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FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS
In 2010 the series will visit Canada twice, on July 18th at the Streets of Toronto, and July 25th at the Edmonton City Centre Airport.
This year at least 2 Canadian drivers are expected to compete in the Firestone Indy Light Series. They are Toronto's James Hinchcliffe, and Ottawa's Philip Major.
THE 2010 FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
2010 FINAL SEASON POINTS
AFTER HOMESTEAD, OCTOBER 2, 2010
POS NAME CAR NAT TEAM PTS 1 J.K. Vernay 7 France Sam Schmidt Motorsports 494 2 James Hinchcliffe 2 Canada TMR - Xtreme Coil Drilling 471 3 Martin Plowman 27 Great Britain AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 392 4 Charlie Kimball 26 USA AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 388 5 Pippa Mann 11 Great Britain Sam Schmidt Motorsports 313 6 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Spain TMR - Xtreme Coil Drilling 307 7 Dan Clarke 40 Great Britain Walker Racing 304 8 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Colombia Bryan Herta Autosport 303 9 Philip Major 49 Canada Sam Schmidt Motorsports 299 10 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Colombia Cape Motorsport/Wayne Taylor Racing 293 11 Stefan Wilson 28 Great Britain Bryan Herta Autosport 278 12 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 Brazil PDM Racing 241 13 Brandon Wagner 12 USA Davey Hamilton Racing 136 14 James Winslow 77 Great Britain Sam Schmidt Motorsports 130 15 Wade Cunningham 77 New Zealand Sam Schmidt Motorsports 87 16 Carmen Jorda 4 Spain Andersen Racing 84 17 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 4 Netherlands Andersen Racing 82 18 Tonis Kasemets 37 Estonia Team PBIR 56 19 Junior Strous 6 Netherlands HVM Racing 56 20 Juan Pablo Garcia 8 Mexico Michael Crawford Motorsports 47 21 Daniel Herrington 29 USA Bryan Herta Autosport 44 22 Dillon Battistini 35 Great Britain Team PBIR 44 23 Joel Miller 5 USA Andersen Racing 41 24 Jan Heylen 17 Belgium Team E 40 25 David Martinez 36 Mexico Genoa 40 26 Niall Quinn 37 Ireland Team PBIR 38 27 Giancarlo Vilarinho 4 Brazil Andersen Racing 37 28 Jonathan Summerton 40 USA Walker Racing 24 29 Anders Krohn 4 Norway Andersen Racing 20 30 Sean Guthrie 4 USA Andersen Racing 20 31 Henry Clarke 34 USA Davey Hamilton Racing 19 32 Nic LeDuc 35 USA Team PBIR 19 33 Alex Ellis 77 Canada Sam Schmidt Motorsports 16 34 Jeff Simmons 17 USA Team E 15 |
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MIAMI 100
HOMESTEAD - MIAMI SPEEDWAY
HOMESTEAD, FL, OCTOBER 2, 2010
BRANDON WAGNER GETS WIN, J.K. VERNAY GETS CHAMPIONSHIP
HOMESTEAD, FLA - Brandon Wagner edged James Hinchcliffe by 0.7006 of a second for his first Indy Lights win for Davey Hamilton Racing."We've been really working hard all season to get that win," said Wagner, 23. "The car was perfect. I had to make a few changes with the bars when I was battling Hinchcliffe, but he raced me clean. I think the high line in Turns 3 and 4 were the way to go and my spotter, Dane Carter, did a great job on the radio for me."
"Hinch gave me all kinds of room up there, and the car freed up and let me get the momentum to get back around him. I'm used to running wheel to wheel from my USAC races. Having Davey Hamilton as my coach has helped me transition from midgets to Indy Lights. He's been a huge benefit for me."
Canadian James Hinchcliffe, 2nd in the race also got 2nd in the final Chanpionship points in his No. 2 TMR-Xtreme Coil Drilling car.
"We started sixth, which was not quite as good in qualifying as I would have liked," Hinchcliffe said. "We thought it was going to be a decent amount hotter today, so we put a bunch of downforce in the car to try to keep the tires with us and it really helped us get up to Brandon. Just did not have enough to get around him."
J.K. Vernay, finishing in 15th, ended up as the the fifth first year driver to win the Firestone Firehawk Cup.
The other Canadian Philip Major, racing for Sam Schmidt Motorsports finished 8th.
