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1997-13 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 13 of 13 Saturday, September 27, 1997 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA 50 laps on a 2.029 mile paved track (101.450 miles) Time of race: 0:52:16 Average speed: 116.467 mph Pole speed: 184.95 mph Cautions: 4 for 19 laps Margin of victory: .712 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 15 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 Center / Mobil Lola / Buick 50 running 10 21 2 6 26   Chris Simmons Kool Lola / Buick 50 running 0 16 3 5 99   Lee Bentham Player's / Indeck Lola / Buick 50 running 1 14 4 10 3   Cristiano da Matta Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals   (Brian Stewart) Lola / Buick 50 running 0 12 5 4 8   Helio Castroneves Marlboro / Davene / Brahma Lola / Buick 50 running 18 11 6 9 25   Naoki Hattori Kool Lola / Buick 50 running 0 8 7 17 70   Jeff Ward NTS Computer / Dream Writer Lola / Buick 50 running 0 6 8 12 2   Airton Dare Banestado / STP Lola / Buick 50 running 0 5 9 3 7   Tony Kanaan Marlboro / Davene / Brahma Lola / Buick 50 running 0 4 10 16 31   Luiz Garcia, Jr. PetroBras Lola / Buick 50 running 0 3 11 11 27   Mark Hotchkis Kool Lola / Buick 50 running 0 2 12 13 21   Christophe Tinseau Mi-Jack / Rose / City Bird Lola / Buick 50 running 0 1 13 2 33   Dave Empringham Player's / Indeck Lola / Buick 46 crash 11 0 14 8 5   Brian Cunningham VTR Capital / Exide Elec. Lola / Buick 46 crash 10 0 15 15 10   Casey Mears Penske Auto Center / Mobil Lola / Buick 46 crash 0 0 16 19 18   Robby Unser Motorola / ADT Automotive Lola / Buick 33 crash 0 0 17 20 77   Rodolfo Lavin Corona / America Batteries Lola / Buick 25 brakes 0 0 18 18 16   Shigeaki Hattori Epson / Ibarakai Toyopet Lola / Buick 23 mechanical 0 0 19 14 34   Frederic Gosparini Viewsonic / STP Lola / Buick 2 crash 0 0 20 7 32   Bob Dorricott, Jr. Heritage Bank of Commerce Lola / Buick 2 crash 0 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 0 1 2   yellow start   2 2 1     3 12 10   #32,34 accident   13 32 20     33 36 4   #18 accident   37 46 10     47 50 4   #33,5,10 accident     Percent of race run under caution: 40.0%             Average green flag run: 10.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Clint Mears 1 1 1   Helio Castroneves 2 13 12   Dave Empringham 14 14 1   Lee Bentham 15 15 1   Dave Empringham 16 16 1   Helio Castroneves 17 17 1   Brian Cunningham 18 20 3   Clint Mears 21 22 2   Dave Empringham 23 27 5   Brian Cunningham 28 32 5   Helio Castroneves 33 37 5   Dave Empringham 38 40 3   Brian Cunningham 41 41 1   Clint Mears 43 45 3   Dave Empringham 46 46 1   Clint Mears 47 50 4 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tony Kanaan 156     2   Helio Castroneves 152   -4   3   Cristiano da Matta 141   -15   4   Dave Empringham 107   -49   5   Lee Bentham 88   -68   5   Chris Simmons 88   -68   7   Mark Hotchkis 74   -82   8   Clint Mears 53   -103   9   Hideki Noda 51   -105   9   Airton Dare 51   -105   11   Christophe Tinseau 49   -107   12   Fredrik Larsson 43   -113   13   Luiz Garcia, Jr. 38   -118   14   Robby Unser 35   -121   14   Didier Andre 35   -121   16   Naoki Hattori 32   -124   17   Geoff Boss 30   -126   18   Sergio Paese 27   -129   19   Dave DeSilva 17   -139   20   Oswaldo Negri, Jr. 15   -141   21   Jaques Lazier 12   -144