1997 Atlantic Championship

February 2025 1997 Toyota Atlantic Championship KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship 12 March 1st September 6th USA Alex Barron 1996 1998 The 1997 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 12 rounds. All teams had to utilize Toyota engines. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Alex Barron driving for Lynx Racing. In C2-class 14 different drivers competed, but none of them for the whole season. Calendar Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole position Most leading laps Fastest race lap 1 Homestead Florida March 1, 1997 50 2.25302=112.651 km 0'49:36.520 136.248 km/h Anthony Lazzaro Chuck West Case Montgomery Bertrand Godin 2 Long Beach California April 12, 1997 30 2.558787=76.76361 km 1'07:00.264 68.739 km/h Alexandre Tagliani Case Montgomery Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani 3 Nazareth Pennsylvania April 26, 1997 60 1.5223978=91.343868 km 0'42:20.224 129.452 km/h Alex Barron Alex Barron Alex Barron ? 4 Milwaukee Wisconsin May 31, 1997 60 1.6607976=99.647856 km 0'31:40.276 188.779 km/h Alex Barron Alex Barron Alex Barron Bertrand Godin 5 Montréal June 14, 1997 27 4.4207471=119.3601717 km 0'45:08.587 158.642 km/h Bertrand Godin Bertrand Godin Bertrand Godin Chuck West 6 Cleveland Ohio July 13, 1997 22 3.3891858=74.5620876 km 0'33:40.036 132.881 km/h Bertrand Godin Alexandre Tagliani Bertrand Godin Tony Ave 7 Toronto July 19, 1997 35 2.7696053=96.9361855 km 0'59:56.560 97.029 km/h Memo Gidley Alex Barron Alex Barron Alexandre Tagliani 8 Trois-Rivières August 3, 1997 45 2.4477453=110.1485385 km 1'00:27.668 109.308 km/h Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani Alex Barron 9 Lexington Ohio August 10, 1997 25 3.6337994=90.844985 km 0'40:55.747 133.174 km/h Alex Barron Jeret Schroeder Alex Barron Alex Barron 10 Elkhart Lake Wisconsin August 17, 1997 11 6.4372=70.8092 km 0'40:34.741 104.698 km/h Alex Barron Chuck West Alex Barron Alex Barron 11 Vancouver September 1, 1997 38 2.7406379=104.1442402 km 0'58:24.852 106.971 km/h Memo Gidley Memo Gidley Memo Gidley Alex Barron 12 Monterey California September 6, 1997 28 3.6016134=100.8451752 km 0'37:50.484 159.897 km/h Alex Barron Alex Barron Alex Barron Alex Barron Note: Race 1 held on the road course. Race 10 stopped earlier due to rain, originally scheduled over 17 laps. Final points standings Driver Main championship For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 11 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were also able to score points in the main class. Place Name Country Team Chassis Total points USA USA USA USA CAN USA CAN CAN USA USA CAN USA 1 Alex Barron Lynx Racing Ralt 178 - - 22 22 16 14 12 14 21 21 14 22 2 Memo Gidley Lynx Racing Ralt 136 16 9 - 14 14 7 20 11 12 11 22 - 3 Alexandre Tagliani Forsythe Racing Ralt 123 8 21 14 6 - 1 16 22 9 10 2 14 4 Bertrand Godin Forsythe Racing Ralt 121 11 - 6 9 22 21 9 4 16 12 9 2 5 Case Montgomery Dells Racing Ralt 100 15 7 16 - - 16 14 7 6 7 12 - 6 Steve Knapp P-1 Racing Ralt 99 10 11 12 4 - 8 5 8 11 14 16 - 7 João Barbosa RDS Motorsport Ralt 94 12 12 4 3 - 9 12 16 10 16 - - 8 Anthony Lazzaro Phillips Motorsport Ralt 92 20 16 - 10 11 5 - 12 8 - 10 - 9 Jeret Schroeder PPI Motorsports Ralt 70 - - 8 8 - 12 8 - 15 8 - 11 10 Eric Lang D&L Racing Ralt 64 7 7 5 5 12 3 3 5 1 - 8 8 11 David Pook BDJS Ralt 59 - - 10 16 10 - 6 - - - 1 16 12 Kenny Wilden P-1 Racing Ralt 55 - - 2 - - 4 7 10 5 6 11 10 13 Tony Ave Olsson Engineering Ralt 53 5 - 11 12 5 11 - - - 9 - - 14 Chuck West World Speed Motorsports Ralt 46 1 10 - 11 - 10 - 6 - 1 - 7 15 Bill Auberlen BDJS Ralt 38 9 14 - - 4 - 11 - - - - - 16 Cam Binder Binder Racing Ralt 38 6 - - - 6 6 4 - - - 7 9 17 Michael David PDR Enterprises Ralt 30 - - 9 - - - 1 - 4 4 - 12 18 Ted Sahley Sahley Racing Ralt 23 - - - - 8 1 - - 7 1 - 6 19 Robert Sollenskrog BRS Motorsports Ralt 18 - - 7 2 9 - - - - - - - 20 Mark Tague World Speed Motorsports Ralt 17 - - - - 1 2 - - 3 2 4 5 21 Joe Sposato Sposato Motor Racing Ralt 13 2 5 - - - - - - 2 - - 4 22 Dave Cutler Dells Racing Ralt 13 4 - 3 - 3 - - - - - 3 - 23 Chris Smith PPI Motorsports Ralt 11 - - - - - - 2 9 - - - - 24 Leo Parente PPI Motorsports Ralt 9 - - 1 1 7 - - - - - - - 25 Charles Nearburg Nearburg Racing Ralt 8 - 8 - - - - - - - - - - 26 Frank Allers Johnston Engineering Reynard 8 3 - - - - - - - - - 5 - David Rutledge Binder Racing Ralt 8 - - - - - - - - - 5 - 3 28 Stuart Crow BDJS Ralt 7 - - - 7 - - - - - - - - 29 John Rutherford Shank Racing Ralt 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6 - 30 Joaqui DeSoto Weld Motorsports Reynard 5 3 - - - - - - 2 - - - - 31 Peter MacLeod Team Medlin Ralt 4 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 32 Steve Forrer Forrer Racing Ralt 4 1 - - - - - - - - 3 - - 33 Carol Soucy Scalzo Racing Ralt 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 34 Ian Bland Kaditcha Racing Ralt 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - Sergei Szortyka J&J Racing Ralt 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 36 Peat Hidalgo Binder Racing Ralt 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Stéphane Roy Cogan Motorsports Raven 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Mattias Andersson BRS Motorsport Ralt 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 C2-Class championship Points system see above. But additional points only awarded for the fastest qualifier. No additional point awarded to the driver leading the most laps. Place Name Country Team Chassis Total points USA USA USA USA CAN USA CAN CAN USA USA CAN USA 1 Joaquin DeSoto Weld Motorsports Reynard 159 21 - 15 21 10 21 16 21 17 17 - - 2 James Irwin Riverside Motorsports Reynard 86 - - - 16 20 16 20 - 14 - - - 3 Howie Liebengood HL Swift Racing Swift 81 - - 16 14 - 11 - - 20 20 - - 4 Frank Allers Johnston Engineering Reynard 66 - 21 - - 12 - 12 - - - 21 - 5 Jimmy Pugliese Hunter-Smith/Pugliese Motorsports Swift 62 - - - - 16 - 14 16 - - 16 - 6 Greg Harrington Harrington Racing Swift 56 12 - 20 - - 12 12 - - - - - 7 Michael Simpson Simpson Motorsports Swift 47 - 12 - - - 14 - - - - - 21 8 Dan Vosloo Danvo Racing Reynard 28 14 14 - - - - - - - - - - Brian Dunkel Marathon Inc. Swift 28 - - - - 14 - - - - 14 - - 10 Marcelo Gaffoglio TGF Racing Reynard 23 - 11 - - 12 - - - - - - - 11 Mike Sauce HL Swift Racing Swift 16 16 - - - - - - - - - - - Buddy Brundo Hammerhead Racing Swift 16 - 16 - - - - - - - - - - 13 Bob McGregor McGregor Racing Reynard 14 - - - - - - - - - - 14 - 14 Rick Ferguson Crone Racing Swift 10 - 10 - - - - - - - - - - Note: No more competitors in C2-class. See also 1997 CART season 1997 Indy Lights season 1996–1997 Indy Racing League season External links ChampCarStats.com References "The Atlantic championship" 2-930120-23-1, of John Zimmermann Atlantic Atlantic Season, 1997 Category:Atlantic Championship seasons Atlantic