1997 North American Touring Car Championship

February 2025 1997 NATCC season 1996 none The 1997 North American Touring Car Championship was the second and final season of the North American Touring Car Championship. The series was organized by CART, and ran to Super Touring regulations. 18 rounds at 9 race meetings were organized, all but one (in Savannah, Georgia) supporting the CART World Series. Teams and drivers Team Car No. Drivers Rounds TC Kline Racing BMW 320i 1 USA Randy Pobst All12USA Brian Battaglia1–3USA Tom Finnelly Jr.4–5CAN Doug Beatty6GBR Paul Charsley9 Rod Millen Motorsports Toyota Camry 2 NZL Rod Millen 4 Tasman Motorsports Honda Accord 4 AUS Neil Crompton 1–3, 5–9 Schader Motorsports Mazda Xedos 6 5 USA Bob Schader 1–4, 6–9USA Walter Puckett5 6RSA Desiré Wilson 1–2, 6 USA Walter Puckett 3USA Bob Schader5GBR Paul Charsley 8USA Ron Emmick9 PacWest Touring Car Group Dodge Stratus 7 USA Dominic Dobson All 8 USA David Donohue All Hartong Motorsports BMW 318is 18 USA Darren Law All Fastech Group Ford Mondeo 27 USA David Welch All Honda American Racing Team Honda Accord 42 USA Peter Cunningham All 62 USA Forrest Granlund 1–3, 5, 7–9 Metalcraft Pontiac Sunfire 80 USA Dave Jolly 9 81 USA Ron Emmick 8 Jonak Brothers Racing BMW 320i 99 CAN Mark Jonak 1–2 Hertfelder Motorsports Honda Accord 64 MEX Roberto Quintanilla 5–8 Calendar The initial calendar was released with sixteen races, all supporting CART events.Provisional 1997 schedule released http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=6874&FS=TOURING https://archive.today/20120711222004/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=6874&FS=TOURING dead 11 July 2012 Press release 11 February 2011 A doubleheader at the Savannah, Georgia Indy Lights' Dixie Crystals Grand Prix was added later.North American Touring Car Championship 1997 http://www.autocourse.ca/archives/usa/supertouring/1997/supertouring.htm Autocourse.ca 31 January 2011 Round Date Circuit Location Pole position Winning driver Winning team1 1 April 17 USA Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California USA Peter Cunningham AUS Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports 2 USA Peter Cunningham AUS Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports2 3 May 17 USA Hutchinson Island Savannah, Georgia USA Peter Cunningham USA Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team 4 May 18 USA Peter Cunningham USA Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team3 5 June 8 USA Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan USA David Donohue USA David Donohue PacWest Touring Car Group 6 USA David Donohue USA Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group4 7 June 21 USA Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon USA David Donohue USA Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team 8 USA David Donohue USA Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing5 9 July 13 USA Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio USA Dominic Dobson USA David Donohue PacWest Touring Car Group 10 USA Dominic Dobson USA Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team6 11 July 19 CAN Toronto Street Circuit Toronto, Ontario USA Dominic Dobson USA Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group 12 AUS Neil Crompton AUS Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports7 13 August 9 USA Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio USA David Donohue USA David Donohue PacWest Touring Car Group 14 USA David Donohue USA David Donohue PacWest Touring Car Group8 15 August 31 CAN Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia USA David Donohue AUS Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports 16 USA David Donohue AUS Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports9 17 September 7 USA Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California USA David Donohue AUS Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports 18 USA David Donohue AUS Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports Championship standings Drivers Championship Pos Driver LBHUSA SAVUSA DETUSA PORUSA CLEUSA TORCAN MOHUSA VANCAN LAGUSA Pts 1 USA David Donohue 4 4 2 3 1 5 1 7 1 3 4 4 1 1 2 5 3 3 304 2 USA Peter Cunningham 10 8 1 1 4 6 2 1 3 1 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 282 3 AUS Neil Crompton 1 1 3 2 3 DSQ 5 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 280 4 USA Dominic Dobson 2 3 4 4 2 1 6 9 9 7 1 2 4 8 3 9 4 6 230 5 USA Randy Pobst 3 2 6 9 9 DNS 3 6 2 4 7 7 8 9 6 2 5 4 188 6 USA Bob Schader 5 7 7 7 7 3 7 4 6 8 8 9 9 7 8 6 7 8 185 7 USA David Welch 8 5 9 10 5 2 9 8 10 9 6 5 7 5 5 4 6 5 159 8 USA Darren Law 9 6 5 5 10 DNS 4 3 8 5 5 6 5 6 7 8 DNS DNS 157 9 USA Forrest Granlund 11 DNS 10 6 8 4 4 6 6 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS 88 10 USA Ron Emmick 9 7 8 7 37 11 CAN Mark Jonak 7 9 8 8 36 12 NZL Rod Millen 8 2 26 13 USA Tom Finnelly 5 5 DNS DNS 24 14 USA Walter Puckett 6 7 7 DNS 21 15 RSA Desiré Wilson 6 10 DNS DNS 11 DNS 18 16 MEX Roberto Quintanilla DNS DNS 9 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 17 17 USA Dave Jolly 9 9 16 18 GBR Paul Charsley DNS DNS 10 10 7 NC CAN Doug Beatty 10 10 0 NC USA Brian Battaglia DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 NC USA Tommy Constantine DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver LBHUSA SAVUSA DETUSA PORUSA CLEUSA TORCAN MOHUSA VANCAN LAGUSA Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competing Manufacturers Championship Pos Manufacturer LBHUSA SAVUSA DETUSA PORUSA CLEUSA TORCAN MOHUSA VANCAN LAGUSA Pts 1 JPN 1947 Honda 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 298 2 USA Dodge 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 7 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 5 3 3 271 3 JPN 1947 Toyota 8 2 26 Pos Manufacturer LBHUSA SAVUSA DETUSA PORUSA CLEUSA TORCAN MOHUSA VANCAN LAGUSA Pts See also 1997 CART season 1997 Indy Lights season 1997 Formula Atlantic season References External links Results & points http://www.driverdb.com/standings/639-1997/ Category:North American Touring Car Championship Category:Seasons in touring car racing North American Touring Car Championship North American Touring Car Championship