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1997 Dixie Crystals Grand Prix
Held on May 18, 1997 at Hutchinson Island Road Race Course in Savannah, GA
50 L, 98.2 M, 158.05 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	8	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro, Davene, Brahma	Lola / Buick	50	50	running	22
2	4	4	Sergio Paese	Shopping Construcao	Lola / Buick	50	0	running	16
3	10	99	Lee Bentham	Player's Ltd., Indeck	Lola / Buick	50	0	running	14
4	3	31	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras	Lola / Buick	50	0	running	12
5	15	25	Naoki Hattori	Kool	Lola / Buick	50	0	running	10
6	7	28	Hideki Noda	Tenoras, Greddy	Lola / Buick	50	0	running	8
7	17	97	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	Angelo Ferro	Lola / Buick	50	0	running	6
8	12	2	Airton Dare	Banestado, STP	Lola / Buick	49	0	running	5
9	5	57	Didier Andre	Autosport, Playstation	Lola / Buick	49	0	running	4
10	13	36	Fredrik Larsson	Stefan Johansson Motorsports	Lola / Buick	49	0	running	3
11	16	32	Bob Dorricott, Jr.	Heritage Bank	Lola / Buick	49	0	running	2
12	9	21	Christophe Tinseau	E.S.I., Mi-Jack, Rose	Lola / Buick	49	0	running	1
13	24	10	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Centers, Mobil	Lola / Buick	49	0	running	0
14	6	33	Dave Empringham	Player's Ltd., Indeck	Lola / Buick	48	0	accident	0
15	8	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson, Ibarakai Toyopet	Lola / Buick	48	0	accident	0
16	14	26	Chris Simmons	Kool	Lola / Buick	48	0	running	0
17	11	27	Mark Hotchkis	Kool	Lola / Buick	48	0	running	0
18	25	11	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Centers	Lola / Buick	47	0	off course	0
19	23	20	John Jones	Sega Cinescape	Lola / Buick	45	0	running	0
20	20	12	Geoff Boss	Cross Pens, Omniglow Corp.	Lola / Buick	42	0	wheel	0
21	19	3	Cristiano da Matta	Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals	Lola / Buick	16	0	accident	0
22	18	18	Robby Unser	Motorola, ADT Automotive	Lola / Buick	16	0	accident	0
23	2	7	Tony Kanaan	Marlboro, Davene, Brahma	Lola / Buick	15	0	throttle	0
24	21	34	Jaques Lazier	Arthrite-X, STP	Lola / Buick	8	0	accident	0
25	22	77	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona, America Batteries	Lola / Buick	1	0	accident	0

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify: Dave DeSilva
Time of Race: 1h:10:53
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Helio Castroneves
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 0.049 seconds
Average Speed: 83.129 mph
Cautions: 4 for 13 laps - Laps 11-13 #26,34 accident, Laps 18-21 #3,18 accident, Laps 23-25 #27 spun, Laps 48-50 #28 accident
Lead Changes: 0 among 1 drivers - Helio Castroneves 1-50
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered