1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival

The 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival was the second round of the 1997 CART World Series Season, held on 6 April 1997 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. Scott Pruett won his 2nd and final victory of his career as a driver in CART.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Chassis	Time
1	Template:Flagicon	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 97I Honda	1:35.940
2	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Penske PC-26-97 Mercedes-Benz	1:36.140
3	Template:Flagicon	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 97I Honda	1:36.441
4	Template:Flagicon	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz	1:36.754
5	Template:Flagicon	Mark Blundell	PacWest	Reynard 97I Mercedes-Benz	1:36.754
6	Template:Flagicon	Parker Johnstone	Team Green	Reynard 97I Honda	1:36.772
7	Template:Flagicon	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	Reynard 97I Ford XD Cosworth	1:36.831
8	Template:Flagicon	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest	Reynard 97I Mercedes-Benz	1:36.896
9	Template:Flagicon	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	Swift 007.i Ford XD Cosworth	1:36.945
10	Template:Flagicon	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	Reynard 97I Ford XD Cosworth	1:37.078
11	Template:Flagicon	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	Reynard 97I Honda	1:37.324
12	Template:Flagicon	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Swift 007.i Ford XD Cosworth	1:37.371
13	Template:Flagicon	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Racing	Reynard 97I Mercedes-Benz	1:37.592
14	Template:Flagicon	André Ribeiro	Tasman Motorsports	Lola T97/00 Honda	1:37.646
15	Template:Flagicon	Adrián Fernández	Tasman Motorsports	Lola T97/00 Honda	1:37.819
16	Template:Flagicon	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	Reynard 97I Ford XB Cosworth	1:37.895
17	Template:Flagicon	Al Unser Jr.	Team Penske	Penske PC-26-97 Mercedes-Benz	1:38.218
18	Template:Flagicon	Gualter Salles	Davis Racing	Reynard 97I Ford XD Cosworth	1:38.325
19	Template:Flagicon	Raul Boesel	Patrick Racing	Reynard 97I Ford XD Cosworth	1:38.521
20	Template:Flagicon	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	Lola T97/00 Ford XD Cosworth	1:38.990
21	Template:Flagicon	Patrick Carpentier	Bettenhausen Racing	Reynard 97I Mercedes-Benz	1:39.595
22	Template:Flagicon	Max Papis	Arciero-Wells Racing	Reynard 97I Toyota	1:39.927
23	Template:Flagicon	Juan Manuel Fangio II	All American Racing	Reynard 96I Toyota	1:39.981
24	Template:Flagicon	Paul Jasper	Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola T97/00 Ford XD Cosworth	1:40.138
25	Template:Flagicon	P. J. Jones	All American Racing	Reynard 96I Toyota	1:40.505
26	Template:Flagicon	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola T97/00 Ford XD Cosworth	1:41.871
27	Template:Flagicon	Arnd Meier	Project Indy	Lola T97/00 Ford XD Cosworth	1:42.316
28	Template:Flagicon	Hiro Matsushita	Arciero-Wells Racing	Reynard 97I Toyota	1:42.795

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	57	2:01:04.678	7	20
2	99	Template:Flagicon Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	57	+0.7 secs	4	16
3	6	Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	57	+11.3 secs	12	14
4	4	Template:Flagicon Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	57	+14.8 secs	1	13
5	5	Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	57	+15.6 secs	11	10
6	31	Template:Flagicon André Ribeiro	Tasman Motorsports	57	+16.8 secs	14	8
7	40	Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel	Patrick Racing	57	+17.6 secs	19	6
8	18	Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing	57	+18.2 secs	5	5
9	9	Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti	Hogan Racing	57	+23.6 secs	13	4
10	7	Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	57	+25.9 secs	11	3
11	32	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández	Tasman Motorsports	57	+29.7 secs	15	2
12	1	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	57	+30.2 secs	3	1
13	10	Template:Flagicon Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	57	+38.2 secs	20
14	25	Template:Flagicon Max Papis	Arciero-Wells Racing	57	+39.5 secs	22
15	16	Template:Flagicon Patrick Carpentier	Bettenhausen Racing	57	+41.8 secs	21
16	64	Template:Flagicon Arnd Meier	Project Indy	57	+58.1 secs	27
17	17	Template:Flagicon Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest	57	+1:14.1 secs	8
18	19	Template:Flagicon Michel Jourdain Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	43	Transmission	26
19	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Team Penske	41	Contact	2	1
20	36	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio II	All American Racing	37	Fire	23
21	27	Template:Flagicon Parker Johnstone	Team Green	35	Broken wheel	6
22	8	Template:Flagicon Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	29	Contact	16
23	34	Template:Flagicon Paul Jasper	Payton/Coyne Racing	24	Broken transmission	24
24	77	Template:Flagicon Gualter Salles	Davis Racing	17	Contact	18
25	24	Template:Flagicon Hiro Matsushita	Arciero-Wells Racing	16	Electrical	28
26	98	Template:Flagicon P. J. Jones	All American Racing	15	Fire	25
27	2	Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr.	Team Penske	10	Lost wheel	17
DNS	11	Template:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing			9

Christian Fittipaldi started the race but broke his leg in a massive crash on Lap 2. Because the race was restarted, the first start was considered void and thus Fittipaldi was not classified starting the race.

Notes

• Average Speed 85.328 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results