CREATE TABLE table_204_62 (id DECIMAL, "year" DECIMAL, "winner" TEXT, "second" TEXT, "third" TEXT, "starters" DECIMAL)

who was the previous winner to the 1997 winner ?
SELECT "winner" FROM table_204_62 WHERE "year" = 1997 - 1
SELECT "winner" FROM "table_204_62" WHERE "year" = 1996