1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival
Race details | |
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Race 2 of 17 in the 1997 CART season | |
Date | 6 April, 1997 |
Official name | Sunbelt IndyCarnival |
Location | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia |
Course | Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km |
Distance | 57 laps 159.315 mi / 256.386 km |
Pole position | |
Driver | Alex Zanardi (Target Chip Ganassi) |
Time | 1:35.940 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Alex Zanardi (Target Chip Ganassi) |
Time | 1:38.026 (on lap 37 of 57) |
Podium | |
First | Scott Pruett (Patrick Racing) |
Second | Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing) |
Third | Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing) |
The 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival was the second round of the 1997 CART World Series Season, held on 6 April 1997 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. Scott Pruett won his 2nd and final victory of his career as a driver in CART.
Qualifying results[]
Race[]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 57 | 2:01:04.678 | 7 | 20 |
2 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 57 | +0.7 secs | 4 | 16 |
3 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 57 | +11.3 secs | 12 | 14 |
4 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 57 | +14.8 secs | 1 | 13 |
5 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 57 | +15.6 secs | 11 | 10 |
6 | 31 | André Ribeiro | Tasman Motorsports | 57 | +16.8 secs | 14 | 8 |
7 | 40 | Raul Boesel | Patrick Racing | 57 | +17.6 secs | 19 | 6 |
8 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing | 57 | +18.2 secs | 5 | 5 |
9 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | Hogan Racing | 57 | +23.6 secs | 13 | 4 |
10 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 57 | +25.9 secs | 11 | 3 |
11 | 32 | Adrián Fernández | Tasman Motorsports | 57 | +29.7 secs | 15 | 2 |
12 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 57 | +30.2 secs | 3 | 1 |
13 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 57 | +38.2 secs | 20 | |
14 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 57 | +39.5 secs | 22 | |
15 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | Bettenhausen Racing | 57 | +41.8 secs | 21 | |
16 | 64 | Arnd Meier | Project Indy | 57 | +58.1 secs | 27 | |
17 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest | 57 | +1:14.1 secs | 8 | |
18 | 19 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 43 | Transmission | 26 | |
19 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Team Penske | 41 | Contact | 2 | 1 |
20 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | All American Racing | 37 | Fire | 23 | |
21 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | Team Green | 35 | Broken wheel | 6 | |
22 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 29 | Contact | 16 | |
23 | 34 | Paul Jasper | Payton/Coyne Racing | 24 | Broken transmission | 24 | |
24 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 17 | Contact | 18 | ||
25 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | Arciero-Wells Racing | 16 | Electrical | 28 | |
26 | 98 | P. J. Jones | All American Racing | 15 | Fire | 25 | |
27 | 2 | Al Unser, Jr. | Team Penske | 10 | Lost wheel | 17 | |
DNS | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 9 |
Notes[]
- Average Speed 85.328 mph
External links[]
Coordinates: 27°59′17.9″S 153°25′42.1″E / 27.988306°S 153.428361°E
Categories:
- 1997 in CART
- 1997 in Australian motorsport
- Gold Coast Indy 300