Laguna Seca Friday qualifying

MONTEREY. Calif., September 5, 1997 - Provisional lineup for Sept 7th PPG-Firestone Indy Lights race at the 2.238-mile Laguna Seca Raceway: P. Driver Nat Speed in mph ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Cristiano da Matta BRA 105.429 2. Mark Hotchkis U.S. 105.300 3. Naoki Hattori JPN 104.867 4. David Empringham CDN 104.861 5. Helio Castro-Neves BRA 104.837 6. Chris Simmons U.S. 104.777 7. Tony Kanaan BRA 104.307 8. Christophe Tinseau FRA 104.170 9. Lee Bentham CDN 104.140 10. Jean Philippe Belloc FRA 104.100 11. Airton Dare BRA. 103.830 12. Bob Dorricott Jr U.S. 103.513 13. Brian Cunningham U.S. 103.481 14. Didier Andre FRA 103.443 15. Frederic Gosparini FRA 103.307 16. Sergio Paese BRA 103.222 17. Hideki Noda JPN 103.210 18. Luiz Garcia Jr BRA 103.111 19. Jeff Ward U.S 102.891 20. Oswaldo Negri Jr BRA 102.759 21. David DeSilva U.S. 102.716 22. Robby Unser U.S. 102.376 23. Clint Mears U.S. 102.114 24. Geoff Boss U.S. 102.061 25. Rodolfo Lavin MEX 101.720 26. Andrew Bordin CDN 101.616 27. Casey Mears U.S. 101.272 28. Shigeaki Hattori JPN No speed 29. Claude Bourbonnais CDN No speed