Race No. 2 IndyCarnival Surfer's Paradise Gold Coast, Australia April 4 April 6, 1997Race Resultpos | car | driver | laps | time | mph | km/h | status | 1 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 57 | 7264.678 | 78.948 | 127.028 | running | 2 | 99 | Greg Moore | 57 | 7265.362 | 78.941 | 127.016 | running | 3 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 57 | 7275.939 | 78.826 | 126.831 | running | 4 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 57 | 7279.505 | 78.787 | 126.769 | running | 5 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 57 | 7280.268 | 78.779 | 126.756 | running | 6 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 57 | 7281.488 | 78.766 | 126.735 | running | 7 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 57 | 7282.312 | 78.757 | 126.720 | running | 8 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 57 | 7282.840 | 78.751 | 126.711 | running | 9 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 57 | 7288.237 | 78.693 | 126.617 | running | 10 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 57 | 7290.602 | 78.668 | 126.576 | running | 11 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 57 | 7294.400 | 78.627 | 126.510 | running | 12 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 57 | 7294.869 | 78.622 | 126.502 | running | 13 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 57 | 7302.888 | 78.535 | 126.363 | running | 14 | 25 | Max Papis | 57 | 7304.203 | 78.521 | 126.340 | running | 15 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 57 | 7306.445 | 78.497 | 126.302 | running | 16 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 57 | 7322.753 | 78.322 | 126.020 | running | 17 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 57 | 7338.780 | 78.151 | 125.745 | running | 18 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 43 | -14 laps | | | transmission | 19 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 41 | -16 laps | | | contact | 20 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 37 | -20 laps | | | fire | 21 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 35 | -22 laps | | | broken wheel | 22 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 29 | -28 laps | | | contact | 23 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 24 | -33 laps | | | transmission | 24 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 17 | -40 laps | | | contact | 25 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 16 | -41 laps | | | electrical | 26 | 98 | PJ Jones | 16 | -42 laps | | | fire | 27 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 10 | -47 laps | | | lost wheel | 28 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 0 | -57 laps | | | did not start | Time of race: 2:01:67.80 Average speed: 78.948 mph Margin of victory: 0.684 secondsFast Lap Reportpos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time | 1 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 98.026 | 102.646 | 165.158 | 100.00% | 2 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98.185 | 102.480 | 164.890 | 100.16% | 3 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98.442 | 102.212 | 164.460 | 100.42% | 4 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 98.825 | 101.816 | 163.822 | 100.82% | 5 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98.991 | 101.646 | 163.548 | 100.98% | 6 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 99.007 | 101.629 | 163.521 | 101.00% | 7 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 99.323 | 101.306 | 163.001 | 101.32% | 8 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 99.837 | 100.784 | 162.162 | 101.85% | 9 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 99.843 | 100.778 | 162.152 | 101.85% | 10 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 99.902 | 100.719 | 162.056 | 101.91% | 11 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 99.939 | 100.681 | 161.996 | 101.95% | 12 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 100.179 | 100.440 | 161.608 | 102.20% | 13 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 100.272 | 100.347 | 161.458 | 102.29% | 14 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 100.302 | 100.317 | 161.410 | 102.32% | 15 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 100.327 | 100.292 | 161.370 | 102.35% | 16 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 100.822 | 99.800 | 160.578 | 102.85% | 17 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 101.054 | 99.571 | 160.209 | 103.09% | 18 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 101.082 | 99.543 | 160.165 | 103.12% | 19 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 101.361 | 99.269 | 159.724 | 103.40% | 20 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 101.674 | 98.963 | 159.232 | 103.72% | 21 | 25 | Max Papis | 101.922 | 98.723 | 158.845 | 103.97% | 22 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 102.123 | 98.528 | 158.532 | 104.18% | 23 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 102.948 | 97.739 | 157.262 | 105.02% | 24 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 103.141 | 97.556 | 156.967 | 105.22% | 25 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 103.165 | 97.533 | 156.931 | 105.24% | 26 | 98 | PJ Jones | 103.165 | 97.533 | 156.931 | 105.24% | 27 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 106.323 | 94.636 | 152.270 | 108.46% | 28 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | no time | | | | |