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1997 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota

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CART race number 17 of 17
Sunday, September 28, 1997 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA
250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:02:42
Average speed: 166.575 mph
Pole speed: 240.942 mph

Cautions: 5 for 41 laps
Margin of victory: .847 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1997 CART results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
4	1	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood Cigarettes (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	249	running	66	13
2	2	1	Jimmy Vasser	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	250	running	2	16
21	3	8	Bryan Herta	Shell (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	80	engine	0
7	4	20	Scott Pruett	Brahma (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	248	running	0	6
18	5	19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Herdez / Mexlub (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Ford	195	handling	0
13	6	99	Greg Moore	Player's / Indeck (Gerry Forsythe)	Reynard / Mercedes	240	engine	8
19	7	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart / Texaco-Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	104	overheating	36
1	8	18	Mark Blundell	Motorola (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	250	running	11	20
20	9	40	Raul Boesel	Brahma (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	83	electrical	0
5	10	7	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	249	running	0	10
17	11	31	Andre Ribeiro	LCI / Marlboro (Steve Horne)	Reynard / Honda	207	crash	114	1
6	12	5	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline / Cummins (Derrick Walker)	Reynard / Honda	249	running	9	8
8	13	9	Robby Gordon	Hogan Racing	Reynard / Mercedes	247	running	0	5
3	14	32	Adrian Fernandez	Tecate Beer / Quaker State (Steve Horne)	Lola / Honda	249	running	0	14
11	15	27	Parker Johnstone	Kool (Team Green)	Reynard / Honda	243	running	0	2
9	16	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart / Budweiser (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	247	running	0	4
16	17	34	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham (Dale Coyne)	Reynard / Ford	231	running	0
27	18	36	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Castrol / Jockey (Dan Gurney)	Reynard / Toyota	0	engine	0
26	19	3	Paul Tracy	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	12	crash	0
22	20	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	44	exhaust	0
10	21	98	P.J. Jones	Castrol / Jockey (Dan Gurney)	Reynard / Toyota	244	running	0	3
15	22	21	Richie Hearn	Ralph's / Food 4 Less (Della Penna Motorsports)	Lola / Ford	238	running	4
23	23	24	Hiro Matsushita	Panasonic / Duskin (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	40	debris	0
25	24	64	Arnd Meier	J.A.G. / Marcelo / Hawaiian Tropic	Lola / Ford	38	crash	0
12	25	25	Max Papis	MCI (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	242	running	0	1
14	26	77	Gualter Salles	Indusval (Davis Racing)	Reynard / Ford	238	running	0
24	27	4	Arie Luyendyk	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	39	crash	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Patrick Carpentier	16	Alumax	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	Reynard / Mercedes
DC	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Chip Ganassi	Reynard / Honda

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mauricio Gugelmin	1	43	43
Richie Hearn	44	47	4
Michael Andretti	48	83	36
Andre Ribeiro	84	87	4
Jimmy Vasser	88	89	2
Andre Ribeiro	90	161	72
Gil de Ferran	162	163	2
Andre Ribeiro	164	201	38
Gil de Ferran	202	204	3
Mauricio Gugelmin	205	210	6
Gil de Ferran	211	214	4
Mauricio Gugelmin	215	231	17
Greg Moore	232	239	8
Mark Blundell	240	250	11

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Alex Zanardi	195
2	Gil de Ferran	162	-33
3	Jimmy Vasser	144	-51
4	Mauricio Gugelmin	132	-63
5	Paul Tracy	121	-74
6	Mark Blundell	115	-80
7	Greg Moore	111	-84
8	Michael Andretti	108	-87
9	Scott Pruett	102	-93
10	Raul Boesel	91	-104
11	Bryan Herta	72	-123
12	Bobby Rahal	70	-125
13	Al Unser, Jr.	67	-128
14	Andre Ribeiro	45	-150
15	Christian Fittipaldi	42	-153
16	Parker Johnstone	36	-159
17	Patrick Carpentier	27	-168
17	Adrian Fernandez	27	-168
19	Roberto Moreno	16	-179
20	Richie Hearn	10	-185
20	Dario Franchitti	10	-185