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1997-05 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post 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 (71.120 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

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 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 13 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

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mark Hotchkis 1 23 23   Lee Bentham 24 56 33 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Helio Castroneves 71     2   Chris Simmons 55   -16   3   Cristiano da Matta 52   -19   4   Lee Bentham 45   -26   5   Dave Empringham 39   -32   6   Fredrik Larsson 33   -38   7   Tony Kanaan 31   -40   8   Airton Dare 28   -43   9   Mark Hotchkis 27   -44   10   Robby Unser 20   -51   11   Sergio Paese 16   -55   12   Dave DeSilva 14   -57   13   Luiz Garcia, Jr. 12   -59   14   Naoki Hattori 10   -61   15   Clint Mears 9   -62   15   Didier Andre 9   -62   17   Hideki Noda 8   -63   18   Jaques Lazier 7   -64   19   Oswaldo Negri, Jr. 6   -65   19   Brian Cunningham 6   -65   21   Casey Mears 4   -67