1997 Watkins Glen 2
Watkins Glen International
2.428 Mile Road Course
20 Laps/48.56 Miles
August 24, 1997
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Andrea De Lorenzi | 50 | Caffe' Esse/Beta/Motorquality | Tatuus RC97 | Ford | 20 | 0:39:01.453 | |
| 2 | 2 | Seth Taylor | 81 | Taylor Race Engineering | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 26 |
| 3 | 7 | Duncan Dayton | 4 | Tamarack Investments | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 23 |
| 4 | 1 | Zak Morioka | 27 | KFC of Brazil | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 21 |
| 5 | 3 | Matt Sielsky | 16 | Team Kool Green/Bolle/Sea Doo/Emerald Financial | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 18 |
| 6 | 5 | Jeff Simmons | 49 | AFS Construction | Van Diemen RF94 | Ford | 20 | Finished | |
| 7 | 18 | Mike Johnson | 10 | UniDial Long Distance/Valvoline/Slick Eyewear | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 14 |
| 8 | 6 | Robby McGehee | 18 | Hudson Foods/Energizer Battery | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 13 |
| 9 | 21 | Owen Trinkler | 94 | Red Line Oil/Simpson Race Products | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 12 |
| 10 | 11 | Augie Pabst III | 77 | Red Line Oil/Cyclo Chemical | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 11 |
| 11 | 26 | Steve Rikert | 35 | X | Tatuus | Ford | 20 | Finished | |
| 12 | 27 | Michael Fitzgerald | 5 | Lyndex Corp./Penske Shocks | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 9 |
| 13 | 22 | Bob Hollander | 24 | X | Van Diemen RF94 | Ford | 20 | Finished | |
| 14 | 35 | Don Burgoon | 3 | Performance Friction | Tatuus RC97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 7 |
| 15 | 19 | Mike Williams | 26 | Windstorm Racing/Cape Motorsports | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 6 |
| 16 | 39 | Bob Lutz | 41 | Team Atlanta | Van Diemen RF94 | Ford | 20 | Finished | |
| 17 | 24 | Greg LeMond | 83 | Manheim Auctions/ICG | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 4 |
| 18 | 28 | Bob Wright | 90 | X | Swift DB-6 | Ford | 20 | Finished | |
| 19 | 23 | Ric Rushton | 15 | DSTP Motorsports | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 2 |
| 20 | 12 | Jeff Horne | 11 | Lakeview Concrete/West Coast Steel/Bell Helmets | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 1 |
| 21 | 33 | James Yott | 22 | DKY Communications | Van Diemen RF95 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 1 |
| 22 | 34 | Ken Dromm | 8 | PayPlus Payrolls | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 1 |
| 23 | 29 | Jon Herb | 55 | Coca-Cola/PPG/International Star Registry | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 20 | Finished | |
| 24 | 25 | Grant Van Schalkwyk | 31 | Hollard Insurance | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 1 |
| 25 | 31 | Jason Bach | 63 | Millennium Systems | Van Diemen RF95 | Ford | 20 | Finished | |
| 26 | 41 | Bob Lisey | 47 | Young Chemical | Van Diemen RF92 | Ford | 20 | Finished | 1 |
| 27 | 17 | Urubatan Helou, Jr. | 9 | BrasPress | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 19 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 28 | 14 | Ryan Hampton | 80 | American Instruments | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 19 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 29 | 20 | David Webb | 13 | Webb's Machine Design | Swift DB-6 | Ford | 19 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 30 | 38 | David Rutledge | 78 | Fleming Financial | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 19 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 31 | 32 | Jon Groom | 51 | Human Factors Industrial Design | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 19 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 32 | 36 | Tom Wood | 20 | Round-Up Well Service/Round-Up Resource Service | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 19 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 33 | 16 | Tim Duit | 34 | TTK Construction/Hooten Oil | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 18 | Mechanical | (1) |
| 34 | 8 | Andy Lally | 75 | Aspen Knolls/TotalTel | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 15 | Wrecked | (1) |
| 35 | 40 | Cory Witherill | 67 | WSA Health Care | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 12 | Mechanical | 1 |
| 36 | 15 | Ollie Besinger | 76 | Slick Eyewear/Hidden Bay Lodge & Camps | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 11 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 37 | 13 | Buddy Rice | 19 | Red Line Oil/Motorsport Spares/J. Schnovel/Lodi | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 10 | Wrecked | (1) |
| 38 | 37 | John Miller | 84 | Manheim Auctions/ICG | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 10 | Mechanical | 1 |
| 39 | 9 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 7 | Hornish Bros. Trucking/Fountain City Leasing | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 1 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 40 | 10 | Jeff Shafer | 66 | Team Kool Green | Nemesis | Ford | 1 | Wrecked | (1) |
B Class Results
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Bob Wright | 90 | X | Swift DB-6 | Ford | 20 | Finished | |
| 2 | 1 | David Webb | 13 | Webb's Machine Design | Swift DB-6 | Ford | 19 | Wrecked | 27 |