1997 Phoenix 1
Phoenix International Raceway
1 Mile Paved Oval
50 Laps/50 Miles
March 23, 1997
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Buddy Rice | 19 | Red Line Oil/Motorsport Spares/J. Schnovel/Lodi | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | 0:49:59.157 | 30 |
| 2 | 7 | Duncan Dayton | 4 | Tamarack Investments | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 26 |
| 3 | 2 | Zak Morioka | 27 | KFC of Brazil | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 23 |
| 4 | 21 | Robby McGehee | 18 | Hudson Foods/Energizer Battery | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 20 |
| 5 | 11 | Ric Rushton | 15 | DSTP Motorsports | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 18 |
| 6 | 13 | Luciano Zangirolami | 99 | Skala/Bazar | Van Diemen | Ford | 50 | Finished | 16 |
| 7 | 22 | Bryan Selby | 61 | X | Van Diemen | Ford | 50 | Finished | 14 |
| 8 | 16 | Tim Duit | 34 | TTK Construction/Hooten Oil | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 13 |
| 9 | 24 | John Hollansworth, Jr. | 42 | Blueprint Racing/CompuNet Racing | Van Diemen | Ford | 50 | Finished | |
| 10 | 17 | Andy Lally | 75 | Simtek-GMP | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 11 |
| 11 | 8 | Tom Wood | 20 | Round-Up Well Service/Round-Up Resource Service | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 10 |
| 12 | 26 | Joey Scarallo | 60 | ROH and Motoform Alloy Wheels | Van Diemen | Ford | 50 | Finished | 9 |
| 13 | 27 | Ollie Besinger | 76 | Slick Eyewear/Hidden Bay Lodge & Camps | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 8 |
| 14 | 31 | Mike Johnson | 10 | UniDial Long Distance/Valvoline/Slick Eyewear | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 7 |
| 15 | 19 | Ryan Hampton | 80 | American Instruments | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 6 |
| 16 | 10 | Seth Taylor | 81 | Taylor Race Engineering | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 5 |
| 17 | 23 | Augie Pabst III | 77 | Red Line Oil/Cyclo Chemical | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 4 |
| 18 | 18 | Jerry Foyt | 41 | Z Water Works | Van Diemen | Ford | 50 | Finished | |
| 19 | 32 | Jeff Smith | 33 | Terre Haute 1st National Bank/L. Bird's T. C. | Citation | Ford | 50 | Finished | 2 |
| 20 | 30 | John Miller | 84 | Manheim Auctions/ICG | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 50 | Finished | 1 |
| 21 | 20 | Giuliano Losacco | 35 | Cotia/Metagal | Tatuus | Ford | 50 | Finished | 1 |
| 22 | 33 | Scott Dick | 40 | Union Savings Bank/Properties Plus | Van Diemen | Ford | 50 | Finished | 1 |
| 23 | 34 | Lance Spragins | 25 | Lanco/Lufthansa Cargo | Van Diemen | Ford | 50 | Finished | |
| 24 | 14 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 7 | Hornish Bros. Trucking/Fountain City Leasing | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 49 | Flagged | 1 |
| 25 | 1 | Matt Sielsky | 16 | Team Kool Green/Bolle/Sea Doo/Emerald Financial | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 49 | Flagged | 2 |
| 26 | 12 | Jeff Horne | 11 | Lakeview Concrete/West Coast Steel/Bell Helmets | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 47 | Black flagged | (1) |
| 27 | 28 | Michael Fitzgerald | 5 | Fitze Engineers | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 35 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 28 | 36 | Greg LeMond | 83 | Manheim Auctions/ICG | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 35 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 29 | 29 | Mike Williams | 26 | Windstorm Racing/Cape Motorsports | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 31 | Mechanical | 1 |
| 30 | 3 | David Rutledge | 78 | Fleming Financial | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 24 | Black flagged | 1 |
| 31 | 9 | Don Burgoon | 3 | Performance Friction | Tatuus RC97 | Ford | 23 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 32 | 5 | Urubatan Helou, Jr. | 9 | BrasPress | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 22 | Wrecked | (1) |
| 33 | 25 | James Yott | 22 | X | Van Diemen RF95 | Ford | 12 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 34 | 35 | Larry Foyt | 14 | Terre Haute 1st National Bank/Z Water Works | Tatuus | Ford | 12 | Wrecked | |
| 35 | 6 | David Besnard | 2 | Valvoline | Van Diemen | Ford | 4 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 36 | 15 | Jeff Shafer | 66 | Team Kool Green | Nemesis | Ford | 2 | Wrecked | 1 |
| -- | -- | Cory Witherill | 67 | WSA Health Care | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ed Dasso | 71 | X | Citation | Ford | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Frank Hanrahan | X | X | X | Ford | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Grant Van Schalkwyk | 31 | X | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Henri Najem | 97 | Weitzel Construction/Mechanics Laundry | Vector | Ford | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ken Dromm | 8 | PayPlus Payrolls | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Nick Lombardi | 36 | Strauss Discount Auto | Van Diemen | Ford | -- | Did not qualify |
B Class Results
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status | Points |
| -- | -- | Ed Dasso | 71 | X | Citation | Ford | -- | Did not qualify |