Bill Elliott
Current Nascar driver Tony Stewart won both championships.Nascar championships - (2002, 2005, 2011)IRL championship - (1997)
'Maachis' won the National Award for Best Popular film in 1997.
Randy Moss of Marshall won the award in 1997.
Golem by David Wisniewski won the Caldecott Award in 1997.
Derringer Award was created in 1997.
Veronika Award was created in 1997.
Nike Award was created in 1997.
CableACE Award ended in 1997.
1997 Eric Davis
In 1997, the Detroit Tigers won the Baseball Organization of the Year Award.
The Doak Walker Award was honors outstanding collegiate football running backs. In 1997 the award went to Ricky Williams of Texas.
The Roger Award was created in 1997 by two New Zealand trade unionists, Aziz Choudry and Sue Bradford.