| series | Champcar current |
| race |  Lexington |
| year | 1997 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Ganassi | 4 | Target | Alex Zanardi |  | 2 | 1 | Reynard 97i | Honda HRR | 56 | |
| Forsythe | 99 | Player's/Indeck | Greg Moore |  | 3 | 2 | Reynard 97i | Mercedes IC108D | ||
| Team Rahal | 7 | Miller Lite | Bobby Rahal | | 16 | 3 | Reynard 97i | Ford XD | ||
| Patrick | 40 | Brahma | Raul Boesel |  | 11 | 4 | Reynard 97i | Ford XD | ||
| Ganassi | 1 | Target | Jimmy Vasser | | 9 | 5 | Reynard 97i | Honda HRR | ||
| Walker | 5 | Valvoline/Cummins | Gil De Ferran | | 4 | 6 | Reynard 97i | Honda HRR | ||
| PacWest | 17 | Hollywood | Mauricio Gugelmin | | 6 | 7 | Reynard 97i | Mercedes IC108D | 9 | |
| Newman-Haas | 6 | Kmart/Texaco/Havoline | Michael Andretti | | 10 | 8 | Swift 007.i | Ford XD | ||
| Patrick | 20 | Brahma | Scott Pruett | | 7 | 9 | Reynard 97i | Ford XD | ||
| Tasman | 31 | LCI/Marlboro | Andre Ribeiro | | 17 | 10 | Reynard 97i [022] | Honda HRR | ||
| Hogan | 9 | Hogan Motor Leasing | Dario Franchitti |  | 5 | 11 | Reynard 97i | Mercedes IC108D | ||
| Team Green | 27 | KOOL | Parker Johnstone | | 12 | 12 | Reynard 97i | Honda HRR | ||
| Della Penna | 21 | Ralphs/Food 4 Less | Richie Hearn | | 22 | 13 | Lola T9700 | Ford XD | ||
| Arciero-Wells | 25 | MCI | Max Papis | | 24 | 14 | Reynard 97i | Toyota RV8B | ||
| Bettenhausen | 16 | Alumax Aluminium | Patrick Carpentier | | 23 | 15 | Reynard 97i | Mercedes IC108D | ||
| Project Indy | 64 | Hasseroeder/Hawaiian Tropic/J.A.G. | Arnd Meier |  | 27 | 16 | Lola T9700 | Ford XD | ||
| All American Racers | 98 | Castrol/Jockey | PJ Jones | | 20 | 17 | Reynard 97i | Toyota RV8B | ||
| Dale Coyne | 19 | Herdez/Payton-Coyne | Michel Jourdain Jr. |  | 14 | 18 | Reynard 97i | Ford XD | ||
| Arciero-Wells | 24 | Panasonic/Duskin | Hiro Matsushita |  | 28 | 19 | Reynard 97i | Toyota RV8B | ||
| Davis Racing | 77 | Indusval/Marlboro | Gualter Salles | | 19 | 20 | Reynard 97i | Ford XD | ||
| Newman-Haas | 11 | Kmart/Budweiser | Christian Fittipaldi | | 8 | 21 | Swift 007.i | Ford XD | ||
| Penske | 2 | Marlboro | Al Unser Jr. | | 18 | 22 | Penske PC26 | Mercedes IC108D | ||
| Tasman | 32 | Tecate/Quaker State | Adrian Fernandez | | 21 | 23 | Lola T9700 | Honda HRR | ||
| Team Rahal | 8 | Shell | Bryan Herta | | 1 | 24 | Reynard 97i | Ford XD | 18 | |
| All American Racers | 36 | Castrol/Jockey | Juan Fangio II |  | 25 | 25 | Reynard 97i [028] | Toyota RV8B | ||
| PacWest | 18 | Motorola | Mark Blundell |  | 13 | 26 | Reynard 97i | Mercedes IC108D | ||
| Penske | 3 | Marlboro | Paul Tracy | | 15 | 27 | Penske PC26 | Mercedes IC108D | ||
| Dale Coyne | 34 | Nearburg Exploration/Payton-Coyne | Charles Nearburg | | DNS | Reynard 97i [035] | Ford XD |
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