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1997-09 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 9 of 13 Sunday, July 20, 1997 at Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario 44 laps on a 1.721 mile street course (75.724 miles) Time of race: 0:57:24 Average speed: 79.162 mph Pole speed: 94.904 mph Cautions: 3 for 11 laps Margin of victory: .202 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1997 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 2 8   Helio Castroneves Marlboro / Davene / Brahma Lola / Buick 44 running 44 21 2 1 7   Tony Kanaan Marlboro / Davene / Brahma Lola / Buick 44 running 0 17 3 6 33   Dave Empringham Player's / Indeck Lola / Buick 44 running 0 14 4 7 57   Didier Andre Autosport / Playstation Lola / Buick 44 running 0 12 5 12 21   Christophe Tinseau E.S.I. / Mi-Jack / Rose Lola / Buick 44 running 0 10 6 15 25   Naoki Hattori Kool Lola / Buick 44 running 0 8 7 14 18   Robby Unser Motorola / ADT Automotive Lola / Buick 44 running 0 6 8 20 97   Oswaldo Negri, Jr. Banco Sofisa   (Angelo Ferro) Lola / Buick 44 running 0 5 9 19 2   Airton Dare Banestado / STP Lola / Buick 44 running 0 4 10 10 56   Andrew Bordin Bordin Racing Lola / Buick 44 running 0 3 11 25 32   Bob Dorricott, Jr. Heritage Bank Lola / Buick 44 running 0 2 12 23 34   Frederic Gosparini Brian Stewart Lola / Buick 44 running 0 1 13 26 11   Clint Mears Penske Auto Center / Mobil Lola / Buick 44 running 0 0 14 27 12   Geoff Boss Cross Pens / Omniglow Corp.   (Team Medlin) Lola / Buick 44 running 0 0 15 8 28   Hideki Noda Tenoras / Greddy Lola / Buick 43 crash 0 0 16 28 5   Eric Jensen Autosport / Tri-Star Pictures Lola / Buick 43 running 0 0 17 4 27   Mark Hotchkis Kool Lola / Buick 43 running 0 0 18 3 3   Cristiano da Matta Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals   (Brian Stewart) Lola / Buick 41 electrical 0 0 19 18 20   Claude Bourbonnais Sega Cinescape Lola / Buick 41 running 0 0 20 21 10   Casey Mears Penske Auto Center / Mobil Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 21 5 26   Chris Simmons Kool Lola / Buick 19 suspension 0 0 22 24 77   Rodolfo Lavin Corona / America Batteries Lola / Buick 18 brakes 0 0 23 9 4   Sergio Paese Shopping Construcao Lola / Buick 13 engine 0 0 24 16 24   Dave DeSilva DeSilva Gates Construction Lola / Buick 11 transmission 0 0 25 17 31   Luiz Garcia, Jr. PetroBras Lola / Buick 1 crash 0 0 26 11 16   Shigeaki Hattori Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet Lola / Buick 0 suspension 0 0 27 13 99   Lee Bentham Player's / Indeck Lola / Buick 0 crash 0 0 28 22 36   Fredrik Larsson Stefan Johansson Motorsports Lola / Buick 0 crash 0 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 6 6   accident   7 15 9     16 18 3   #4 accident   19 20 2     21 22 2   #26 accident   23 44 22       Percent of race run under caution: 25.0%             Average green flag run: 11.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Helio Castroneves 1 44 44 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Helio Castroneves 127     2   Tony Kanaan 98   -29   3   Dave Empringham 87   -40   4   Cristiano da Matta 74   -53   5   Chris Simmons 60   -67   6   Lee Bentham 54   -73   7   Fredrik Larsson 43   -84   8   Mark Hotchkis 41   -86   9   Robby Unser 35   -92   10   Airton Dare 34   -93   11   Clint Mears 31   -96   12   Hideki Noda 28   -99   13   Sergio Paese 27   -100   14   Christophe Tinseau 26   -101   15   Naoki Hattori 24   -103   15   Luiz Garcia, Jr. 24   -103   17   Didier Andre 21   -106   18   Geoff Boss 20   -107   19   Dave DeSilva 17   -110   20   Oswaldo Negri, Jr. 15   -112   21   Jaques Lazier 12   -115