1997 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 1997 U.S. F2000 National Championship was won by Zak Morioka.

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	Walt Disney World Speedway	Bay Lake, Florida	January 24	Buddy Rice	David Besnard	Urubatan Helou, Jr.
2	Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	February 23	Matt Sielsky	Matt Sielsky	Rino Mastronardi
3	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	March 23	Matt Sielsky	Duncan Dayton	Buddy Rice
4	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	April 19	Buddy Rice	Duncan Dayton	Duncan Dayton
5	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	April 20	Duncan Dayton	Buddy Rice	Jeff Shafer
6	Grand Prize of America Road Course	Savannah, Georgia	May 18	Jeff Shafer	Luciano Zangirolami	Luciano Zangirolami
7	Pikes Peak International Raceway	Fountain, Colorado	June 29	Matt Sielsky	Robby McGehee	Zak Morioka
8	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Concord, North Carolina	July 25	Andrea de Lorenzi	Andrea de Lorenzi	Ryan Hampton
9	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Concord, North Carolina	July 26	Andrea de Lorenzi	Matt Sielsky	Andrea de Lorenzi
10	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 9	Matt Sielsky	Zak Morioka	Zak Morioka
11	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	August 23	Zak Morioka	David Rutledge	Andrea de Lorenzi
12	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	August 24	Zak Morioka	Andrea de Lorenzi	Andrea de Lorenzi

Drivers' Championship

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th–10th place
Dark Blue	11th place or lower
Purple	Did not finish
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Driver replacement (Rpl)
	Injured (Inj)
	No race held (NH)

Pos	Driver	WDW	STP	PHO	PHO		SAV	PPR	CHA		MDO	WGI		Points
1	Zak Morioka													205
2	Matt Sielsky													177
3	Duncan Dayton													162
4	Buddy Rice													153
5	Andy Lally													147
6	Ryan Hampton													133
7	Robby McGehee													129
8	J. Michael Johnson													127
9	Luciano Zangirolami													112
10	Seth Taylor													110
11	Jeff Horne													106
12	Jeff Shafer													102
13	Augie Pabst III													98
14	David Rutledge													97
15	Urubatan Helou, Jr.													89
16	Tim Duit													84
17	Ollie Besinger													64
18	Ric Rushton													53
19	David Besnard													51
20	David Webb													46
21	Owen Trinkler													40
22	Sam Hornish Jr.													36
23	Mike Williams													32
24	Tom Wood													30
24	Greg LeMond													30
26	Don Burgoon													27
27	Grand Van Schalkwyk													23
28	Joey Scarallo													20
29	Michael Fitzgerald													15
30	Bryan Selby													14
31	Tony Renna													12
32	Giuliano Losacco													11
32	James Yott													11
34	Jeff Smith													10
35	Cory Witherill													9
35	J.F. Veilleux													9
35	John Miller													9
38	K.W. Scott III													6
39	John Ross													5
39	Scott Dick													5
41	Ken Dromm													4
41	Jonathan Newberg													4
41	Bob Lisey													4
41	Jon Groom													4
41	Joe Foster													4
46	Alejandro Garcia													3
47	Jerry Petersen													2
47	David Bleke													2
47	Dana LaLiberte													2
50	John McMurray													1
50	Ed Dasso													1
50	Peter Barron													1