1997 - PPG CART World Series - Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey Race Results

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1997 - Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey Race Results

Race Name - Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey
Date - 9/7/1997
Race Track - Laguna Seca Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 83
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Bryan Herta / 118.666 mph
Cautions - 0 cautions for 0 laps
Average Race Speed - 109.647 mph
Lead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 2 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Jimmy Vasser
Race Number - 16

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	6	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	117.021
2	4	Mark Blundell	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	117.215
3	2	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	117.895
4	10	Andr Ribeiro	LCI/Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	116.66
5	9	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	116.672
6	1	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	118.666
7	18	Gualter Salles	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	115.599
8	15	Raul Boesel	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	116.119
9	5	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	117.157
10	26	Roberto Moreno	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	111.522
11	20	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	114.884
12	17	Parker Johnstone	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	115.659
13	13	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	116.196
14	19	Max Papis	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	115.049
15	22	Juan Manuel Fangio II	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	113.482
16	3	Scott Pruett	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	117.308
17	23	PJ Jones	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	113.452
18	27	Charlie Nearburg	Nearburg Exploration	Reynard	Ford	110.372
19	16	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	115.682
20	28	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Lola	Ford	108.197
21	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	116.461
22	8	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	116.743
23	24	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	113.299
24	7	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	116.779
25	21	Richie Hearn	Ralphs Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	114.205
26	12	Paul Tracy	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	116.228
27	14	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	116.181
28	25	Hiro Matsushita	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	112.163