1997 Phoenix 3
Phoenix International Raceway
1.51 Mile Road Course
30 Laps/45.3 Miles
April 20, 1997
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status | Points |
| 1 | 6 | Jeff Shafer | 66 | Team Kool Green | Nemesis | Ford | 30 | 0:37:46.520 | 30 |
| 2 | 8 | David Besnard | 2 | Valvoline | Van Diemen | Ford | 30 | Finished | 26 |
| 3 | 7 | Ryan Hampton | 80 | American Instruments | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 23 |
| 4 | 4 | Matt Sielsky | 16 | Team Kool Green/Bolle/Sea Doo/Emerald Financial | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 20 |
| 5 | 1 | Duncan Dayton | 4 | Tamarack Investments | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 19 |
| 6 | 9 | Mike Johnson | 10 | UniDial Long Distance/Valvoline/Slick Eyewear | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 16 |
| 7 | 10 | Seth Taylor | 81 | Taylor Race Engineering | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 14 |
| 8 | 25 | Luciano Zangirolami | 99 | Skala/Bazar | Van Diemen | Ford | 30 | Finished | 13 |
| 9 | 35 | Jeff Horne | 11 | Lakeview Concrete/West Coast Steel/Bell Helmets | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 12 |
| 10 | 12 | Andy Lally | 75 | Simtek-GMP/QVIS | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 11 |
| 11 | 23 | Robby McGehee | 18 | Hudson Foods/Energizer Battery | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 10 |
| 12 | 18 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 7 | Hornish Bros. Trucking/Fountain City Leasing | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 9 |
| 13 | 14 | Owen Trinkler | 94 | Red Line Oil/Simpson Race Products | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 8 |
| 14 | 21 | Augie Pabst III | 77 | Red Line Oil/Cyclo Chemical | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 7 |
| 15 | 11 | Tim Duit | 34 | TTK Construction/Hooten Oil | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 6 |
| 16 | 26 | Grant Van Schalkwyk | 31 | X | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 5 |
| 17 | 2 | Zak Morioka | 27 | KFC of Brazil | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 4 |
| 18 | 32 | John Fujii | 62 | FMK Products | Van Diemen | Ford | 30 | Finished | |
| 19 | 33 | James Yott | 22 | Claritin | Van Diemen RF95 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 2 |
| 20 | 27 | Ric Rushton | 15 | DSTP Motorsports | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 1 |
| 21 | 30 | Greg LeMond | 83 | Manheim Auctions/ICG | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 1 |
| 22 | 31 | John Miller | 84 | Manheim Auctions/ICG | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 1 |
| 23 | 13 | David Rutledge | 78 | Fleming Financial | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 29 | Flagged | 1 |
| 24 | 20 | Joey Scarallo | 60 | ROH and Motoform Alloy Wheels | Van Diemen | Ford | 28 | Flagged | 1 |
| 25 | 28 | Jim Bryant | 74 | X | Swift DB-6 | Ford | 27 | Flagged | |
| 26 | 3 | Buddy Rice | 19 | Red Line Oil/Motorsport Spares/J. Schnovel/Lodi | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 25 | Flagged | 1 |
| 27 | 34 | Jeff Smith | 33 | Terre Haute 1st National Bank/L. Bird's T. C. | Citation | Ford | 24 | Did not finish | 1 |
| 28 | 15 | Mike Williams | 26 | Windstorm Racing/Cape Motorsports | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 24 | Did not finish | 1 |
| 29 | 19 | Jonathan Clues | 49 | Alien Composites | Van Diemen | Ford | 23 | Did not finish | |
| 30 | 17 | John Ross | 30 | US Print | Van Diemen | Ford | 16 | Did not finish | 1 |
| 31 | 5 | Urubatan Helou, Jr. | 9 | BrasPress | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 6 | Did not finish | 1 |
| 32 | 16 | Ollie Besinger | 76 | Slick Eyewear/Hidden Bay Lodge & Camps | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 1 | Did not finish | 1 |
| 33 | 29 | Jim Whitney | 38 | Beehive | Van Diemen | Ford | 0 | Did not finish | |
| 34 | 24 | Tom Wood | 20 | Round-Up Well Service/Round-Up Resource Service | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 0 | Did not finish | (1) |
| -- | 22 | Giuliano Losacco | 35 | Cotia/Metagal | Tatuus | Ford | -- | Did not start | |
| -- | 36 | Don Burgoon | 3 | Performance Friction | Tatuus RC97 | Ford | -- | Did not start |
B Class Results
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jim Bryant | 74 | X | Swift DB-6 | Ford | 27 | Flagged |