1997 - PPG CART World Series - Las Vegas 500K (October) Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy.

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1997 - Las Vegas 500K (October) Race Results

Race Name - Las Vegas 500K (October)
Date - 7/13/1997
Race Track - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 90
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Alex Zanardi / 133.048 mph
Cautions - 1 cautions for 11 laps
Average Race Speed - 111.848 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 7 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Gil de Ferran
Race Number - 10

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	133.048
2	2	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	131.822
3	7	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	131.163
4	18	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	129.352
5	9	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	130.774
6	5	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	131.251
7	10	Paul Tracy	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	130.76
8	16	Scott Pruett	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	130.125
9	3	Mark Blundell	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	131.767
10	17	Parker Johnstone	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	130.033
11	11	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	130.548
12	19	Patrick Carpentier	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	129.156
13	15	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	130.174
14	8	Andr Ribeiro	LCI/Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	130.896
15	6	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	131.19
16	14	Raul Boesel	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	130.297
17	25	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	125.694
18	20	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Mexlub	Reynard	Ford	128.014
19	12	Gualter Salles	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	130.394
20	26	Hiro Matsushita	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	123.949
21	23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	126.88
22	27	Arnd Meier	JAG/Marcelo/Hawaiian Tropic	Lola	Ford	123.394
23	4	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	131.541
24	13	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	130.369
25	21	PJ Jones	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	126.955
26	28	Charlie Nearburg	Nearburg Exploration	Lola	Ford	119.916
27	22	Max Papis	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	126.899
28	24	Richie Hearn	Ralphs Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	126.013