Race No. 16
Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey
Monterey — California
September 5 — September 7, 1997
Race Result
| pos | car | driver | laps | time | mph | km/h | lag | status |
| 1 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 83 | 6098.813 | 109.647 | 176.421 | 0.000 | running |
| 2 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 83 | 6099.356 | 109.637 | 176.406 | 0.543 | running |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 83 | 6110.684 | 109.434 | 176.079 | 11.328 | running |
| 4 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 83 | 6133.375 | 109.029 | 175.427 | 22.691 | running |
| 5 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 83 | 6163.311 | 108.499 | 174.575 | 29.936 | running |
| 6 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 83 | 6217.491 | 107.554 | 173.054 | 54.180 | running |
| 7 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 83 | 6292.688 | 106.268 | 170.986 | 54.782 | running |
| 8 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 83 | 6347.470 | 105.351 | 169.510 | 75.197 | running |
| 9 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 82 | 1 Lap | contact | |||
| 10 | 16 | Roberto Moreno | 82 | 1 Lap | running | |||
| 11 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 82 | 1 Lap | running | |||
| 12 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 81 | 2 Laps | running | |||
| 13 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 81 | 2 Laps | running | |||
| 14 | 25 | Max Papis | 81 | 2 Laps | running | |||
| 15 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 80 | 3 Laps | running | |||
| 16 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 79 | 4 Laps | contact | |||
| 17 | 98 | PJ Jones | 78 | 5 Laps | fuel | |||
| 18 | 34 | Charlie Nearburg | 78 | 5 Laps | running | |||
| 19 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 76 | 7 Laps | transmission | |||
| 20 | 64 | Dennis Vitolo | 75 | 8 Laps | running | |||
| 21 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 71 | 12 Laps | suspension | |||
| 22 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 69 | 14 Laps | engine | |||
| 23 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 67 | 16 Laps | brakes | |||
| 24 | 99 | Greg Moore | 64 | 19 Laps | engine | |||
| 25 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 40 | 43 Laps | transmission | |||
| 26 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 23 | 60 Laps | engine | |||
| 27 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 12 | 71 Laps | electrical | |||
| 28 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 2 | 81 Laps | oil leak |