Race No. 3
Long Beach Grand Prix
Long Beach — California
April 11 — April 13, 1997
Race Result
| Place | CarNum | Driver | Laps | Time | mph | kph | Lag | Status |
| 1 | 4 | Zanardi | 105 | 6377.792 | 93.999 | 151.244 | RUNNING | |
| 2 | 17 | Gugelmin | 105 | 6381.612 | 93.943 | 151.154 | 3.82 | RUNNING |
| 3 | 20 | Pruett | 105 | 6393.251 | 93.772 | 150.879 | 15.459 | RUNNING |
| 4 | 2 | Unser | 105 | 6398.32 | 93.698 | 150.760 | 20.528 | RUNNING |
| 5 | 27 | Johnstone | 105 | 6398.693 | 93.692 | 150.750 | 20.901 | RUNNING |
| 6 | 8 | Herta | 105 | 6401.881 | 93.646 | 150.676 | 24.089 | RUNNING |
| 7 | 3 | Tracy | 105 | 6403.034 | 93.629 | 150.649 | 25.242 | RUNNING |
| 8 | 40 | Boesel | 105 | 6403.986 | 93.615 | 150.627 | 26.194 | RUNNING |
| 9 | 1 | Vasser | 105 | 6407.173 | 93.568 | 150.551 | 29.381 | RUNNING |
| 10 | 7 | Rahal | 105 | 6408.418 | 93.55 | 150.522 | 30.626 | RUNNING |
| 11 | 32 | Fernandez | 105 | 6415.376 | 93.449 | 150.359 | 37.584 | RUNNING |
| 12 | 9 | Franchitti | 105 | 6421.731 | 93.356 | 150.210 | 43.939 | RUNNING |
| 13 | 18 | Blundell | 104 | 6388.696 | 92.945 | 149.549 | -1 Lap | RUNNING |
| 14 | 31 | Ribeiro | 104 | 6395.983 | 92.839 | 149.378 | -1 Lap | RUNNING |
| 15 | 16 | Carpentier | 104 | 6403.794 | 92.726 | 149.196 | -1 Lap | RUNNING |
| 16 | 98 | Jones | 103 | 6400.924 | 91.876 | 147.828 | -2 Laps | RUNNING |
| 17 | 19 | Jourdain | 102 | 6329.485 | 92.011 | 148.046 | -3 Laps | ENGINE |
| 18 | 77 | Salles | 99 | 6278.9 | 90.024 | 144.849 | -6 Laps | HANDLING |
| 19 | 34 | Jasper | 99 | 6406.17 | 88.235 | 141.970 | -6 Laps | RUNNING |
| 20 | 24 | Matsushita | 96 | 6421.215 | 85.361 | 137.346 | -9 Laps | RUNNING |
| 21 | 5 | Ferran | 93 | 5731.941 | 92.638 | 149.055 | -12 Laps | SUSPENSION |
| 22 | 6 | Andretti | 70 | 4534.37 | 88.143 | 141.822 | -35 Laps | HANDLING |
| 23 | 99 | Moore | 60 | 4098.425 | 83.587 | 134.491 | -45 Laps | FUEL PUMP |
| 24 | 11 | Moreno | 48 | 3203.088 | 85.561 | 137.668 | -57 Laps | CONTACT |
| 25 | 25 | Papis | 39 | 2498.186 | 89.134 | 143.417 | -66 Laps | ENGINE |
| 26 | 36 | Fangio | 27 | 2012.121 | 76.615 | 123.274 | -78 Laps | ELECTRICAL |
| 27 | 21 | Hearn | 3 | 177.674 | 96.406 | 155.117 | -102 | ENGINE |
| 64 | 0 | Vitolo | WITHDRAWN |
Time of race: 1:46:17.76
Average speed: 91.186 mph
Margin of victory: 00:00:03.82 seconds
Fast Lap Report
| Pos | Driver | Car # | Lap# | Lap Time | Speed (mph) |
| 1 | Alex Zanardi | 4 | 64 | 52.895 | 107.942 |
| 2 | Gil De Ferran | 5 | 64 | 52.975 | 107.779 |
| 3 | Raul Boesel | 40 | 86 | 53.120 | 107.485 |
| 4 | Roberto Moreno | 11 | 48 | 53.239 | 107.245 |
| 5 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 17 | 70 | 53.307 | 107.108 |
| 6 | Michael Andretti | 6 | 35 | 53.342 | 107.038 |
| 7 | Parker Johnstone | 27 | 79 | 53.376 | 106.969 |
| 8 | Al Unser Jr. | 2 | 91 | 53.394 | 106.933 |
| 9 | Mark Blundell | 18 | 94 | 53.408 | 106.905 |
| 10 | Jimmy Vasser | 1 | 36 | 53.427 | 106.867 |
| 11 | Scott Pruett | 20 | 48 | 53.430 | 106.861 |
| 12 | Greg Moore | 99 | 58 | 53.437 | 106.847 |
| 13 | Paul Tracy | 3 | 93 | 53.458 | 106.805 |
| 14 | Bryan Herta | 8 | 92 | 53.464 | 106.793 |
| 15 | Bobby Rahal | 7 | 97 | 53.503 | 106.716 |
| 16 | Adrian Fernandez | 32 | 72 | 53.587 | 106.548 |
| 17 | Gualter Salles | 77 | 71 | 53.678 | 106.368 |
| 18 | Dario Franchitti | 9 | 50 | 53.766 | 106.194 |
| 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 19 | 70 | 53.862 | 106.004 |
| 20 | Patrick Carpentier | 16 | 32 | 53.865 | 105.998 |
| 21 | Andre Ribeiro | 31 | 76 | 54.137 | 105.466 |
| 22 | Paul Jasper | 34 | 8 | 54.747 | 104.291 |
| 23 | Richie Hearn | 21 | 3 | 54.979 | 103.851 |
| 24 | PJ Jones | 98 | 50 | 54.995 | 103.820 |
| 25 | Juan Fangio | II | 36 | 55.092 | 103.638 |
| 26 | Max Papis | 25 | 38 | 55.198 | 103.439 |
| 27 | Hiro Matsushita | 24 | 87 | 56.203 | 101.589 |