2011 Indy Lights

2011 Indy Lights season
Firestone Indy Lights
Season
Races	13
Start date	March 27
End date	October 16
Awards
Drivers' champion	Josef Newgarden
Teams' champion	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Rookie of the Year	Josef Newgarden
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2011 champion, Josef Newgarden

The 2011 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 26th season of the series and the tenth sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IZOD IndyCar Series. It began March 27, 2011 in St. Petersburg and ended on October 16 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and featured thirteen events: six on ovals, one on a permanent road course, and six on temporary street courses. The series was won by American driver Josef Newgarden, driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Newgarden won the title by 94 points over team mate and fellow rookie Esteban Guerrieri of Argentina.

The season featured the series' first non-IndyCar Series support race since the 2007 Liberty Challenge (at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway) when it was the main event at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières. It was Indy Lights' first event at Trois-Rivières since 1998. The series also race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the first time since 1995 and the new Baltimore street circuit in support of the IndyCars. ^[1]

Team and driver chart

• All drivers will compete in Firestone Firehawk–shod, Dallara chassis.

Team	#	Drivers	Sponsor(s)	Rounds
Sam Schmidt Motorsports	3	Victor Carbone [2]	Nevoni	All
	7	Esteban Guerrieri [3]	Lucas Oil	All
	11	Josef Newgarden [4]	Copart/Robo-Pong	All
	77	Conor Daly [5]	Road to Indy	1-3, 9, 11
		Bryan Clauson [4]	Road to Indy/Curb Records	4-6, 10, 12-13
		Daniel Herrington [6]		7-8
Team Moore Racing	2	Gustavo Yacamán [7]	Crepes & Waffles	All
	22	Víctor García [8]		1-7
		Daniel Morad		8 [9]
		Mikaël Grenier		9
		Brandon Wagner		10, 12-13
		Tõnis Kasemets		11
Andretti Autosport	5	Stefan Wilson [10]		All
	26	James Winslow		1-4, [11]
		Peter Dempsey		7-9, 11 [12]
Bryan Herta Autosport	28	Duarte Ferreira [13]	Sonangol Group	All
	29	Bruno Andrade	William Rast	7-9, 11 [14]
Davey Hamilton Racing	32	Brandon Wagner	ChiroRacing.net	4-6
		Stefan Rzadzinski [15]	West Edmonton Mall	8
O2 Racing Technology	36	Peter Dempsey	Pulse Lighting	1-5
	63	Mikaël Grenier	Cell Safety	1-4
Team E	17	Joel Miller [16]	Skip Barber Racing School	1
		Rusty Mitchell [17]	Motorola/Petro Communications	3-4, 11-13 [18]
Belardi Auto Racing	4	Jorge Goncalvez [19]		All
	9	Anders Krohn [20]	Liberty Engineering	All
	19	Jacob Wilson		12-13 [21]
Jensen MotorSport	12	Juan Pablo Garcia [22]	Freightliner	1-4
		Eric Jensen	Pusateri's	7
		Oliver Webb [23]	ExpoSystems	8, 11, 13 [24]
	16	David Ostella [25]	Global Precast	All
Brooks Associates Racing	8	Ryan Phinny	Race 2 Energy Independence / Dos Lunas Tequila	3
Willy T. Ribbs Racing	32	Willy T. Ribbs [26]	Starting Grid Inc.	11
	75	Chase Austin [27]		4, 6
Goree Multisports	44	Tyler Dueck [28]	Premier Pacific Developments	8

Schedule

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location
1	March 27	Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, FL
2	April 10	Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of Alabama	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, AL
3	April 17	Long Beach 100	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, CA
4	May 27	Firestone Freedom 100	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, IN
5	June 19	David Hobbs 100	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, WI
6	June 25	Sukup 100	Iowa Speedway	Newton, IA
7	July 10	Toronto 100	Streets of Toronto	Toronto, ON
8A	July 23	Edmonton Twin 100s Race 1	Edmonton City Centre Airport	Edmonton, Alberta
8B	July 24	Edmonton Twin 100s Race 2
9	August 7	Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, QC
10	August 14	New Hampshire 100	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Loudon, NH
11	September 4	Baltimore 100	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore, MD
12	October 2	Drive Smart Buckle-Up Kentucky 100	Kentucky Speedway	Sparta, KY
13	October 16	Las Vegas 100	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada

