1997 PPG CART World Series standings
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Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | Races Led | Races Led Most | X Led | Laps Led | Races Led Points | Avg % Led | % Beat | Fastest Laps | Laps | DNFs |
1 | Alex Zanardi | 195 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6.94 | 5.88 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 338 | 6 | 19.45 | 81.56 | 6 | 1930 | 1 |
2 | Gil de Ferran | 162 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7.29 | 7.71 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 165 | 0 | 9.42 | 74.61 | 1 | 2110 | 3 |
3 | Jimmy Vasser | 144 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8.94 | 7.71 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 153 | 0 | 8.38 | 74.61 | 0 | 2061 | 2 |
4 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 132 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.24 | 8.18 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 212 | 0 | 10.39 | 72.83 | 1 | 2172 | 3 |
5 | Paul Tracy | 121 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10.69 | 12.50 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 336 | 7 | 11.49 | 56.50 | 2 | 1636 | 6 |
6 | Mark Blundell | 115 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9.59 | 10.59 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 138 | 0 | 9.46 | 63.70 | 2 | 1919 | 5 |
7 | Greg Moore | 111 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8.12 | 12.65 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 142 | 0 | 5.06 | 55.90 | 1 | 1818 | 8 |
8 | Michael Andretti | 108 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8.41 | 12.71 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 197 | 3 | 6.00 | 55.68 | 1 | 1685 | 8 |
9 | Scott Pruett | 102 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7.12 | 10.18 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 66 | 1 | 3.43 | 65.26 | 0 | 1981 | 4 |
10 | Raul Boesel | 91 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.29 | 10.18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 3.14 | 65.26 | 1 | 1926 | 3 |
11 | Bryan Herta | 72 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 12.41 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 3.87 | 56.79 | 0 | 1817 | 5 |
12 | Bobby Rahal | 70 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.41 | 12.00 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 137 | 0 | 5.69 | 58.35 | 0 | 1883 | 4 |
13 | Al Unser, Jr. | 67 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.59 | 14.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 48.11 | 0 | 1492 | 7 |
14 | André Ribeiro | 45 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.71 | 14.71 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 135 | 0 | 3.18 | 48.11 | 0 | 1548 | 6 |
15 | Christian Fittipaldi | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.45 | 14.09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 51.02 | 0 | 938 | 4 |
16 | Parker Johnstone | 36 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.12 | 14.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.33 | 0 | 1809 | 6 |
17 | Patrick Carpentier | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.29 | 14.64 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 1.16 | 48.24 | 0 | 1530 | 2 |
18 | Adrián Fernández | 27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.65 | 17.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 39.20 | 0 | 1426 | 8 |
19 | Roberto Moreno | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.56 | 16.11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.14 | 42.37 | 0 | 872 | 5 |
20 | Gualter Salles | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.24 | 17.94 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 35.86 | 0 | 1713 | 9 |
21 | Richie Hearn | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.88 | 18.41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.09 | 34.08 | 0 | 1506 | 9 |
22 | Dario Franchitti | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 17.25 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 1.45 | 38.53 | 2 | 1449 | 7 |
23 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.94 | 18.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.18 | 0 | 1413 | 9 |
24 | Max Papis | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.88 | 17.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 36.53 | 0 | 1540 | 7 |
25 | Dennis Vitolo | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.00 | 20.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.57 | 0 | 630 | 3 |
26 | Robby Gordon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.00 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 73.08 | 0 | 247 | 0 |
27 | Hiro Matsushita | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.12 | 19.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.29 | 0 | 1490 | 7 |
28 | P.J. Jones | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.82 | 19.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.62 | 0 | 1425 | 10 |
29 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.65 | 18.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 34.74 | 0 | 1619 | 10 |
30 | Arnd Meier | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.30 | 19.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.35 | 30.45 | 0 | 746 | 4 |
31 | Christian Danner | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 20.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.25 | 0 | 146 | 2 |
32 | Charlie Nearburg | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.67 | 20.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.40 | 0 | 157 | 1 |
33 | Paul Jasper | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.50 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.81 | 0 | 346 | 2 |
34 | Arie Luyendyk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.54 | 0 | 39 | 1 |