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1997 Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 16 of 17 Sunday, September 7, 1997 at Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA 83 laps on a 2.238 mile road course (185.754 miles) Time of race: 1:41:38 Average speed: 109.647 mph Pole speed: 118.666 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: .543 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1997 CART results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 1   Jimmy Vasser Target   (Chip Ganassi) Reynard / Honda 83   running 58 21 2 4 18   Mark Blundell Motorola   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 83   running 0 16 3 2 4   Alex Zanardi Target   (Chip Ganassi) Reynard / Honda 83   running 0 14 4 10 31   Andre Ribeiro LCI / Marlboro   (Steve Horne) Reynard / Honda 83   running 0 12 5 9 5   Gil de Ferran Valvoline / Cummins   (Derrick Walker) Reynard / Honda 83   running 0 10 6 1 8   Bryan Herta Shell   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 83   running 21 9 7 18 77   Gualter Salles Indusval   (Davis Racing) Reynard / Ford 83   running 0 6 8 15 40   Raul Boesel Brahma   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 83   running 0 5 9 5 17   Mauricio Gugelmin Hollywood Cigarettes   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 82   crash 0 4 10 26 16   Roberto Moreno Alumax   (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.) Reynard / Mercedes 82   running 0 3 11 20 2   Al Unser, Jr. Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Penske / Mercedes 82   running 0 2 12 17 27   Parker Johnstone Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 81   running 0 1 13 13 9   Dario Franchitti Hogan Racing Reynard / Mercedes 81   running 0   14 19 25   Max Papis MCI   (Arciero Wells Racing) Reynard / Toyota 81   running 0   15 22 36   Juan Manuel Fangio II Castrol / Jockey   (Dan Gurney) Reynard / Toyota 80   running 0   16 3 20   Scott Pruett Brahma   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 79   crash 4   17 23 98   P.J. Jones Castrol / Jockey   (Dan Gurney) Reynard / Toyota 78   out of fuel 0   18 27 34   Charlie Nearburg Nearburg Exploration   (Dale Coyne) Reynard / Ford 78   running 0   19 16 7   Bobby Rahal Miller Lite   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 76   transmission 0   20 28 64   Dennis Vitolo SmithKline Beecham   (Andreas Leberle) Lola / Ford 75   running 0   21 11 11   Christian Fittipaldi Kmart / Budweiser   (Newman Haas Racing) Swift / Ford 71   suspension 0   22 8 19   Michel Jourdain, Jr. Herdez / Viva Mexico!   (Dale Coyne) Lola / Ford 69   engine 0   23 24 32   Adrian Fernandez Tecate Beer / Quaker State   (Steve Horne) Lola / Honda 67   brakes 0   24 7 99   Greg Moore Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Mercedes 64   engine 0   25 21 21   Richie Hearn Ralph's / Food 4 Less   (Della Penna Motorsports) Lola / Ford 40   transmission 0   26 12 3   Paul Tracy Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Penske / Mercedes 23   engine 0   27 14 6   Michael Andretti Kmart / Texaco-Havoline   (Newman Haas Racing) Swift / Ford 12   electrical 0   28 25 24   Hiro Matsushita Panasonic / Duskin   (Arciero Wells Racing) Reynard / Toyota 2   oil leak 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bryan Herta 1 21 21   Scott Pruett 22 25 4   Jimmy Vasser 26 83 58 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Alex Zanardi 195     2   Gil de Ferran 154   -41   3   Jimmy Vasser 128   -67   4   Paul Tracy 121   -74   5   Mauricio Gugelmin 119   -76   6   Greg Moore 111   -84   7   Michael Andretti 108   -87   8   Scott Pruett 96   -99   9   Mark Blundell 95   -100   10   Raul Boesel 91   -104   11   Bryan Herta 72   -123   12   Al Unser, Jr. 67   -128   13   Bobby Rahal 60   -135   14   Andre Ribeiro 44   -151   15   Christian Fittipaldi 38   -157   16   Parker Johnstone 34   -161   17   Patrick Carpentier 27   -168   18   Roberto Moreno 16   -179   19   Adrian Fernandez 13   -182   20   Richie Hearn 10   -185   20   Dario Franchitti 10   -185