1997 CART PPG World Series

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Template:American Championship Car season The 1997 CART PPG World Series season was the nineteenth in the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) era of American open-wheel car racing. It consisted of 17 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 2 and concluding in Fontana, California on September 28. The PPG CART World Series Drivers' Champion was Alex Zanardi. Rookie of the Year was Patrick Carpentier. Mercedes-Benz won their first and only CART engine-manufacturer's title.

After a settlement with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, CART relinquished its license of the "IndyCar" trademark for 1997 and beyond. As a result, the series was renamed for the first time since 1980. The CART term, which had been mostly eschewed since 1992, was brought back and embraced, a new logo was unveiled, and participants were encouraged to refer to the machines of the CART series as "Champ Cars". The revival of the historic term (and curtailing the use of the mostly generic term "Indy cars") helped to differentiate the machines from those of the rival Indy Racing League, and was part of a concerted and necessary effort to distance the series from the Indianapolis 500, to which it no longer had any link.[1] This was also the last year of title sponsorship by PPG Industries, although the Driver's Championship continued to be known as the PPG Cup until 1999. This was the first season since 1983 not to feature Emerson Fittipaldi.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1997 CART World Series season.

Team Chassis Engine Tires No Drivers Rounds Primary Sponsors
Template:Flagicon Target Chip Ganassi Reynard 97i Honda HRR F 1 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser All Target
4 Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi 1–16
Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk 17
Template:Flagicon Marlboro Team Penske Penske PC-26-97 Ilmor-Mercedes
IC108D
G 2 Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. All Marlboro
3 Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy All
Template:Flagicon Walker Racing Reynard 97i Honda HRR G 5 Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran All Valvoline
Template:Flagicon Newman-Haas Racing Swift 007.i Ford XD G 6 Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti All Texaco-Havoline
11 Template:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi 1–2, 9–17 Budweiser
Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno 3–8
Template:Flagicon Team Rahal Reynard 97i Ford XD G 7 Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal All Miller Lite
8 Template:Flagicon Bryan Herta All Shell
Template:Flagicon Hogan Racing Reynard 97i Mercedes IC108D F 9 Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti (R) 1–16 Hogan Racing
Template:Flagicon Robby Gordon 17
Template:Flagicon Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 97i Mercedes IC108D G 16 Template:Flagicon Patrick Carpentier (R) 1–14, 17 Alumax
Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno 15–16
Template:Flagicon PacWest Reynard 97i Mercedes IC108D F 17 Template:Flagicon Maurício Gugelmin All Hollywood Cigarettes
18 Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell All Motorola
Template:Flagicon Payton/Coyne Racing Reynard 97i Ford XD G 19 Template:Flagicon Michel Jourdain Jr. 11, 14, 16 Herdez
Lola T97/00 1–10, 12–13, 15, 17
34 Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno 1 Data Control
Template:Flagicon Paul Jasper (R) 2–7 Hype
Template:Flagicon Christian Danner 8–9 Payton/Coyne Racing
Template:Flagicon Charlie Nearburg (R) 10, 13 Nearburg Exploration
Template:Flagicon Dennis Vitolo 11–12 Payton/Coyne Racing
Reynard 97i Template:Flagicon Charlie Nearburg (R) 14, 16 Nearburg Exploration
Template:Flagicon Christian Danner 15 Payton/Coyne Racing
Template:Flagicon Dennis Vitolo 17 SmithKline Beecham
Template:Flagicon Patrick Racing Reynard 97i Ford XD F 20 Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett All Brahma
40 Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel All
Template:Flagicon Della Penna Motorsports Lola T97/00 Ford XD G 21 Template:Flagicon Richie Hearn 1–16 Ralphs
Swift 007.i 17
Template:Flagicon Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 97i Toyota RV8B F 24 Template:Flagicon Hiro Matsushita All Panasonic
25 Template:Flagicon Max Papis All MCI Worldcom
Template:Flagicon Team KOOL Green Reynard 97i Honda HRR F 27 Template:Flagicon Parker Johnstone All KOOL
Template:Flagicon Tasman Motorsports Reynard 97i Honda HRR F 31 Template:Flagicon André Ribeiro 10–17 LCI Communications
Lola T97/00 1–9
32 Template:Flagicon Adrian Fernández All Tecate
Template:Flagicon All American Racing Reynard 96i
Reynard 97i
Toyota RV8B G 36 Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio II All Castrol
98 Template:Flagicon P. J. Jones All
Template:Flagicon Project Indy Lola T97/00 Ford XD G 64 Template:Flagicon Dennis Vitolo 1, 3–4, 15–16 SmithKline Beecham
Template:Flagicon Arnd Meier (R) 2, 5–6, 8–14, 17 Hasseröder
Template:Flagicon Davis Racing Reynard 97i Ford XD G 77 Template:Flagicon Gualter Salles (R) All Davis Racing <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Forsythe Racing Reynard 96i
Reynard 97i
Mercedes IC108D F 99 Template:Flagicon Greg Moore All Player's

