1997 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland

Race 10 of 17

Cleveland
90 laps
Time of race: 1:41:40.661
Average speed of winner: 111.848 mph
Margin of victory: 1.281 sec.
Lead changes: 7 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 11 laps
Fastest lap: Alex Zanardi 129.233
Lap leaders: Zanardi 1-22, de Ferran 23, Blundell 24-32, de Ferran 33-57, Fittipaldi 58-59, Zanardi 60-61, de Ferran 62-84, Zanardi 85-90

Race notes: Debut for Charlie Nearburg.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	133.048	90	3	30	flagged	21
2	2	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	131.822	90	3	49	flagged	17
3	7	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	131.163	90	0	0	flagged	14
4	18	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	129.352	90	0	0	flagged	12
5	9	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	130.774	90	0	0	flagged	10
6	5	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	131.251	90	1	2	flagged	8
7	10	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	130.760	90	0	0	flagged	6
8	16	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	130.125	90	0	0	flagged	5
9	3	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	131.767	90	1	9	flagged	4
10	17	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	130.033	90	0	0	flagged	3
11	11	Dario Franchitti	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	130.548	90	0	0	flagged	2
12	19	Patrick Carpentier	16	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	129.156	90	0	0	flagged	1
13	15	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	130.174	90	0	0	flagged	0
14	8	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	130.896	90	0	0	flagged	0
15	6	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	131.190	90	0	0	flagged	0
16	14	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	130.297	90	0	0	flagged	0
17	25	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	125.694	89	0	0	flagged	0
18	20	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Mexlub	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	128.014	88	0	0	flagged	0
19	12	Gualter Salles	77	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	130.394	88	0	0	flagged	0
20	26	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	123.949	86	0	0	flagged	0
21	23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	126.880	85	0	0	engine	0
22	27	Arnd Meier	64	J.A.G./Marcelo/Hawaiian Tropic	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy	123.394	78	0	0	flagged	0
23	4	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	131.541	74	0	0	electrical	0
24	13	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	130.369	67	0	0	engine	0
25	21	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	126.955	42	0	0	transmission	0
26	28	Charlie Nearburg	34	Nearburg Exploration	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	119.916	34	0	0	handling	0
27	22	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	126.899	22	0	0	engine	0
28	24	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	126.013	20	0	0	contact	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Paul Tracy	106	9	2	3	4
2	Greg Moore	95	10	0	2	4
3	Gil de Ferran	94	10	2	0	4
4	Michael Andretti	91	10	0	1	5
5	Alex Zanardi	90	10	3	2	2
6	Scott Pruett	71	10	1	1	3
7	Jimmy Vasser	69	10	0	0	2
8	Raul Boesel	61	10	1	0	1
9	Mauricio Gugelmin	56	10	1	0	1
10	Al Unser, Jr.	49	10	0	0	1
11	Bryan Herta	45	10	0	0	1
12	Mark Blundell	35	10	0	1	1
13	Bobby Rahal	34	10	0	0	0
14	Parker Johnstone	29	10	0	0	0
15	Patrick Carpentier	27	10	0	0	1
16	Christian Fittipaldi	20	4	0	0	0
17	Roberto Moreno	13	7	0	0	0
18	André Ribeiro	12	10	0	0	0
19	Adrián Fernández	12	10	0	0	0
20	Dario Franchitti	7	10	0	0	0
21	Richie Hearn	6	10	0	0	0
22	Juan Manuel Fangio II	3	10	0	0	0
23	Max Papis	2	10	0	0	0
24	Gualter Salles	1	10	0	0	0
25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	1	10	0	0	0