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1997 Vancouver Champ Cars in CART at the Vancouver circuit. Full information

1997 Vancouver Champ Cars

1997 Vancouver Champ Cars is 284th CART race. Passed at the Vancouver circuit. Alessandro Zanardi won the pole position, Mauricio Gugelmin won this race. Jimmy Vasser and Gil de Ferran also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (266 km).

Previous race: 1997 Road America Champ Cars
Next race: 1997 Monterey Grand Prix
Race Start: 31st August 1997

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1997 Vancouver Champ Cars

3rd victory for the PacWest Racing Group team
1st victory for the Mauricio Gugelmin
7th podium for the Mauricio Gugelmin
13th podium for the Jimmy Vasser
13th podium for the Gil de Ferran

1997 Vancouver Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	20	1h 47m 17.995s	PacWest Racing Group
2	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	17	1h 47m 20.867s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	14	1h 47m 21.768s	Walker Racing
4	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	13	1h 47m 25.733s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	10	1h 47m 34.433s	Marlboro Team Penske
6	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	8	1h 47m 41.155s	Patrick Racing
7	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	6	1h 47m 48.411s	PacWest Racing Group
8	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	5	1h 47m 48.462s	Team Rahal
9	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	4	99 laps Accident	Newman-Haas Racing
10	Andre Ribeiro	Reynard 97I, #31	3	99 laps	Tasman Motorsports Group
11	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	2	99 laps	Team Green
12	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	1	98 laps	All-American Racers
13	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	0	95 laps Accident	Hogan Racing
14	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	0	94 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
15	Roberto Moreno	Reynard 97I, #16	0	80 laps Steering	Bettenhausen Motorsports
16	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	0	71 laps Accident damage	Newman-Haas Racing
17	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	0	63 laps Accident damage	Forsythe Racing
18	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	0	52 laps Accident	Patrick Racing
19	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	0	52 laps Accident	Tasman Motorsports Group
20	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	0	52 laps Clutch	Arciero-Wells Racing
21	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	0	46 laps Accident	Payton-Coyne Racing
22	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	0	44 laps Accident	Della Penna Motorsports
23	Christian Danner	Reynard 97I, #34	0	41 laps Engine	Dale Coyne Racing
24	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	0	34 laps Engine	Team Rahal
25	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	0	19 laps Engine	All-American Racers
26	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	0	19 laps Accident damage	Davis Racing
27	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #64	0	1 laps Accident	Project Indy
28	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	0	1 laps Accident	Marlboro Team Penske

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	54.025s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	54.351s	Team Rahal
3	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	54.386s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
4	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	54.419s	Newman-Haas Racing
5	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	54.505s	PacWest Racing Group
6	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	54.542s	Team Rahal
7	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	54.553s	Walker Racing
8	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	54.6s	PacWest Racing Group
9	Greg Moore	Reynard 97I, #99	54.614s	Forsythe Racing
10	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	54.655s	Hogan Racing
11	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	54.75s	Patrick Racing
12	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	55.052s	Patrick Racing
13	Andre Ribeiro	Reynard 97I, #31	55.09s	Tasman Motorsports Group
14	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	55.118s	Newman-Haas Racing
15	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	55.183s	Payton-Coyne Racing
16	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	55.315s	Tasman Motorsports Group
17	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	55.535s	Marlboro Team Penske
18	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	55.635s	Team Green
19	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	55.93s	Arciero-Wells Racing
20	Roberto Moreno	Reynard 97I, #16	55.962s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
21	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	56.027s	Della Penna Motorsports
22	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	56.028s	Marlboro Team Penske
23	Christian Danner	Reynard 97I, #34	56.068s	Dale Coyne Racing
24	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 97I, #36	56.241s	All-American Racers
25	P.J. Jones	Reynard 97I, #98	56.373s	All-American Racers
26	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 97I, #24	58.508s	Arciero-Wells Racing
27	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #64	1m 2.557s	Project Indy
28	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #77	Accident damage	Davis Racing