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 would change in 2010 with the adoption of an entirely new format. 1997 would also see the end of combined classes, with separate races for each group. This would also last 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 would go unchanged for thirteen years, after which the series would change to three and later four groups. After only mild success for three seasons, the Saturn brand would get its final wins this season as another blow to General Motors in the series.

Results^[1]

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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