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1997 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

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CART race number 3 of 17
Sunday, April 13, 1997 at Long Beach Street Circuit, Long Beach, CA
105 laps on a 1.586 mile street course (166.530 miles)

Time of race: 1:46:17
Average speed: 93.999 mph
Pole speed: 111.313 mph

Cautions: 4 for 19 laps
Margin of victory: 3.820 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1997 CART results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	4	Alex Zanardi	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	105	running	41	21
2	2	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood Cigarettes (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	105	running	0	16
3	4	20	Scott Pruett	Brahma (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	105	running	0	14
4	15	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	105	running	0	12
5	13	27	Parker Johnstone	Kool (Team Green)	Reynard / Honda	105	running	0	10
6	7	8	Bryan Herta	Shell (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	105	running	0	8
7	11	3	Paul Tracy	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	105	running	0	6
8	12	40	Raul Boesel	Brahma (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	105	running	27	5
9	10	1	Jimmy Vasser	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	105	running	11	4
10	8	7	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	105	running	0	3
11	20	32	Adrian Fernandez	Tecate Beer / Quaker State (Steve Horne)	Lola / Honda	105	running	0	2
12	17	9	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Racing	Reynard / Mercedes	105	running	0	1
13	14	18	Mark Blundell	Motorola (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	104	running	0
14	19	31	Andre Ribeiro	LCI / Marlboro (Steve Horne)	Lola / Honda	104	running	0
15	21	16	Patrick Carpentier	Alumax (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	Reynard / Mercedes	104	running	0
16	24	98	P.J. Jones	Castrol / Jockey (Dan Gurney)	Reynard / Toyota	103	running	0
17	22	19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Herdez / Mexlub (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Ford	102	running	0
18	18	77	Gualter Salles	Indusval (Davis Racing)	Reynard / Ford	99	handling	0
19	25	34	Paul Jasper	Data Control (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Ford	99	running	0
20	27	24	Hiro Matsushita	Panasonic / Duskin (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	96	running	0
21	1	5	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline / Cummins (Derrick Walker)	Reynard / Honda	93	suspension	26	1
22	5	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart / Texaco-Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	70	tire wear	0
23	9	99	Greg Moore	Player's / Indeck (Gerry Forsythe)	Reynard / Mercedes	60	fuel pump	0
24	6	11	Roberto Moreno	Kmart / Budweiser (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	48	crash	0
25	26	25	Max Papis	MCI (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	39	engine	0
26	23	36	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Castrol / Jockey (Dan Gurney)	Reynard / Toyota	27	electrical	0
27	16	21	Richie Hearn	Ralph's / Food 4 Less (Della Penna Motorsports)	Lola / Ford	3	engine	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
WD	Dennis Vitolo	64	SmithKline Beecham	Andreas Leberle	Lola / Ford

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	16	16
	17	23	7	debris
	24	26	3
	27	30	4	#99 stopped turn 6
	31	40	10
	41	46	6	#25 stopped backstretch
	47	50	4
	51	57	7	#11 accident turn 4
	58	105	48
Percent of race run under caution: 22.9% Average green flag run: 16.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Gil de Ferran	1	25	25
Raul Boesel	26	39	14
Alex Zanardi	40	68	29
Gil de Ferran	69	69	1
Raul Boesel	70	82	13
Jimmy Vasser	83	93	11
Alex Zanardi	94	105	12

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Scott Pruett	44
2	Alex Zanardi	41	-3
3	Michael Andretti	35	-9
4	Greg Moore	28	-16
5	Mauricio Gugelmin	24	-20
6	Paul Tracy	23	-21
7	Jimmy Vasser	19	-25
8	Parker Johnstone	15	-29
9	Al Unser, Jr.	12	-32
10	Bryan Herta	11	-33
10	Gil de Ferran	11	-33
10	Raul Boesel	11	-33
13	Andre Ribeiro	9	-35
14	Bobby Rahal	6	-38
15	Mark Blundell	5	-39
15	Dario Franchitti	5	-39
17	Adrian Fernandez	4	-40
17	Patrick Carpentier	4	-40
19	Richie Hearn	2	-42