CART sezona 1997

CART sezona 1997
Predhodna: 1996	Naslednja: 1998

CART sezona 1997 je bila devetnajsta sezona serije CART, ki je potekala med 2. marcem in 28. septembrom 1997.

Dirkači in moštva

Moštvo	Šasija	Motor	Gume	Št	Dirkači	Sponzor
Target Chip Ganassi	Reynard	Honda	F	1	Jimmy Vasser	Target
				4	Alex Zanardi	Target
					Arie Luyendyk
Walker Racing	Reynard	Honda	G	5	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins
PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	F	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood
				18	Mark Blundell	Motorola
Marlboro Team Penske	Penske	Mercedes	G	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Marlboro
				3	Paul Tracy	Marlboro
Forsythe Racing	Reynard	Mercedes	F	99	Greg Moore	Player's/Indeck
Newman-Haas Racing	Swift	FordXB	G	6	Michael Andretti	Texaco/Kmart
		FordXD		11	Christian Fittipaldi	Budweiser/Kmart
					Roberto Moreno
Patrick Racing	Reynard	FordXB	F	20	Scott Pruett	Brahma
		FordXD		40	Raul Boesel	Brahma
Team Rahal	Reynard	FordXB	G	7	Bryan Herta	Shell
		Ford XD		8	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite
Tasman Motorsports	Lola	Honda	F	31	Andre Ribeiro	LCI International/Marlboro
				32	Adrian Fernandez	Tecate/Quaker State
Team KOOL Green	Reynard	Honda	F	27	Parker Johnstone	KOOL
Bettenhausen Racing	Reynard	Mercedes	G	16	Patrick Carpentier (R)	Alumax
					Roberto Moreno
Davis Racing	Reynard	FordXD	G	77	Gualter Salles (R)	Indusval
Della Penna Motorsports	Lola	FordXD	G	21	Richie Hearn	Ralphs/Food 4 Less
Hogan Racing	Reynard	Mercedes	F	9	Dario Franchitti (R)	Brez
					Robbie Gordon
All American Racing	Swift	Toyota	G	36	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Castrol
				98	P. J. Jones	Castrol
Arciero-Wells Racing	Reynard	Toyota	F	24	Hiro Matsushita	Panasonic/Duskin
				25	Max Papis	MCI
Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola/Reynard	FordXD	G	19	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Herdez/Viva Mexico!
				34	Roberto Moreno	Data Control
					Paul Jasper (R)	HYPE
					Christian Danner
					Charlie Nearburg(R)	Nearburg Explorations
					Dennis Vitolo	Smith Kline Beecham
Project Indy	Lola	FordXD	G	64	Dennis Vitolo	JAG/Marcelo Group/Hawaiian Tropic
					Arnd Meier (R)

Rezultati

Velike nagrade

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