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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 9 of 13
Sunday, July 20, 1997 at Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario
44 laps on a 1.721 mile street course (75.724 miles)

Time of race: 0:57:24
Average speed: 79.162 mph
Pole speed: 94.904 mph

Cautions: 3 for 11 laps
Margin of victory: .202 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	2	8	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	44	running	44	21
2	1	7	Tony Kanaan	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	17
3	6	33	Dave Empringham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	14
4	7	57	Didier Andre	Autosport / Playstation	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	12
5	12	21	Christophe Tinseau	E.S.I. / Mi-Jack / Rose	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	10
6	15	25	Naoki Hattori	Kool	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	8
7	14	18	Robby Unser	Motorola / ADT Automotive	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	6
8	20	97	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	Banco Sofisa (Angelo Ferro)	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	5
9	19	2	Airton Dare	Banestado / STP	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	4
10	10	56	Andrew Bordin	Bordin Racing	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	3
11	25	32	Bob Dorricott, Jr.	Heritage Bank	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	2
12	23	34	Frederic Gosparini	Brian Stewart	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	1
13	26	11	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	0
14	27	12	Geoff Boss	Cross Pens / Omniglow Corp. (Team Medlin)	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	0
15	8	28	Hideki Noda	Tenoras / Greddy	Lola / Buick	43	crash	0	0
16	28	5	Eric Jensen	Autosport / Tri-Star Pictures	Lola / Buick	43	running	0	0
17	4	27	Mark Hotchkis	Kool	Lola / Buick	43	running	0	0
18	3	3	Cristiano da Matta	Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	41	electrical	0	0
19	18	20	Claude Bourbonnais	Sega Cinescape	Lola / Buick	41	running	0	0
20	21	10	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil	Lola / Buick	36	running	0	0
21	5	26	Chris Simmons	Kool	Lola / Buick	19	suspension	0	0
22	24	77	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona / America Batteries	Lola / Buick	18	brakes	0	0
23	9	4	Sergio Paese	Shopping Construcao	Lola / Buick	13	engine	0	0
24	16	24	Dave DeSilva	DeSilva Gates Construction	Lola / Buick	11	transmission	0	0
25	17	31	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras	Lola / Buick	1	crash	0	0
26	11	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet	Lola / Buick	0	suspension	0	0
27	13	99	Lee Bentham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	0	crash	0	0
28	22	36	Fredrik Larsson	Stefan Johansson Motorsports	Lola / Buick	0	crash	0	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	6	6	accident
	7	15	9
	16	18	3	#4 accident
	19	20	2
	21	22	2	#26 accident
	23	44	22
Percent of race run under caution: 25.0% Average green flag run: 11.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Helio Castroneves	1	44	44

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Helio Castroneves	127
2	Tony Kanaan	98	-29
3	Dave Empringham	87	-40
4	Cristiano da Matta	74	-53
5	Chris Simmons	60	-67
6	Lee Bentham	54	-73
7	Fredrik Larsson	43	-84
8	Mark Hotchkis	41	-86
9	Robby Unser	35	-92
10	Airton Dare	34	-93
11	Clint Mears	31	-96
12	Hideki Noda	28	-99
13	Sergio Paese	27	-100
14	Christophe Tinseau	26	-101
15	Naoki Hattori	24	-103
15	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	24	-103
17	Didier Andre	21	-106
18	Geoff Boss	20	-107
19	Dave DeSilva	17	-110
20	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	15	-112
21	Jaques Lazier	12	-115