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1997-13

Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 13 of 13
Saturday, September 27, 1997 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA
50 laps on a 2.029 mile paved track (101.4 miles)

Time of race: 0:52:16
Average Speed: 116.467 mph
Pole Speed: 184.95 mph

Cautions: 4 for 19 laps
Margin of Victory: .712 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 15

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	11	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil	Lola / Buick	50	20,000	running	10	21
2	6	26	Chris Simmons	Kool	Lola / Buick	50	10,000	running	0	16
3	5	99	Lee Bentham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	50	5,000	running	1	14
4	10	3	Cristiano da Matta	Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	50	4,500	running	0	12
5	4	8	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	50	3,500	running	18	11
6	9	25	Naoki Hattori	Kool	Lola / Buick	50	2,800	running	0	8
7	17	70	Jeff Ward	NTS Computer / Dream Writer	Lola / Buick	50	2,400	running	0	6
8	12	2	Airton Dare	Banestado / STP	Lola / Buick	50	2,200	running	0	5
9	3	7	Tony Kanaan	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	50	2,100	running	0	4
10	16	31	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras	Lola / Buick	50	2,000	running	0	3
11	11	27	Mark Hotchkis	Kool	Lola / Buick	50	1,900	running	0	2
12	13	21	Christophe Tinseau	Mi-Jack / Rose / City Bird	Lola / Buick	50	1,800	running	0	1
13	2	33	Dave Empringham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	46		crash	11	0
14	8	5	Brian Cunningham	VTR Capital / Exide Elec.	Lola / Buick	46		crash	10	0
15	15	10	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil	Lola / Buick	46		crash	0	0
16	19	18	Robby Unser	Motorola / ADT Automotive	Lola / Buick	33		crash	0	0
17	20	77	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona / America Batteries	Lola / Buick	25		brakes	0	0
18	18	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet	Lola / Buick	23		mechanical	0	0
19	14	34	Frederic Gosparini	Viewsonic / STP	Lola / Buick	2		crash	0	0
20	7	32	Bob Dorricott, Jr.	Heritage Bank of Commerce	Lola / Buick	2		crash	0	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	0	1	2	yellow start
	2	2	1
	3	12	10	#32,34 accident
	13	32	20
	33	36	4	#18 accident
	37	46	10
	47	50	4	#33,5,10 accident
Percent of race run under caution: 40.0% Average green flag run: 10.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Clint Mears	1	1	1
Helio Castroneves	2	13	12
Dave Empringham	14	14	1
Lee Bentham	15	15	1
Dave Empringham	16	16	1
Helio Castroneves	17	17	1
Brian Cunningham	18	20	3
Clint Mears	21	22	2
Dave Empringham	23	27	5
Brian Cunningham	28	32	5
Helio Castroneves	33	37	5
Dave Empringham	38	40	3
Brian Cunningham	41	41	1
Clint Mears	43	45	3
Dave Empringham	46	46	1
Clint Mears	47	50	4

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