  Oval/Speedway

  Street/Temporary Circuit

  Road Course

Race results

Rd.	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Winning driver	Winning team
1	St. Petersburg	Esteban Guerrieri	Conor Daly	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2	Barber	Víctor García	Víctor García	Víctor García	Víctor García	Team Moore Racing
3	Long Beach	Esteban Guerrieri	Conor Daly	Josef Newgarden	Conor Daly	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
4	Indianapolis	Bryan Clauson	Brandon Wagner	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
5	Milwaukee	Esteban Guerrieri	Josef Newgarden	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
6	Iowa	Esteban Guerrieri	Bryan Clauson	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
7	Toronto	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Stefan Wilson	Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport
8A	Edmonton	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
8B		Josef Newgarden	Esteban Guerrieri	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
9	Trois-Rivières	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
10	Loudon	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
11	Baltimore	Conor Daly	Josef Newgarden	Conor Daly	Gustavo Yacamán	Team Moore Racing
12	Kentucky	Stefan Wilson	Duarte Ferreira	Stefan Wilson	Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport
13	Las Vegas	Victor Carbone	Stefan Wilson	Josef Newgarden	Victor Carbone	Sam Schmidt Motorsports

Race summaries

Round 1: Streets of St. Petersburg

• Sunday March 27, 2011 – 10:30 a.m. EDT
• Streets of St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg, Florida; Temporary street circuit, 1.800 miles (2.897 km)
• Distance: 45 laps / 81.000 miles (130.357 km)
• Race weather: 81 °F (27 °C), partly cloudy
• Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 1:07.6903 sec, 95.730 mph (154.063 km/h)
• Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 34
• Race Report:

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	3	11	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	45	56:11.0037	34
2	2	77	Conor Daly	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	45	+0.8552	0
3	5	36	Peter Dempsey	O2 Racing Technology	45	+3.1351	11
Race average speed: 86.502 mph (139.211 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 5 laps

Round 2: Barber Motorsports Park

• Sunday April 10, 2011 – 12:15 p.m. CDT (1:15 p.m. EDT)
• Barber Motorsports Park – Birmingham, Alabama; Permanent road course, 2.300 miles (3.701 km)
• Distance: 40 laps / 92.000 miles (148.060 km)
• Race weather: 80 °F (27 °C), partly cloudy
• Pole position winner: #22 Víctor García, 1:17.2793 sec, 107.144 mph (172.432 km/h)
• Most laps led: #22 Víctor García, 40
• Race Report: Víctor García took the first victory of his open-wheel racing career after taking a flag-to-flag to victory despite pressure from Stefan Wilson for the majority of the race, seeing his lead twice dwindled by caution periods. Peter Dempsey took his second placing of third in as many races as he moved into second place in the championship standings. Championship leader Josef Newgarden held on to his championship lead despite having to make a pit-stop to replace a flat front tire, but recovered to finish in sixth position in the race. The race was punctuated by three caution periods, the first of which being on the first lap after Newgarden made contact with Esteban Guerrieri which sent Guerrieri into contact with team mate Victor Carbone, eliminating Guerrieri on the spot and Carbone in the pits. The other two periods were caused by drivers running off track; Gustavo Yacamán ran off-track on lap four, but managed to restart several laps down, but the other period caused by David Ostella, did not see Ostella restart.

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	1	22	Víctor García	Team Moore Racing	40	1:00:06.5806	40
2	3	5	Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport	40	+0.3125	0
3	8	36	Peter Dempsey	O2 Racing Technology	40	+16.3249	0
Race average speed: 91.832 mph (147.789 km/h)
Lead changes: None
Cautions: 3 for 7 laps

