1997 Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey

Race 16 of 17

Laguna Seca
83 laps
Time of race: 1:41:38.813
Average speed of winner: 109.647 mph
Margin of victory: 0.543 sec.
Lead changes: 2 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Fastest lap: Mark Blundell 113.540
Lap leaders: Herta 1-21, Pruett 22-25, Vasser 26-83

Race notes: Finale 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	6	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	117.021	83	1	58	flagged	21
2	4	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	117.215	83	0	0	flagged	16
3	2	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	117.895	83	0	0	flagged	14
4	10	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	116.660	83	0	0	flagged	12
5	9	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	116.672	83	0	0	flagged	10
6	1	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	118.666	83	1	21	flagged	9
7	18	Gualter Salles	77	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	115.599	83	0	0	flagged	6
8	15	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	116.119	83	0	0	flagged	5
9	5	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	117.157	82	0	0	contact	4
10	26	Roberto Moreno	16	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	111.522	82	0	0	flagged	3
11	20	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	114.884	82	0	0	flagged	2
12	17	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	115.659	81	0	0	flagged	1
13	13	Dario Franchitti	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	116.196	81	0	0	flagged	0
14	19	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	115.049	81	0	0	flagged	0
15	22	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	113.482	80	0	0	flagged	0
16	3	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	117.308	79	1	4	contact	0
17	23	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	113.452	78	0	0	fuel	0
18	27	Charlie Nearburg	34	Nearburg Exploration	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	110.372	78	0	0	flagged	0
19	16	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	115.682	76	0	0	transmission	0
20	28	Dennis Vitolo	64	SmithKline Beecham	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy	108.197	75	0	0	flagged	0
21	11	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	116.461	71	0	0	suspension	0
22	8	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Viva Mexico!	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	116.743	69	0	0	engine	0
23	24	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	113.299	67	0	0	brakes	0
24	7	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	116.779	64	0	0	engine	0
25	21	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	114.205	40	0	0	transmission	0
26	12	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	116.228	23	0	0	engine	0
27	14	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	116.181	12	0	0	electrical	0
28	25	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	112.163	2	0	0	oil leak	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Alex Zanardi	195	16	4	5	7
2	Gil de Ferran	154	16	2	0	7
3	Jimmy Vasser	128	16	0	1	4
4	Paul Tracy	121	15	2	3	4
5	Mauricio Gugelmin	119	16	2	1	3
6	Greg Moore	111	16	0	2	5
7	Michael Andretti	108	16	0	1	5
8	Scott Pruett	96	16	2	1	3
9	Mark Blundell	95	16	0	2	4
10	Raul Boesel	91	16	1	0	1
11	Bryan Herta	72	16	2	0	1
12	Al Unser, Jr.	67	16	0	0	1
13	Bobby Rahal	60	16	0	0	1
14	André Ribeiro	44	16	0	0	1
15	Christian Fittipaldi	38	10	0	0	0
16	Parker Johnstone	34	16	0	0	0
17	Patrick Carpentier	27	14	0	0	1
18	Roberto Moreno	16	9	0	0	0
19	Adrián Fernández	13	16	0	0	0
20	Gualter Salles	10	16	0	0	0
21	Richie Hearn	10	16	0	0	0
22	Dario Franchitti	10	16	1	0	0
23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	9	16	0	0	0
24	Max Papis	7	16	0	0	0
25	Dennis Vitolo	6	5	0	0	0