Season summary

Schedule

Rnd Date Race Name Circuit Location TV Broadcaster
1 March 2 Template:Flagicon Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Homestead Motorsports Complex Homestead, Florida ABC
2 April 6 Template:Flagicon Sunbelt IndyCarnival <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Australia ABC
3 April 13 Template:Flagicon Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California ABC
4 April 27 Template:Flagicon Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania ABC
5 May 11 Template:Flagicon Hollywood Rio 400K <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Autódromo de Jacarepaguá Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ABC
6 May 24 Template:Flagicon Motorola 300 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Gateway International Raceway Madison, Illinois ABC
7 June 1 Template:Flagicon Miller 200 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin ESPN
8 June 8 Template:Flagicon ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  The Raceway on Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan ABC
9 June 22 Template:Flagicon Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200 Presented by Texaco/Havoline <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon ESPN
10 July 13 Template:Flagicon Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio ABC
11 July 20 Template:Flagicon Molson Indy Toronto <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario ABC
12 July 27 Template:Flagicon U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Michigan Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan ABC
13 August 10 Template:Flagicon Miller 200 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio ABC
14 August 17 Template:Flagicon The Chicago Tribune Presents the Texaco/Havoline 200 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin ESPN
15 August 31 Template:Flagicon Molson Indy Vancouver <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Streets of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia ESPN
16 September 7 Template:Flagicon Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Texaco/Havoline 300 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California ESPN
17 September 28 Template:Flagicon Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  California Speedway Fontana, California ESPN

– The Australian Indy Grand Prix was supposed to run 182 miles, but was shortened due to time constraints.
– Portland was supposed to be 193 miles, but was shortened due to rain.
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Oval/Speedway
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Road/Street course

Race results

Rnd Race Pole position Fastest lap Race Winner Race time Report
Driver Team Chassis Engine
1 Template:Flagicon Homestead Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Swift Ford 1:38:45 Report
2 Template:Flagicon Surfers Paradise Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Reynard Ford 2:01:04 Report
3 Template:Flagicon Long Beach Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Target Chip Ganassi Reynard Honda 1:46:17 Report
4 Template:Flagicon Nazareth Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy Marlboro Team Penske Penske Mercedes 1:53:31 Report
5 Template:Flagicon Rio Template:Flagicon Maurício Gugelmin Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy Marlboro Team Penske Penske Mercedes 2:10:47 Report
6 Template:Flagicon Gateway Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy Marlboro Team Penske Penske Mercedes 2:37:54 Report
7 Template:Flagicon Milwaukee Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy Template:Flagicon Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard Mercedes 1:43:32 Report
8 Template:Flagicon Belle Isle Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti Template:Flagicon Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard Mercedes 1:52:45 Report
9 Template:Flagicon Portland Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell PacWest Reynard Mercedes 2:00:12 Report
10 Template:Flagicon Cleveland Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Target Chip Ganassi Reynard Honda 1:41:40 Report
11 Template:Flagicon Toronto Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell PacWest Reynard Mercedes 1:45:43 Report
12 Template:Flagicon Michigan Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Maurício Gugelmin Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Target Chip Ganassi Reynard Honda 2:59:35 Report
13 Template:Flagicon Mid-Ohio Template:Flagicon Bryan Herta Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Target Chip Ganassi Reynard Honda 1:41:16 Report
14 Template:Flagicon Road America Template:Flagicon Maurício Gugelmin Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Target Chip Ganassi Reynard Honda 1:57:54 Report
15 Template:Flagicon Vancouver Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi Template:Flagicon Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Reynard Mercedes 1:47:17 Report
16 Template:Flagicon Laguna Seca Template:Flagicon Bryan Herta Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser Target Chip Ganassi Reynard Honda 1:41:38 Report
17 Template:Flagicon Fontana Template:Flagicon Maurício Gugelmin Template:Flagicon Greg Moore Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell PacWest Reynard Mercedes 3:02:42 Report

