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1997 US 500 in CART at the Michigan circuit. Full information

1997 US 500

1997 US 500 is 281st CART race. Passed at the Michigan circuit. Scott Pruett won the pole position, Alessandro Zanardi won this race. Mark Blundell and Gil de Ferran also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 250 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 1997 Toronto Champ Cars
Next race: 1997 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars
Race Start: 27th July 1997

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1997 US 500

12th victory for the Chip Ganassi Racing Team team
6th victory for the Alessandro Zanardi
10th podium for the Alessandro Zanardi
3rd podium for the Mark Blundell
11th podium for the Gil de Ferran

Reynard 97I #4 - 1997 US 500 winner

1997 US 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	21	2h 59m 35.579s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	16	3h 7.316s	PacWest Racing Group
3	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	14	249 laps	Walker Racing
4	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	12	249 laps	Marlboro Team Penske
5	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	10	248 laps	Team Rahal
6	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	8	242 laps	PacWest Racing Group
7	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #34	6	242 laps	Payton-Coyne Racing
8	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	5	241 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
9	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	4	241 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
10	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	3	240 laps	Davis Racing
11	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	2	226 laps Transmission	All-American Racers
12	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64	1	224 laps	Project Indy
13	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	0	182 laps Transmission	Payton-Coyne Racing
14	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	1	174 laps Accident	Patrick Racing
15	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	0	144 laps Engine	Bettenhausen Motorsports
16	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	0	128 laps Wheel	Newman-Haas Racing
17	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	0	126 laps Accident	Team Rahal
18	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	0	120 laps Transmission	Patrick Racing
19	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	0	101 laps Transmission	Hogan Racing
20	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	0	97 laps Engine	Marlboro Team Penske
21	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	0	79 laps Transmission	Newman-Haas Racing
22	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	0	60 laps Turbocharger	Della Penna Motorsports
23	Andre Ribeiro	Reynard 97I, #31	0	57 laps Transmission	Tasman Motorsports Group
24	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	0	57 laps Transmission	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
25	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	0	53 laps Accident	Team Green
26	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	0	46 laps Engine	Tasman Motorsports Group
27	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	0	19 laps Engine	Forsythe Racing
28	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	0	11 laps Engine	All-American Racers

Qualifying Results for the 1997 US 500 on the Michigan circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	30.788s	Patrick Racing
2	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	30.836s	PacWest Racing Group
3	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	30.932s	Patrick Racing
4	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	30.967s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	31.013s	Team Green
6	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	31.17s	Team Rahal
7	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	31.176s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	31.278s	Team Rahal
9	Andre Ribeiro	Reynard 97I, #31	31.313s	Tasman Motorsports Group
10	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	31.366s	Walker Racing
11	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	31.392s	PacWest Racing Group
12	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	31.395s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
13	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	31.397s	Hogan Racing
14	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	31.469s	Newman-Haas Racing
15	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	31.485s	Tasman Motorsports Group
16	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	31.485s	Marlboro Team Penske
17	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	31.507s	Payton-Coyne Racing
18	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	31.562s	Marlboro Team Penske
19	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	31.588s	Newman-Haas Racing
20	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	31.591s	Davis Racing
21	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	31.612s	Forsythe Racing
22	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	32.349s	Della Penna Motorsports
23	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	32.405s	Arciero-Wells Racing
24	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	32.489s	All-American Racers
25	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	32.539s	All-American Racers
26	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	32.566s	Arciero-Wells Racing
27	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #34	32.929s	Payton-Coyne Racing
28	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #64		Project Indy