1997 - PPG CART World Series - Indy 200 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 - Indy 200 Race Results

Race Name - Indy 200
Date - 4/13/1997
Race Track - Walt Disney World Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 27
Laps Run - 105
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Gil de Ferran / 111.313 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 19 laps
Average Race Speed - 93.999 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 6 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Alex Zanardi
Race Number - 3

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	2	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	110.512
2	3	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	110.341
3	4	Scott Pruett	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	110.235
4	15	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	108.438
5	13	Parker Johnstone	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	109.409
6	7	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	109.766
7	11	Paul Tracy	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	109.659
8	12	Raul Boesel	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	109.652
9	10	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	109.703
10	8	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	109.758
11	20	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	107.303
12	17	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	108.085
13	14	Mark Blundell	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	108.529
14	19	Andr Ribeiro	LCI/Marlboro	Lola	Honda	107.769
15	21	Patrick Carpentier	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	107.297
16	24	PJ Jones	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	106.767
17	22	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Mexlub	Lola	Ford	107.16
18	18	Gualter Salles	Davis Racing	Reynard	Ford	108.059
19	25	Paul Jasper	Data Control	Lola	Ford	106.765
20	27	Hiro Matsushita	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	101.654
21	1	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	111.313
22	5	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	110.152
23	9	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	109.726
24	6	Roberto Moreno	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	109.988
25	26	Max Papis	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	105.08
26	23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	106.805
27	16	Richie Hearn	Ralphs Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	108.436
28	28	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Lola	Ford