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1997-11

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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 11 of 13
Sunday, August 31, 1997 at Pacific Place, Vancouver, B.C.
44 laps on a 1.703 mile street course (74.932 miles)

Time of race: 0:56:39
Average speed: 79.355 mph
Pole speed: 101.786 mph

Cautions: 3 for 14 laps
Margin of victory: 1.459 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	3	Cristiano da Matta	Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	44	running	44	22
2	6	7	Tony Kanaan	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	16
3	2	28	Hideki Noda	Tenoras / Greddy	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	14
4	4	26	Chris Simmons	Kool	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	12
5	8	33	Dave Empringham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	10
6	9	31	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	8
7	17	2	Airton Dare	Banestado / STP	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	6
8	14	99	Lee Bentham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	5
9	21	12	Geoff Boss	Cross Pens / Omniglow Corp. (Team Medlin)	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	4
10	15	57	Didier Andre	Autosport / Playstation	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	3
11	5	27	Mark Hotchkis	Kool	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	2
12	12	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	1
13	13	32	Bob Dorricott, Jr.	Heritage Bank	Lola / Buick	44	running	0	0
14	28	11	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil	Lola / Buick	43	running	0	0
15	10	25	Naoki Hattori	Kool	Lola / Buick	31	crash	0	0
16	27	10	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil	Lola / Buick	31	crash	0	0
17	11	24	Dave DeSilva	DeSilva Gates Construction	Lola / Buick	31	crash	0	0
18	7	21	Christophe Tinseau	E.S.I. / Mi-Jack / Rose	Lola / Buick	28	crash	0	0
19	3	8	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	28	crash	0	0
20	19	97	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	Banco Sofisa (Angelo Ferro)	Lola / Buick	28	suspension	0	0
21	18	18	Robby Unser	Motorola / ADT Automotive	Lola / Buick	25	crash	0	0
22	22	70	Jeff Ward	NTS Computer / Dream Writer	Lola / Buick	24	crash	0	0
23	26	56	Andrew Bordin	Bordin Racing	Lola / Buick	24	crash	0	0
24	16	34	Frederic Gosparini	Brian Stewart	Lola / Buick	23	crash	0	0
25	23	5	Brian Cunningham	VTR Capital / Exide Elec.	Lola / Buick	18	crash	0	0
26	24	77	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona / America Batteries	Lola / Buick	13	transmission	0	0
27	20	4	Sergio Paese	Shopping Construcao	Lola / Buick	12	transmission	0	0
28	25	20	Claude Bourbonnais	Sega Cinescape	Lola / Buick	2	crash	0	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	17	17
	18	21	4	#5 accident
	22	23	2
	24	27	4	accident
	28	30	3
	31	36	6	accident
	37	44	8
Percent of race run under caution: 31.8% Average green flag run: 7.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cristiano da Matta	1	44	44

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Tony Kanaan	135
2	Helio Castroneves	127	-8
3	Cristiano da Matta	108	-27
4	Dave Empringham	107	-28
5	Chris Simmons	72	-63
6	Lee Bentham	64	-71
7	Mark Hotchkis	60	-75
8	Hideki Noda	50	-85
9	Airton Dare	44	-91
10	Fredrik Larsson	43	-92
11	Christophe Tinseau	40	-95
12	Robby Unser	35	-100
13	Clint Mears	32	-103
13	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	32	-103
15	Didier Andre	30	-105
16	Sergio Paese	27	-108
17	Geoff Boss	26	-109
18	Naoki Hattori	24	-111
19	Dave DeSilva	17	-118
20	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	15	-120
21	Jaques Lazier	12	-123