1997 Season

Date	Event	Event	Winner	Time	MPH	2nd Place	Time	MPH
Feb. 2	Winternationals	Top Fuel	Gary Scelzi	7.712	231.16	J. Amato	11.934	97.16
		Funny Car	John Force	4.958	287.26	A. Hofmann	18.048	46.62
		Pro Stock	Warren Johnson	6.964	197.75	K. Johnson	7.004	197.48
Feb. 23	ATSCO Nationals	Top Fuel	Gary Scelzi	4.626	305.70	K. Bernstein	4.061	315.23
		Funny Car	John Force	5.795	260.79	D. Skuza	6.578	154.55
		Pro Stock	Jim Yates	6.995	197.28	W. Johnson	7.000	197.71
Mar. 9	Gatornationals	Top Fuel	Joe Amato	4.650	312.60	M. Dunn	4.720	300.10
		Funny Car	Al Hofmann	5.058	287.35	M. Oswald	13.417	64.60
		Pro Stock	Jim Yates	6.964	197.19	M. Edwards	7.038	195.39
Mar. 23	Slick 50 Nationals	Top Fuel	Joe Amato	4.653	312.17	B. Vandergriff	4.694	302.62
		Funny Car	Tony Pedregon	5.054	288.00	C. Pedregon	6.231	151.05
		Pro Stock	Tom Martino	7.018	196.76	B. Allen	7.029	195.77
Apr. 13	Fram Nationals	Top Fuel	Kenny Bernstein	4.796	290.97	G. Scelzi	4.901	281.51
		Funny Car	Randy Anderson	5.385	271.90	J. Force	5.811	236.34
		Pro Stock	Jim Yates	6.988	196.76	K. Johnson	7.019	196.76
Apr. 27	Pennzoil Nationals (VA)	Top Fuel	Gary Scelzi	4.737	282.48	C. McClenathan	5.175	204.17
		Funny Car	Chuck Etchells	5.040	277.77	C. Pedregon	5.126	281.25
		Pro Stock	Warren Johnson	6.859	198.36	K. Johnson	8.498	113.80
May 4	Lone Star Nationals	Top Fuel	Joe Amato	4.638	316.01	L. Dixon	4.806	307.58
		Funny Car	Randy Anderson	5.056	284.36	J. Force	5.054	299.10
		Pro Stock	Warren Johnson	6.985	198.71	S. Geoffron	7.042	196.37
May 18	Mopar Nationals	Top Fuel	Cristen Powell	4.849	239.61	B. Sarvar	5.818	154.83
		Funny Car	Ken Okazaki	6.683	181.30	C. Etchells	10.316	88.62
		Pro Stock	Darrell Alderman	6.988	196.20	B. Allen	6.924	196.07
June 1	West. Auto Nationals	Top Fuel	Scott Kalitta	4.646	315.23	G. Scelzi	4.740	303.23
		Funny Car	Whit Bazemore	5.035	307.58	R. Anderson	5.638	189.99
		Pro Stock	Scott Geoffrion	7.077	194.25	L. Morgan	7.101	193.29
June 15	Pontiac Nationals	Top Fuel	Gary Scelzi	4.927	284.81	T. Schumacher	5.030	281.42
		Funny Car	Tom Hoover	5.349	270.35	W. Bazemore	5.445	275.14
		Pro Stock	Tom Martino	7.105	194.25	T. Coughlin	8.197	120.19
June 29	Sears Inagural Race	Top Fuel	Joe Amato	4.739	306.43	G. Scelzi	4.784	301.30
		Funny Car	Ron Capps	5.165	268.81	C. Pedregon	5.655	210.82
		Pro Stock	Warren Johnson	7.064	196.16	J. Yates	7.049	195.90
July 20	Mile-High Nationals	Top Fuel	Cory McClenathan	4.864	294.59	T. Schumacher	4.971	287.53
		Funny Car	Whit Bazemore	5.460	271.82	C. Etchells	5.496	276.15
		Pro Stock	Jim Yates	7.430	184.35	K. Johnson	114.02	79.33
July 27	Autolite Nationals	Top Fuel	Cory McClenathan	4.717	310.77	S. Kalitta	4.829	302.41
		Funny Car	Ron Capps	5.205	280.72	T. Pedregon	7.827	105.46
		Pro Stock	Jim Yates	7.020	195.52	D. Cambron	7.103	194.38
Aug. 3	Northwest Nationals	Top Fuel	Cory McClenathan	4.730	313.26	G. Scelzi	4.749	310.13
		Funny Car	Whit Bazemore	5.293	274.89	T. Pedregon	7.235	118.73
		Pro Stock	Mike Edwards	7.086	195.73	J. Yates	7.088	194.97
Aug. 17	Champion Nationals	Top Fuel	Cory McClenathan	4.785	315.01	B. Vandergriff	6.152	136.75
		Funny Car	John Force	4.974	310.55	R. Capps	28.451	33.03
		Pro Stock	Kurt Johnson	7.033	196.12	J. Yates	7.032	195.14
Sept. 1	U.S. Nationals	Top Fuel	Jim Head	4.738	300.00	C. McClenathan	5.333	258.91
		Funny Car	Whit Bazemore	4.996	306.85	T. Wilkerson	13.161	73.08
		Pro Stock	K. Johnson	7.046	195.82	V. Gaines	7.069	194.88
Sept. 14	Pioneer Nationals	Top Fuel	Cory McClenathan	4.753	305.28	K. Bernstein	4.790	299.90
		Funny Car	John Force	5.083	305.39	C. Etchells	5.282	224.66
		Pro Stock	Jim Yates	6.966	198.06	M. Belt	7.008	196.37
Sept. 28	Craftsman Nationals	Top Fuel	Kenny Bernstein	4.656	317.34	J. Amato	4.644	309.81
		Funny Car	John Force	4.988	308.74	R. Anderson	5.356	245.43
		Pro Stock	Jim Yates	7.026	195.48	M. Edwards	7.059	193.13
Oct. 5	Pennzoil Nationals	Top Fuel	Jim Head	4.677	308.53	L. Dixon	4.671	312.17
		Funny Car	John Force	5.172	296.34	C. Pedregon	7.002	127.94
		Pro Stock	Jim Yates	6.969	197.28	M. Osborne	7.047	196.12
Oct. 19	Revell Nationals	Top Fuel	Cory McClenathan	4.802	302.21	J. Amato	8.871	110.76
		Funny Car	Al Hofmann	5.083	251.60	J. Force	Foul	—
		Pro Stock	Jim Yates	7.028	197.41	W. Johnson	7.040	194.42
Oct. 26	Matco Tools Super Nationals	Top Fuel	Gary Scelzi	5.745	202.52	L. Dixon Jr.	5.843	280.72
		Funny Car	Dean Skuza	5.041	307.16	T. Pedregon	8.200	102.44
		Pro Stock	Jeg Coughlin Jr.	7.001	196.63	M. Osborne	7.040	194.93
Nov. 9	Winston Finals	Top Fuel	Joe Amato	4.558	320.28	G. Scelzi	5.939	186.06
		Funny Car	Tony Pedregon	4.925	308.64	J. Force	5.277	262.00
		Pro Stock	Kurt Johnson	6.980	197.10	T. Martino	7.039	195.99