1997 Atlantic Championship

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1997 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship
Season
Races12
Start dateMarch 1st
End dateSeptember 6th
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Alex Barron
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The 1997 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 12 rounds. All teams had to utilize Toyota engines. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Alex Barron driving for Lynx Racing. In C2-class 14 different drivers competed, but none of them for the whole season.

Calendar[]

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 Homestead Florida March 1, 1997 50 2.25302=112.651 km 0'49:36.520 136.248 km/h Anthony Lazzaro
2 Long Beach California April 2, 1997 30 2.558787=76.76361 km 1'07:00.264 68.739 km/h Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani
3 Nazareth Pennsylvania April 26, 1997 60 1.5223978=91.343868 km 0'42:20.224 129.452 km/h Alex Barron Alex Barron Alex Barron ?
4 Milwaukee Wisconsin May 31, 1997 60 1.6607976=99.647856 km 0'31:40.276 188.779 km/h Alex Barron Alex Barron Alex Barron
5 Montréal  Canada June 14, 1997 27 4.4207471=119.3601717 km 0'45:08.587 158.642 km/h
6 Cleveland Ohio July 13, 1997 22 3.3891858=74.5620876 km 0'33:40.036 132.881 km/h Alexandre Tagliani Tony Ave
7 Toronto  Canada July 19, 1997 35 2.7696053=96.9361855 km 0'59:56.560 97.029 km/h Memo Gidley Alex Barron Alex Barron Alexandre Tagliani
8 Trois-Rivières  Canada August 3, 1997 45 2.4477453=110.1485385 km 1'00:27.668 109.308 km/h Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani Alex Barron
9 Lexington Ohio August 10, 1997 25 3.6337994=90.844985 km 0'40:55.747 133.174 km/h Alex Barron Jeret Schroeder Alex Barron Alex Barron
10 Elkhart Lake Wisconsin August 17, 1997 11 6.4372=70.8092 km 0'40:34.741 104.698 km/h Alex Barron Alex Barron Alex Barron
11 Vancouver  Canada September 1, 1997 38 2.7406379=104.1442402 km 0'58:24.852 106.971 km/h Memo Gidley Memo Gidley Memo Gidley Alex Barron
12 Monterey California September 6, 1997 28 3.6016134=100.8451752 km 0'37:50.484 159.897 km/h Alex Barron Alex Barron Alex Barron Alex Barron

Note:

Race 1 held on the road course.

Race 10 stopped earlier due to rain, originally scheduled over 17 laps.

Final points standings[]

Driver[]

Main championship[]

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 11 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were also able to score points in the main class.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Total Points United States United States United States United States Canada United States Canada Canada United States United States Canada United States
1 Alex Barron  United States Ralt 178 - - 22 22 16 14 12 14 21 21 14 22
2 Memo Gidley  United States Ralt 136 16 9 - 14 14 7 20 11 12 11 22 -
3 Alexandre Tagliani  Canada Forsythe Racing Ralt 123 8 21 14 6 - 1 16 22 9 10 2 14
4  Canada Forsythe Racing Ralt 121 11 - 6 9 22 21 9 4 16 12 9 2
5  United States Ralt 100 15 7 16 - - 16 14 7 6 7 12 -
6 Steve Knapp  United States Ralt 99 10 11 12 4 - 8 5 8 11 14 16 -
7 João Barbosa  Portugal Ralt 94 12 12 4 3 - 9 12 16 10 16 - -
8 Anthony Lazzaro  United States Ralt 92 20 16 - 10 11 5 - 12 8 - 10 -
9 Jeret Schroeder  United States PPI Motorsports Ralt 70 - - 8 8 - 12 8 - 15 8 - 11
10  United States Ralt 64 7 7 5 5 12 3 3 5 1 - 8 8
11  United States BDJS Ralt 59 - - 10 16 10 - 6 - - - 1 16
12  United States Ralt 55 - - 2 - - 4 7 10 5 6 11 10
13 Tony Ave  United States Ralt 53 5 - 11 12 5 11 - - - 9 - -
14  United States Ralt 46 1 10 - 11 - 10 - 6 - 1 - 7
15 Bill Auberlen  United States BDJS Ralt 38 9 14 - - 4 - 11 - - - - -
16  Canada Ralt 38 6 - - - 6 6 4 - - - 7 9
17  United States Ralt 30 - - 9 - - - 1 - 4 4 - 12
18  United States Ralt 23 - - - - 8 1 - - 7 1 - 6
19  Sweden Ralt 18 - - 7 2 9 - - - - - - -
20  United States Ralt 17 - - - - 1 2 - - 3 2 4 5
21 Joe Sposato  United States Ralt 13 2 5 - - - - - - 2 - - 4
22  United States Ralt 13 4 - 3 - 3 - - - - - 3 -
23 Chris Smith  United States PPI Motorsports Ralt 11 - - - - - - 2 9 - - - -
24  United States PPI Motorsports Ralt 9 - - 1 1 7 - - - - - - -
25 Charles Nearburg  United States Ralt 8 - 8 - - - - - - - - - -
26 Frank Allers  Canada Reynard 8 3 - - - - - - - - - 5 -
 Canada Ralt 8 - - - - - - - - - 5 - 3
28 Stuart Crow  United States BDJS Ralt 7 - - - 7 - - - - - - - -
29  United States Shank Racing Ralt 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6 -
30  United States Reynard 5 3 - - - - - - 2 - - - -
31  United States Ralt 4 - 4 - - - - - - - - - -
32  United States Ralt 4 1 - - - - - - - - 3 - -
33  Canada Ralt 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - -
34  Australia Kaditcha Racing Ralt 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
 United States Ralt 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - - -
36  United States Ralt 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Stéphane Roy  Canada 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - -
Mattias Andersson  Sweden Ralt 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1

C2-Class championship[]

Points system see above. But additional points only awarded for the fastest qualifier. No additional point awarded to the driver leading the most laps.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Total Points United States United States United States United States Canada United States Canada Canada United States United States Canada United States
1  United States Reynard 159 21 - 15 21 10 21 16 21 17 17 - -
2  United States Reynard 86 - - - 16 20 16 20 - 14 - - -
3 Howie Liebengood  United States HL Swift Racing Swift 81 - - 16 14 - 11 - - 20 20 - -
4 Frank Allers  Canada Reynard 66 - 21 - - 12 - 12 - - - 21 -
5  United States / Swift 62 - - - - 16 - 14 16 - - 16 -
6  United States Swift 56 12 - 20 - - 12 12 - - - - -
7  United States Swift 47 - 12 - - - 14 - - - - - 21
8  United States Reynard 28 14 14 - - - - - - - - - -
 United States Swift 28 - - - - 14 - - - - 14 - -
10  Brazil Reynard 23 - 11 - - 12 - - - - - - -
11  United States HL Swift Racing Swift 16 16 - - - - - - - - - - -
 United States Swift 16 - 16 - - - - - - - - - -
13  United States Reynard 14 - - - - - - - - - - 14 -
14  United States Swift 10 - 10 - - - - - - - - - -

Note:

No more competitors in C2-class.

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  • "The Atlantic championship" ISBN 2-930120-23-1, of John Zimmermann
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