MIAMI 100 HOMESTEAD RESULTS - OCTOBER 2, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Brandon Wagner 32 Davey Hamilton Racing 67 Running 2 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 67 Running 3 Wade Cunningham 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 Running 4 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 67 Running 5 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 Running 6 Martin Plowman 27 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 67 Running 7 Daniel Herrington 36 O2 Racing Technology 67 Running 8 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 Running 9 Dillon Battistini 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 67 Running 10 Sean Guthrie 4 Andersen Racing 66 Running 11 Henry Clarke 34 Davey Hamilton Racing 66 Running 12 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 24 Alliance Motorsports 66 Running 13 Charlie Kimball 26 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 66 Running 14 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 66 Running 15 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 66 Running 16 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports/Wayne Taylor 65 Running 17 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 14 Contact |
DRIVE SMART. BUCKLE-UP KENTUCKY 100
KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY
SPARTA, KY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010
PIPPA MANN GETS FIRST WIN
SPARTA, KY - The pole sitter Pippa Mann, in the No. 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, jumped to a large lead after a Lap 5 restart and cruised to the victory on the 1.5 mile Kentucky Speedway.Canadian James Hinchcliffe, driving the No. 2 TMR Xtreme Coil Drilling car, finished 6.8372 seconds back and J.K. Vernay Made third in the No. 7 Lucas Oil/CJ/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car.
The other Canadian Philip Major finished 13th after a lap 2 accident.
2010 KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY RESULTS - SEPTEMBER 4, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 Running 2 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 67 Running 3 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 Running 4 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 67 Running 5 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports/Wayne Taylor 67 Running 6 Charlie Kimball 26 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 67 Running 7 Martin Plowman 27 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 67 Running 8 Brandon Wagner 32 Davey Hamilton Racing 67 Running 9 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 24 Alliance Motorsports 67 Running 10 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 66 Running 11 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 64 Running 12 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 2 Accident 13 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 1 Accident 14 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 1 Accident |
CHICAGOLAND 100
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
JOLIET, IL, AUGUST 28, 2010
JAMES HINCHCLIFFE GETS THIRD WIN AT CHICAGOLAND
JOLIET, IL - Canadian James Hinchcliffe, who started 13th in the 15 car field, worked his way to the front quickly, but it took most of the race for him to pass Pippa Mann. He passed her in Turn Four before the white flag, then saw Mann edge ahead briefly on the backstretch of the last lap before he grabbed the lead again and carried that momentum past the finish line."She pushed me up to the wall - just good, hard racing," Hinchcliffe said. "I had a good run coming down the banking. That helped. If I'd tried that on the last lap, I might not have had enough steam."
The other Canadian Philip Major finished 3rd.
2010 CHICAGOLAND RESULTS - AUGUST 28, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 67 Running 2 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 Running 3 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 Running 4 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 Running 5 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 67 Running 6 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 67 Running 7 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 24 Alliance Motorsports 67 Running 8 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 67 Running 9 Dillon Battistini 35 Team PBIR 67 Running 10 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 67 Running 11 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 64 Running 12 Brandon Wagner 32 Davey Hamilton Racing 64 Running 13 Martin Plowman 27 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 58 Contact 14 Charlie Kimball 26 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 5 Contact 15 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports/Wayne Taylor 5 Contact |
INDY GRAND PRIX OF SONOMA
INFINEON RACEWAY
SONOMA, CA, AUGUST 22, 2010
J.K. VERNAY WINS AT SONAMA
SONOMA, CA - "It was just a great weekend, and after a tough weekend at Mid-Ohio I wanted to win here," said Vernay, whose family from France was watching him compete in North America for the first time. "It's great, but the championship is not finished."Canadian James Hinchcliffe, driving the No. 2 TMR-Xtreme Coil Drilling car, finished third and Gustavo Yacaman was fourth in the No. 10 Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing car.
The other Canadian drivers Philip Major, driving the No. 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports, finished 11th., and St Catharines, Ontario's Alex Ellis in the # 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports machine got 14th.
