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1997 Dixie Crystals Grand Prix

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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 4 of 13
Sunday, May 18, 1997 at Hutchinson Island Road Race Course, Savannah, GA
50 laps on a 1.964 mile road course (98.2 miles)

Time of race: 1:10:53
Average Speed: 83.129 mph
Pole Speed: 109.126 mph

Cautions: 4 for 13 laps
Margin of Victory: .049 sec
Attendance: 30,000
Lead changes: 0

Glossary 1997 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results / 1997 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Status	Led	Points
1	1	8	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	50	running	50	22
2	4	4	Sergio Paese	Shopping Construcao	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	16
3	10	99	Lee Bentham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	14
4	3	31	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	12
5	15	25	Naoki Hattori	Kool	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	10
6	7	28	Hideki Noda	Tenoras / Greddy	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	8
7	17	97	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	Angelo Ferro	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	6
8	12	2	Airton Dare	Banestado / STP	Lola / Buick	49	running	0	5
9	5	57	Didier Andre	Autosport / Playstation	Lola / Buick	49	running	0	4
10	13	36	Fredrik Larsson	Stefan Johansson Motorsports	Lola / Buick	49	running	0	3
11	16	32	Bob Dorricott, Jr.	Heritage Bank	Lola / Buick	49	running	0	2
12	9	21	Christophe Tinseau	E.S.I. / Mi-Jack / Rose	Lola / Buick	49	running	0	1
13	24	10	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Centers / Mobil	Lola / Buick	49	running	0	0
14	6	33	Dave Empringham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	48	crash	0	0
15	8	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet	Lola / Buick	48	crash	0	0
16	14	26	Chris Simmons	Kool	Lola / Buick	48	running	0	0
17	11	27	Mark Hotchkis	Kool	Lola / Buick	48	running	0	0
18	25	11	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Centers	Lola / Buick	47	off course	0	0
19	23	20	John Jones	Sega Cinescape	Lola / Buick	45	running	0	0
20	20	12	Geoff Boss	Cross Pens / Omniglow Corp. (Team Medlin)	Lola / Buick	42	wheel	0	0
21	19	3	Cristiano da Matta	Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	16	crash	0	0
22	18	18	Robby Unser	Motorola / ADT Automotive	Lola / Buick	16	crash	0	0
23	2	7	Tony Kanaan	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	15	throttle	0	0
24	21	34	Jaques Lazier	Arthrite-X / STP	Lola / Buick	8	crash	0	0
25	22	77	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona / America Batteries	Lola / Buick	1	crash	0	0

Failed to qualify: Dave DeSilva (#24)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	10	10
	11	13	3	#26,34 accident
	14	17	4
	18	21	4	#3,18 accident
	22	22	1
	23	25	3	#27 spun
	26	47	22
	48	50	3	#28 accident
Percent of race run under caution: 26.0% Average green flag run: 9.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Helio Castroneves	1	50	50

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