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CART FedEx Champ Car World Series 1997 standings
Championship points standings for the CART FedEx Champ Car World Series 1997
| Position | Driver | Team | Car | Engine | Tyres | Points | 1. | 
| Alex Zanardi | Target Chip Ganassi | Reynard 97i | Honda 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 195 |
2. | 
| Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | Reynard 97i | Honda 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 162 |
3. | 
| Jimmy Vasser | Target Chip Ganassi | Reynard 97i | Honda 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 144 |
4. |
| Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | Reynard 97i | Mercedes-Benz 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 132 |
5. | 
| Paul Tracy | Marlboro Team Penske | Penske PC-26-97 | Mercedes-Benz 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 121 |
6. | 
| Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | Reynard 97i | Mercedes-Benz 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 115 |
7. |
| Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | Reynard 96i Reynard 97i | Mercedes-Benz 2.6 turbo Mercedes-Benz 2.6 turbo | Firestone Firestone | 111 |
8. |
| Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | Swift 007.i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 108 |
9. |
| Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | Reynard 97i | Cosworth XB 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 102 |
10. |
| Raúl Boesel | Patrick Racing | Reynard 97i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 91 |
11. |
| Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | Reynard 97i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 72 |
12. |
| Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | Reynard 97i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 70 |
13. |
| Al Unser, Jr. | Marlboro Team Penske | Penske PC-26-97 | Mercedes-Benz 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 67 |
14. |
| André Ribeiro | Tasman Motorsports | Lola T97/00 Reynard 97i | Honda 2.6 turbo Honda 2.6 turbo | Firestone Firestone | 45 |
15. |
| Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | Swift 007.i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 42 |
16. |
| Parker Johnstone | Team Kool Green | Reynard 97i | Honda 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 36 |
17. |
| Patrick Carpentier | Bettenhausen Racing | Reynard 97i | Mercedes-Benz 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 27 |
17. | 
| Adrian Fernández | Tasman Motorsports | Lola T97/00 | Honda 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 27 |
19. |
| Roberto Moreno | Payton/Coyne Racing, Newman-Haas Racing, Bettenhausen Racing | Swift 007.i Lola T97/00 Reynard 97i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo Mercedes-Benz 2.6 turbo | Goodyear Goodyear Goodyear | 16 |
20. |
| Dario Franchitti | Hogan Racing | Reynard 97i | Mercedes-Benz 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 10 |
20. |
| Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | Lola T97/00 | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 10 |
20. |
| Gualter Salles | Davis Racing | Reynard 97i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 10 |
23. | 
| Juan Manuel Fangio II | All American Racing | Reynard 96i Reynard 97i | Toyota 2.6 turbo Toyota 2.6 turbo | Goodyear Goodyear | 9 |
24. |
| Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | Reynard 97i | Toyota 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 8 |
25. |
| Dennis Vitolo | Payton/Coyne Racing, Project Indy | Lola T97/00 Reynard 97i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear Goodyear | 6 |
26. |
| Robby Gordon | Hogan Racing | Reynard 97i | Mercedes-Benz 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 5 |
27. | 
| Hiro Matsushita | Arciero-Wells Racing | Reynard 96i Reynard 97i | Toyota 2.6 turbo Toyota 2.6 turbo | Firestone Firestone | 4 |
28. |
| P. J. Jones | All American Racing | Reynard 96i Reynard 97i | Toyota 2.6 turbo Toyota 2.6 turbo | Goodyear Goodyear | 3 |
29. | 
| Christian Danner | Payton/Coyne Racing | Lola T97/00 Reynard 97i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear Goodyear | 1 |
29. |
| Michel Jourdain, Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | Lola T97/00 Reynard 97i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear Goodyear | 1 |
29. |
| Arnd Meier | Project Indy | Lola T97/00 | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 1 |
| Paul Jasper | Payton/Coyne Racing | Lola T97/00 | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear | 0 |
| Arie Luyendyk | Target Chip Ganassi | Reynard 97i | Honda 2.6 turbo | Firestone | 0 |
| Charlie Nearburg | Payton/Coyne Racing | Lola T97/00 Reynard 97i | Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo Cosworth XD 2.6 turbo | Goodyear Goodyear | 0 |
|---|
| Driver | Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Most race wins |
| Alex Zanardi | 5 |
| Most pole positions |
| Alex Zanardi | 4 |
| Most podium positions |
| Alex Zanardi | 7 |
|
| Gil de Ferran | 7 | |
| Most podium positions without a win |
| Gil de Ferran | 7 |
| Most fastest race laps |
| Alex Zanardi | 6 |
| Youngest driver |
| Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 20 y/o |
| Oldest driver |
| Charlie Nearburg | 46 y/o |
Nationality of participating drivers
