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1997 Indy Lights season | |
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PPG/Firestone Indy Lights Championship | |
Season | |
Races | 14 |
Start date | March 2 |
End date | September 27 |
Awards | |
Drivers' champion | ![]() |
The 1997 PPG/Firestone Indy Lights Championship Powered By Buick consisted of 13 races. Tony Kanaan edged out good friend and teammate Hélio Castro-Neves to the title by only four points. [1]
This was the first season where all teams used the Lola T97/20-Buick spec car.
The scoring system was 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first 12 (twelve) finishers, with 1 (one) extra point given to the driver who took pole-position, and another extra point given to the driver who led most laps in the race.
The following drivers and teams competed in the series:
Team | No. | Drivers | Round(s) |
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Autosport Racing | 5 | ![]() | 9 |
57 | ![]() | 1–12 | |
75 | ![]() | 12 | |
Bordin Racing | 56 | ![]() | 1–2, 6–12 |
Brian Stewart Racing | 2 | ![]() | All |
3 | ![]() | All | |
34 | ![]() | 2–7 | |
![]() | 9–13 | ||
63 | ![]() | 1 | |
Conquest Racing | 21 | ![]() | All |
Dorricott Racing | 31 | ![]() | All |
32 | ![]() | All | |
Eclipse Racing | 20 | ![]() | 1–4, 7–8 |
![]() | 9–12 | ||
FRE Racing | 4 | ![]() | 1–2, 4–12 |
Forsythe Racing | 33 | ![]() | All |
99 | ![]() | All | |
Genoa Racing | 97 | ![]() | 2, 4, 8–12 |
Indy Regency Racing | 28 | ![]() | 1–12 |
77 | ![]() | All | |
Johansson Motorsports | 36 | ![]() | 1–9 |
70 | ![]() | 11–13 | |
Leading Edge Motorsports | 5 | ![]() | 1–3, 8 |
Lucas Place Motorsports | 5 | ![]() | 11–13 |
16 | ![]() | 2–13 | |
24 | ![]() | All | |
PacWest Lights | 18 | ![]() | All |
Project Indy | 15 | ![]() | 1 |
![]() | 2 | ||
Tasman Motorsports | 7 | ![]() | All |
8 | ![]() | All | |
Team Green | 25 | ![]() | All |
26 | ![]() | All | |
27 | ![]() | All | |
Team Mears | 10 | ![]() | All |
11 | ![]() | All | |
Team Medlin | 12 | ![]() | 1–12 |
Rd. | Date | Track | Location |
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1 | March 2 | O Homestead-Miami Speedway | Homestead, Florida |
2 | April 13 | R Long Beach Street Circuit | Long Beach, California |
3 | April 27 | O Nazareth Speedway | Nazareth, Pennsylvania |
4 | May 18 | R Grand Prize of America Road Course | Savannah, Georgia |
5 | May 24 | O Gateway International Raceway | Madison, Illinois |
6 | June 1 | O Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin |
7 | June 8 | R The Raceway at Belle Isle Park | Detroit, Michigan |
8 | June 22 | R Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
9 | July 20 | R Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario |
10 | August 3 | R Circuit Trois-Rivières | Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
11 | August 31 | R Streets of Vancouver | Vancouver, British Columbia |
12 | September 7 | R Laguna Seca Raceway | Monterey, California |
13 | September 27 | O California Speedway | Fontana, California |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th |
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Points | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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