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1997-07 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 7 of 13 Sunday, June 8, 1997 at The Raceway at Belle Isle, Belle Isle, MI 36 laps on a 2.100 mile street course (75.600 miles) Time of race: 0:52:59 Average speed: 85.599 mph Pole speed: 100.275 mph Cautions: 3 for 6 laps Margin of victory: .355 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 7   Tony Kanaan Marlboro / Davene / Brahma / MTV Lola / Buick 36 running 36 22 2 2 8   Helio Castroneves Marlboro / Kibon / Brahma / MTV Lola / Buick 36 running 0 16 3 3 12   Geoff Boss Cross Pens / Omniglow Corp.   (Team Medlin) Lola / Buick 36 running 0 14 4 5 33   Dave Empringham Player's / Indeck Lola / Buick 36 running 0 12 5 8 4   Sergio Paese Shopping Construcao Marin Lola / Buick 36 running 0 10 6 9 27   Mark Hotchkis Kool Lola / Buick 36 running 0 8 7 7 25   Naoki Hattori Kool Lola / Buick 36 running 0 6 8 6 26   Chris Simmons Kool Lola / Buick 36 running 0 5 9 11 31   Luiz Garcia, Jr. PetroBras Lola / Buick 36 running 0 4 10 13 24   Dave DeSilva DeSilva Gates Construction Lola / Buick 36 running 0 3 11 12 21   Christophe Tinseau E.S.I. / Mi-Jack / Rose Lola / Buick 36 running 0 2 12 17 18   Robby Unser Motorola / ADT Automotive Lola / Buick 36 running 0 1 13 15 2   Airton Dare Banestado / STP Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 14 22 28   Hideki Noda Tenoras / Greddy Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 15 21 10   Casey Mears Penske Auto Center / Mobil Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 16 18 32   Bob Dorricott, Jr. Heritage Bank Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 17 24 56   Andrew Bordin Bordin Racing Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 18 23 11   Clint Mears Penske Auto Center / Mobil Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 19 25 77   Rodolfo Lavin Corona / America Batteries Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 20 26 20   John Jones Sega Cinescape Lola / Buick 36 running 0 0 21 19 57   Didier Andre Autosport / Playstation Lola / Buick 35 running 0 0 22 16 99   Lee Bentham Player's / Indeck Lola / Buick 33 running 0 0 23 20 34   Jaques Lazier Arthrite-X / STP Lola / Buick 33 running 0 0 24 14 16   Shigeaki Hattori Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet Lola / Buick 30 running 0 0 25 4 36   Fredrik Larsson Stefan Johansson Motorsports Lola / Buick 17 crash 0 0 26 10 3   Cristiano da Matta Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals   (Brian Stewart) Lola / Buick 11 crash 0 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1   yellow start   2 11 10     12 14 3   #3 accident   15 18 4     19 20 2   #36 accident   21 36 16       Percent of race run under caution: 16.7%             Average green flag run: 10.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tony Kanaan 1 36 36 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Helio Castroneves 88     2   Tony Kanaan 67   -21   2   Dave Empringham 67   -21   4   Cristiano da Matta 64   -24   5   Chris Simmons 60   -28   6   Lee Bentham 49   -39   7   Fredrik Larsson 43   -45   8   Mark Hotchkis 41   -47   9   Clint Mears 31   -57   10   Airton Dare 30   -58   11   Robby Unser 29   -59   12   Sergio Paese 26   -62   13   Geoff Boss 17   -71   13   Dave DeSilva 17   -71   15   Luiz Garcia, Jr. 16   -72   15   Naoki Hattori 16   -72   17   Jaques Lazier 12   -76   18   Didier Andre 9   -79   19   Hideki Noda 8   -80   20   Casey Mears 7   -81   21   Brian Cunningham 6   -82