1997 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota

Race 17 of 17

Fontana
250 laps
Time of race: 3:02:42.620
Average speed of winner: 166.575 mph
Margin of victory: 0.847 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 41 laps
Fastest lap: Greg Moore 236.388
Lap leaders: Gugelmin 1-43, Hearn 44-47, Andretti 48-83, Ribeiro 84-87, Vasser 88-89, Ribeiro 90-161, de Ferran 162-163, Ribeiro 164-201, de Ferran 202-204, Gugelmin 205-210, de Ferran 211-214, Gugelmin 215-231, Moore 232-239, Blundell 240-250

Race notes: Last win for Mark Blundell. Finale for Juan Manuel Fangio II, Parker Johnstone, and Arie Luyendyk.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	8	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	236.067	250	1	11	flagged	20
2	2	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	239.222	250	1	2	flagged	16
3	14	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	234.680	249	0	0	flagged	14
4	1	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	240.942	249	3	66	flagged	13
5	10	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	235.816	249	0	0	flagged	10
6	12	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	235.360	249	3	9	flagged	8
7	4	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	236.810	248	0	0	flagged	6
8	13	Robby Gordon	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	235.034	247	0	0	flagged	5
9	16	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	234.078	247	0	0	flagged	4
10	21	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	228.298	244	0	0	flagged	3
11	15	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	234.236	243	0	0	flagged	2
12	25	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero		242	0	0	flagged	1
13	6	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	236.297	240	1	8	engine	0
14	26	Gualter Salles	77	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis		238	0	0	flagged	0
15	22	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	224.861	238	1	4	flagged	0
16	17	Dennis Vitolo	34	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	232.004	231	0	0	flagged	0
17	11	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	235.717	207	3	114	contact	1
18	5	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Mexlub	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	236.603	195	0	0	handling	0
19	7	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	236.289	104	1	36	overheating	0
20	9	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	235.846	83	0	0	electrical	0
21	3	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	237.890	80	0	0	engine	0
22	20	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	229.980	44	0	0	exhaust	0
23	23	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	221.272	40	0	0	debris	0
24	27	Arie Luyendyk	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi		39	0	0	contact	0
25	24	Arnd Meier	64	J.A.G./Marcelo/Hawaiian Tropic	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy	217.438	38	0	0	contact	0
26	19	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	230.401	12	0	0	contact	0
27	18	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	231.262	0	0	0	engine	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Alex Zanardi	195	16	4	5	7
2	Gil de Ferran	162	17	2	0	7
3	Jimmy Vasser	144	17	0	1	5
4	Mauricio Gugelmin	132	17	3	1	3
5	Paul Tracy	121	16	2	3	4
6	Mark Blundell	115	17	0	3	5
7	Greg Moore	111	17	0	2	5
8	Michael Andretti	108	17	0	1	5
9	Scott Pruett	102	17	2	1	3
10	Raul Boesel	91	17	1	0	1
11	Bryan Herta	72	17	2	0	1
12	Bobby Rahal	70	17	0	0	1
13	Al Unser, Jr.	67	17	0	0	1
14	André Ribeiro	45	17	0	0	1
15	Christian Fittipaldi	42	11	0	0	0
16	Parker Johnstone	36	17	0	0	0
17	Patrick Carpentier	27	14	0	0	1
18	Adrián Fernández	27	17	0	0	1
19	Roberto Moreno	16	9	0	0	0
20	Gualter Salles	10	17	0	0	0
21	Richie Hearn	10	17	0	0	0
22	Dario Franchitti	10	16	1	0	0
23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	9	17	0	0	0
24	Max Papis	8	17	0	0	0
25	Dennis Vitolo	6	6	0	0	0