Savannah results

SAVANNAH Ga. May 18 1997 - Order of finish of the Dixie Crystals Grand Prix at Savannah Harbor the fourth race of the PPG-Firestone Indy Lights series: 1. (1) Helio Castro Neves BRA 83. 2. (4) Sergio Paese BRA 50. 3. (10) Lee Bentham CDN 50. 4. (3) Luiz Garcia Jr BRA 50. 5. (15) Airton Dare BRA 50. 6. (7) Naoki Hattori JPN 50. 7. (17) Hideki Noda JPN 50. 8. (12) Didier Andre FRA 50. 9. (5) Oswaldo Negri Jr BRA 50. 10. (13) Fredrik Larsson SWE 49. 11. (16) Bob Dorricott Jr U.S. 49. 12. (9) Christophe Tinseau FRA 49. 13. (24) Casey Mears U.S. 49. 14. (6) David Empringham CDN 48 Contact. 15. (8) Shigeaki Hattori JPN 48 Contact. 16. (14) Chris Simmons U.S. 48. 17. (11) Mark Hotchkis U.S. 48. 18. (25) Clint Mears U.S. 47. 19. (23) John Jones CDN 45. 20. (20) Geoff Boss U.S. 42 Contact. 21. (19) Cristiano da Matta BRA 16 Contact. 22. (18) Robby Unser U.S. 16 Contact. 23. (2) Tony Kanaan BRA 15 Throttle. 24. (21) Jaques Lazier U.S. 8 Contact. 25. (22) Rodolfo Lavin MEX 1 Contact. Time of race: 1:10:52.676. Winner's average speed: 83.128 mph. Margin of victory: 1.815 seconds. Lap leaders: Neves 1-50.

    Partial points standings:
1. Helio Castro Neves       57.
2. Chris Simmons            44. 
3. Cristiano da Matta       36. 
4. Fredrik Larsson          33. 
5. Tony Kanaan              28.

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