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1997 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars in CART at the Surfers Paradise circuit. Full information

1997 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars

1997 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars is 271st CART race. Passed at the Surfers Paradise circuit. Alessandro Zanardi won the pole position, Scott Pruett won this race. Greg Moore and Michael Andretti also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 57 laps (256 km).

Previous race: 1997 Miami Grand Prix
Next race: 1997 Long Beach Grand Prix
Race Start: 6th April 1997

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1997 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars

20th victory for the Patrick Racing team
2nd victory for the Scott Pruett
10th podium for the Scott Pruett
4th podium for the Greg Moore
71st podium for the Michael Andretti

1997 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	20	2h 1m 4.678s	Patrick Racing
2	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	16	2h 1m 5.362s	Forsythe Racing
3	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	14	2h 1m 15.939s	Newman-Haas Racing
4	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	13	2h 1m 19.505s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	10	2h 1m 20.268s	Walker Racing
6	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T97/00, #31	8	2h 1m 21.488s	Tasman Motorsports Group
7	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	6	2h 1m 22.312s	Patrick Racing
8	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	5	2h 1m 22.84s	PacWest Racing Group
9	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	4	2h 1m 28.237s	Hogan Racing
10	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	3	2h 1m 30.602s	Team Rahal
11	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	2	2h 1m 34.4s	Tasman Motorsports Group
12	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	1	2h 1m 34.869s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
13	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	0	2h 1m 42.888s	Della Penna Motorsports
14	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	0	2h 1m 44.203s	Arciero-Wells Racing
15	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	0	2h 1m 46.445s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
16	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	0	2h 2m 2.753s	Project Indy
17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	0	2h 2m 18.78s	PacWest Racing Group
18	Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T97/00, #19	0	43 laps Transmission	Payton-Coyne Racing
19	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	1	41 laps Accident	Marlboro Team Penske
20	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 96I, #36	0	37 laps Fire	All-American Racers
21	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	0	35 laps Suspension	Team Green
22	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	0	29 laps Accident	Team Rahal
23	Paul Jasper	Lola T97/00, #34	0	24 laps Transmission	Payton-Coyne Racing
24	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	0	17 laps Accident	Davis Racing
25	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 96I, #24	0	16 laps Electrics	Arciero-Wells Racing
26	P.J. Jones	Reynard 96I, #98	0	15 laps Fire	All-American Racers
27	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	0	10 laps Wheel	Marlboro Team Penske
0	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	0		Newman-Haas Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1997 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars on the Surfers Paradise circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	1m 35.94s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	1m 36.14s	Marlboro Team Penske
3	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	1m 36.441s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
4	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	1m 36.754s	Forsythe Racing
5	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	1m 36.754s	PacWest Racing Group
6	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	1m 36.772s	Team Green
7	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	1m 36.831s	Patrick Racing
8	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	1m 36.896s	PacWest Racing Group
9	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	1m 36.945s	Newman-Haas Racing
9	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	1m 37.078s	Team Rahal
11	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	1m 37.371s	Newman-Haas Racing
11	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	1m 37.324s	Walker Racing
12	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	1m 37.592s	Hogan Racing
13	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T97/00, #31	1m 37.646s	Tasman Motorsports Group
14	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	1m 37.819s	Tasman Motorsports Group
15	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	1m 37.895s	Team Rahal
17	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	1m 38.325s	Davis Racing
17	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	1m 38.218s	Marlboro Team Penske
18	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	1m 38.521s	Patrick Racing
19	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	1m 38.99s	Della Penna Motorsports
20	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	1m 39.595s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
21	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	1m 39.927s	Arciero-Wells Racing
22	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 96I, #36	1m 39.981s	All-American Racers
23	Paul Jasper	Lola T97/00, #34	1m 40.138s	Payton-Coyne Racing
24	P.J. Jones	Reynard 96I, #98	1m 40.505s	All-American Racers
25	Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T97/00, #19	1m 41.871s	Payton-Coyne Racing
26	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	1m 42.316s	Project Indy
27	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 96I, #24	1m 42.795s	Arciero-Wells Racing