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1997 Sunbelt Indy Carnival Australia

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CART race number 2 of 17
Sunday, April 6, 1997 at Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
65 laps* on a 2.795 mile street course (181.675 miles)

Time of race: 2:01:04
Average speed: 78.948 mph
Pole speed: 104.878 mph

Cautions: 7 for 30 laps
Margin of victory: .684 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 3

Glossary 1997 CART results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
4	1	4	Alex Zanardi	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	57	running	18	13
19	2	3	Paul Tracy	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	41	crash	21	1
12	3	1	Jimmy Vasser	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	57	running	0	1
2	4	99	Greg Moore	Player's / Indeck (Gerry Forsythe)	Reynard / Mercedes	57	running	0	16
8	5	18	Mark Blundell	Motorola (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	57	running	0	5
21	6	27	Parker Johnstone	Kool (Team Green)	Reynard / Honda	35	wheel	0
1	7	20	Scott Pruett	Brahma (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	57	running	16	20
17	8	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood Cigarettes (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	57	running	0
28	9	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart / Budweiser (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	0	crash	0
10	9	7	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	57	running	0	3
5	10	5	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline / Cummins (Derrick Walker)	Reynard / Honda	57	running	0	10
3	11	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart / Texaco-Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	57	running	0	14
9	12	9	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Racing	Reynard / Mercedes	57	running	0	4
6	13	31	Andre Ribeiro	LCI / Marlboro (Steve Horne)	Lola / Honda	57	running	0	8
22	15	8	Bryan Herta	Shell (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	29	crash	0
11	15	32	Adrian Fernandez	Tecate Beer / Quaker State (Steve Horne)	Lola / Honda	57	running	0	2
27	16	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	10	lost wheel	0
24	17	77	Gualter Salles	Davis Racing	Reynard / Ford	17	crash	0
7	18	40	Raul Boesel	Brahma (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	57	running	0	6
13	19	21	Richie Hearn	Ralph's / Food 4 Less (Della Penna Motorsports)	Lola / Ford	57	running	0
15	20	16	Patrick Carpentier	Alumax (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	Reynard / Mercedes	57	running	0
14	21	25	Max Papis	MCI (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	57	running	0
20	22	36	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Castrol / Jockey (Dan Gurney)	Reynard / Toyota	37	fire	0
23	23	34	Paul Jasper	Data Control (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Ford	24	transmission	0
26	24	98	P.J. Jones	Castrol / Jockey (Dan Gurney)	Reynard / Toyota	15	fire	0
18	26	19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Herdez / Mexlub (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Ford	43	transmission	0
16	27	64	Arnd Meier	J.A.G. / Marcelo / Hawaiian Tropic (Andreas Leberle)	Lola / Ford	57	running	2
25	28	24	Hiro Matsushita	Panasonic / Duskin (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	16	electrical	0

* Race shortened to 57 laps due to time limit.

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	0	0	0	#5,11,19 accident turn 1
	1	5	5
	6	9	4	#77 spun
	9	13	5	#19,21 accident
	14	18	5
	19	23	5	#77 accident
	24	29	6
	30	33	4	#8,18,27 accident
	34	37	4
	38	41	4	#36 engine
	41	44	4	#3,4 accident
	45	48	4
	49	52	4	#17 spun
	53	57	5
Percent of race run under caution: 52.6% Average green flag run: 4.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Alex Zanardi	1	18	18
Paul Tracy	19	39	21
Arnd Meier	40	41	2
Scott Pruett	42	57	16

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Michael Andretti	35
2	Scott Pruett	30	-5
3	Greg Moore	28	-7
4	Alex Zanardi	20	-15
5	Paul Tracy	17	-18
6	Jimmy Vasser	15	-20
7	Gil de Ferran	10	-25
8	Andre Ribeiro	9	-26
9	Mauricio Gugelmin	8	-27
10	Raul Boesel	6	-29
11	Parker Johnstone	5	-30
11	Mark Blundell	5	-30
13	Patrick Carpentier	4	-31
13	Dario Franchitti	4	-31
15	Bobby Rahal	3	-32
15	Bryan Herta	3	-32
17	Adrian Fernandez	2	-33
17	Richie Hearn	2	-33