1997 Motorola 300

Race 6 of 17

Gateway
236 laps
Time of race: 2:37:54.496
Average speed of winner: 113.884 mph
Margin of victory: 2.391 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 88 laps
Fastest lap: Dario Franchitti 180.626
Lap leaders: Boesel 1-41, Tracy 42-64, Zanardi 65-67, Moore 68-76, Franchitti 77-95, Vasser 96-122, Andretti 123-188, Vasser 189-197, Franchitti 198-209, Carpentier 210-234, Tracy 235-236

Race notes: Last pole for Raul Boesel.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	2	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	187.739	236	2	25	flagged	20
2	5	Patrick Carpentier	16	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	186.263	236	1	25	flagged	16
3	15	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	183.533	236	0	0	flagged	14
4	10	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	184.907	236	1	3	flagged	12
5	9	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	185.086	236	2	36	flagged	10
6	3	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	187.577	236	0	0	flagged	8
7	7	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	185.748	236	0	0	flagged	6
8	18	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	182.362	236	0	0	flagged	5
9	13	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	184.683	236	0	0	flagged	4
10	19	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	182.050	236	0	0	flagged	3
11	11	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	184.899	236	1	66	flagged	3
12	21	Gualter Salles	77	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	180.206	236	0	0	flagged	1
13	4	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	186.643	234	1	9	flagged	0
14	1	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	187.963	231	1	41	flagged	1
15	26	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero		229	0	0	flagged	0
16	24	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Mexlub	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	178.566	216	0	0	flagged	0
17	8	Dario Franchitti	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	185.139	210	2	31	transmission	0
18	6	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	186.035	181	0	0	transmission	0
19	17	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	183.019	143	0	0	contact	0
20	12	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	184.772	103	0	0	electrical	0
21	25	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	174.032	99	0	0	fuel	0
22	14	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	183.578	73	0	0	electrical	0
23	23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	178.622	37	0	0	engine	0
24	20	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	181.134	28	0	0	ignition	0
25	16	Roberto Moreno	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	183.430	8	0	0	transmission	0
26	22	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	178.817	4	0	0	engine	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Paul Tracy	85	6	1	3	4
2	Alex Zanardi	67	6	2	1	1
3	Scott Pruett	61	6	0	1	3
4	Michael Andretti	54	6	0	1	3
5	Greg Moore	44	6	0	0	2
6	Jimmy Vasser	43	6	0	0	1
7	Gil de Ferran	39	6	1	0	1
8	Mauricio Gugelmin	37	6	1	0	1
9	Al Unser, Jr.	32	6	0	0	1
10	Raul Boesel	27	6	1	0	0
11	Bryan Herta	25	6	0	0	0
12	Parker Johnstone	22	6	0	0	0
13	Patrick Carpentier	21	6	0	0	1
14	Bobby Rahal	18	6	0	0	0
15	André Ribeiro	12	6	0	0	0
16	Mark Blundell	10	6	0	0	0
17	Adrián Fernández	9	6	0	0	0
18	Richie Hearn	6	6	0	0	0
19	Dario Franchitti	5	6	0	0	0
20	Gualter Salles	1	6	0	0	0
21	Max Papis	0	6	0	0	0
22	Roberto Moreno	0	5	0	0	0
23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	0	6	0	0	0
24	Hiro Matsushita	0	6	0	0	0
25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	0	6	0	0	0