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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 2 of 14
Sunday, April 5, 1998 at Long Beach Street Circuit, Long Beach, CA
47 laps on a 1.824 mile street course (85.728 miles)

Time of race: 0:49:21
Average speed: 89.951 mph
Pole speed: 99.223 mph

Cautions: 2 for 6 laps
Margin of victory: .459 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1998 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results / 1998 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	2	Cristiano da Matta	Medley / LCI (Tasman Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	47	running	47	21
2	4	14	Geoff Boss	LCI / Exide Electronics (Lucas Place Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	16
3	6	27	Naoki Hattori	Kool (Team Green)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	14
4	5	31	Philipp Peter	Sebring / Red Bull / Estebe (Bob Dorricott, Jr.)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	12
5	1	18	Didier Andre	Motorola / Mack Trucks (PacWest Racing)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	11
6	3	3	Sergio Paese	Transamerica / Sega / STP (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	8
7	9	5	Mattias Andersson	IFS / Sega / STP (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	6
8	11	6	Guy Smith	NTS Dream Writer / Swift (Johansson Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	5
9	8	1	Airton Dare	Banestado / LCI (Tasman Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	4
10	20	7	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	NTS Dream Writer / PetroBras (Johansson Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	3
11	7	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson (Indy Regency)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	2
12	15	77	Tony Renna	Alco Capital Group / Nassi (Mattco Raceworks)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	1
13	21	9	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil (Mears Racing Team)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	0
14	19	56	Tim Moser	Worldwide Pants (Irish Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	0
15	24	87	Jorge Goeters	Quaker State	Lola / Buick	46	running	0	0
16	14	11	Andy Boss	Cross Pens / Border Patrol (Eric Bachelart)	Lola / Buick	45	running	0	0
17	25	61	Eric Jensen	Allied Van Lines (Angelo Ferro)	Lola / Buick	45	running	0	0
18	22	28	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona / Modelo (Indy Regency)	Lola / Buick	41	off course	0	0
19	16	32	Oriol Servia	Catalonia / Elf / Heritage (Bob Dorricott, Jr.)	Lola / Buick	39	running	0	0
20	18	17	Paul Morris	PacWest Indy Lights (PacWest Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	23	crash	0	0
21	12	88	Derek Higgins	Quaker State	Lola / Buick	19	suspension	0	0
22	17	15	Brian Cunningham	LCI / Exide Electronics (Lucas Place Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	10	suspension	0	0
23	13	78	Chris Simmons	Alco Capital Group / Nassi (Mattco Raceworks)	Lola / Buick	10	suspension	0	0
24	10	21	Felipe Giaffone	Hollywood / Banco Sofisa (Eric Bachelart)	Lola / Buick	5	crash	0	0
25	23	41	Mike Borkowski	Textron Automotive (Bobby Rahal)	Lola / Buick	2	mechanical	0	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Clint Mears	8	Penske Auto Center / Mobil	Mears Racing Team

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	5	5
	6	8	3	#88,21 accident
	9	42	34
	43	45	3	#28 off course
	46	47	2
Percent of race run under caution: 12.8% Average green flag run: 13.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cristiano da Matta	1	47	47

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cristiano da Matta	37
2	Shigeaki Hattori	23	-14
3	Geoff Boss	20	-17
4	Guy Smith	19	-18
5	Naoki Hattori	14	-23
5	Philipp Peter	14	-23
7	Oriol Servia	12	-25
8	Didier Andre	11	-26
9	Chris Simmons	10	-27
10	Sergio Paese	9	-28
11	Paul Morris	8	-29
12	Derek Higgins	6	-31
12	Mattias Andersson	6	-31
14	Rodolfo Lavin	5	-32
15	Airton Dare	4	-33
16	Casey Mears	3	-34
16	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	3	-34
18	Brian Cunningham	1	-36
18	Tony Renna	1	-36