1997 PPG/Firestone Indy Lights Championship

Championship:

PPG/Firestone Indy Lights Championship

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Year:

1997

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Races

Round	Race name	Date	Circuit	Laps	Winner
1	Miami Indy Lights	02/03/1997	Homestead	50	David Empringham
2	Long Beach Indy Lights	13/04/1997	Long Beach	40	Helio Castroneves
3	Nazareth Indy Lights	27/04/1997	Nazareth	64	Cristiano da Matta
4	Savannah Indy Lights	18/05/1997	Hutchinson Island	50	Helio Castroneves
5	St Louis Indy Lights	24/05/1997	St Louis	56	Lee Bentham
6	Milwaukee Indy Lights	01/06/1997	Milwaukee	90	Clint Mears
7	Detroit Indy Lights	08/06/1997	Belle Isle	36	Tony Kanaan
8	Portland Indy Lights	22/06/1997	Portland	29	Hideki Noda
9	Toronto Indy Lights	20/07/1997	Toronto	44	Helio Castroneves
10	Trois Rivieres Indy Lights	03/08/1997	Trois Rivieres	50	Tony Kanaan
11	Vancouver Indy Lights	31/08/1997	Vancouver	44	Cristiano da Matta
12	Laguna Seca Indy Lights	07/09/1997	Laguna Seca	25	Cristiano da Matta
13	Fontana Indy Lights	27/09/1997	California Speedway	50	Clint Mears

	Standing	Nationality	Points
Tony Kanaan	1st	BRA	156
Helio Castroneves	2nd	BRA	152
Cristiano da Matta	3rd	BRA	141
David Empringham	4th	CAN	107
Lee Bentham	5th	CAN	88
Chris Simmons	6th	USA	88
Mark Hotchkis	7th	USA	74
Clint Mears	8th	USA	53
Hideki Noda	9th	JPN	51
Airton Dare	10th	BRA	51
Christophe Tinseau	11th	FRA	49
Fredrik Larsson	12th	SWE	43
Luiz Garcia jr	13th	BRA	38
Didier Andre	14th	FRA	35
Robby Unser	15th	USA	35
Naoki Hattori	16th	JPN	32
Geoff Boss	17th	USA	30
Sergio Paese	18th	BRA	27
David de Silva	19th	USA	17
Oswaldo Negri jr	20th	BRA	15
Brian Cunningham	21st	USA	12
Jaques Lazier	22nd	USA	12
Casey Mears	23rd	USA	9
Jeff Ward	24th	USA	6
Shigeaki Hattori	25th	JPN	5
Frederic Gosparini	26th	FRA	4
Bob Dorricott jr	27th	USA	4
Andrew Bordin	28th	CAN	3
Chris Bingham	29th	USA	2