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 |