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CART this Weekend: Beer and Brats at Road America for the Texaco/Havoline 200

14 August 1997

What:	Texaco/Havoline 200
Where:  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis
When:	Friday-Sunday  Aug 15-17

Defending champ:	Michael Andretti
Defending polesitter:	Alex Zanardi

Track layout:  4-mile permanent road course  14 turns
Race Length:   50 laps   200 miles

Records: 1995 Villenueve, 1 lap, 142.206 mph; Andretti, race, 126.205 mph

Race number 14 of 17

Notes

Michael Andretti waited seven years to finally score a victory at RA
and he did it in 1996 in his Texaco/Havoline Ford.

Time of 1996 race:	1 hour, 56 min
Average speed		102.947
Margin of victory:	0.541 secs
Caution flags:		5 for 16 laps
Lap Leaders:		Al Unser, Jr, 25   
			Christian Fitttipaldi, 15  
			Alex Zanardi, 9, 
			Michael Andretti, 1

Bill Maloney -- The Auto Channel