1997 Mid-Ohio
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
2.258 Mile Road Course
20 Laps/45.16 Miles
August 9, 1997

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status Points
1 2 Zak Morioka 27 KFC of Brazil Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 0:56:39.161 30
2 1 Matt Sielsky 16 Team Kool Green/Bolle/Sea Doo/Emerald Financial Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 27
3 9 Andrea De Lorenzi 50 Caffe' Esse/Beta/Motorquality Tatuus RC97 Ford 20 Finished  
4 5 Jeff Shafer 66 Team Kool Green Nemesis Ford 20 Finished 20
5 4 Duncan Dayton 4 Tamarack Investments Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 18
6 3 Andy Lally 75 Aspen Knolls/TotalTel Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 16
7 8 Ollie Besinger 76 Slick Eyewear/Hidden Bay Lodge & Camps Van Diemen RF96 Ford 20 Finished 14
8 10 Mike Johnson 10 UniDial Long Distance/Valvoline/Slick Eyewear Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 13
9 13 Ryan Hampton 80 American Instruments Van Diemen RF96 Ford 20 Finished 12
10 12 Seth Taylor 81 Taylor Race Engineering Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 11
11 7 Mike Williams 26 Windstorm Racing/Cape Motorsports Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 10
12 11 Urubatan Helou, Jr. 9 BrasPress Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 9
13 23 Buddy Rice 19 Red Line Oil/Motorsport Spares/J. Schnovel/Lodi Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 8
14 17 Augie Pabst III 77 Red Line Oil/Cyclo Chemical Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 7
15 29 Owen Trinkler 94 Red Line Oil/Simpson Race Products Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 6
16 26 David Webb 13 Webb's Machine Design Swift DB-6 Ford 20 Finished 5
17 22 Steve Rikert 35 X Tatuus Ford 20 Finished  
18 21 Tim Duit 34 TTK Construction/Hooten Oil Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 3
19 37 Dana LaLiberte 98 LaLiberte's Auto Center Van Diemen Ford 20 Finished 2
20 31 James Yott 22 Claritin Van Diemen RF95 Ford 20 Finished 1
21 18 Luciano Zangirolami 99 Skala/Bazar Van Diemen Ford 20 Finished 1
22 42 Larry Vatri 25 Newark Parcel Service/Batteries Plus Swift DB-6 Ford 20 Finished  
23 16 Jeff Horne 11 Lakeview Concrete/West Coast Steel/Bell Helmets Van Diemen RF96 Ford 20 Finished 1
24 41 Don Burgoon 3 Performance Friction Tatuus RC97 Ford 20 Finished 1
25 20 Cory Witherill 67 WSA Health Care Van Diemen RF97 Ford 20 Finished 1
26 34 Scott Dick 40 Valco Cincinnati/US Savings Bank Van Diemen Ford 20 Finished 1
27 36 John Miller 84 Manheim Auctions/ICG Van Diemen RF96 Ford 20 Finished 1
28 38 Bob Lutz 41 Team Atlanta Van Diemen RF94 Ford 20 Finished  
29 39 Jerry Petersen 64 Timberwood Fams Ltd. Van Diemen Ford 20 Finished 1
30 32 Jeff Smith 33 Terre Haute 1st National Bank/L. Bird's T. C. Citation Ford 20 Finished 1
31 33 George Scheiderer 89 J&D Equipment/Vulcan Products Swift DB-6 Ford 20 Finished  
32 49 Bob Lisey 47 Young Chemical Van Diemen RF92 Ford 20 Finished 1
33 25 Bob Hollander 24 X Van Diemen RF94 Ford 20 Finished  
34 30 Dean Opperman 2 X Van Diemen RF94 Ford 20 Finished  
35 45 Jason Bach 63 Millennium Systems Van Diemen RF95 Ford 20 Finished  
36 28 Peter Baron 88 Forest Consulting Group Van Diemen Ford 20 Finished 1
37 47 Joe Tesone 37 X Van Diemen Ford 20 Finished  
38 44 Brian McCarthy 17 Donaldson/AmPro Consulting Van Diemen Ford 19 Wrecked  
39 43 Tom Wood 20 Round-Up Well Service/Round-Up Resource Service Van Diemen RF97 Ford 19 Flagged (1)
40 27 Greg LeMond 83 Manheim Auctions/ICG Van Diemen RF96 Ford 19 Flagged (1)
41 48 Jon Herb 55 Coca-Cola/PPG/International Star Registry Van Diemen RF96 Ford 17 Flagged  
42 14 David Rutledge 78 Fleming Financial Van Diemen RF97 Ford 16 Wrecked (1)
43 24 Michael Fitzgerald 5 Lyndex Corp./Penske Shocks Van Diemen RF97 Ford 15 Wrecked 1
44 19 Robby McGehee 18 Hudson Foods/Energizer Battery Van Diemen RF97 Ford 15 Mechanical (1)
45 6 Jeff Simmons 49 AFS Construction Van Diemen RF94 Ford 13 Mechanical  
46 15 Sam Hornish, Jr. 7 Hornish Bros. Trucking/Fountain City Leasing Van Diemen RF97 Ford 9 Engine (1)
47 46 Mark Dickens 38 Atrium Empowerment Euroswift SE-3 Ford 8 Wrecked  
48 35 Rick Hayward 91 Martel Realty Van Diemen Ford 8 Mechanical  
                   
-- 40 Richard Fairbanks 39 VGX/Orleans Auto Supply Van Diemen Ford -- Did not start  
-- 50 Ken Reinders 43 Speedway Inn Van Diemen Ford -- Did not start  
-- -- Bob Wright 90 X Swift DB-6 Ford -- Did not qualify  
-- -- Ric Rushton 15 DSTP Motorsports Van Diemen RF97 Ford -- Did not qualify  

B Class Results

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status Points
1 1 David Webb 13 Webb's Machine Design Swift DB-6 Ford 20 Finished 31
2 3 Larry Vatri 25 Newark Parcel Service/Batteries Plus Swift DB-6 Ford 20 Finished  
3 2 George Scheiderer 89 J&D Equipment/Vulcan Products Swift DB-6 Ford 20 Finished  
4 4 Mark Dickens 38 Atrium Empowerment Euroswift SE-3 Ford 8 Wrecked  
                   
-- -- Bob Wright 90 X Swift DB-6 Ford -- Did not qualify