1997 Molson Indy Vancouver

Race 15 of 17

Vancouver
100 laps
Time of race: 1:47:17.995
Average speed of winner: 95.228 mph
Margin of victory: 2.872 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 15 laps
Fastest lap: Alex Zanardi 111.194
Lap leaders: Zanardi 1-15, Rahal 16-25, Vasser 26-35, Gugelmin 36-37, Vasser 38-73, Gugelmin 74-75, de Ferran 76, Herta 77-86, Gugelmin 87-100

Race notes: Only win for Mauricio Gugelmin. Last pole for Alex Zanardi. Finale for Christian Danner.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	5	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	112.481	100	3	18	flagged	20
2	3	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	112.728	100	2	46	flagged	17
3	7	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	112.382	100	1	1	flagged	14
4	1	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	113.481	100	1	15	flagged	13
5	22	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	109.424	100	0	0	flagged	10
6	12	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	111.364	100	0	0	flagged	8
7	8	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	112.286	100	0	0	flagged	6
8	6	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	112.405	100	1	10	flagged	5
9	14	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	111.230	99	0	0	contact	4
10	13	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	111.287	99	0	0	flagged	3
11	18	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	110.197	99	0	0	flagged	2
12	24	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	109.009	98	0	0	flagged	1
13	10	Dario Franchitti	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	112.173	95	0	0	contact	0
14	26	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	104.786	94	0	0	flagged	0
15	20	Roberto Moreno	16	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	109.553	80	0	0	steering	0
16	4	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	112.659	71	0	0	contact	0
17	9	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	112.257	63	0	0	contact	0
18	11	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	111.978	52	0	0	contact	0
19	16	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	110.834	52	0	0	contact	0
20	19	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	109.616	52	0	0	clutch	0
21	15	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Mexlub	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	111.099	46	0	0	contact	0
22	21	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	109.426	44	0	0	contact	0
23	23	Christian Danner	34	Payton/Coyne Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	109.346	41	0	0	engine	0
24	2	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	112.800	34	1	10	engine	0
25	25	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	108.754	19	0	0	engine	0
26	28	Gualter Salles	77	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis		19	0	0	contact	0
27	27	Dennis Vitolo	64	SmithKline Beecham	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy	98.003	1	0	0	contact	0
28	17	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	110.395	1	0	0	contact	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Alex Zanardi	181	15	4	5	6
2	Gil de Ferran	144	15	2	0	7
3	Paul Tracy	121	14	2	3	4
4	Mauricio Gugelmin	115	15	2	1	3
5	Greg Moore	111	15	0	2	5
6	Michael Andretti	108	15	0	1	5
7	Jimmy Vasser	107	15	0	0	3
8	Scott Pruett	96	15	2	1	3
9	Raul Boesel	86	15	1	0	1
10	Mark Blundell	79	15	0	2	3
11	Al Unser, Jr.	65	15	0	0	1
12	Bryan Herta	63	15	1	0	1
13	Bobby Rahal	60	15	0	0	1
14	Christian Fittipaldi	38	9	0	0	0
15	Parker Johnstone	33	15	0	0	0
16	André Ribeiro	32	15	0	0	1
17	Patrick Carpentier	27	14	0	0	1
18	Roberto Moreno	13	8	0	0	0
19	Adrián Fernández	13	15	0	0	0
20	Richie Hearn	10	15	0	0	0
21	Dario Franchitti	10	15	1	0	0
22	Juan Manuel Fangio II	9	15	0	0	0
23	Max Papis	7	15	0	0	0
24	Dennis Vitolo	6	4	0	0	0
25	Hiro Matsushita	4	15	0	0	0