(R) Dedicated road course, (O) Oval/Speedway, (S) Temporary street circuit

Final driver standings

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Pos Driver MIA Template:Flagicon SUR Template:Flagicon LBH Template:Flagicon NAZ Template:Flagicon RIO Template:Flagicon GTW Template:Flagicon MIL Template:Flagicon BEL Template:Flagicon POR Template:Flagicon CLE Template:Flagicon TOR Template:Flagicon MIS Template:Flagicon MOH Template:Flagicon ROA Template:Flagicon VAN Template:Flagicon LAG Template:Flagicon FON Template:Flagicon Pts
1 Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi 7 4 1* 11 4 4 13 26 11 1 2 1* 1* 1 4 3 Wth 195
2 Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran 22 5 21 4 11 3 7 3* 2 2* 25 3 6 3 3 5 6 162
3 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser 3 12 9 5 9 5 3 4 19 13 7 24 5 8 2* 1* 2 144
4 Template:Flagicon Maurício Gugelmin 6 17 2 9 22 6 5 16 6* 15 6 6 7 2 1 9 4 132
5 Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy 2 19* 7 1* 1 1 6 DNS 7 7 10 4 27 28 28 26 26 121
6 Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell 14 8 13 19 8 24 12 17 1 9 1* 2 26 16* 7 2 1 115
7 Template:Flagicon Greg Moore 4 2 23 16 2 13 1* 1 5 24 23 27 2 18 17 24 13 111
8 Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti 1* 3 22 2 21 11* 2 2 8 23 4 21 8 26 16 27 19 108
9 Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett 5 1 3 10 3 19 9 24 17 8 5 14 9 5 18 16 7 102
10 Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel 17 7 8 8 5 14 4 6 3 16 8 18 4 21 6 8 20 91
11 Template:Flagicon Bryan Herta 10 22 6 7 6 22 15 7 21 3 17 5 24 11 8 6 21 72
12 Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal 16 10 10 6 10* 20 11 9 24 5 9 17 3 6 24 19 5 70
13 Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. 27 27 4 3 7 18 20 8 25 4 20 20 22 7 5 11 22 67
14 Template:Flagicon André Ribeiro 12 6 14 26 15 10 26 25 13 14 3 23 10 22 10 4 17* 45
15 Template:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi 26 28 4 6 11 16 21 4 9 21 9 42
16 Template:Flagicon Parker Johnstone 8 21 5 17 12 7 25 20 9 10 12 25 12 23 11 12 11 36
17 Template:Flagicon Patrick Carpentier <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> RY  9 15 15 12 28 2 8 15 16 12 16 15 15 27 Wth 27
18 Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández 13 11 11 23 26 8 24 27 10 17 14 26 23 12 19 23 3 27
19 Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno 24 24 14 18 25 10 5 15 10 16
20 Template:Flagicon Gualter Salles <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  15 24 18 24 19 12 22 21 23 19 18 10 20 13 26 7 14 10
21 Template:Flagicon Richie Hearn 11 13 27 18 14 9 23 23 14 28 27 22 13 9 22 25 15 10
22 Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  25 9 12 13 27 17 16 13 26 11 26 19 11 25 13 13 10
23 Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio II 20 20 26 15 20 23 21 10 22 21 19 11 25 10 12 15 27 9
24 Template:Flagicon Max Papis 19 14 25 22 13 26 19 11 28 27 15 8 14 15 20 14 12 8
25 Template:Flagicon Dennis Vitolo 23 DNS DNQ 28 7 27 20 16 6
26 Template:Flagicon Robby Gordon 8 5
27 Template:Flagicon Hiro Matsushita 21 25 20 25 23 15 17 19 15 20 22 9 19 24 14 28 23 4
28 Template:Flagicon P. J. Jones 28 26 16 21 16 21 14 14 20 25 21 28 17 14 25 17 10 3
29 Template:Flagicon Michel Jourdain Jr. 18 18 17 20 17 16 27 22 12 18 13 13 18 20 21 22 18 1
30 Template:Flagicon Arnd Meier <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  16 25 DNS 18 18 22 24 12 16 19 25 1
31 Template:Flagicon Christian Danner 12 27 23 1
32 Template:Flagicon Charlie Nearburg <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  26 28 17 18 0
33 Template:Flagicon Paul Jasper <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  23 19 DNQ 24 Wth 18 0
34 Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk 24 0
Pos Driver MIA Template:Flagicon SUR Template:Flagicon LBH Template:Flagicon NAZ Template:Flagicon RIO Template:Flagicon GTW Template:Flagicon MIL Template:Flagicon BEL Template:Flagicon POR Template:Flagicon CLE Template:Flagicon TOR Template:Flagicon MIS Template:Flagicon MOH Template:Flagicon ROA Template:Flagicon VAN Template:Flagicon LAG Template:Flagicon FON Template:Flagicon Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th–6th place
Light Blue 7th–12th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 12)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> RY  Rookie of the Year
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Rookie

Nations' Cup

  • Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup.
Pos Country Pts
1 Template:Flagicon United States 252
2 Template:Flagicon Brazil 238
3 Template:Flagicon Italy 198
4 Template:Flagicon Canada 190
5 Template:Flagicon England 115
6 Template:Flagicon Mexico 27
7 Template:Flagicon Scotland 10
8 Template:Flagicon Argentina 9
9 Template:Flagicon Japan 4
10 Template:Flagicon Germany 2
11 Template:Flagicon Netherlands 0
Pos Country Pts

Chassis Constructors' Cup

Pos Chassis Pts Wins
1 Template:Flagicon Reynard 97I/96I 346 13
2 Template:Flagicon Penske PC-26 156 3
3 Template:Flagicon Swift 007.i 143 1
4 Template:Flagicon Lola T9700 45 0
Pos Chassis Pts Wins

Engine Manufacturers' Cup

Pos Engine Pts Wins
1 Template:Flagicon Mercedes 316 9
2 Template:Flagicon Honda 290 6
3 Template:Flagicon Ford XD/XB 230 2
4 Template:Flagicon Toyota 15 0
Pos Engine Pts Wins

See also

References

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