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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 12 of 13
Sunday, September 7, 1997 at Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA
25 laps on a 2.238 mile road course (55.950 miles)

Time of race: 0:43:48
Average speed: 76.631 mph
Pole speed: 107.295 mph

Cautions: 3 for 11 laps
Margin of victory: 2.117 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	3	Cristiano da Matta	Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	25	running	25	21
2	1	7	Tony Kanaan	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	17
3	3	8	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro / Davene / Brahma	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	14
4	5	27	Mark Hotchkis	Kool	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	12
5	7	99	Lee Bentham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	10
6	6	21	Christophe Tinseau	E.S.I. / Mi-Jack / Rose	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	8
7	10	5	Brian Cunningham	VTR Capital / Exide Elec.	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	6
8	11	57	Didier Andre	Autosport / Playstation	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	5
9	22	12	Geoff Boss	Cross Pens / Omniglow Corp. (Team Medlin)	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	4
10	12	31	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	3
11	24	2	Airton Dare	Banestado / STP	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	2
12	20	28	Hideki Noda	Tenoras / Greddy	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	1
13	9	4	Sergio Paese	Shopping Construcao	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	0
14	18	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	0
15	27	70	Jeff Ward	NTS Computer / Dream Writer	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	0
16	21	56	Andrew Bordin	Bordin Racing	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	0
17	23	24	Dave DeSilva	DeSilva Gates Construction	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	0
18	28	20	Claude Bourbonnais	Sega Cinescape	Lola / Buick	25	running	0	0
19	29	10	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil	Lola / Buick	24	running	0	0
20	13	25	Naoki Hattori	Kool	Lola / Buick	19	gear linkage	0	0
21	14	32	Bob Dorricott, Jr.	Heritage Bank	Lola / Buick	14	crash	0	0
22	19	18	Robby Unser	Motorola / ADT Automotive	Lola / Buick	14	crash	0	0
23	15	34	Frederic Gosparini	Brian Stewart	Lola / Buick	13	crash	0	0
24	16	75	Jean-Philippe Belloc	–	Lola / Buick	13	crash	0	0
25	25	77	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona / America Batteries	Lola / Buick	13	mechanical	0	0
26	4	33	Dave Empringham	Player's / Indeck	Lola / Buick	13	crash	0	0
27	17	97	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	Banco Sofisa	Lola / Buick	7	crash	0	0
28	8	26	Chris Simmons	Kool	Lola / Buick	1	crash	0	0
29	26	11	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil	Lola / Buick	0	did not start	0	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	5	3	#26,97 accident
	6	8	3
	9	12	4	#33,4 accident
	13	13	1
	14	17	4	accident
	18	25	8
Percent of race run under caution: 44.0% Average green flag run: 3.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cristiano da Matta	1	25	25

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Tony Kanaan	152
2	Helio Castroneves	141	-11
3	Cristiano da Matta	129	-23
4	Dave Empringham	107	-45
5	Lee Bentham	74	-78
6	Chris Simmons	72	-80
6	Mark Hotchkis	72	-80
8	Hideki Noda	51	-101
9	Christophe Tinseau	48	-104
10	Airton Dare	46	-106
11	Fredrik Larsson	43	-109
12	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	35	-117
12	Robby Unser	35	-117
12	Didier Andre	35	-117
15	Clint Mears	32	-120
16	Geoff Boss	30	-122
17	Sergio Paese	27	-125
18	Naoki Hattori	24	-128
19	Dave DeSilva	17	-135
20	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	15	-137
21	Jaques Lazier	12	-140