1997 Atlantic Championship Explained

The 1997 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 12 rounds. All teams had to utilize Toyota engines. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Alex Barron driving for Lynx Racing. In C2-class 14 different drivers competed, but none of them for the whole season.

Calendar

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 March 1, 1997 50 2.25302=112.651 km 0'49:36.520 136.248 km/h Bertrand Godin
2 April 2, 1997 30 2.558787=76.76361 km 1'07:00.264 68.739 km/h Alexandre Tagliani
3 April 26, 1997 60 1.5223978=91.343868 km 0'42:20.224 129.452 km/h ?
4 May 31, 1997 60 1.6607976=99.647856 km 0'31:40.276 188.779 km/h Bertrand Godin
5 June 14, 1997 27 4.4207471=119.3601717 km 0'45:08.587 158.642 km/h Chuck West
6 July 13, 1997 22 3.3891858=74.5620876 km 0'33:40.036 132.881 km/h Tony Ave
7 July 19, 1997 35 2.7696053=96.9361855 km 0'59:56.560 97.029 km/h Alexandre Tagliani
8 August 3, 1997 45 2.4477453=110.1485385 km 1'00:27.668 109.308 km/h Alex Barron
9 August 10, 1997 25 3.6337994=90.844985 km 0'40:55.747 133.174 km/h Alex Barron
10 August 17, 1997 11 6.4372=70.8092 km 0'40:34.741 104.698 km/h Alex Barron
11 September 1, 1997 38 2.7406379=104.1442402 km 0'58:24.852 106.971 km/h Alex Barron
12 September 6, 1997 28 3.6016134=100.8451752 km 0'37:50.484 159.897 km/h Alex Barron

Note:

Race 1 held on the road course.

Race 10 stopped earlier due to rain, originally scheduled over 17 laps.

Final points standings

Driver

Main championship

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 11 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were also able to score points in the main class.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Total Points
1 178 - - 22 22 16 14 12 14 21 21 14 22
2 136 16 9 - 14 14 7 20 11 12 11 22 -
3 123 8 21 14 6 - 1 16 22 9 10 2 14
4 121 11 - 6 9 22 21 9 4 16 12 9 2
5 100 15 7 16 - - 16 14 7 6 7 12 -
6 99 10 11 12 4 - 8 5 8 11 14 16 -
7 94 12 12 4 3 - 9 12 16 10 16 - -
8 92 20 16 - 10 11 5 - 12 8 - 10 -
9 70 - - 8 8 - 12 8 - 15 8 - 11
10 64 7 7 5 5 12 3 3 5 1 - 8 8
11 59 - - 10 16 10 - 6 - - - 1 16
12 55 - - 2 - - 4 7 10 5 6 11 10
13 53 5 - 11 12 5 11 - - - 9 - -
14 46 1 10 - 11 - 10 - 6 - 1 - 7
15 38 9 14 - - 4 - 11 - - - - -
16 38 6 - - - 6 6 4 - - - 7 9
17 30 - - 9 - - - 1 - 4 4 - 12
18 23 - - - - 8 1 - - 7 1 - 6
19 18 - - 7 2 9 - - - - - - -
20 17 - - - - 1 2 - - 3 2 4 5
21 13 2 5 - - - - - - 2 - - 4
22 13 4 - 3 - 3 - - - - - 3 -
23 11 - - - - - - 2 9 - - - -
24 9 - - 1 1 7 - - - - - - -
25 8 - 8 - - - - - - - - - -
26 8 3 - - - - - - - - - 5 -
8 - - - - - - - - - 5 - 3
28 7 - - - 7 - - - - - - - -
29 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6 -
30 5 3 - - - - - - 2 - - - -
31 4 - 4 - - - - - - - - - -
32 4 1 - - - - - - - - 3 - -
33 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - -
34 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
2 - - - - 2 - - - - - - -
36 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Stéphane Roy 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - -
1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1

C2-Class championship

Points system see above. But additional points only awarded for the fastest qualifier. No additional point awarded to the driver leading the most laps.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Total Points
1 159 21 - 15 21 10 21 16 21 17 17 - -
2 86 - - - 16 20 16 20 - 14 - - -
3 Howie Liebengood HL Swift Racing 81 - - 16 14 - 11 - - 20 20 - -
4 66 - 21 - - 12 - 12 - - - 21 -
5 62 - - - - 16 - 14 16 - - 16 -
6 56 12 - 20 - - 12 12 - - - - -
7 47 - 12 - - - 14 - - - - - 21
8 28 14 14 - - - - - - - - - -
28 - - - - 14 - - - - 14 - -
10 23 - 11 - - 12 - - - - - - -
11 HL Swift Racing 16 16 - - - - - - - - - - -
16 - 16 - - - - - - - - - -
13 14 - - - - - - - - - - 14 -
14 10 - 10 - - - - - - - - - -

Note:

No more competitors in C2-class.

See also

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