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1997-01 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 1 of 13 Sunday, March 2, 1997 at Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, Homestead, FL 50 laps on a 1.517 mile paved track (75.850 miles) Time of race: 0:45:55 Average speed: 99.101 mph Pole speed: 174.809 mph Cautions: 2 for 27 laps Margin of victory: .377 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1997 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 5 33   Dave Empringham Canada Player's / Indeck Lola / Buick 50 running 19 20 2 8 36   Fredrik Larsson Stefan Johansson Motorsports Lola / Buick 50 running 0 16 3 3 26   Chris Simmons Kool Lola / Buick 50 running 0 14 4 2 27   Mark Hotchkis Kool Lola / Buick 50 running 25 13 5 6 99   Lee Bentham Player's Lola / Buick 50 running 0 10 6 10 7   Tony Kanaan Marlboro / Davene / Brahma Lola / Buick 50 running 0 8 7 11 63   Brian Cunningham STP Lola / Buick 50 running 0 6 8 14 18   Robby Unser Motorola / ADT Automotive Lola / Buick 50 running 0 5 9 12 10   Casey Mears Penske Auto Centers Lola / Buick 50 running 0 4 10 17 12   Geoff Boss Cross Pens / Omniglow Corp.   (Team Medlin) Lola / Buick 50 running 0 3 11 13 2   Airton Dare Banestado / STP Lola / Buick 50 running 0 2 12 18 11   Clint Mears Penske Auto Centers Lola / Buick 50 running 0 1 13 7 25   Naoki Hattori Kool Lola / Buick 50 running 0 0 14 1 8   Helio Castroneves Marlboro / Davene / Brahma Lola / Buick 50 running 6 1 15 20 5   Chris Bingham Park Place Ltd. Lola / Buick 50 running 0 0 16 23 31   Luiz Garcia, Jr. PetroBras Lola / Buick 50 running 0 0 17 4 24   Dave DeSilva DeSilva Gates Construction Lola / Buick 50 running 0 0 18 21 28   Hideki Noda Tenoras / Greddy Lola / Buick 49 running 0 0 19 24 20   John Jones Sega Cinescape Lola / Buick 49 running 0 0 20 16 77   Rodolfo Lavin Corona Lola / Buick 48 running 0 0 21 9 3   Cristiano da Matta Brazil Medley Ind. Farmac   (Brian Stewart) Lola / Buick 48 running 0 0 22 19 57   Didier Andre Autosport / Playstation Lola / Buick 45 running 0 0 23 22 56   Andrew Bordin Player's   (Bordin Racing) Lola / Buick 44 crash 0 0 24 25 32   Bob Dorricott, Jr. Sunnyvale Valve Lola / Buick 34 mechanical 0 0 25 15 21   Christophe Tinseau E.S.I. / Mi-Jack / Rose Lola / Buick 8 crash 0 0 26 26 4   Sergio Paese PetroBras Lola / Buick 0 did not start 0 0 27 27 15   Phillipp Sager Marcelo / Hawaiian Tropic Lola / Buick 0 did not start 0 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 8 8     9 21 13   #21 accident   22 33 12     34 47 14     48 50 3       Percent of race run under caution: 54.0%             Average green flag run: 7.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Helio Castroneves 1 6 6   Dave Empringham 7 23 17   Mark Hotchkis 24 48 25   Dave Empringham 49 50 2 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dave Empringham 20     2   Fredrik Larsson 16   -4   3   Chris Simmons 14   -6   4   Mark Hotchkis 13   -7   5   Lee Bentham 10   -10   6   Tony Kanaan 8   -12   7   Brian Cunningham 6   -14   8   Robby Unser 5   -15   9   Casey Mears 4   -16   10   Geoff Boss 3   -17   11   Airton Dare 2   -18   12   Helio Castroneves 1   -19   12   Clint Mears 1   -19