1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival

June 2021 April 2011 Australia Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg Map of the track 6 April 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival 2 17 CART Surfers Paradise Street CircuitQueensland, Australia Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 4.498 57 159.315 256.386 Alex Zanardi Target Chip Ganassi 1:35.940 ITA Alex Zanardi Target Chip Ganassi 1:38.026 37 ITA Scott Pruett Patrick Racing USA Greg Moore Forsythe Racing CAN Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing USA 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 Pos Nat Name Team Chassis Time 1 ITA Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 97I Honda 1:35.940 2 CAN Paul Tracy Team Penske Penske PC-26-97 Mercedes-Benz 1:36.140 3 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 97I Honda 1:36.441 4 CAN Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz 1:36.754 5 GBR Mark Blundell PacWest Reynard 97I Mercedes-Benz 1:36.754 6 USA Parker Johnstone Team Green Reynard 97I Honda 1:36.772 7 USA Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Reynard 97I Ford XD Cosworth 1:36.831 8 BRA Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Reynard 97I Mercedes-Benz 1:36.896 9 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Swift 007.i Ford XD Cosworth 1:36.945 10 USA Bobby Rahal Team Rahal Reynard 97I Ford XD Cosworth 1:37.078 11 BRA Gil de Ferran Walker Racing Reynard 97I Honda 1:37.324 12 USA Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Swift 007.i Ford XD Cosworth 1:37.371 13 GBR Dario Franchitti Hogan Racing Reynard 97I Mercedes-Benz 1:37.592 14 BRA André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Lola T97/00 Honda 1:37.646 15 MEX Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports Lola T97/00 Honda 1:37.819 16 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal Reynard 97I Ford XB Cosworth 1:37.895 17 USA Al Unser Jr. Team Penske Penske PC-26-97 Mercedes-Benz 1:38.218 18 BRA Gualter Salles Davis Racing Reynard 97I Ford XD Cosworth 1:38.325 19 BRA Raul Boesel Patrick Racing Reynard 97I Ford XD Cosworth 1:38.521 20 USA Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports Lola T97/00 Ford XD Cosworth 1:38.990 21 CAN Patrick Carpentier Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 97I Mercedes-Benz 1:39.595 22 ITA Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 97I Toyota 1:39.927 23 ARG Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racing Reynard 96I Toyota 1:39.981 24 USA Paul Jasper Payton/Coyne Racing Lola T97/00 Ford XD Cosworth 1:40.138 25 USA P. J. Jones All American Racing Reynard 96I Toyota 1:40.505 26 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing Lola T97/00 Ford XD Cosworth 1:41.871 27 GER Arnd Meier Project Indy Lola T97/00 Ford XD Cosworth 1:42.316 28 JPN Hiro Matsushita Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 97I Toyota 1:42.795 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points 1 20 USA Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 57 2:01:04.678 7 20 2 99 CAN Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 57 +0.7 secs 4 16 3 6 USA Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 57 +11.3 secs 12 14 4 4 ITA Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 57 +14.8 secs 1 13 5 5 BRA Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 57 +15.6 secs 11 10 6 31 BRA André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports 57 +16.8 secs 14 8 7 40 BRA Raul Boesel Patrick Racing 57 +17.6 secs 19 6 8 18 GBR Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 57 +18.2 secs 5 5 9 9 GBR Dario Franchitti Hogan Racing 57 +23.6 secs 13 4 10 7 USA Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 57 +25.9 secs 11 3 11 32 MEX Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports 57 +29.7 secs 15 2 12 1 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 57 +30.2 secs 3 1 13 10 USA Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 57 +38.2 secs 20 14 25 ITA Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 57 +39.5 secs 22 15 16 CAN Patrick Carpentier Bettenhausen Racing 57 +41.8 secs 21 16 64 GER Arnd Meier Project Indy 57 +58.1 secs 27 17 17 BRA Maurício Gugelmin PacWest 57 +1:14.1 secs 8 18 19 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 43 Transmission 26 19 3 CAN Paul Tracy Team Penske 41 Contact 2 1 20 36 ARG Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racing 37 Fire 23 21 27 USA Parker Johnstone Team Green 35 Broken wheel 6 22 8 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal 29 Contact 16 23 34 USA Paul Jasper Payton/Coyne Racing 24 Broken transmission 24 24 77 BRA Gualter Salles Davis Racing 17 Contact 18 25 24 JPN Hiro Matsushita Arciero-Wells Racing 16 Electrical 28 26 98 USA P. J. Jones All American Racing 15 Fire 25 27 2 USA Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 10 Lost wheel 17 DNS 11 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 9 Christian Fittipaldi started the race but broke his leg in a massive crash on Lap 2. Because the race was restarted, the first start was considered void and thus Fittipaldi was not classified starting the race. Racing Statistics Average Speed 85.328 mph Race statistics Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1–18 Alex Zanardi 19-39 Paul Tracy 40-41 Arnd Meier 42-57 Scott Pruett Cautions: 7 for 30 laps Laps Reason Pace Laps Gil de Ferran, Christian Fittipaldi, Michel Jourdain Jr. crash turn 1 6-9 Gualter Salles spun 9-13 Michel Jourdain Jr., Richie Hearn accident 19-23 Gualter Salles accident 30-33 Bryan Herta, Mark Blundell, Parker Johnstone accident 38-41 Juan Manuel Fangio II engine 41-44 Paul Tracy, Alex Zanardi accident 49-52 Mauricio Gugelmin spun External links Full Weekend Times & Results 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival 1997 1997 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami 1997 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia 1998 Honda Indy 300 27 59 17.9 S 153 25 42.1 E type:event_region:AU-QLD title Sunbelt Indy Carnival Sunbelt Indy Carnival Category:Gold Coast Indy 300