1997 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

Race 3 of 17

Long Beach
105 laps
Time of race: 1:46:17.792
Average speed of winner: 93.999 mph
Margin of victory: 3.820 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 19 laps
Fastest lap: Alex Zanardi 107.942
Lap leaders: de Ferran 1-25, Boesel 26-39, Zanardi 40-68, de Ferran 69, Boesel 70-82, Vasser 83-93, Zanardi 94-105

Race notes: Scott Pruett took the points lead from Michael Andretti.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	2	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	110.512	105	2	41	flagged	21
2	3	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	110.341	105	0	0	flagged	16
3	4	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	110.235	105	0	0	flagged	14
4	15	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	108.438	105	0	0	flagged	12
5	13	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	109.409	105	0	0	flagged	10
6	7	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	109.766	105	0	0	flagged	8
7	11	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	109.659	105	0	0	flagged	6
8	12	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	109.652	105	2	27	flagged	5
9	10	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	109.703	105	1	11	flagged	4
10	8	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	109.758	105	0	0	flagged	3
11	20	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	107.303	105	0	0	flagged	2
12	17	Dario Franchitti	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	108.085	105	0	0	flagged	1
13	14	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	108.529	104	0	0	flagged	0
14	19	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	107.769	104	0	0	flagged	0
15	21	Patrick Carpentier	16	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	107.297	104	0	0	flagged	0
16	24	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	106.767	103	0	0	flagged	0
17	22	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Mexlub	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	107.160	102	0	0	engine	0
18	18	Gualter Salles	77	Davis Racing	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	108.059	99	0	0	handling	0
19	25	Paul Jasper	34	Data Control	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	106.765	99	0	0	flagged	0
20	27	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	101.654	96	0	0	flagged	0
21	1	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	111.313	93	2	26	suspension	1
22	5	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	110.152	70	0	0	handling	0
23	9	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	109.726	60	0	0	fuel pump	0
24	6	Roberto Moreno	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	109.988	48	0	0	contact	0
25	26	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	105.080	39	0	0	engine	0
26	23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	106.805	27	0	0	electrical	0
27	16	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	108.436	3	0	0	engine	0
28	28	Dennis Vitolo	64	SmithKline Beecham	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy		0	0	0	did not start	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Scott Pruett	44	3	0	1	2
2	Alex Zanardi	41	3	2	1	1
3	Michael Andretti	35	3	0	1	2
4	Greg Moore	28	3	0	0	1
5	Mauricio Gugelmin	24	3	0	0	1
6	Paul Tracy	23	3	0	0	1
7	Jimmy Vasser	19	3	0	0	1
8	Parker Johnstone	15	3	0	0	0
9	Al Unser, Jr.	12	3	0	0	0
10	Gil de Ferran	11	3	1	0	0
11	Bryan Herta	11	3	0	0	0
12	Raul Boesel	11	3	0	0	0
13	André Ribeiro	9	3	0	0	0
14	Bobby Rahal	6	3	0	0	0
15	Mark Blundell	5	3	0	0	0
16	Dario Franchitti	5	3	0	0	0
17	Patrick Carpentier	4	3	0	0	0
18	Adrián Fernández	4	3	0	0	0
19	Richie Hearn	2	3	0	0	0
20	Max Papis	0	3	0	0	0
21	Gualter Salles	0	3	0	0	0
22	P.J. Jones	0	3	0	0	0
23	Arnd Meier	0	1	0	0	0
24	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	0	3	0	0	0
25	Paul Jasper	0	2	0	0	0