1997 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota

Race 12 of 17

Michigan
250 laps
Time of race: 2:59:35.579
Average speed of winner: 167.044 mph
Margin of victory: 31.737 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 55 laps
Fastest lap: Mauricio Gugelmin 232.581
Lap leaders: Pruett 1, Gugelmin 2-35, Ribeiro 36-56, Pruett 57-75, Andretti 76-78, Pruett 79-81, Franchitti 82-93, Rahal 94-118, Zanardi 119-129, Carpentier 130-143, Pruett 144-152, Zanardi 153-214, de Ferran 215-219, Zanardi 220-250

Race notes: Alex Zanardi took the points lead from Paul Tracy.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	7	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	230.947	250	3	104	flagged	21
2	11	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	229.358	250	0	0	flagged	16
3	10	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	229.548	249	1	5	flagged	14
4	18	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	228.122	249	0	0	flagged	12
5	8	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	230.194	248	0	0	flagged	10
6	2	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	233.493	244	1	34	flagged	8
7	27	Dennis Vitolo	34	Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	218.652	242	0	0	flagged	6
8	23	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	222.188	241	0	0	flagged	5
9	26	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	221.089	241	0	0	flagged	4
10	20	Gualter Salles	77	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	227.913	240	0	0	flagged	3
11	25	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	221.273	226	0	0	flagged	2
12	28	Arnd Meier	64	J.A.G./Marcelo/Hawaiian Tropic	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy		224	0	0	flagged	1
13	17	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Viva Mexico!	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	228.521	182	0	0	flagged	0
14	1	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	233.857	174	4	32	flagged	1
15	12	Patrick Carpentier	16	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	229.336	144	1	14	flagged	0
16	14	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	228.797	128	0	0	flagged	0
17	6	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	230.991	126	1	25	flagged	0
18	3	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	232.769	120	0	0	flagged	0
19	13	Dario Franchitti	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	229.321	101	1	12	flagged	0
20	16	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	228.680	97	0	0	flagged	0
21	19	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	227.935	79	1	3	fuel	0
22	22	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	222.573	60	0	0	flagged	0
23	9	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	229.936	57	1	21	contact	0
24	4	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	232.506	57	0	0	fuel pressure	0
25	5	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	232.161	53	0	0	brakes	0
26	15	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	228.680	46	0	0	contact	0
27	21	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	227.762	19	0	0	engine	0
28	24	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	221.613	11	0	0	handling	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Alex Zanardi	127	12	3	3	4
2	Paul Tracy	121	11	2	3	4
3	Gil de Ferran	108	12	2	0	5
4	Michael Andretti	103	12	0	1	5
5	Greg Moore	95	12	0	2	4
6	Scott Pruett	82	12	2	1	3
7	Jimmy Vasser	75	12	0	0	2
8	Mark Blundell	72	12	0	2	3
9	Mauricio Gugelmin	72	12	1	0	1
10	Raul Boesel	66	12	1	0	1
11	Bryan Herta	55	12	0	0	1
12	Al Unser, Jr.	49	12	0	0	1
13	Bobby Rahal	38	12	0	0	0
14	Parker Johnstone	30	12	0	0	0
15	Patrick Carpentier	27	12	0	0	1
16	André Ribeiro	26	12	0	0	1
17	Christian Fittipaldi	22	6	0	0	0
18	Roberto Moreno	13	7	0	0	0
19	Adrián Fernández	12	12	0	0	0
20	Dario Franchitti	8	12	1	0	0
21	Max Papis	7	12	0	0	0
22	Dennis Vitolo	6	3	0	0	0
23	Richie Hearn	6	12	0	0	0
24	Juan Manuel Fangio II	5	12	0	0	0
25	Hiro Matsushita	4	12	0	0	0