| % | Country | Drivers | Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.2% | U.S.A. |
| Jimmy Vasser, Michael Andretti, Scott Pruett, Bryan Herta, Bobby Rahal, Al Unser, Jr., Parker Johnstone, Richie Hearn, Dennis Vitolo, Robby Gordon, P. J. Jones, Charlie Nearburg, Paul Jasper | 13 |
| 20.6% | Brazil |
| Gil de Ferran, Maurício Gugelmin, Raúl Boesel, André Ribeiro, Christian Fittipaldi, Roberto Moreno, Gualter Salles | 7 |
| 8.8% | Canada |
| Paul Tracy, Greg Moore, Patrick Carpentier | 3 |
| 5.9% | Italy |
| Alex Zanardi, Max Papis | 2 |
| 5.9% | Great Britain |
| Mark Blundell, Dario Franchitti | 2 |
| 5.9% | Mexico |
| Adrian Fernández, Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 2 |
| 5.9% | Germany |
| Arnd Meier, Christian Danner | 2 |
| 2.9% | Argentina |
| Juan Manuel Fangio II | 1 |
| 2.9% | Japan |
| Hiro Matsushita | 1 |
| 2.9% | Netherlands |
| Arie Luyendyk | 1 |
Individual driver statistics for the 1997 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series
| Driver | Age | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | Fastest laps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andretti, Michael |
| 34 y/o | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Blundell, Mark |
| 31 y/o | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Boesel, Raúl |
| 39 y/o | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carpentier, Patrick |
| 25 y/o | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danner, Christian |
| 39 y/o | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| de Ferran, Gil |
| 29 y/o | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Fangio II, Juan Manuel |
| 40 y/o | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernández, Adrian |
| 34 y/o | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fittipaldi, Christian |
| 26 y/o | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Franchitti, Dario |
| 24 y/o | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gordon, Robby |
| 28 y/o | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gugelmin, Maurício |
| 34 y/o | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Hearn, Richie |
| 26 y/o | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herta, Bryan |
| 27 y/o | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jasper, Paul |
| 22 y/o | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnstone, Parker |
| 36 y/o | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones, P. J. |
| 28 y/o | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jourdain, Jr., Michel |
| 20 y/o | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luyendyk, Arie |
| 43 y/o | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matsushita, Hiro |
| 36 y/o | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meier, Arnd |
| 24 y/o | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moore, Greg |
| 22 y/o | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Moreno, Roberto |
| 38 y/o | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nearburg, Charlie |
| 46 y/o | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Papis, Max |
| 27 y/o | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pruett, Scott |
| 37 y/o | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Rahal, Bobby |
| 44 y/o | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ribeiro, André |
| 31 y/o | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salles, Gualter |
| 26 y/o | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy, Paul |
| 28 y/o | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Unser, Jr., Al |
| 35 y/o | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vasser, Jimmy |
| 31 y/o | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitolo, Dennis |
| 40 y/o | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zanardi, Alex |
| 30 y/o | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| # | Date | Circuit | Winner | Second | Third | Pole | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997-03-02 | Miami | Andretti | Tracy | Vasser | Zanardi | Andretti |
| 2 | 1997-04-06 | Gold Coast | Pruett | Moore | Andretti | Zanardi | Zanardi |
| 3 | 1997-04-13 | Long Beach | Zanardi | Gugelmin | Pruett | de Ferran | Zanardi |
| 4 | 1997-04-27 | Nazareth | Tracy | Andretti | Unser, Jr. | Tracy | Tracy |
| 5 | 1997-05-11 | Jacarepaguá | Tracy | Moore | Pruett | Gugelmin | de Ferran |
| 6 | 1997-05-24 | Gateway | Tracy | Carpentier | de Ferran | Boesel | Franchitti |
| 7 | 1997-06-01 | Milwaukee | Moore | Andretti | Vasser | Tracy | Tracy |
| 8 | 1997-06-08 | Detroit | Moore | Andretti | de Ferran | de Ferran | Franchitti |
| 9 | 1997-06-22 | Portland | Blundell | de Ferran | Boesel | Pruett | Boesel |
| 10 | 1997-07-13 | Cleveland | Zanardi | de Ferran | Herta | Zanardi | Zanardi |
| 11 | 1997-07-20 | Toronto | Blundell | Zanardi | Ribeiro | Franchitti | Blundell |
| 12 | 1997-07-27 | Michigan | Zanardi | Blundell | de Ferran | Pruett | Gugelmin |
| 13 | 1997-08-10 | Mid-Ohio | Zanardi | Moore | Rahal | Herta | Zanardi |
| 14 | 1997-08-17 | Road America | Zanardi | Gugelmin | de Ferran | Gugelmin | Zanardi |
| 15 | 1997-08-31 | Vancouver | Gugelmin | Vasser | de Ferran | Zanardi | Zanardi |
| 16 | 1997-09-07 | Laguna Seca | Vasser | Blundell | Zanardi | Herta | Blundell |
| 17 | 1997-09-28 | Auto Club Speedway | Blundell | Vasser | Fernández | Gugelmin | Moore |
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