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1997-05

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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 5 of 13
Saturday, May 24, 1997 at Gateway International Raceway, Madison, IL
56 laps on a 1.270 mile paved track (71.1 miles)

Time of race: 0:58:34
Average Speed: 72.863 mph
Pole Speed: 157.476 mph

Cautions: 2 for 36 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.340 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1997 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results / 1997 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Status	Led	Points
1	4	99	Lee Bentham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	56	running	33	21
2	7	3	Cristiano da Matta	Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	16
3	6	8	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	14
4	10	33	Dave Empringham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	12
5	1	26	Chris Simmons	Kool	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	11
6	8	2	Airton Dare	Banestado / STP	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	8
7	9	18	Robby Unser	Motorola / ADT Automotive	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	6
8	3	24	Dave DeSilva	DeSilva Gates Construction	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	5
9	23	34	Jaques Lazier	Arthrite-X / STP	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	4
10	5	7	Tony Kanaan	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	3
11	1	11	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Centers / Mobil	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	2
12	11	21	Christophe Tinseau	E.S.I. / Mi-Jack / Rose	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	1
13	24	10	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Centers / Mobil	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	0
14	17	25	Naoki Hattori	Kool	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	0
15	21	77	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona / America Batteries	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	0
16	19	28	Hideki Noda	Tenoras / Greddy	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	0
17	18	31	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	0
18	15	4	Sergio Paese	Shopping Construcao	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	0
19	20	32	Bob Dorricott, Jr.	Heritage Bank	Lola / Buick	56	running	0	0
20	16	57	Didier Andre	Autosport / Playstation	Lola / Buick	54	running	0	0
21	22	12	Geoff Boss	Cross Pens / Omniglow Corp. (Team Medlin)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	0
22	2	27	Mark Hotchkis	Kool	Lola / Buick	26	transmission	23	0
23	12	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet	Lola / Buick	1	crash	0	0
24	14	36	Fredrik Larsson	Stefan Johansson Motorsports	Lola / Buick	1	crash	0	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	1	1
	2	18	17	rain
	19	33	15
	34	52	19	rain
	53	56	4
Percent of race run under caution: 64.3% Average green flag run: 6.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mark Hotchkis	1	23	23
Lee Bentham	24	56	33

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