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
Round Circuit Winning driver (T1) Winning Driver (T2) Winning Vehicle (T1) Winning Vehicle (T2)1St. PetersburgPeter Cunningham Peter SchwartzottAcura NSX Honda Prelude2Lime RockKermit Upton III Kristian SkavnesBMW M3 Saturn SC3Mid-OhioPeter Cunningham Paul BooherAcura NSX Saturn SC4Watkins GlenLou Gigliotti Michael GalatiSaleen Mustang Acura Integra R5Minneapolis Peter Kitchak Paul BooherPorsche RSR Saturn SC6Topeka Ron Fellows Johannes Van OverbeekSaleen Mustang BMW 328is7Tros-RivieresPeter Cunningham Alain ChebeirAcura NSX BMW 328is8Mosport Ron Fellows Pierre KleinubingSaleen Mustang Acura Integra R9Pike's PeakPeter Cunningham Pierre KleinubingAcura NSX Acura Integra R10RenoLou Gigliotti Johannes Van OverbeekSaleen Mustang BMW 318Ti
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