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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 14 of 14
Saturday, October 31, 1998 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA
50 laps on a 2.029 mile paved track (101.450 miles)

Time of race: 0:39:41
Average speed: 153.395 mph
Pole speed: 187.668 mph

Cautions: 1 for 7 laps
Margin of victory: .373 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1998 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results / 1998 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	79	Mark Hotchkis	Alco Capital Group (Mattco Raceworks)	Lola / Buick	50	running	17	20
2	3	21	Felipe Giaffone	Hollywood / Cafe Do Pronto (Eric Bachelart)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	16
3	1	77	Tony Renna	Alco Capital Group (Mattco Raceworks)	Lola / Buick	50	running	31	16
4	14	61	Cory Witherill	WSA / Saskatchewan Indians (Angelo Ferro)	Lola / Buick	50	running	2	12
5	7	18	Didier Andre	Motorola / Mack Trucks (PacWest Racing)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	10
6	16	5	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	Lubrax / Banco Sofisa / Marlboro (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	8
7	12	88	Derek Higgins	Quaker State	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	6
8	18	9	Casey Mears	MCI / Penske Auto Center (Mears Racing Team)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	5
9	19	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson (Indy Regency)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	4
10	9	6	Guy Smith	NTS Computers / Swift (Johansson Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	3
11	6	2	Cristiano da Matta	Medley / LCI (Tasman Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	2
12	5	31	Philipp Peter	Sebring / Red Bull / Estebe (Bob Dorricott, Jr.)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	1
13	8	11	Andy Boss	Cross Pens / Border Patrol (Eric Bachelart)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	0
14	4	78	Chris Simmons	Alco Capital Group (Mattco Raceworks)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	0
15	17	1	Airton Dare	Banestado / LCI (Tasman Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	0
16	15	30	Bud Kaeding	Heritage Bank (Bob Dorricott, Jr.)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	0
17	23	27	Naoki Hattori	Kool / Jaccs (Team Green)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	0
18	26	14	Geoff Boss	LCI / Exide Electronics (Lucas Place Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	0
19	10	3	Wim Eyckmans	EGP / STP (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	50	running	0	0
20	22	87	Jorge Goeters	Quaker State	Lola / Buick	49	running	0	0
21	20	17	Paul Jasper	Hollywood Video (PacWest Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	47	running	0	0
22	21	8	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil (Mears Racing Team)	Lola / Buick	26	engine	0	0
23	24	41	Mike Borkowski	Textron Automotive (Bobby Rahal)	Lola / Buick	21	engine	0	0
24	13	15	Brian Cunningham	LCI / Exide Electronics (Lucas Place Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	4	crash	0	0
25	11	32	Oriol Servia	Catalonia / Elf / Heritage (Bob Dorricott, Jr.)	Lola / Buick	3	crash	0	0
26	25	4	Sergio Paese	Coimex / STP (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	3	crash	0	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3
	4	10	7	#4,32 accident
	11	50	40
Percent of race run under caution: 14.0% Average green flag run: 21.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tony Renna	1	18	18
Cory Witherill	19	19	1
Mark Hotchkis	20	22	3
Cory Witherill	23	23	1
Mark Hotchkis	24	32	9
Tony Renna	33	44	12
Mark Hotchkis	45	46	2
Tony Renna	47	47	1
Mark Hotchkis	48	50	3

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cristiano da Matta	154
2	Didier Andre	123	-31
3	Guy Smith	110	-44
4	Felipe Giaffone	104	-50
5	Derek Higgins	94	-60
6	Airton Dare	78	-76
7	Oriol Servia	73	-81
8	Tony Renna	68	-86
9	Geoff Boss	67	-87
10	Naoki Hattori	66	-88
11	Philipp Peter	62	-92
12	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	60	-94
13	Sergio Paese	53	-101
14	Shigeaki Hattori	52	-102
15	Mark Hotchkis	50	-104
16	Jorge Goeters	34	-120
17	Brian Cunningham	33	-121
17	Casey Mears	33	-121
19	Chris Simmons	32	-122
20	Andy Boss	22	-132
21	Paul Morris	18	-136