1997 SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge

The 1997 SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge season was the eighth running of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge series. The 1997 season is notable in that it began a thirteen-year era of the touring car class being contested primarily between BMW, Mazda, and Acura. This changed in 2010 with the adoption of an entirely new format. 1997 also saw the end of combined classes, with separate races for each group. This lasted until the 2010 season. After several years of having at least three groups, the series was reduced to only two, a format unseen since the series' inaugural season. This went unchanged for thirteen years, after which the series changed to three and later four groups. After only mild success for three seasons, the Saturn brand got its final wins this season as another blow to General Motors in the series.

Results

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Round Circuit Winning Driver (T1)

Winning Driver (T2)

Winning Vehicle (T1)

Winning Vehicle (T2)

1 St. Petersburg  Peter Cunningham

 Peter Schwartzott

Acura NSX

Honda Prelude

2 Lime Rock  Kermit Upton III

 Kristian Skavnes

BMW M3

Saturn SC

3 Mid-Ohio  Peter Cunningham

 Paul Booher

Acura NSX

Saturn SC

4 Watkins Glen  Lou Gigliotti

 Michael Galati

Saleen Mustang

Acura Integra R

5 Minneapolis   Peter Kitchak

 Paul Booher

Porsche RSR

Saturn SC

6 Topeka   Ron Fellows

 Johannes Van Overbeek

Saleen Mustang

BMW 328is

7 Tros-Rivieres  Peter Cunningham

 Alain Chebeir

Acura NSX

BMW 328is

8 Mosport   Ron Fellows

  Pierre Kleinubing

Saleen Mustang

Acura Integra R

9 Pike's Peak  Peter Cunningham

 Pierre Kleinubing

Acura NSX

Acura Integra R

10 Reno  Lou Gigliotti

 Johannes Van Overbeek

Saleen Mustang

BMW 318Ti

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)