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1997 Molson Indy Vancouver

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CART race number 15 of 17
Sunday, August 31, 1997 at Pacific Place, Vancouver, B.C.
100 laps on a 1.703 mile street course (170.300 miles)

Time of race: 1:47:17
Average speed: 95.228 mph
Pole speed: 113.481 mph

Cautions: 4 for 15 laps
Margin of victory: 2.872 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1997 CART results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood Cigarettes (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	100	running	18	20
2	3	1	Jimmy Vasser	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	100	running	46	17
3	7	5	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline / Cummins (Derrick Walker)	Reynard / Honda	100	running	1	14
4	1	4	Alex Zanardi	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	100	running	15	13
5	22	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	100	running	0	10
6	12	40	Raul Boesel	Brahma (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	100	running	0	8
7	8	18	Mark Blundell	Motorola (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	100	running	0	6
8	6	8	Bryan Herta	Shell (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	100	running	10	5
9	14	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart / Budweiser (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	99	crash	0	4
10	13	31	Andre Ribeiro	LCI / Marlboro (Steve Horne)	Reynard / Honda	99	running	0	3
11	18	27	Parker Johnstone	Kool (Team Green)	Reynard / Honda	99	running	0	2
12	24	36	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Castrol / Jockey (Dan Gurney)	Reynard / Toyota	98	running	0	1
13	10	9	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Racing	Reynard / Mercedes	95	crash	0
14	26	24	Hiro Matsushita	Panasonic / Duskin (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	94	running	0
15	20	16	Roberto Moreno	Alumax (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	Reynard / Mercedes	80	steering	0
16	4	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart / Texaco-Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	71	crash	0
17	9	99	Greg Moore	Player's / Indeck (Gerry Forsythe)	Reynard / Mercedes	63	crash	0
18	11	20	Scott Pruett	Brahma (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	52	crash	0
19	16	32	Adrian Fernandez	Tecate Beer / Quaker State (Steve Horne)	Lola / Honda	52	crash	0
20	19	25	Max Papis	MCI (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	52	clutch	0
21	15	19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Herdez / Mexlub (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Ford	46	crash	0
22	21	21	Richie Hearn	Ralph's / Food 4 Less (Della Penna Motorsports)	Lola / Ford	44	crash	0
23	23	34	Christian Danner	Payton-Coyne Racing (Dale Coyne)	Reynard / Ford	41	engine	0
24	2	7	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	34	engine	10
25	25	98	P.J. Jones	Castrol / Jockey (Dan Gurney)	Reynard / Toyota	19	engine	0
26	28	77	Gualter Salles	Indusval (Davis Racing)	Reynard / Ford	19	crash	0
27	27	64	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham (Andreas Leberle)	Lola / Ford	1	crash	0
28	17	3	Paul Tracy	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	1	crash	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	6	4	#64 accident
	7	47	41
	48	52	5	#19,21 accident
	53	54	2
	55	58	4	#20,32 accident
	59	86	28
	87	88	2	#8 accident
	89	100	12
Percent of race run under caution: 15.0% Average green flag run: 17.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Alex Zanardi	1	15	15
Bobby Rahal	16	25	10
Jimmy Vasser	26	35	10
Mauricio Gugelmin	36	37	2
Jimmy Vasser	38	73	36
Mauricio Gugelmin	74	75	2
Gil de Ferran	76	76	1
Bryan Herta	77	86	10
Mauricio Gugelmin	87	100	14

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Alex Zanardi	181
2	Gil de Ferran	144	-37
3	Paul Tracy	121	-60
4	Mauricio Gugelmin	115	-66
5	Greg Moore	111	-70
6	Michael Andretti	108	-73
7	Jimmy Vasser	107	-74
8	Scott Pruett	96	-85
9	Raul Boesel	86	-95
10	Mark Blundell	79	-102
11	Al Unser, Jr.	65	-116
12	Bryan Herta	63	-118
13	Bobby Rahal	60	-121
14	Christian Fittipaldi	38	-143
15	Parker Johnstone	33	-148
16	Andre Ribeiro	32	-149
17	Patrick Carpentier	27	-154
18	Adrian Fernandez	13	-168
18	Roberto Moreno	13	-168
20	Richie Hearn	10	-171
20	Dario Franchitti	10	-171