CART standings for 1997Click on the Driver to see 1997 race-level statistics for that driver. Previous year Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | Podium | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Miles | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  Mauricio Gugelmin | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2171 | 212 | 0 | 4.2 | 8.2 | 14 | 3,765.43 | 10 | 132 | 132 |
| 2 | Gil de Ferran | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2110 | 165 | 0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 14 | 3,690.36 | 11 | 162 | 162 |
| 3 |  Jimmy Vasser | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2061 | 153 | 0 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 15 | 3,534.94 | 14 | 144 | 144 |
| 9 | Scott Pruett | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1980 | 66 | 0 | 7.1 | 10.2 | 12 | 3,449.35 | 8 | 102 | 102 |
| 6 |  Mark Blundell | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1919 | 138 | 0 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 12 | 3,427.37 | 9 | 115 | 115 |
| 12 | Bobby Rahal | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1883 | 137 | 0 | 9.4 | 12.0 | 12 | 3,297.68 | 7 | 70 | 70 |
| 1 |  Alex Zanardi | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1929 | 338 | 0 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 15 | 3,265.71 | 12 | 195 | |
| 10 | Raul Boesel | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1926 | 90 | 0 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 14 | 3,217.14 | 11 | 91 | -104 |
| 16 | Parker Johnstone | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1809 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 12 | 3,137.95 | 4 | 36 | -159 |
| 11 | Bryan Herta | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1817 | 54 | 0 | 8.9 | 12.4 | 12 | 3,130.05 | 6 | 72 | -123 |
| 20 | Gualter Salles | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1713 | 1 | 0 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 8 | 3,127.06 | 2 | 10 | -185 |
| 7 |  Greg Moore | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1818 | 142 | 0 | 8.1 | 12.6 | 9 | 3,076.99 | 7 | 111 | -84 |
| 29 |  Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1619 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 18.2 | 7 | 2,938.57 | 1 | 1 | -194 |
| 24 | Max Papis | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1539 | 0 | 0 | 21.9 | 17.8 | 10 | 2,918.33 | 2 | 8 | -187 |
| 14 | Andre Ribeiro | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1548 | 135 | 0 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 12 | 2,829.78 | 6 | 45 | -150 |
| 8 | Michael Andretti | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1685 | 197 | 0 | 8.4 | 12.7 | 9 | 2,719.87 | 9 | 108 | -87 |
| 21 | Richie Hearn | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506 | 4 | 0 | 19.9 | 18.4 | 7 | 2,637.03 | 3 | 10 | -185 |
| 18 | Adrian Fernandez | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1426 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 17.1 | 9 | 2,567.71 | 4 | 27 | -168 |
| 5 | Paul Tracy | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1636 | 336 | 0 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 10 | 2,554.90 | 9 | 121 | -74 |
| 27 |  Hiro Matsushita | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 19.9 | 10 | 2,545.55 | 0 | 4 | -191 |
| 28 | P.J. Jones | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1425 | 0 | 0 | 22.9 | 19.6 | 7 | 2,544.23 | 1 | 3 | -192 |
| 13 | Al Unser, Jr. | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1492 | 0 | 0 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 9 | 2,535.05 | 7 | 67 | -128 |
| 23 |  Juan Manuel Fangio II | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413 | 0 | 0 | 22.9 | 18.6 | 7 | 2,506.76 | 2 | 9 | -186 |
| 17 | Patrick Carpentier | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1530 | 39 | 0 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 11 | 2,404.86 | 5 | 27 | -168 |
| 22 |  Dario Franchitti | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1449 | 47 | 0 | 10.1 | 17.3 | 8 | 2,350.01 | 5 | 10 | -185 |
| 15 | Christian Fittipaldi | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 938 | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | 14.1 | 5 | 1,937.89 | 3 | 42 | -153 |
| 30 |  Arnd Meier | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 744 | 2 | 0 | 26.4 | 19.5 | 6 | 1,614.45 | 1 | 1 | -194 |
| 19 | Roberto Moreno | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 872 | 1 | 0 | 14.6 | 16.1 | 4 | 1,255.23 | 2 | 16 | -179 |
| 25 | Dennis Vitolo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 20.2 | 3 | 1,242.31 | 0 | 6 | -189 |
| 26 | Robby Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 494.00 | 0 | 5 | -190 |
| Paul Jasper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 21.0 | 2 | 484.18 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Nearburg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 22.3 | 2 | 428.33 | 0 | |||
| 31 | Christian Danner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 20.7 | 1 | 286.60 | 1 | 1 | -194 |
 Arie Luyendyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 78.00 | 0 |