Round 3: Long Beach 100

• Sunday April 17, 2011 – 11:05 a.m. PDT (2:05 p.m. EDT)
• Streets of Long Beach – Long Beach, California; Temporary street circuit, 1.968 miles (3.167 km)
• Distance: 45 laps / 88.560 miles (142.524 km); reduced to 43 laps / 84.624 miles (136.189 km) due to 1-hour time limit
• Race weather: 63 °F (17 °C), cloudy
• Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 1:13.6957 sec, 96.136 mph (154.716 km/h)
• Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 31
• Race Report: Conor Daly became the series' third different winner in the 2011 season, after taking advantage of a late-race mistake by team-mate and championship leader Josef Newgarden. After a waved off start to the race, Esteban Guerrieri in another Sam Schmidt car led the field from pole, but did not lead the race beyond that after being passed by Peter Dempsey at Turn 9. Dempsey held the lead until lap ten when he hit the wall at the same corner, knocking himself out of the race. Newgarden then picked up the lead from Guerrieri and Daly; Daly overhauling Guerrieri at the restart, and started to hunt down Newgarden. With a few minutes remaining, Newgarden's car hopped under the bumps, snatched a brake and ended up in the turn eight tire wall. Daly led the field under the caution to the timed ending of the race which curtailed the race two laps early. Guerrieri finished second ahead of Stefan Wilson, who finished third despite a trip down an escape road.

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	4	77	Conor Daly	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	43	1:00:35.2947	3
2	1	7	Esteban Guerrieri	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	43	+0.9302*	1
3	6	5	Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport	43	+1.3880	0
* Under caution
Race average speed: 83.802 mph (134.866 km/h)
Lead changes: 3 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 8 laps

Round 4: Firestone Freedom 100

• Friday May 27, 2011 – 12:30 p.m. EDT
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana; Permanent racing facility, 2.500 miles (4.023 km)
• Distance: 40 laps / 100.000 miles (160.934 km)
• Race weather: 56 °F (13 °C), overcast
• Pole position winner: #77 Bryan Clauson (qualifying cancelled; field set by owner points)
• Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 30
• Race Report:

Josef Newgarden took his second series victory, and with erstwhile championship leader Conor Daly not contesting the oval events of the championship, Newgarden assumed the championship lead. Newgarden's Sam Schmidt Motorsports team mate, Bryan Clauson dropped back from his début pole, with Newgarden and Víctor García each leading part of the first lap before Newgarden assumed it at the line. Stefan Wilson, Anders Krohn and Esteban Guerrieri also led the race at stages prior to Newgarden taking the lead for good on lap 15. Krohn had undone his work to advance to the front by spinning under caution – after Victor Carbone's crash – which put him to the rear of the field, but pitted for new tires, and eventually made his way back up the field. The second caution period was caused by Gustavo Yacamán spinning into the wall and was eventually collected by Juan Pablo Garcia and James Winslow. Yacamán was transferred to Methodist Hospital with neck pain.

After Peter Dempsey spun under the yellow, Duarte Ferreira brought out the third caution a lap after the restart, spinning in Turn 2 and collected the car of Brandon Wagner, ending the race for both drivers. After a waved off restart, again one lap was run before a caution period was necessitated; Clauson, Krohn and Krohn's Belardi team mate Jorge Goncalvez went three-wide into Turn 1, with Goncalvez clipping the rear-left tire of Clauson's car. Krohn spun in avoidance, as Goncalvez went into the barrier on the outside of Turn 1, before impacting the inside wall halfway down the straight between Turns 1 and 2. The impact broke the car into two pieces with the tub going onto its side along the track before hitting the retaining wall in Turn 2 and righted what was left of the car. Goncalvez was also transferred to Methodist, but was said to be alert and awake. The debris from the crash prevented the race from returning to green – resulting in an end tally of 22 of the race's 40 laps running under caution – and Newgarden took victory ahead of team mate Guerrieri, Víctor García, Wilson and Clauson, with only 10 of the 18 cars that started the race running at the flag.

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	2	11	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	40	55:38.9881	30
2	5	7	Esteban Guerrieri	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	40	+0.4443*	2
3	4	22	Víctor García	Team Moore Racing	40	+0.8010	0
* Under caution
Race average speed: 107.817 mph (173.515 km/h)
Lead changes: 6 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 22 laps

Round 5: David Hobbs 100

• Sunday June 19, 2011 – 1:00 p.m. CDT (2:00 p.m. EDT)
• Milwaukee Mile – West Allis, Wisconsin; Permanent racing facility, 1.015 miles (1.633 km)
• Distance: 100 laps / 101.500 miles (163.348 km)
• Race weather: 79 °F (26 °C), overcast
• Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 49.0454 sec, 149.005 mph (239.800 km/h) (2-lap)
• Most laps led: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 100
• Race Report:

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	1	7	Esteban Guerrieri	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	100	46:45.6824	100
2	2	11	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	100	+5.5012	0
3	7	4	Jorge Goncalvez	Belardi Auto Racing	100	+6.6182	0
Race average speed: 130.236 mph (209.595 km/h)
Lead changes: None
Cautions: 1 for 5 laps

Round 6: Sukup 100

• Saturday June 25, 2011 – 5:40 p.m. CDT (6:40 p.m. EDT)
• Iowa Speedway – Newton, Iowa; Permanent racing facility, 0.894 miles (1.439 km)
• Distance: 115 laps / 102.810 miles (165.457 km)
• Race weather: 64 °F (18 °C), overcast
• Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 40.0332 sec, 160.787 mph (258.762 km/h) (2-lap)
• Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 90
• Race Report:

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	4	11	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	115	40:27.3417	90
2	2	2	Gustavo Yacamán	Team Moore Racing	115	+5.4724	0
3	3	77	Bryan Clauson	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	115	+5.8169	0
Race average speed: 152.478 mph (245.390 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 4 laps

Round 7: Toronto 100

• Sunday July 10, 2011 – 12:15 p.m. EDT
• Streets of Toronto – Toronto, Ontario; Temporary street circuit, 1.755 miles (2.824 km)
• Distance: 50 laps / 87.750 miles (141.220 km); reduced to 49 laps / 85.995 miles (138.396 km) due to 1-hour time limit
• Race weather: 77 °F (25 °C), cloudy
• Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 1:02.9865 sec, 100.307 mph (161.428 km/h)
• Most laps led: #5 Stefan Wilson, 29
• Race Report: Stefan Wilson took his first Indy Lights victory after capitalising on a mistake by pole-sitter Esteban Guerrieri, and led the race for its final 29 laps after Guerrieri had led the first 20. Wilson led home an Andretti Autosport 1–2 after his new team-mate Peter Dempsey finished second, after close battling with both Gustavo Yacamán and championship leader Josef Newgarden. Newgarden would later make contact with Dempsey's car, and had to pit, resulting in an eighth place finish. Yacamán ended up completing the podium ahead of Guerrieri and Anders Krohn. Four of the 13-car grid failed to reach the finish of the race, all due to contact.

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	2	5	Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport	49	1:01:02.4296	29
2	3	26	Peter Dempsey	Andretti Autosport	49	+0.2238*	0
3	6	2	Gustavo Yacamán	Team Moore Racing	49	+0.5374	0
* Under caution
Race average speed: 84.529 mph (136.036 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 9 laps

Round 8: Edmonton Twin 100s

• Saturday July 23, 2011 – 2:00 p.m. MDT (4:00 p.m. EDT) & Sunday July 24, 2011 – 10:20 a.m. MDT (12:20 p.m. EDT)
• Edmonton City Centre Airport – Edmonton, Alberta; Temporary airport course, 2.224 miles (3.579 km)
• Distance: 2 races of 40 laps / 88.960 miles (143.167 km); Race 1 reduced to 36 laps / 80.064 miles (128.851 km) due to 1-hour time limit
• Race weather: 63 °F (17 °C), cloudy (Race 1); 64 °F (18 °C), cloudy (Race 2)
• Pole position winner: #11 Josef Newgarden, 1:22.7721 sec, 96.728 mph (155.669 km/h) (Race 1, qualifying); 1:22.9337 sec, 96.540 mph (155.366 km/h) (Race 2, fastest lap of Race 1)
• Most laps led: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 36 (Race 1); #11 Josef Newgarden, 27 (Race 2)
• Race Report: Esteban Guerrieri took his second victory of the season, after leading every lap of the race to move closer to his team-mate and championship leader Josef Newgarden. Newgarden had started the race from pole position, but a move by Guerrieri at Turn 5 allowed him to take the lead just before the opening caution of the race, caused by series rookie Tyler Dueck running into the back of David Ostella, and the field concertinaed, with Daniel Morad, Daniel Herrington and Stefan Wilson also involved, with Dueck, Ostella and Morad all out on the spot. Third place went to another series rookie, with Oliver Webb finishing ahead of Wilson with Bruno Andrade just ahead of Gustavo Yacamán to complete the top five placing. The race's only other retirees came as a result of an incident between Victor Carbone and Peter Dempsey. Dempsey tried to take Carbone into Turn 1 on lap 28, with the two drivers interlocking wheels on the corner exit, sending both drivers into the wall. Carbone's car launched Dempsey's car upside-down, but Dempsey emerged without injury. Newgarden comfortably won race two after slight contact with Guerrieri, which left Guerrieri down the order. Wilson and Dempsey completed the podium.

Race One – Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	2	7	Esteban Guerrieri	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	36	1:01:11.7536	36
2	1	11	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	36	+0.6524	0
3	10	12	Oliver Webb	Jensen MotorSport	36	+7.0479	0
Race average speed: 78.499 mph (126.332 km/h)
Lead changes: None
Cautions: 3 for 9 laps
Race Two – Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	1	11	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	40	56:46.3800	27
2	3	5	Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport	40	+14.5501	0
3	6	26	Peter Dempsey	Andretti Autosport	40	+15.2079	0
Race average speed: 94.017 mph (151.306 km/h)
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: None

Round 9: Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières

• Sunday August 7, 2011 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
• Circuit Trois-Rivières – Trois-Rivières, Quebec; Temporary street circuit, 1.510 miles (2.430 km)
• Distance: 60 laps / 90.600 miles (145.807 km); reduced to 58 laps / 87.580 miles (140.946 km) due to rain
• Race weather: 74 °F (23 °C), cloudy
• Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 57.4541 sec, 94.615 mph (152.268 km/h)
• Most laps led: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 58
• Race Report:

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	1	7	Esteban Guerrieri	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	58	1:13:47.0198	58
2	5	2	Gustavo Yacamán	Team Moore Racing	58	+6.2535	0
3	4	11	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	58	+7.7797	0
Race average speed: 71.219 mph (114.616 km/h)
Lead changes: None
Cautions: 2 for 7 laps

Round 10: New Hampshire 100

• Sunday August 14, 2011 – 1:15 p.m. EDT
• New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, New Hampshire; Permanent racing facility, 1.025 miles (1.650 km)
• Distance: 100 laps / 102.500 miles (164.958 km)
• Race weather: 73 °F (23 °C), overcast
• Pole position winner: #11 Josef Newgarden, 49.4908 sec, 149.119 mph (239.984 km/h) (2-lap)
• Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 100
• Race Report: Josef Newgarden became the first driver since Thiago Medeiros in 2004 to lap the entire field en route to winning an Indy Lights race, further extending his championship points lead. ^[29]

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	1	11	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	100	49:00.0481	100
2	5	4	Jorge Goncalvez	Belardi Auto Racing	99	+ 1 Lap	0
3	6	28	Duarte Ferreira	Bryan Herta Autosport	99	+ 1 Lap	0
Race average speed: 125.508 mph (201.986 km/h)
Lead changes: None
Cautions: 3 for 12 laps

Round 11: Streets of Baltimore

• Sunday September 4, 2011 – 12:15 p.m. EDT
• Streets of Baltimore – Baltimore, Maryland; Temporary street circuit, 2.040 miles (3.283 km)
• Distance: 35 laps / 71.400 miles (114.907 km)
• Race weather: 81 °F (27 °C), scattered clouds
• Pole position winner: #77 Conor Daly, 1:27.8114 sec, 83.631 mph (134.591 km/h)
• Most laps led: #77 Conor Daly, 22
• Race Report:

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	3	2	Gustavo Yacamán	Team Moore Racing	35	57:17.3814	4
2	14	11	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	35	+0.4500	0
3	7	3	Victor Carbone	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	35	+8.1430	0
Race average speed: 74.778 mph (120.344 km/h)
Lead changes: 3 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 6 laps

Round 12: Drive Smart Buckle-Up Kentucky 100

• Sunday October 2, 2011 – 12:30 p.m. EDT
• Kentucky Speedway – Sparta, Kentucky; Permanent racing facility, 1.480 miles (2.382 km)
• Distance: 67 laps / 99.160 miles (159.583 km)
• Race weather: 56 °F (13 °C), partly cloudy
• Pole position winner: #5 Stefan Wilson, 55.5988 sec, 191.659 mph (308.445 km/h) (2-lap)
• Most laps led: #5 Stefan Wilson, 47
• Race Report:

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	1	5	Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport	67	41:54.4340	47
2	6	11	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	67	+3.1136	20
3	4	4	Jorge Goncalvez	Belardi Auto Racing	67	+5.4480	0
Race average speed: 141.971 mph (228.480 km/h)
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 14 laps

Round 13: Las Vegas 100

• Sunday October 16, 2011 – 9:45 a.m. PDT (12:45 p.m. EDT)
• Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, Nevada; Permanent racing facility, 1.544 miles (2.485 km)
• Distance: 67 laps / 103.448 miles (166.483 km)
• Race weather: 75 °F (24 °C), clear skies
• Pole position winner: #3 Victor Carbone, 57.9685 sec, 191.773 mph (308.629 km/h) (2-lap)
• Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 63
• Race Report:

Podium Finishers
Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Led
1	1	3	Victor Carbone	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	67	35:26.2096	2
2	3	7	Esteban Guerrieri	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	67	+0.0229	0
3	12	4	Jorge Goncalvez	Belardi Auto Racing	67	+0.3642	0
Race average speed: 175.153 mph (281.881 km/h)
Lead changes: 3 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 4 laps

Driver standings

Pos Driver STP BAR LBH INDY MIL IOW TOR EDM TRO LOU BAL KTY LSV Pts R1 R2 1 Josef Newgarden 1* 6 13* 1* 2 1* 8 2 1* 3 1* 2 2 9* 553 2 Esteban Guerrieri 6 15 2 2 1* 12 4 1* 14 1* 5 12 10 2 459 3 Stefan Wilson 16 2 3 4 8 8 1* 4 2 4 12 5 1* 8 450 4 Gustavo Yacamán 14 12 4 15 5 2 3 5 16 2 4 1 11 5 401 5 Jorge Goncalvez 11 4 10 11 3 6 6 7 12 9 2 16 3 3 371 6 Victor Carbone 9 14 6 18 6 7 9 11 4 10 10 3 7 1 357 7 Anders Krohn 5 9 8 12 9 11 5 13 6 6 11 6 13 7 328 8 Duarte Ferreira 8 7 14 13 12 5 10 8 9 8 3 10 6 11 323 9 David Ostella 4 13 9 8 7 9 13 14 8 7 6 15 12 287 10 Peter Dempsey 3 3 17 6 DNS 2 12 3 5 9 264 11 Víctor García 15 1* 12 3 10 4 7 199 12 Bryan Clauson 51 4 3 7 5 13 170 13 Conor Daly 2 11 1 13 14* 145 14 Rusty Mitchell 11 7 8 7 8 12 137 15 Brandon Wagner 14 11 13 9 4 6 134 16 Mikaël Grenier 7 5 7 10 11 121 17 Bruno Andrade 11 6 15 12 4 112 18 Oliver Webb 3 5 11 10 104 19 James Winslow 10 10 5 17 83 20 Juan Pablo Garcia 12 8 15 16 71 21 Daniel Herrington 12 9 7 66 22 Jacob Wilson 9 4 54 23 Chase Austin 9 10 42 24 Stefan Rzadzinski 10 13 37 25 Tyler Dueck 16 10 34 26 Daniel Morad 15 11 34 27 Tõnis Kasemets 8 24 28 Joel Miller 13 17 29 Willy T. Ribbs 13 17 30 Ryan Phinny 16 14 Eric Jensen DNQ 0 Pos Driver STP BAR LBH INDY MIL IOW TOR R1 R2 TRO LOU BAL KTY LSV Pts EDM

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps (2 points) 1 Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded Rookie of the Year Rookie

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Points [30]	50	40	35	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

• Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

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External links

• Indy Lights Series website