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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 6 of 13
Sunday, June 1, 1997 at Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI
90 laps on a 1.032 mile paved track (92.880 miles)

Time of race: 0:44:06
Average speed: 126.378 mph
Pole speed: 156.061 mph

Cautions: 3 for 14 laps
Margin of victory: 4.223 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 0

Glossary 1997 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	11	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Centers / Mobil	Lola / Buick	90	running	90	22
2	14	33	Dave Empringham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	90	running	0	16
3	5	7	Tony Kanaan	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	90	running	0	14
4	8	3	Cristiano da Matta	Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	90	running	0	12
5	16	36	Fredrik Larsson	Stefan Johansson Motorsports	Lola / Buick	90	running	0	10
6	4	18	Robby Unser	Motorola / ADT Automotive	Lola / Buick	90	running	0	8
7	25	27	Mark Hotchkis	Kool	Lola / Buick	90	running	0	6
8	7	34	Jaques Lazier	Arthrite-X / STP	Lola / Buick	90	running	0	5
9	17	99	Lee Bentham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	90	running	0	4
10	10	10	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Centers / Mobil	Lola / Buick	89	running	0	3
11	22	2	Airton Dare	Banestado / STP	Lola / Buick	89	running	0	2
12	6	8	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro / Kibon / Brahma / MTV	Lola / Buick	89	running	0	1
13	18	25	Naoki Hattori	Kool	Lola / Buick	89	running	0	0
14	12	28	Hideki Noda	Tenoras / Greddy	Lola / Buick	89	running	0	0
15	11	56	Andrew Bordin	Bordin Racing	Lola / Buick	89	running	0	0
16	9	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet	Lola / Buick	89	running	0	0
17	19	26	Chris Simmons	Kool	Lola / Buick	88	running	0	0
18	24	57	Didier Andre	Autosport / Playstation	Lola / Buick	88	running	0	0
19	21	31	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras	Lola / Buick	88	running	0	0
20	13	12	Geoff Boss	Cross Pens / Omniglow Corp. (Team Medlin)	Lola / Buick	88	running	0	0
21	20	21	Christophe Tinseau	E.S.I. / Mi-Jack / Rose	Lola / Buick	88	running	0	0
22	15	77	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona / America Batteries	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	0
23	3	32	Bob Dorricott, Jr.	Heritage Bank	Lola / Buick	74	handling	0	0
24	23	4	Sergio Paese	Shopping Construcao Marin	Lola / Buick	42	handling	0	0
25	2	24	Dave DeSilva	DeSilva Gates Construction	Lola / Buick	3	crash	0	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3
	4	10	7	#24 accident
	11	29	19
	30	33	4	#77 spun
	34	47	14
	48	50	3	debris
	51	90	40
Percent of race run under caution: 15.6% Average green flag run: 19.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Clint Mears	1	90	90

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Helio Castroneves	72
2	Cristiano da Matta	64	-8
3	Dave Empringham	55	-17
3	Chris Simmons	55	-17
5	Lee Bentham	49	-23
6	Tony Kanaan	45	-27
7	Fredrik Larsson	43	-29
8	Mark Hotchkis	33	-39
9	Clint Mears	31	-41
10	Airton Dare	30	-42
11	Robby Unser	28	-44
12	Sergio Paese	16	-56
13	Dave DeSilva	14	-58
14	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	12	-60
14	Jaques Lazier	12	-60
16	Naoki Hattori	10	-62
17	Didier Andre	9	-63
18	Hideki Noda	8	-64
19	Casey Mears	7	-65
20	Brian Cunningham	6	-66
20	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	6	-66