1997 Savannah Indy Lights

Name: 1997 Savannah Indy Lights
Start: 18/05/1997
Location: Hutchinson Island, Savannah

Sunday, May 18, 1997
Dixie Crystals Grand Prix
PPG/Firestone Indy Lights Championship

Race Winner

Helio Castroneves , Tasman Motorsports Group

Country

United States

Circuit

Hutchinson Island, Savannah

Round

Laps

Pole

Helio Castroneves , Tasman Motorsports Group

Fastest Lap

Castroneves, 1m 05.726s

1997 Season

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Race Results

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Position	Driver	No.	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1	Helio Castroneves	8	Tasman Motorsports Group	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	1h 10m 52.676s	22
2 2	Sergio Paese	4	FRE Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	1h 10m 52.725s	16
3 7	Lee Bentham	99	Forsythe Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	50 laps	14
4 1	Luiz Garcia jr	31	Dorricott Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	50 laps	12
5 10	Naoki Hattori	25	Team Green	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	50 laps	10
6 1	Hideki Noda	28	Indy Regency Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	50 laps	8
7 10	Oswaldo Negri jr	97	Genoa Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	50 laps	6
8 4	Airton Dare	2	Brian Stewart Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	49 laps	5
9 4	Didier Andre	57	Autosport Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	49 laps	4
10 3	Fredrik Larsson	36	Johansson Motorsports	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	49 laps	3
11 5	Bob Dorricott jr	32	Dorricott Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	49 laps	2
12 3	Christophe Tinseau	21	Conquest Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	49 laps	1
13 11	Casey Mears	10	Team Mears	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	49 laps	0
14 8	David Empringham	33	Forsythe Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	48 laps Accident	0
15 7	Shigeaki Hattori	16	Lucas Place Motorsports	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	48 laps Accident	0
16 2	Chris Simmons	26	Team Green	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	48 laps	0
17 6	Mark Hotchkis	27	Team Green	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	48 laps	0
18 7	Clint Mears	11	Team Mears	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	47 laps Spun	0
19 4	John Jones	20	Eclipse Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	45 laps	0
20	Geoff Boss	12	Team Medlin	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	42 laps Retired	0
21 2	Cristiano da Matta	3	Brian Stewart Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	16 laps Accident	0
22 4	Robby Unser	18	PacWest Lights	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	16 laps Accident	0
23 21	Tony Kanaan	7	Tasman Motorsports Group	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	15 laps Retired	0
24 3	Jaques Lazier	34	Brian Stewart Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	8 laps Accident	0
25 3	Rodolfo Lavin jr	77	Indy Regency Racing	Lola T97/20-Buick (Firestone)	1 laps Accident	0

Qualifying

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Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Helio Castroneves	Tasman Motorsports Group	1m 4.791s
2	Tony Kanaan	Tasman Motorsports Group	1m 5.08s
3	Luiz Garcia jr	Dorricott Racing	1m 5.166s
4	Sergio Paese	FRE Racing	1m 5.17s
5	Didier Andre	Autosport Racing	1m 5.315s
6	David Empringham	Forsythe Racing	1m 5.387s
7	Hideki Noda	Indy Regency Racing	1m 5.497s
8	Shigeaki Hattori	Lucas Place Motorsports	1m 5.754s
9	Christophe Tinseau	Conquest Racing	1m 5.854s
10	Lee Bentham	Forsythe Racing	1m 5.88s
11	Mark Hotchkis	Team Green	1m 5.896s
12	Airton Dare	Brian Stewart Racing	1m 5.936s
13	Fredrik Larsson	Johansson Motorsports	1m 6.096s
14	Chris Simmons	Team Green	1m 6.272s
15	Naoki Hattori	Team Green	1m 6.289s
16	Bob Dorricott jr	Dorricott Racing	1m 6.436s
17	Oswaldo Negri jr	Genoa Racing	1m 6.441s
18	Robby Unser	PacWest Lights	1m 6.488s
19	Cristiano da Matta	Brian Stewart Racing	1m 6.822s
20	Geoff Boss	Team Medlin	1m 6.833s
21	Jaques Lazier	Brian Stewart Racing	1m 7.098s
22	Rodolfo Lavin jr	Indy Regency Racing	1m 7.142s
23	John Jones	Eclipse Racing	1m 7.566s
24	Casey Mears	Team Mears	1m 7.878s
25	Clint Mears	Team Mears	1m 7.882s