2010 INFINEON RACEWAY RESULTS - AUGUST 22, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 2 Charlie Kimball 26 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 40 Running 3 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 40 Running 4 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports/Wayne Taylor 40 Running 5 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 6 Juan Pablo Garcia 8 Michael Crawford Motorsports 40 Running 7 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 40 Running 8 David Martinez 36 Genoa 40 Running 9 Joel Miller 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 40 Running 10 Giancarlo Vilarinho 4 Andersen Racing 40 Running 11 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 12 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 40 Running 13 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 37 Mech. 14 Alex Ellis 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 26 Mech. 15 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 10 Contact 16 Martin Plowman 27 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 6 Contact |
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
LEXINGTON, OH, AUGUST 8, 2010
MARTIN PLOWMAN GETS 1ST WIN
LEXINGTON, Ohio - "It's been a long time coming," Plowman deadpanned after driving the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers/KEP Printing entry for AFS Racing Andretti Autosport to Victory Circle in the Mid-Ohio 100. "To finally get it after so much hard work ... I've got such a great team behind me in AFS Andretti. Michael (Andretti), Gary (Petersen) and Stu (Kenworthy) my engineer. But also my parents and all of Team Plowey that couldn't be here today. They are working hard to get me into IndyCar next year."Canadians James Hinchcliffe finished 7th, and Philip Major finished 10th.
2010 MID-OHIO RESULTS - AUGUST 8, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Martin Plowman 27 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 40 Running 2 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 40 Running 3 Charlie Kimball 26 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 40 Running 4 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 40 Running 5 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 40 Running 6 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 40 Running 7 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 40 Running 8 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 9 James Winslow 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 10 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 11 Juan Pablo Garcia 8 Michael Crawford Motorsports 40 Running 12 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 39 Running 13 Giancarlo Vilarinho 4 Andersen Racing 39 Running 14 David Martinez 36 Genoa 38 Running 15 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports /Wayne Taylor 34 Running |
HONDA INDY EDMONTON
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, JULY 25, 2010
HINCHCLIFFE GETS HIS 2ND WIN OF SEASON
EDMONTON, Alberta - "To finally (win in his home country in open wheel) feels extra special," said Hinchcliffe, an Ontario native. "That cool down lap was a lot of fun, seeing all the fans in the stands. And thanks to all them for coming out because it's such a great event. It certainly wasn't easy. J.K. made me work for it.""I think obviously the race was largely impacted by qualifying. And for us to sneak that pole out was a huge accomplishment. It led a lot to today. I have to thank the team, our boys a ton. From when we rolled off the trailer the car was quick."
2010 HONDA INDY EDMONTON RESULTS - JULY 25, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 50 Running 2 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 50 Running 3 Martin Plowman 27 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 50 Running 4 Charlie Kimball 26 AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 50 Running 5 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 50 Running 6 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 50 Running 7 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 50 Running 8 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 50 Running 9 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports/Wayne Taylor 50 Running 10 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 50 Running 11 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 50 Running 12 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 50 Running 13 Carmen Jorda 4 Andersen Racing 6 Mechanical |
HONDA INDY TORONTO
TORONTO, ONTARIO, JULY 16 - 18, 2010
J.K. VERNAY TAKES 4TH WIN
TORONTO, ON - "I didn't take risks because I had the chance to lead and didn't have to pass," said Vernay, who has stood on the podium in six of the seven races. "But I'm not focused on the championship. My goal is to win the championship, for sure. But I prefer to be focused race after race, great qualifying, because on the road courses it is really important. If you start on pole, second, the first two rows, really it's a big deal."Canadian James Hinchcliffe, driving the No. 2 TMR-Xtreme Coil Drilling car, finished 10th after making contact with the turn 5 tire wall in lap 49.
The other Canadian Phillip Major came in a disapointing 12th.
2010 STREETS OF TORONTO RESULTS - JULY 18, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 50 Running 2 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 50 Running 3 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports 50 Running 4 Charlie Kimball 26 Andretti Autosport 50 Running 5 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 50 Running 6 Tonis Kasemets 5 Andersen Racing 50 Running 7 Martin Plowman 27 Andretti Autosport 50 Running 8 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 50 Running 9 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 50 Running 10 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 49 Contact 11 James Winslow 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 49 Running 12 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 46 Running 13 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 43 Running 14 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 33 Mechanical 15 Carmen Jorda 4 Andersen Racing 22 Off Course |
THE CORNING 100
WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL
WATKINS GLEN, NY(Round 6/ July 4, 2010)
J.K. VERNAY TAKES CORNING 100 AT THE GLEN
WATKINS GLEN, NY - "It was a really hard race," said Race winner J.K. Vernay, 22, of France. "I didn't know the track when I arrived. The track is so beautiful but so complicated. We improved practice after practice, and by the race the car was fabulous. Three wins for a rookie is not bad."2nd place went to Canadian James Hinchcliffe, driving the No. 2 TMR-Xtreme Coil Drilling car, finished 0.2135 of a second behind.
The other Canadian Phillip Major came in a respectable 6th.
2010 WATKINS GLEN RESULTS - JULY 4, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 Running 2 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 30 Running 3 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 30 Running 4 Martin Plowman 27 Andretti Autosport 30 Running 5 James Winslow 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 Running 6 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 Running 7 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 30 Running 8 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports 30 Running 9 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 30 Running 10 Anders Krohn 4 Andersen Racing 30 Running 11 Charlie Kimball 26 Andretti Autosport 26 Running 12 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 13 Mechanical 13 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 1 Contact 14 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 1 Contact |
AvoidTheStork.com 100
IOWA SPEEDWAY
NEWTON, IA(Round 5/ June 19, 2010)
SAAVEDRA GETS IOWA WIN
NEWTON, IOWA - Saavedra, who started from the pole in the No. 29 William Rast/Bryan Herta Autosport car, held off Martin Plowman by 0.4820 of a second to win the AvoidTheStork.com 100 under the lights at Iowa Speedway.It was the third career victory and first of the season for Saavedra. Plowman recorded a career best. Championship points leader J.K. Vernay finished 1.36 seconds back and Adrian Campos Jr. also posted a career best in fourth.
INDIANANAPOLIS RESULTS - MAY 28, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 115 Running 2 Martin Plowman 27 Andretti Autosport 115 Running 3 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 Running 4 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 115 Running 5 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 115 Running 6 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 Running 7 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 115 Running 8 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 Running 9 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 114 Running 10 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 112 Running 11 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports 88 Contact 12 Brandon Wagner 32 Davey Hamilton Racing 47 Electrical 13 Charlie Kimball 26 Andretti Autosport 0 Contact |
THE FIRESTONE FREEDOM 100
INDIANANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
INDIANANAPOLIS, IN(Round 4/ May 28, 2010)
CUNNINGHAM WINS THIRD TIME
INDIANANAPOLIS, IN - Cunningham, starting second in the No. 77 Lucas Oil/BSS/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, held off Charlie Kimball by 0.4368 of a second to become the first three time winner of the Firestone Freedom 100 on Miller Lite Carb Day."The car was great in the draft and it was pretty easy for me to pass Charlie, and both times he got in front I didn't panic because I knew in a couple of laps I'd be back in front," said Cunningham, the 2005 Firestone Indy Lights champion. "I never gave him the chance to get by."
James Hinchcliffe, winner of the Long Beach race in mid-April, finished 2.3 seconds back in the No. 2 TMR-Xtreme Coil Drilling car for 3rd spot. Dan Clarke, driving the No. 40 Wasteco Deans Knight Special for Walker Racing, posted the highest finish in his three Firestone Indy Lights races (advancing six positions from 10th), and Martin Plowman finished fifth in the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers/KEP Printing entry.
INDIANANAPOLIS RESULTS - MAY 28, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Wade Cunningham 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 2 Charlie Kimball 26 Andretti Autosport 40 Running 3 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 40 Running 4 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 40 Running 5 Martin Plowman 27 Andretti Autosport 40 Running 6 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 7 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 40 Running 8 Brandon Wagner 12 Davey Hamilton Racing 40 Running 9 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 40 Running 10 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 40 Running 11 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports 40 Running 12 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 40 Running 13 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 34 Running 14 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 4 Andersen Racing 24 Mechanical 15 Jeff Simmons 17 Team E 2 Contact 16 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 2 Contact |
THE STREETS OF LONG BEACH
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA(Round 3/ April 18, 2010)
CANADIAN JAMES HINCHCLIFFE WINS LONG BEACH
LONG BEACH, Calif. - With cars that were equally matched on the 1.968 mile, 11 turn temporary street circuit, it was the restarts that allowed James Hinchcliffe to record his first Firestone Indy Lights victory.Hinchcliffe got good jumps on four restarts following full course cautions - the last on Lap 41 of 45. It was the second victory for Team Moore Racing (Pablo Donoso won at Infineon Raceway in 2008).
"I made a few mistakes, but lucky they were small enough that nobody noticed," said Hinchcliffe, the pole sitter who led every lap. "It was a great race. The car was solid from the drop of the green flag and we got a good start and into a rhythm. Those yellows kept coming out, but lucky we had good restarts because I just couldn't shake Charlie.
