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Held on September 27, 1997 at California Speedway in Fontana, CA
50 L, 100 M, 160.95 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 1 11 Clint Mears Penske Auto Center, Mobil Lola / Buick 50 10 running 21
2 6 26 Chris Simmons Kool Lola / Buick 50 0 running 16
3 5 99 Lee Bentham Player's Ltd., Indeck Lola / Buick 50 1 running 14
4 10 3 Cristiano da Matta Medley Ind. Farmaceuticals Lola / Buick 50 0 running 12
5 4 8 Helio Castroneves Marlboro, Davene, Brahma Lola / Buick 50 18 running 11
6 9 25 Naoki Hattori Kool Lola / Buick 50 0 running 8
7 17 70 Jeff Ward NTS Computer, Dream Writer Lola / Buick 50 0 running 6
8 12 2 Airton Dare Banestado, STP Lola / Buick 50 0 running 5
9 3 7 Tony Kanaan Marlboro, Davene, Brahma Lola / Buick 50 0 running 4
10 16 31 Luiz Garcia, Jr. PetroBras Lola / Buick 50 0 running 3
11 11 27 Mark Hotchkis Kool Lola / Buick 50 0 running 2
12 13 21 Christophe Tinseau Mi-Jack, Rose, City Bird Lola / Buick 50 0 running 1
13 2 33 Dave Empringham Player's Ltd., Indeck Lola / Buick 46 11 accident 0
14 8 5 Brian Cunningham VTR Capital, Exide Elec. Lola / Buick 46 10 accident 0
15 15 10 Casey Mears Penske Auto Center, Mobil Lola / Buick 46 0 accident 0
16 19 18 Robby Unser Motorola, ADT Automotive Lola / Buick 33 0 accident 0
17 20 77 Rodolfo Lavin Corona, America Batteries Lola / Buick 25 0 brakes 0
18 18 16 Shigeaki Hattori Epson, Ibarakai Toyopet Lola / Buick 23 0 mechanical 0
19 14 34 Frederic Gosparini Viewsonic, STP Lola / Buick 2 0 accident 0
20 7 32 Bob Dorricott, Jr. Heritage Bank of Commerce Lola / Buick 2 0 accident 0
RACE DATA
Did not start:

Did not qualify:

Time of Race: 0h:52:16
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Clint Mears
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: 0.712 seconds
Average Speed: 116.467 mph
Cautions: 4 for 19 laps - Lap 1 yellow start, Laps 3-12 #32,34 accident, Laps 33-36 #18 accident, Laps 47-50 #33,5,10 accident
Lead Changes: 15 among 5 drivers - Clint Mears 1, Helio Castroneves 2-13, Dave Empringham 14, Lee Bentham 15, Dave Empringham 16, Helio Castroneves 17, Brian Cunningham 18-20, Clint Mears 21-22, Dave Empringham 23-27, Brian Cunningham 28-32, Helio Castroneves 33-37, Dave Empringham 38-40, Brian Cunningham 41, Clint Mears 43-45, Dave Empringham 46, Clint Mears 47-50
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered