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IL:1997-11
Held on August 31, 1997 at Pacific Place in Vancouver, BC, Canada (Third configuration)
44 L, 72.732 M, 117.051 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	3	Cristiano da Matta	Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals	Lola / Buick	44	44	running	22
2	6	7	Tony Kanaan	Marlboro, Davene, Brahma	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	16
3	2	28	Hideki Noda	Tenoras, Greddy	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	14
4	4	26	Chris Simmons	Kool	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	12
5	8	33	Dave Empringham	Player's Ltd., Indeck	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	10
6	9	31	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	8
7	17	2	Airton Dare	Banestado, STP	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	6
8	14	99	Lee Bentham	Player's Ltd., Indeck	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	5
9	21	12	Geoff Boss	Cross Pens, Omniglow Corp.	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	4
10	15	57	Didier Andre	Autosport, Playstation	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	3
11	5	27	Mark Hotchkis	Kool	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	2
12	12	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson, Ibarakai Toyopet	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	1
13	13	32	Bob Dorricott, Jr.	Heritage Bank	Lola / Buick	44	0	running	0
14	28	11	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Center, Mobil	Lola / Buick	43	0	running	0
15	10	25	Naoki Hattori	Kool	Lola / Buick	31	0	accident	0
16	27	10	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Center, Mobil	Lola / Buick	31	0	accident	0
17	11	24	Dave DeSilva	DeSilva Gates Construction	Lola / Buick	31	0	accident	0
18	7	21	Christophe Tinseau	E.S.I., Mi-Jack, Rose	Lola / Buick	28	0	accident	0
19	3	8	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro, Davene, Brahma	Lola / Buick	28	0	accident	0
20	19	97	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	Banco Sofisa	Lola / Buick	28	0	suspension	0
21	18	18	Robby Unser	Motorola, ADT Automotive	Lola / Buick	25	0	accident	0
22	22	70	Jeff Ward	NTS Computer, Dream Writer	Lola / Buick	24	0	accident	0
23	26	56	Andrew Bordin	Bordin Racing	Lola / Buick	24	0	accident	0
24	16	34	Frederic Gosparini	Brian Stewart	Lola / Buick	23	0	accident	0
25	23	5	Brian Cunningham	VTR Capital, Exide Elec.	Lola / Buick	18	0	accident	0
26	24	77	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona, America Batteries	Lola / Buick	13	0	transmission	0
27	20	4	Sergio Paese	Shopping Construcao	Lola / Buick	12	0	transmission	0
28	25	20	Claude Bourbonnais	Sega Cinescape	Lola / Buick	2	0	accident	0

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 0h:56:39
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Cristiano da Matta
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: 1.459 seconds
Average Speed: 79.355 mph
Cautions: 3 for 14 laps - Laps 18-21 #5 accident, Laps 24-27 accident, Laps 31-36 accident
Lead Changes: 0 among 1 drivers - Cristiano da Matta 1-44
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered