1997 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 1997 U.S. F2000 National Championship was won by Zak Morioka.

Race calendar and results Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winner 1 Walt Disney World Speedway Bay Lake, Florida January 24 Buddy Rice David Besnard Urubatan Helou, Jr. 2 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida February 23 Matt Sielsky Matt Sielsky Rino Mastronardi 3 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 23 Matt Sielsky Duncan Dayton Buddy Rice 4 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona April 19 Buddy Rice Duncan Dayton Duncan Dayton 5 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona April 20 Duncan Dayton Buddy Rice Jeff Shafer 6 Grand Prize of America Road Course Savannah, Georgia May 18 Jeff Shafer Luciano Zangirolami Luciano Zangirolami 7 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colorado June 29 Matt Sielsky Robby McGehee Zak Morioka 8 Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina July 25 Andrea de Lorenzi Andrea de Lorenzi Ryan Hampton 9 Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina July 26 Andrea de Lorenzi Matt Sielsky Andrea de Lorenzi 10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 9 Matt Sielsky Zak Morioka Zak Morioka 11 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York August 23 Zak Morioka David Rutledge Andrea de Lorenzi 12 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York August 24 Zak Morioka Andrea de Lorenzi Andrea de Lorenzi

Drivers' Championship Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue 11th place or lower Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Driver replacement (Rpl) Injured (Inj) No race held (NH) Pos Driver WDW STP PHO PIR SAV PPR CHA MOH WGI Points 1 Zak Morioka783 2917213DNS144205 2 Matt Sielsky12225234810226235177 3 Duncan Dayton41221536292095173162 4 Buddy Rice2311826323733131137153 5 Andy Lally24510910541066734147 6 Ryan Hampton155310161293428133 7 Robby McGehee329432113274104468129 8 J. Michael Johnson111446311288897127 9 Luciano Zangirolami83068819171221112 10 Seth Taylor16321613771352810262110 11 Jeff Horne1128263943192523820106 12 Jeff Shafer243627135187341440102 13 Augie Pabst III21617714132713714121098 14 David Rutledge4413010236636154223097 15 Urubatan Helou, Jr.13032231285343212212789 16 Tim Duit14108311591932518103384 17 Ollie Besinger1513136323324207133664 18 Ric Rushton10155162011371953 19 David Besnard61435 28251 20 David Webb419121816152946 21 Owen Trinkler32193313121530940 22 Sam Hornish Jr.2720242412111146313936 23 Mike Williams222925283023221311191532 24 Tom Wood23151115342222301939293230 24 Greg LeMond2039282221DNS17161140181730 26 Don Burgoon1993130Wth353124361427 27 Grant Van Schalkwyk33Wth16291414242423 28 Joey Scarallo12112420 29 Michael Fitzgerald18DNS27432012 15 30 Bryan Selby714 31 Tony Renna912 32 Giuliano Losacco33212121Wth14DNS11 32 James Yott37331919202420402111 34 Jeff Smith1819202725223010 35 Cory Witherill25273218342522359 35 Jean-Francois Veilleux13259 35 John Miller3036202622212738389 38 K.W. Scott III156 39 John Ross17305 39 Scott Dick22213323265 41 Ken Dromm223532224 41 Jonathan Newberg174 41 Bob Lisey263239264 41 Jon Groom342635314 41 Joe Foster174 46 Alejandro GarciaDNQ2428293 47 Jerry Petersen2925292 47 David Bleke29352 47 Dana LaLiberte192 50 John McMurray341 50 Ed Dasso311 50 Peter Barron361 Jason Bach352825 Ennis Bragg2624 Jim Bryant1225 Jonathan CluesWth29 Andrea De Lorenzi342091311 Mark Dickens47 Richard FairbanksDNS Nick Fanelli23 Jerry Foyt141516 Larry Foyt361834282121 Kevin Frisbie23 John Fujii1418 Divina Galica28 Rick Hayward1848 Jon Herb31DNS412723 Bob Hollander331613 John Hollansworth Jr.17925 Nick Lombardi31 Bob Lutz283316 Rino Mastronardi1 Allen May864 Brian McCarthy38 Juiliano Moro7 Henry Najem3833 Bobby Oergel2317 Dean Oppermann34DNSDNS Billy Puterbaugh, Jr.26 Ken ReindersDNS Steve Rikert172311 George Scheiderer31 Scott Schubot16 Jeff Simmons4556 Lance Spragins233038DNS Joe Tesone37 Michael Varacins15 Larry Vatri3531273022 Vince Vilasi26 Jim WithneyWth33 Jason Workman27 Bob Wright2518

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