1997 U.S. F2000 National Championship

Last updated August 29, 2023

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^[1]	Walt Disney World Speedway	Bay Lake, Florida	January 24	Buddy Rice	David Besnard	Urubatan Helou, Jr.
2^[2]	Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	February 23	Matt Sielsky	Matt Sielsky	Rino Mastronardi
3^[3]	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	March 23	Matt Sielsky	Duncan Dayton	Buddy Rice
4^[4]	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	April 19	Buddy Rice	Duncan Dayton	Duncan Dayton
5^[5]	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	April 20	Duncan Dayton	Buddy Rice	Jeff Shafer
6^[6]	Grand Prize of America Road Course	Savannah, Georgia	May 18	Jeff Shafer	Luciano Zangirolami	Luciano Zangirolami
7^[7]	Pikes Peak International Raceway	Fountain, Colorado	June 29	Matt Sielsky	Robby McGehee	Zak Morioka
8^[8]	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Concord, North Carolina	July 25	Andrea de Lorenzi	Andrea de Lorenzi	Ryan Hampton
9^[9]	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Concord, North Carolina	July 26	Andrea de Lorenzi	Matt Sielsky	Andrea de Lorenzi
10^[10]	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 9	Matt Sielsky	Zak Morioka	Zak Morioka
11^[11]	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	August 23	Zak Morioka	David Rutledge	Andrea de Lorenzi
12^[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Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)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		MDO	WGI		Points
1	Zak Morioka	7	8	3	29	17	2	1	3	DNS	1	4	4	205
2	Matt Sielsky	12	2	25	23	4	8	10	2	26	2	3	5	177
3	Duncan Dayton	4	12	2	1	5	36	29	20	9	5	17	3	162
4	Buddy Rice	2	3	1	18	26	3	2	37	33	13	11	37	153
5	Andy Lally	24	5	10	9	10	5	4	10	6	6	7	34	147
6	Ryan Hampton			15	5	3	10	16	1	2	9	34	28	133
7	Robby McGehee	3	29	4	32	11	32	7	4	10	44	6	8	129
8	J. Michael Johnson		11	14	4	6	31	12	8	8	8	9	7	127
9	Luciano Zangirolami	8	30	6	8	8	1	9	17	12	21			112
10	Seth Taylor	16	32	16	13	7	7	13	5	28	10	26	2	110
11	Jeff Horne	11	28	26	3	9	4	3	19	25	23	8	20	106
12	Jeff Shafer		24	36	27	1	35	18	7	3	4	14	40	102
13	Augie Pabst III	21	6	17	7	14	13	27	13	7	14	12	10	98
14	David Rutledge	4	41	30	10	23	6	6	36	15	42	2	30	97
15	Urubatan Helou, Jr.	1	30	32	2	31	28	5	34	32	12	21	27	89
16	Tim Duit	14	10	8	31	15	9	19	32	5	18	10	33	84
17	Ollie Besinger	15	13	13	6	32	33		24	20	7	13	36	64
18	Ric Rushton	10	15	5	16	20	11					37	19	53
19	David Besnard	6	14	35	28	2								51
20	David Webb		4				19		12	18	16	15	29	46
21	Owen Trinkler	32	19		33	13	12				15	30	9	40
22	Sam Hornish Jr.	27	20	24	24	12	11		11		46	31	39	36
23	Mike Williams		22	29	25	28	30	23	22	13	11	19	15	32
24	Tom Wood	23	15	11	15	34	22	22	30	19	39	29	32	30
24	Greg LeMond	20	39	28	22	21	DNS	17	16	11	40	18	17	30
26	Don Burgoon	19	9	31	30	Wth			35	31	24	36	14	27
27	Grant Van Schalkwyk		33		Wth	16	29		14	14		24	24	23
28	Joey Scarallo			12	11	24								20
29	Michael Fitzgerald	18	DNS	27							43	20	12	15
30	Bryan Selby			7										14
31	Tony Renna	9												12
32	Giuliano Losacco	33	21	21	21	Wth	14	DNS						11
32	James Yott		37	33	19	19	20	24			20	40	21	11
34	Jeff Smith		18	19	20	27			25	22	30			10
35	Cory Witherill	25	27					32	18	34	25	22	35	9
35	Jean-Francois Veilleux	13	25											9
35	John Miller	30	36	20	26	22	21				27	38	38	9
38	K.W. Scott III							15						6
39	John Ross				17	30								5
39	Scott Dick			22				21	33	23	26			5
41	Ken Dromm	22	35									32	22	4
41	Jonathan Newberg		17											4
41	Bob Lisey						26				32	39	26	4
41	Jon Groom	34	26									35	31	4
41	Joe Foster						17							4
46	Alejandro Garcia	DNQ					24		28	29				3
47	Jerry Petersen	29					25				29			2
47	David Bleke								29	35				2
47	Dana LaLiberte										19			2
50	John McMurray		34											1
50	Ed Dasso	31												1
50	Peter Barron										36			1
	Jason Bach										35	28	25
	Ennis Bragg								26	24
	Jim Bryant				12	25
	Jonathan Clues				Wth	29
	Andrea De Lorenzi						34	20	9	1	3	1	1
	Mark Dickens										47
	Richard Fairbanks										DNS
	Nick Fanelli						23
	Jerry Foyt							14	15	16
	Larry Foyt	36	18	34				28	21	21
	Kevin Frisbie		23
	John Fujii				14	18
	Divina Galica	28
	Rick Hayward						18				48
	Jon Herb								31	DNS	41	27	23
	Bob Hollander										33	16	13
	John Hollansworth Jr.	17		9				25
	Nick Lombardi							31
	Bob Lutz										28	33	16
	Rino Mastronardi		1
	Allen May							8	6	4
	Brian McCarthy										38
	Juiliano Moro		7
	Henry Najem		38					33
	Bobby Oergel								23	17
	Dean Oppermann										34	DNS	DNS
	Billy Puterbaugh, Jr.							26
	Ken Reinders										DNS
	Steve Rikert										17	23	11
	George Scheiderer										31
	Scott Schubot						16
	Jeff Simmons										45	5	6
	Lance Spragins			23				30	38	DNS
	Joe Tesone										37
	Michael Varacins						15
	Larry Vatri	35	31						27	30	22
	Vince Vilasi	26
	Jim Withney				Wth	33
	Jason Workman						27
	Bob Wright											25	18

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[1] "Disney Race Results". USF2000. Archived from the original on August 13, 2003. Retrieved August 11, 2017.

[2] "St. Petersburg Race Results". USF2000. Archived from the original on August 13, 2003. Retrieved August 11, 2017.

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1997 U.S. F2000 National Championship

Contents

Race calendar and results

Drivers' Championship

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