Race No. 17
The California 500
Presented by Toyota
The California Speedway — Fontana, California
September 26-28, 1997
Driver Performance Chart
| Pos | Driver | Pts | Sts | Run at Fin | Laps Led | Tms Led | Laps Comp | Miles Comp |
| (2259) | (3948.187) | |||||||
| 1 | Alex Zanardi | 195 | 16 | 15 | 338 | 17 | 1930 | 3278.305 |
| 2 | Gil De Ferran | 162 | 17 | 14 | 165 | 13 | 2110 | 3708.764 |
| 3 | Jimmy Vasser | 144 | 17 | 15 | 153 | 7 | 2061 | 3553.319 |
| 4 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 132 | 17 | 14 | 212 | 14 | 2172 | 3785.292 |
| 5 | Paul Tracy | 121 | 16 | 10 | 336 | 12 | 1636 | 2566.432 |
| 6 | Mark Blundell | 115 | 17 | 12 | 138 | 8 | 1919 | 3443.265 |
| 7 | Greg Moore | 111 | 17 | 9 | 142 | 8 | 1818 | 3093.454 |
| 8 | Michael Andretti | 108 | 17 | 9 | 197 | 7 | 1685 | 2734.070 |
| 9 | Scott Pruett | 102 | 17 | 12 | 66 | 9 | 1981 | 3469.189 |
| 10 | Raul Boesel | 91 | 17 | 13 | 90 | 5 | 1926 | 3230.678 |
| 11 | Bryan Herta | 72 | 17 | 12 | 54 | 5 | 1817 | 3143.493 |
| 12 | Bobby Rahal | 70 | 17 | 12 | 137 | 5 | 1883 | 3316.024 |
| 13 | Al Unser Jr. | 67 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1492 | 2547.508 |
| 14 | Andre Ribeiro | 45 | 17 | 11 | 135 | 4 | 1548 | 2835.035 |
| 15 | Christian Fittipaldi | 42 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 938 | 1944.088 |
| 16 | Parker Johnstone | 36 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1809 | 3154.291 |
| 17 | Patrick Carpentier | 27 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 2 | 1530 | 2416.930 |
| 17 | Adrian Fernandez | 27 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1458 | 2577.090 |
| 19 | Roberto Moreno | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 872 | 1267.006 |
| 20 | Gualter Salles | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1713 | 3135.828 |
| 21 | Richie Hearn | 10 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1506 | 2653.227 |
| 22 | Dario Franchitti | 10 | 16 | 7 | 47 | 4 | 1449 | 2361.031 |
| 23 | Juan Fangio II | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1412 | 2517.349 |
| 24 | Max Papis | 8 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1539 | 2928.777 |
| 25 | Dennis Vitolo | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 1249.005 |
| 26 | Robby Gordon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 501.163 |
| 27 | Hiro Matsushita | 4 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1489 | 2546.984 |
| 28 | P.J. Jones | 3 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1425 | 2555.523 |
| 29 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1619 | 2949.251 |
| 30 | Arnd Meier | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 745 | 1618.798 |
| 31 | Christan Danner | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 286.599 |
| 32 | Charlie Nearburg | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 428.328 |
| 33 | Paul Jasper | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 346 | 484.182 |
| 34 | Arie Luyendyk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 79.131 |