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CART race number 12 of 17
Sunday, July 27, 1997 at Michigan Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:59:35
Average speed: 167.044 mph
Pole speed: 233.857 mph

Cautions: 6 for 55 laps
Margin of victory: 31.737 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1997 CART results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	4	Alex Zanardi	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	250	running	104	21
2	11	18	Mark Blundell	Motorola (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	250	running	0	16
3	10	5	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline / Cummins (Derrick Walker)	Reynard / Honda	249	running	5	14
4	18	3	Paul Tracy	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	249	running	0	12
5	8	8	Bryan Herta	Shell (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	248	running	0	10
6	2	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood Cigarettes (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	244	running	34	8
7	27	34	Dennis Vitolo	Payton-Coyne Racing (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Ford	242	running	0	6
8	23	25	Max Papis	MCI (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	241	running	0	5
9	26	24	Hiro Matsushita	Panasonic / Duskin (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	241	running	0	4
10	20	77	Gualter Salles	Indusval (Davis Racing)	Reynard / Ford	240	running	0	3
11	25	36	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Castrol / Jockey (Dan Gurney)	Reynard / Toyota	226	transmission	0	2
12	28	64	Arnd Meier	J.A.G. / Marcelo / Hawaiian Tropic	Lola / Ford	224	running	0	1
13	17	19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Herdez / Viva Mexico! (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Ford	182	transmission	0
14	1	20	Scott Pruett	Brahma (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	174	crash	32	1
15	12	16	Patrick Carpentier	Alumax (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	Reynard / Mercedes	144	electrical	14
16	14	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart / Budweiser (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	128	lost wheel	0
17	6	7	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	126	crash	25
18	3	40	Raul Boesel	Brahma (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	120	transmission	0
19	13	9	Dario Franchitti	Hogan Racing	Reynard / Mercedes	101	transmission	12
20	16	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	97	engine	0
21	19	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart / Texaco-Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	79	transmission	3
22	22	21	Richie Hearn	Ralph's / Food 4 Less (Della Penna Motorsports)	Lola / Ford	60	turbo control	0
23	9	31	Andre Ribeiro	LCI / Marlboro (Steve Horne)	Reynard / Honda	57	transmission	21
24	4	1	Jimmy Vasser	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	57	transmission	0
25	5	27	Parker Johnstone	Kool (Team Green)	Reynard / Honda	53	crash	0
26	15	32	Adrian Fernandez	Tecate Beer / Quaker State (Steve Horne)	Lola / Honda	46	electrical	0
27	21	99	Greg Moore	Player's / Indeck (Gerry Forsythe)	Reynard / Mercedes	19	turbo control	0
28	24	98	P.J. Jones	Castrol / Jockey (Dan Gurney)	Reynard / Toyota	11	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Scott Pruett	1	1	1
Mauricio Gugelmin	2	35	34
Andre Ribeiro	36	56	21
Scott Pruett	57	75	19
Michael Andretti	76	78	3
Scott Pruett	79	81	3
Dario Franchitti	82	93	12
Bobby Rahal	94	118	25
Alex Zanardi	119	129	11
Patrick Carpentier	130	143	14
Scott Pruett	144	152	9
Alex Zanardi	153	214	62
Gil de Ferran	215	219	5
Alex Zanardi	220	250	31

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Alex Zanardi	127
2	Paul Tracy	121	-6
3	Gil de Ferran	108	-19
4	Michael Andretti	103	-24
5	Greg Moore	95	-32
6	Scott Pruett	82	-45
7	Jimmy Vasser	75	-52
8	Mark Blundell	72	-55
8	Mauricio Gugelmin	72	-55
10	Raul Boesel	66	-61
11	Bryan Herta	55	-72
12	Al Unser, Jr.	49	-78
13	Bobby Rahal	38	-89
14	Parker Johnstone	30	-97
15	Patrick Carpentier	27	-100
16	Andre Ribeiro	26	-101
17	Christian Fittipaldi	22	-105
18	Roberto Moreno	13	-114
19	Adrian Fernandez	12	-115
20	Dario Franchitti	8	-119
21	Max Papis	7	-120