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1997-01

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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 1 of 13
Sunday, March 2, 1997 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL
50 laps on a 1.517 mile paved track (75.8 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: 2

Glossary 1997 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results / 1997 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Status	Led	Points
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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Helio Castroneves	1	6	6
Dave Empringham	7	23	17
Mark Hotchkis	24	48	25
Dave Empringham	49	50	2

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