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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 3 of 13
Sunday, April 27, 1997 at Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth, PA
64 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (64.000 miles)

Time of race: 0:38:42
Average speed: 99.225 mph
Pole speed: 161.103 mph

Cautions: 3 for 26 laps
Margin of victory: 1.815 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	3	3	Cristiano da Matta	Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	64	running	18	20
2	1	26	Chris Simmons	Kool	Lola / Buick	64	running	46	18
3	4	36	Fredrik Larsson	Stefan Johansson Motorsports	Lola / Buick	64	running	0	14
4	8	8	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	64	running	0	12
5	10	7	Tony Kanaan	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	64	running	0	10
6	2	24	Dave DeSilva	DeSilva Gates Construction	Lola / Buick	64	running	0	8
7	5	11	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Centers	Lola / Buick	64	running	0	6
8	11	2	Airton Dare	Banestado / STP	Lola / Buick	64	running	0	5
9	25	33	Dave Empringham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	64	running	0	4
10	21	18	Robby Unser	Motorola / ADT Automotive	Lola / Buick	64	running	0	3
11	14	5	Chris Bingham	Park Place Ltd.	Lola / Buick	64	running	0	2
12	19	34	Jaques Lazier	Arthrite-X / STP	Lola / Buick	63	running	0	1
13	24	10	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Centers	Lola / Buick	63	running	0	0
14	15	21	Christophe Tinseau	E.S.I. / Mi-Jack / Rose	Lola / Buick	63	running	0	0
15	18	25	Naoki Hattori	Kool	Lola / Buick	63	running	0	0
16	22	28	Hideki Noda	Tenoras / Greddy	Lola / Buick	63	running	0	0
17	20	12	Geoff Boss	Cross Pens / Omniglow Corp. (Team Medlin)	Lola / Buick	63	running	0	0
18	7	32	Bob Dorricott, Jr.	–	Lola / Buick	63	running	0	0
19	23	20	John Jones	Sega Cinescape	Lola / Buick	62	running	0	0
20	6	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet	Lola / Buick	51	running	0	0
21	16	77	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona / America Batteries	Lola / Buick	9	crash	0	0
22	9	99	Lee Bentham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	0	crash	0	0
23	12	27	Mark Hotchkis	Kool	Lola / Buick	0	crash	0	0
24	13	31	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras	Lola / Buick	0	crash	0	0
25	17	57	Didier Andre	Autosport / Playstation	Lola / Buick	0	crash	0	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	5	5	#99,27,31,57 accident
	6	9	4
	10	16	7	#77 accident
	17	50	34
	51	64	14	#16 accident
Percent of race run under caution: 40.6% Average green flag run: 19.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Chris Simmons	1	46	46
Cristiano da Matta	47	64	18

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Chris Simmons	44
2	Cristiano da Matta	36	-8
3	Helio Castroneves	35	-9
4	Fredrik Larsson	30	-14
5	Tony Kanaan	28	-16
6	Dave Empringham	27	-17
6	Mark Hotchkis	27	-17
8	Airton Dare	15	-29
9	Robby Unser	14	-30
10	Lee Bentham	10	-34
11	Dave DeSilva	9	-35
12	Clint Mears	7	-37
13	Brian Cunningham	6	-38
14	Didier Andre	5	-39
15	Casey Mears	4	-40
15	Shigeaki Hattori	4	-40
17	Geoff Boss	3	-41
17	Jaques Lazier	3	-41
19	Chris Bingham	2	-42