1997 - PPG CART World Series - Visionaire 500 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.

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1997 - Visionaire 500 Race Results

Race Name - Visionaire 500
Date - 6/8/1997
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 27
Laps Run - 77
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Gil de Ferran / 109.483 mph
Cautions - 5 cautions for 18 laps
Average Race Speed - 86.047 mph
Lead Changes - 5 Leader(s) with 5 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Gil de Ferran
Race Number - 8

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	7	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	108.694
2	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	109.009
3	1	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	109.483
4	12	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	107.461
5	3	Roberto Moreno	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	109.4
6	13	Raul Boesel	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	107.129
7	9	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	108.362
8	15	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	106.952
9	11	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	108.192
10	22	Juan Manuel Fangio II	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	105.942
11	19	Max Papis	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	106.371
12	20	Christian Danner	Hype	Lola	Ford	106.228
13	5	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	109.111
14	23	PJ Jones	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	105.398
15	18	Patrick Carpentier	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	106.38
16	8	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	108.54
17	10	Mark Blundell	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	108.323
18	26	Arnd Meier	JAG/Marcelo/Hawaiian Tropic	Lola	Ford	103.118
19	27	Hiro Matsushita	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	101.905
20	14	Parker Johnstone	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	107.017
21	21	Gualter Salles	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	106.073
22	25	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Mexlub	Lola	Ford	103.863
23	16	Richie Hearn	Ralphs Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	106.858
24	2	Scott Pruett	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	109.435
25	17	Andr Ribeiro	LCI/Marlboro	Lola	Honda	106.857
26	4	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	109.268
27	24	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	105.21