LONG BEACH RESULTS - APRIL 18, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 45 Running 2 Charlie Kimball 26 Andretti Autosport 45 Running 3 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 Running 4 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 45 Running 5 Martin Plowman 27 Andretti Autosport 45 Running 6 Tonis Kasemets 35 Team PBIR 45 Running 7 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 Running 8 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 Running 9 Niall Quinn 37 Team PBIR 45 Running 10 Carmen Jorda 4 Andersen Racing 45 Running 11 Joel Miller 5 Andersen Racing 45 Running 12 James Winslow 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 43 Contact 13 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 39 Running 14 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports 37 Contact 15 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 33 Contact 16 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 27 Handling 17 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 21 Elect 18 Junior Strous 6 HVM Racing 9 Contact |
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA(Round 2/ April 11, 2010)
THE INDY GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA
The Indy Lights will take part in an action packed weekend with the indyCar Series, and the Grand-Am Contentinental Tire and rolex Series, at Barber Motorsports Park.
J.K. VERNAY TAKES 2ND WIN IN A ROW
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - J.K. Vernay picked up a $5,000 bonus from Firestone for winning two races in a row.Vernay, starting from the pole in the No. 7 Lucas Slick Mist/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, held off Charlie Kimball by 1.1542 seconds to win the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama on the 2.38 mile Barber Motorsports Park.
Vernay, who won the season opener on the temporary St. Petersburg street circuit two weeks earlier, joined Junior Strous (2009) in earning the bonus. He takes a 33-point lead over Kimball in the Firestone Indy Lights championship standings heading to Long Beach. Kimball, driving the No. 26 Levemir FlexPen car for AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport, recorded a career best.
Sebastian Saavedra in the No. 29 William Rast/Bryan Herta Autosport entry, advanced from the fourth starting position to third (4.6 seconds back). Martin Plowman finished a career-best fourth in the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers Inc. car for AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport, and James Hinchcliffe was fifth in the No. 2 TMR-Xtreme Coil Drilling car.
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK RESULTS - APRIL 11, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 2 Charlie Kimball 26 Andretti Autosport 40 Running 3 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 40 Running 4 Martin Plowman 27 Andretti Autosport 40 Running 5 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 40 Running 6 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 40 Running 7 Dan Clarke 40 Walker Racing 40 Running 8 Junior Strous 6 HVM Racing 40 Running 9 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Cape Motorsports 40 Running 10 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 11 Nic LeDuc 35 Team PBIR 40 Running 12 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 Running 13 Adrian Campos Jr. 22 Team Moore Racing 40 Running 14 Niall Quinn 37 Team PBIR 40 Running 15 James Winslow 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 39 Running 16 Rodrigo Barbos 18 PDM Racing 24 Mechanical 17 Carmen Jorda 4 Andersen Racing 1 Contact |
STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
(Round 1/ March 28, 2010)
STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG
The Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, host the season opener for the Firestone Indy Lights for the second season in a row.They will be joined by the IZOD IndyCar, USF2000, Star Mazda and SCCA World Challenge.
J.K. VERNAY TAKES 1ST RACE OF SEASON
J.K. VERNAY AT THE THE AFTER RACE PRESS CONFERENCEI did a really good setup on the car, and I learned practice after practice, and I was pushing more and more, and in qualifying we were there, so it was good. I was a bit off, didn't have the pole position, but it's like that.
And today the car was just fantastic. The first lap I was really safe. I didn't want to pressure the race in the first five minutes; it's nearly one hour. I just wanted to take my time. I was really careful on the first corner. After that on the wet my car was just fantastic. I just had to push a few laps and after to control the car for the race, and yeah, I win. It's really fantastic for the first weekend in Indy Lights in my first showing in America.
STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG RESULTS - MARCH 28, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 J.K. Vernay 7 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 35 Running 2 Jan Heylen 17 Team E 35 Running 3 Stefan Wilson 28 Bryan Herta Autosport 35 Running 4 Charlie Kimball 26 Andretti Autosport 35 Running 5 Gustavo Yacaman 10 Wayne Taylor Racing 35 Running 6 Martin Plowman 27 Andretti Autosport 35 Running 7 James Winslow 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 35 Running 8 Jonathan Summerton 40 Walker Racing 35 Running 9 Rodrigo Barbosa 18 PDM Racing 34 Running 10 Junior Strous 6 HVM Racing 34 Running 11 Carmen Jorda 4 Andersen Racing 33 Running 12 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 25 Running 13 Pippa Mann 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 6 Mechanical 14 Philip Major 49 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 1 Mechanical 15 James Hinchcliffe 2 Team Moore Racing 0 Accident |