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1997 Toronto Champ Cars

1997 Toronto Champ Cars is 280th CART race. Passed at the Toronto circuit. Dario Franchitti won the pole position, Mark Blundell won this race. Alessandro Zanardi and Andre Ribeiro also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 95 laps (268 km).

Previous race: 1997 Cleveland Champ Cars
Next race: 1997 US 500
Race Start: 20th July 1997

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1997 Toronto Champ Cars

2nd victory for the PacWest Racing Group team
2nd victory for the Mark Blundell
2nd podium for the Mark Blundell
9th podium for the Alessandro Zanardi
4th podium for the Andre Ribeiro

1997 Toronto Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	21	1h 45m 43.936s	PacWest Racing Group
2	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	16	1h 45m 44.595s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3	Andre Ribeiro	Reynard 97I, #31	14	1h 45m 55.81s	Tasman Motorsports Group
4	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	12	1h 45m 57.033s	Newman-Haas Racing
5	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	10	1h 46m 9.872s	Patrick Racing
6	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	8	1h 46m 10.367s	PacWest Racing Group
7	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	6	1h 46m 15.666s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	5	1h 46m 18.575s	Patrick Racing
9	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	4	1h 46m 20.073s	Team Rahal
10	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	3	1h 46m 25.206s	Marlboro Team Penske
11	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	2	94 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
12	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	1	94 laps	Team Green
13	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	0	94 laps	Payton-Coyne Racing
14	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	0	94 laps	Tasman Motorsports Group
15	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	0	93 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
16	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	0	93 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
17	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	0	92 laps	Team Rahal
18	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	0	92 laps	Davis Racing
19	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	0	91 laps	All-American Racers
20	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	0	91 laps	Marlboro Team Penske
21	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	0	89 laps Out of fuel	All-American Racers
22	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	0	89 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
23	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	0	69 laps Accident	Forsythe Racing
24	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	0	62 laps Fuel pressure	Project Indy
25	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	0	40 laps Brakes	Walker Racing
26	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	1	39 laps Accident	Hogan Racing
27	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	0	23 laps Transmission	Della Penna Motorsports
28	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #34	0	19 laps Handling	Payton-Coyne Racing

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	58.618s	Hogan Racing
2	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	58.926s	PacWest Racing Group
3	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	59.05s	Team Rahal
4	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	59.12s	Newman-Haas Racing
5	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	59.247s	Patrick Racing
6	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	59.289s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
7	Andre Ribeiro	Reynard 97I, #31	59.295s	Tasman Motorsports Group
8	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	59.349s	Patrick Racing
9	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	59.424s	Forsythe Racing
10	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	59.475s	PacWest Racing Group
11	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	59.565s	Walker Racing
12	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	59.642s	Team Rahal
13	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	59.659s	Newman-Haas Racing
14	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	58.889s	Marlboro Team Penske
15	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	59.934s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
16	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	1m 0.001s	Davis Racing
17	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	1m 0.213s	Marlboro Team Penske
18	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	1m 0.256s	Payton-Coyne Racing
19	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	1m 0.418s	Team Green
20	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	1m 0.753s	All-American Racers
21	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	1m 0.988s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
22	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	1m 1.109s	Tasman Motorsports Group
23	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	1m 1.138s	Arciero-Wells Racing
24	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	1m 1.617s	Della Penna Motorsports
25	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	1m 2.115s	All-American Racers
26	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	1m 2.268s	Project Indy
27	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	1m 4.279s	Arciero-Wells Racing
28	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #34	1m 4.805s	Payton-Coyne Racing