1997 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota

Race 4 of 17

Nazareth
225 laps
Time of race: 1:53:31.337
Average speed of winner: 118.919 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 4 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 74 laps
Fastest lap: Paul Tracy 180.117
Lap leaders: Tracy 1-34, Andretti 35-52, Tracy 53-63, Boesel 64-84, Tracy 85-225

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

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 (Finish)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	191.174	225	3	186	flagged	22
2	2	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	187.862	225	1	18	flagged	16
3	7	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	185.739	225	0	0	flagged	14
4	4	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	186.964	225	0	0	flagged	12
5	12	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	183.234	224	0	0	flagged	10
6	8	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	185.366	224	0	0	flagged	8
7	9	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	185.347	224	0	0	flagged	6
8	6	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	186.095	224	1	21	flagged	5
9	5	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	186.326	224	0	0	flagged	4
10	11	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	184.087	224	0	0	flagged	3
11	21	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	179.928	223	0	0	flagged	2
12	3	Patrick Carpentier	16	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	187.461	223	0	0	flagged	1
13	18	Dario Franchitti	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	180.886	222	0	0	flagged	0
14	20	Roberto Moreno	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	180.505	218	0	0	flagged	0
15	25	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	173.770	214	0	0	engine	0
16	10	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	184.426	194	0	0	flagged	0
17	17	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	180.950	190	0	0	contact	0
18	14	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	182.593	190	0	0	contact	0
19	16	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	181.196	178	0	0	contact	0
20	24	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Mexlub	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	174.022	111	0	0	engine	0
21	23	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	174.174	96	0	0	fuel system	0
22	22	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	176.939	81	0	0	engine	0
23	19	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	180.569	58	0	0	contact	0
24	13	Gualter Salles	77	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	182.769	34	0	0	contact	0
25	26	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	171.420	23	0	0	handling	0
26	15	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	182.463	4	0	0	transmission	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Michael Andretti	51	4	0	1	3
2	Scott Pruett	47	4	0	1	2
3	Paul Tracy	45	4	1	1	2
4	Alex Zanardi	43	4	2	1	1
5	Jimmy Vasser	29	4	0	0	1
6	Greg Moore	28	4	0	0	1
7	Mauricio Gugelmin	28	4	0	0	1
8	Al Unser, Jr.	26	4	0	0	1
9	Gil de Ferran	23	4	1	0	0
10	Bryan Herta	17	4	0	0	0
11	Raul Boesel	16	4	0	0	0
12	Parker Johnstone	15	4	0	0	0
13	Bobby Rahal	14	4	0	0	0
14	André Ribeiro	9	4	0	0	0
15	Mark Blundell	5	4	0	0	0
16	Patrick Carpentier	5	4	0	0	0
17	Dario Franchitti	5	4	0	0	0
18	Adrián Fernández	4	4	0	0	0
19	Richie Hearn	2	4	0	0	0
20	Max Papis	0	4	0	0	0
21	Roberto Moreno	0	3	0	0	0
22	Gualter Salles	0	4	0	0	0
23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	0	4	0	0	0
24	P.J. Jones	0	4	0	0	0
25	Arnd Meier	0	1	0	0	0