	Tasman Motorsports Group
19	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T97/00, #31	25.114s	Tasman Motorsports Group
20	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	25.241s	PacWest Racing Group
21	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	25.371s	Davis Racing
22	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	25.568s	Arciero-Wells Racing
24	Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T97/00, #19	25.604s	Payton-Coyne Racing
25	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	25.674s	Project Indy
26	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	26.271s	All-American Racers
27	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24		Arciero-Wells Racing
28	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	25.596s	All-American Racers
28	Paul Jasper	Lola T97/00, #34		Payton-Coyne Racing