1997 - PPG CART World Series - Molson Indy Vancouver Race Results

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1997 - Molson Indy Vancouver Race Results

Race Name - Molson Indy Vancouver
Date - 8/31/1997
Race Track - Pacific Place
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 100
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Alex Zanardi / 113.481 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 15 laps
Average Race Speed - 95.228 mph
Lead Changes - 6 Leader(s) with 8 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Jimmy Vasser
Race Number - 15

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	5	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	112.481
2	3	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	112.728
3	7	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	112.382
4	1	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	113.481
5	22	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	109.424
6	12	Raul Boesel	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	111.364
7	8	Mark Blundell	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	112.286
8	6	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	112.405
9	14	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	111.23
10	13	Andr Ribeiro	LCI/Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	111.287
11	18	Parker Johnstone	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	110.197
12	24	Juan Manuel Fangio II	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	109.009
13	10	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	112.173
14	26	Hiro Matsushita	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	104.786
15	20	Roberto Moreno	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	109.553
16	4	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	112.659
17	9	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	112.257
18	11	Scott Pruett	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	111.978
19	16	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	110.834
20	19	Max Papis	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	109.616
21	15	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Mexlub	Reynard	Ford	111.099
22	21	Richie Hearn	Ralphs Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	109.426
23	23	Christian Danner	Payton/Coyne Racing	Reynard	Ford	109.346
24	2	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	112.8
25	25	PJ Jones	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	108.754
26	28	Gualter Salles	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford
27	27	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Lola	Ford	98.003
28	17	Paul Tracy	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	110.395