1997 - PPG CART World Series - Las Vegas 500K (September 96) Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

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1997 - Las Vegas 500K (September 96) Race Results

Race Name - Las Vegas 500K (September 96)
Date - 4/6/1997
Race Track - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 27
Laps Run - 57
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Alex Zanardi / 104.878 mph
Cautions - 7 cautions for 23 laps
Average Race Speed - 78.948 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 3 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Paul Tracy
Race Number - 2

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	7	Scott Pruett	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	103.913
2	4	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	103.996
3	12	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	103.337
4	1	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	104.878
5	11	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	103.387
6	14	Andr Ribeiro	LCI/Marlboro	Lola	Honda	103.046
7	19	Raul Boesel	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	102.131
8	5	Mark Blundell	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	103.996
9	13	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	103.103
10	10	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	103.649
11	15	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	102.863
12	3	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	104.333
13	20	Richie Hearn	Ralphs Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	101.647
14	22	Max Papis	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	100.694
15	21	Patrick Carpentier	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	101.029
16	27	Arnd Meier	JAG/Marcelo/Hawaiian Tropic	Lola	Ford	98.342
17	8	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	103.843
18	26	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Mexlub	Lola	Ford	98.772
19	2	Paul Tracy	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	104.66
20	23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	100.639
21	6	Parker Johnstone	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	103.976
22	16	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	102.784
23	24	Paul Jasper	Data Control	Lola	Ford	100.481
24	18	Gualter Salles	Davis Racing	Reynard	Ford	102.334
25	28	Hiro Matsushita	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	97.894
26	25	PJ Jones	CastrolJockey	Reynard	Toyota	100.114
27	17	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	102.446
28	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	103.791