1997 Molson Indy Toronto

Race 11 of 17

Toronto
95 laps
Time of race: 1:45:43.936
Average speed of winner: 92.779 mph
Margin of victory: 0.659 sec.
Lead changes: 4 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 9 laps
Fastest lap: Mark Blundell 104.682
Lap leaders: Franchitti pole, Blundell 1-33, Moore 34, Boesel 35, Blundell 36-95

Race notes: First pole for Dario Franchitti.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	2	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	105.142	95	2	93	flagged	21
2	6	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	104.498	95	0	0	flagged	16
3	7	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	104.488	95	0	0	flagged	14
4	4	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	104.797	95	0	0	flagged	12
5	5	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	104.572	95	0	0	flagged	10
6	10	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	104.172	95	0	0	flagged	8
7	15	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	103.374	95	0	0	flagged	6
8	8	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	104.393	95	1	1	flagged	5
9	3	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	104.921	95	0	0	flagged	4
10	14	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	103.451	95	0	0	flagged	3
11	13	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	103.850	94	0	0	flagged	2
12	19	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	102.546	94	0	0	flagged	1
13	18	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Mexlub	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	102.821	94	0	0	flagged	0
14	22	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	101.386	94	0	0	flagged	0
15	23	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	101.338	93	0	0	flagged	0
16	21	Patrick Carpentier	16	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	101.587	93	0	0	flagged	0
17	12	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	103.880	92	0	0	flagged	0
18	16	Gualter Salles	77	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	103.258	92	0	0	flagged	0
19	25	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	99.744	91	0	0	flagged	0
20	17	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	102.895	91	0	0	flagged	0
21	20	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	101.980	89	0	0	fuel	0
22	27	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	96.386	89	0	0	flagged	0
23	9	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	104.261	69	1	1	contact	0
24	26	Arnd Meier	64	J.A.G./Marcelo/Hawaiian Tropic	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy	99.499	62	0	0	fuel pressure	0
25	11	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	104.014	40	0	0	brakes	0
26	1	Dario Franchitti	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	105.694	39	0	0	contact	1
27	24	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	100.550	23	0	0	engine	0
28	28	Dennis Vitolo	34	Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	95.604	19	0	0	handling	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Paul Tracy	109	10	2	3	4
2	Alex Zanardi	106	11	3	2	3
3	Michael Andretti	103	11	0	1	5
4	Greg Moore	95	11	0	2	4
5	Gil de Ferran	94	11	2	0	4
6	Scott Pruett	81	11	1	1	3
7	Jimmy Vasser	75	11	0	0	2
8	Raul Boesel	66	11	1	0	1
9	Mauricio Gugelmin	64	11	1	0	1
10	Mark Blundell	56	11	0	2	2
11	Al Unser, Jr.	49	11	0	0	1
12	Bryan Herta	45	11	0	0	1
13	Bobby Rahal	38	11	0	0	0
14	Parker Johnstone	30	11	0	0	0
15	Patrick Carpentier	27	11	0	0	1
16	André Ribeiro	26	11	0	0	1
17	Christian Fittipaldi	22	5	0	0	0
18	Roberto Moreno	13	7	0	0	0
19	Adrián Fernández	12	11	0	0	0
20	Dario Franchitti	8	11	1	0	0
21	Richie Hearn	6	11	0	0	0
22	Juan Manuel Fangio II	3	11	0	0	0
23	Max Papis	2	11	0	0	0
24	Gualter Salles	1	11	0	0	0
25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	1	11	0	0	0