1997 CART World Series season

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The 1997 CART World Series Season was the nineteenth CART World Series. It began on March 2, 1997 and it ended on September 28 after 17 races.

[edit] Drivers and Constructors

The following teams and drivers are competing for the 1997 CART World Series.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers	Sponsor	Notes
Target Chip Ganassi	Reynard 97i	Honda	Firestone	1	Jimmy Vasser	Target
				4	Alex Zanardi	Target
					Arie Luyendyk		Fontana Only
Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC26-97	Mercedes-Benz	Goodyear	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Marlboro
				3	Paul Tracy	Marlboro
Walker Racing	Reynard 97i	Honda	Goodyear	5	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins
Newman-Haas Racing	Swift 007.i	Ford XB	Goodyear	6	Michael Andretti	Texaco/Kmart
		Ford XD		11	Christian Fittipaldi	Budweiser/Kmart
					Roberto Moreno		Long Beach through Detroit Only
Team Rahal	Reynard 97i	Ford XB	Goodyear	7	Bryan Herta	Shell
		Ford XD		8	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite
Hogan Racing	Reynard 97i	Mercedes-Benz	Firestone	9	Dario Franchitti (R)	No Sponsor
					Robbie Gordon		Fontana Only
Bettenhausen Racing	Reynard 97i	Mercedes-Benz	Goodyear	16	Patrick Carpentier (R)	Alumax
					Roberto Moreno		Vancouver and Laguna Seca Only
PacWest	Reynard 97i	Mercedes-Benz	Firestone	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood
				18	Mark Blundell	Motorola
Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola T97/00 Reynard 97i	Ford XD	Goodyear	19	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Herdez/Viva Mexico!
	Lola T97/00			34	Roberto Moreno	Data Control	Homestead Only
					Paul Jasper (R)	HYPE	Lexmark Indy 300 through Milwaukee Only
	Lola T97/00 Reynard 97i				Christian Danner		Detroit, Portland and Vancouver Only
					Charlie Nearburg (R)	Nearburg Explorations	Cleveland, Elkhart Lake and Laguna Seca Only
	Lola T97/00				Dennis Vitolo	Smith Kline Beecham	Toronto, Michigan, and Fontana Only
Patrick Racing	Reynard 97i	Ford XB	Firestone	20	Scott Pruett	Brahma
		Ford XD		40	Raul Boesel	Brahma
Della Penna Motorsports	Lola T97/00	Ford XD	Goodyear	21	Richie Hearn	Ralphs/Food 4 Less
Arciero-Wells Racing	Reynard 97i	Toyota	Firestone	24	Hiro Matsushita	Panasonic/Duskin
				25	Max Papis	MCI
Team KOOL Green	Reynard 97i	Honda	Firestone	27	Parker Johnstone	KOOL
Tasman Motorsports	Lola T97/00	Honda	Firestone	31	André Ribeiro	LCI International/Marlboro
				32	Adrian Fernández	Tecate/Quaker State
All American Racing	Reynard 96i Reynard 97i	Toyota	Goodyear	36	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Castrol
				98	P. J. Jones	Castrol
Project Indy	Lola T97/00	Ford XD	Goodyear	64	Dennis Vitolo	JAG/Marcelo Group/Hawaiian Tropic	Homestead, Long Beach, Nazareth, Vancouver and Laguna Seca Only
					Arnd Meier (R)
Davis Racing	Reynard 97i	Ford XD	Goodyear	77	Gualter Salles (R)	Indusval
Forsythe Racing	Reynard 96i Reynard 97i	Mercedes-Benz	Firestone	99	Greg Moore	Player's/Indeck

[edit] Team Changes

Still to come....

[edit] Driver Changes

Still to come....

[edit] Results and Standing

[edit] Grands Prix

Rd	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami	Homestead, Florida	March 2	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
2	Sunbelt IndyCarnival	Surfer's Paradie, Australia	April 6	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	Report
3	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 13	Alex Zanardi	Target Chip Ganassi	Report
4	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	April 27	Paul Tracy	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
5	Hollywood Rio 400k	Rio de Janerio, Brazil	May 11	Paul Tracy	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
6	Motorola 300	Madison, Illinois	May 24	Paul Tracy	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
7	Miller Genuine Draft 200	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 1	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	Report
8	ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix	Belle Isle, Detroit	June 8	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	Report
9	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Portland, Oregon	June 22	Mark Blundell	PacWest	Report
10	Medic Drug Grand Prix	Cleveland, Ohio	July 13	Alex Zanardi	Target Chip Ganassi	Report
11	Molson Indy Toronto	Toronto, Canada	July 20	Mark Blundell	PacWest	Report
12	U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota	Brooklyn, Michigan	July 27	Alex Zanardi	Target Chip Ganassi	Report
13	Miller 200	Lexington, Ohio	August 10	Alex Zanardi	Target Chip Ganassi	Report
14	Texaco/Havoline 200	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 17	Alex Zanardi	Target Chip Ganassi	Report
15	Molson Indy Vancouver	Vancouver, Canada	August 31	Mauricio Gugelmin	PacWest	Report
16	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey	Laguna Seca, California	September 7	Jimmy Vasser	Target Chip Ganassi	Report
17	Marlboro 500	Fontana, California	September 28	Mark Blundell	PacWest	Report