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1997 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Pres. by Toyota Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 1 of 17 Sunday, March 2, 1997 at Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, Homestead, FL 147 laps on a 1.517 mile paved track (222.999 miles) Time of race: 1:38:45 Average speed: 135.478 mph Pole speed: 195.043 mph Cautions: 3 for 36 laps Margin of victory: 3.401 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1997 CART results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 3 6 1   Jimmy Vasser Target   (Chip Ganassi) Reynard / Honda 147   running 0 14 27 10 2   Al Unser, Jr. Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Penske / Mercedes 27   electrical 0   2 16 3   Paul Tracy Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Penske / Mercedes 147   running 5 16 7 1 4   Alex Zanardi Target   (Chip Ganassi) Reynard / Honda 146   running 33 7 22 3 5   Gil de Ferran Valvoline / Cummins   (Derrick Walker) Reynard / Honda 68   crash 37   1 14 6   Michael Andretti Kmart / Texaco-Havoline   (Newman Haas Racing) Swift / Ford 147   running 72 21 16 12 7   Bobby Rahal Miller Lite   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 144   running 0   10 18 8   Bryan Herta Shell   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 146   running 0 3 25 13 9   Dario Franchitti Hogan Racing Reynard / Mercedes 44   crash 0   26 15 11   Christian Fittipaldi Kmart / Budweiser   (Newman Haas Racing) Swift / Ford 40   oil leak 0   9 9 16   Patrick Carpentier Alumax   (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.) Reynard / Mercedes 146   running 0 4 6 2 17   Mauricio Gugelmin Hollywood Cigarettes   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 146   running 0 8 14 5 18   Mark Blundell Motorola   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 145   running 0   18 23 19   Michel Jourdain, Jr. Herdez / Mexlub   (Dale Coyne) Lola / Ford 143   running 0   5 11 20   Scott Pruett Brahma   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 146   running 0 10 11 21 21   Richie Hearn Ralph's / Food 4 Less   (Della Penna Motorsports) Lola / Ford 146   running 0 2 21 26 24   Hiro Matsushita Panasonic / Duskin   (Arciero Wells Racing) Reynard / Toyota 88   oil pressure 0   19 17 25   Max Papis MCI   (Arciero Wells Racing) Reynard / Toyota 133   running 0   8 7 27   Parker Johnstone Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 146   running 0 5 12 20 31   Andre Ribeiro LCI / Marlboro   (Steve Horne) Lola / Honda 146   running 0 1 13 22 32   Adrian Fernandez Tecate Beer / Quaker State   (Steve Horne) Lola / Honda 146   running 0   24 28 34   Roberto Moreno Data Control   (Dale Coyne) Lola / Ford 62   handling 0   20 25 36   Juan Manuel Fangio II Castrol / Jockey   (Dan Gurney) Reynard / Toyota 122   running 0   17 8 40   Raul Boesel Brahma   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 143   engine 0   23 27 64   Dennis Vitolo SmithKline Beecham   (Andreas Leberle) Lola / Ford 62   crash 0   15 19 77   Gualter Salles Davis Racing Reynard / Ford 145   running 0   28 24 98   P.J. Jones Castrol / Jockey   (Dan Gurney) Reynard / Toyota 26   engine 0   4 4 99   Greg Moore Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Mercedes 147   running 0 12

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Alex Zanardi 1 31 31   Gil de Ferran 32 68 37   Michael Andretti 69 105 37   Alex Zanardi 106 107 2   Paul Tracy 108 112 5   Michael Andretti 113 147 35 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Michael Andretti 21     2   Paul Tracy 16   -5   3   Jimmy Vasser 14   -7   4   Greg Moore 12   -9   5   Scott Pruett 10   -11   6   Mauricio Gugelmin 8   -13   7   Alex Zanardi 7   -14   8   Parker Johnstone 5   -16   9   Patrick Carpentier 4   -17   10   Bryan Herta 3   -18   11   Richie Hearn 2   -19   12   Andre Ribeiro 1   -20