This week's Classic Rewind takes us to the LBC to watch the first win at Long Beach by one of the race's most popular winners - Alex Zanardi.

Alex Zanardi remains one of racing's most popular figures, so it's no surprise that Zanardi race wins are among the most popular episodes of Classic Rewind.

This week, the Wayback Machine heads back 20 years and to Long Beach for the 1997 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

The third round of the 1997 season began with a bit of drama as provisional pole sitter Gil de Ferran crashed his primary car in the Saturday warmup, then sat in his backup car on pit lane as the rest of the field tried to best his time. He'd win the pole and lead the early portion of the race.

Zanardi took control around Lap 40 and he and teammate Jimmy Vasser held the lead for much of the race. One of them seemed destined for victory, but Vasser needed fuel late in the race and pitted, handing the lead to his teammate, who would win at Long Beach for the first time.

It was the fourth win of Zanardi's career and he celebrated with a donut for the fans in Turn 1.