1997 North American Touring Car Championship

The 1997 North American Touring Car Championship was the second and final season of the North American Touring Car Championship. The series was organized by CART, and ran to Super Touring regulations. 18 rounds at 9 race meetings were organized, all but one (in Savannah, Georgia) supporting the CART World Series.

1997 NATCC season
Previous: 1996 Next: none

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
TC Kline Racing BMW 320i 1 Randy Pobst All
12 Brian Battaglia 1–3
Tom Finnelly Jr. 4–5
Doug Beatty 6
Paul Charsley 9
Rod Millen Motorsports Toyota Camry 2 Rod Millen 4
Tasman Motorsports Honda Accord 4 Neil Crompton 1–3, 5–9
Schader Motorsports Mazda Xedos 6 5 Bob Schader 1–4, 6–9
Walter Puckett 5
6 Desiré Wilson 1–2, 6
Walter Puckett 3
Bob Schader 5
Paul Charsley 8
Ron Emmick 9
PacWest Touring Car Group Dodge Stratus 7 Dominic Dobson All
8 David Donohue All
Hartong Motorsports BMW 318is 18 Darren Law All
Fastech Group Ford Contour 27 David Welch All
Honda American Racing Team Honda Accord 42 Peter Cunningham All
62 Forrest Granlund 1–3, 5, 7–9
Metalcraft Pontiac Sunfire 80 Dave Jolly 9
81 Ron Emmick 8
Jonak Brothers Racing BMW 320i 99 Mark Jonak 1–2
Hertfelder Motorsports Honda Accord 64 Roberto Quintanilla 5–8


Calendar

The initial calendar was released with sixteen races, all supporting CART events.[1] A doubleheader at the Savannah, Georgia Indy Lights' Dixie Crystals Grand Prix was added later.[2]

Round Date Circuit Location Pole position Winning driver Winning team
1 1 April 17 Long Beach street circuit Long Beach, California Peter Cunningham Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports
2 Peter Cunningham Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports
2 3 May 17 Hutchinson Island Savannah, Georgia Peter Cunningham Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team
4 May 18 Peter Cunningham Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team
3 5 June 8 Detroit Indy Grand Prix Detroit, Michigan David Donohue David Donohue PacWest Touring Car Group
6 David Donohue Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group
4 7 June 21 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon David Donohue Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team
8 David Donohue Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing
5 9 July 13 Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio Dominic Dobson David Donohue PacWest Touring Car Group
10 Dominic Dobson Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team
6 11 July 19 Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario Dominic Dobson Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group
12 Neil Crompton Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports
7 13 August 9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio David Donohue David Donohue PacWest Touring Car Group
14 David Donohue David Donohue PacWest Touring Car Group
8 15 August 31 Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia David Donohue Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports
16 David Donohue Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports
9 17 September 7 Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California David Donohue Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports
18 David Donohue Neil Crompton Tasman Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers Championship
Pos Driver LBH
 SAV
 DET
 POR
 CLE
 TOR
 MDO
 VAN
 LAG
 Pts
1 David Donohue 4 4 2 3 1 5 1 7 1 3 4 4 1 1 2 5 3 3 304
2 Peter Cunningham 10 8 1 1 4 6 2 1 3 1 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 282
3 Neil Crompton 1 1 3 2 3 DSQ 5 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 280
4 Dominic Dobson 2 3 4 4 2 1 6 9 9 7 1 2 4 8 3 9 4 6 230
5 Randy Pobst 3 2 6 9 9 DNS 3 6 2 4 7 7 8 9 6 2 5 4 188
6 Bob Schader 5 7 7 7 7 3 7 4 6 8 8 9 9 7 8 6 7 8 185
7 David Welch 8 5 9 10 5 2 9 8 10 9 6 5 7 5 5 4 6 5 159
8 Darren Law 9 6 5 5 10 DNS 4 3 8 5 5 6 5 6 7 8 DNS DNS 157
9 Forrest Granlund 11 DNS 10 6 8 4 4 6 6 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS 88
10 Ron Emmick 9 7 8 7 37
11 Mark Jonak 7 9 8 8 36
12 Rod Millen 8 2 26
13 Tom Finnelly 5 5 DNS DNS 24
14 Walter Puckett 6 7 7 DNS 21
15 Desiré Wilson 6 10 DNS DNS 11 DNS 18
16 Roberto Quintanilla DNS DNS 9 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 17
17 Dave Jolly 9 9 16
18 Paul Charsley DNS DNS 10 10 7
NC Doug Beatty 10 10 0
NC Brian Battaglia DNS DNS DNS DNS 0
NC Tommy Constantine DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver LBH
 SAV
 DET
 POR
 CLE
 TOR
 MDO
 VAN
 LAG
 Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing

Manufacturers Championship
Pos Manufacturer LBH
 SAV
 DET
 POR
 CLE
 TOR
 MDO
 VAN
 LAG
 Pts
1 Honda 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 298
2 Dodge 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 7 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 5 3 3 271
3 Toyota 8 2 26
Pos Manufacturer LBH
 SAV
 DET
 POR
 CLE
 TOR
 MDO
 VAN
 LAG
 Pts

See also

References
  1. "Provisional 1997 schedule released". Press release. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  2. "North American Touring Car Championship 1997". Autocourse.ca. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
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