Race No. 5
Rio 400
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway — Rio de Janiero, Brazil
May 9-11, 1997
Driver Performance Chart
| pos | driver | Pts | Sts | Run at Fin | Laps Led | Tms Led | Laps Comp | Miles Comp |
| (667) | (1021.756) | |||||||
| 1 | Paul Tracy | 65 | 5 | 4 | 215 | 7 | 651 | 977.036 |
| 2 | Scott Pruett | 61 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 666 | 1020.756 |
| 3 | Alex Zanardi | 55 | 5 | 5 | 92 | 5 | 665 | 1019.756 |
| 4 | Michael Andretti | 51 | 5 | 3 | 92 | 4 | 563 | 837.630 |
| 5 | Greg Moore | 44 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 591 | 919.386 |
| 6 | Jimmy Vasser | 33 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 666 | 1020.756 |
| 7 | Al Unser Jr. | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 708.351 |
| 8 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 29 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 589 | 877.228 |
| 9 | Raul Boesel | 26 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 662 | 1014.688 |
| 10 | Gil de Ferran | 25 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 3 | 575 | 881.017 |
| 11 | Bryan Herta | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 637 | 940.979 |
| 12 | Bobby Rahal | 18 | 5 | 5 | 102 | 3 | 662 | 1014.341 |
| 13 | Parker Johnstone | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 608 | 921.885 |
| 14 | Mark Blundell | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 617 | 970.136 |
| 15 | Andre Ribeiro | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 439 | 788.333 |
| 16 | Dario Franchitti | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 428 | 614.593 |
| 17 | Patrick Carpentier | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 530 | 768.741 |
| 17 | Adrian Fernandez | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 366 | 605.327 |
| 19 | Richie Hearn | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 527 | 819.739 |
| 20 | Max Papis | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 442 | 749.978 |
| 21 | Roberto Moreno | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 425 | 568.990 |
| 22 | Gualter Salles | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 380 | 616.934 |
| 23 | Juan Fangio II | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 480 | 694.431 |
| 24 | PJ Jones | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 366 | 575.589 |
| 25 | Arnd Meier | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 202.187 |
| 26 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 497 | 792.560 |
| 27 | Paul Jasper | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 291.198 |
| 28 | Hiro Matsushita | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 439.216 |
| 29 | Dennis Vitolo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 94.054 |
| 30 | Christian Fittipaldi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 60.680 |