2013 Indy Lights

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2013 Indy Lights season
Firestone Indy Lights
Season
Races12
Start dateMarch 24
End dateOctober 19
Awards
Drivers' champion Sage Karam
Teams' champion Sam Schmidt Motorsports
  2012
2014  

The 2013 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 28th season of the series and the twelfth sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IZOD IndyCar Series. It began March 24, 2013 in St. Petersburg. [1]

Contents

Rookie Sage Karam won the championship, the eighth rookie to win the series title. [2] Karam clinched the championship in the final race over rookie teammate Gabby Chaves. Second-year driver Carlos Muñoz won a series-high four races but was forced to settle for third in the championship. Peter Dempsey captured the Freedom 100 in a spectacular four-wide finish in what was the closest finish in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history.

In June, it was announced that the series would be promoted by Andersen Promotions beginning in 2014. [3] INDYCAR sanctioning will remain. In August it was announced that Cooper Tire would replace Firestone as the official tire of the series in 2014. [4]

Team and driver chart

TeamNo.DriversRounds
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves [5] All
8 Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam [6] All
67 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle O'Gara [7] [N 1] 4, 12
77 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth [8] All
Team Moore Racing 2 Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Pablo García [9] 1–10
Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Dempsey 11
22 Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Ringel 1
Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Carbone 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mikaël Grenier 3
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Simpson 4
Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly 11
Andretti Autosport
AFS Racing
12 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach [10] All
26 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz [11] All
Belardi Auto Racing 4 Flag of Venezuela.svg Jorge Goncalvez [12] All
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Dempsey [13] 1–10
Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Pablo García 11–12
6 Flag of Venezuela.svg Giancarlo Serenelli 9–12
Bryan Herta Autosport
Jeffery Mark Motorsports
28 Flag of the United States.svg Chase Austin 4
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Axcil Jefferies 9, 11
MDL Racing 56 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matthew Di Leo [14] 3, 8–11
Pabst Racing 17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dalton Kellett 10

Schedule

IndyCar announced the 2013 Indy Lights schedule on October 18, 2012. It joined all IndyCar Series weekends in North America except Detroit, Texas and Sonoma.

RndDateRace NameTrackLocation
1March 23–24 Flag of the United States.svg St. Petersburg 100 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2April 6–7 Flag of the United States.svg Legacy Indy Lights 100 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
3April 20–21 Flag of the United States.svg Long Beach 100 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
4May 24 Flag of the United States.svg Firestone Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
5June 14–15 Flag of the United States.svg Milwaukee Race Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
6June 22–23 Flag of the United States.svg Iowa Speedway 100 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
7July 6–7 Flag of the United States.svg Pocono Race Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
8July 12–13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto
9August 3–4 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
10August 31 – September 1 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Baltimore Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland
11October 5–6 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Houston Reliant Park Houston, Texas
12October 18–19 Flag of the United States.svg Lefty's Kids Club 100 Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California
  Oval/Speedway
  Street/Temporary Circuit
  Road Course

Race results

Rd.Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps ledWinning driverWinning team
1 Flag of the United States.svg St. Petersburg Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth Flag of the United States.svg Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2 Flag of the United States.svg Barber Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Autosport
3 Flag of the United States.svg Long Beach Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Autosport
4 Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Dempsey Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Dempsey Flag of the United States.svg Belardi Auto Racing
5 Flag of the United States.svg Milwaukee Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Flag of the United States.svg Sam Schmidt Motorsports
6 Flag of the United States.svg Iowa Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Flag of the United States.svg Sam Schmidt Motorsports
7 Flag of the United States.svg Pocono Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Autosport
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth Flag of the United States.svg Sam Schmidt Motorsports
9 Flag of the United States.svg Mid-Ohio Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of the United States.svg Sam Schmidt Motorsports
10 Flag of the United States.svg Baltimore Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth Flag of the United States.svg Sam Schmidt Motorsports
11 Flag of the United States.svg Houston Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Flag of the United States.svg Sam Schmidt Motorsports
12 Flag of the United States.svg Fontana Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Autosport

Driver standings

Points system
Position123456789101112
Points504035323028262422201918
PosDriver STP
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BAR
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LBH
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INDY
Flag of the United States.svg
MIL
Flag of the United States.svg
IOW
Flag of the United States.svg
POC
Flag of the United States.svg
TOR
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
MOH
Flag of the United States.svg
BAL
Flag of the United States.svg
HOU
Flag of the United States.svg
FON
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Pts
1 Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam  RY 343311*26821*13460
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves  R 832242331*322449
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz 71*1*4*281*449121*441
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth  R 1*28108351*31*69412
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Dempsey 261016472249360
6 Flag of Venezuela.svg Jorge Goncalvez 654675889545336
7 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach  R 59953*74758104333
8 Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Pablo García 486956656DNS86312
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matthew Di Leo  R 5910611119
10 Flag of Venezuela.svg Giancarlo Serenelli  R 1177797
11 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Axcil Jefferies  R 7556
12 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle O'Gara  R 11843
13 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly 335
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Carbone 726
15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mikaël Grenier  R 726
16 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Simpson  R 726
17 Flag of the United States.svg Chase Austin 824
18 Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Ringel  R 922
19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dalton Kellett  R 1020
PosDriver STP
Flag of the United States.svg
BAR
Flag of the United States.svg
LBH
Flag of the United States.svg
INDY
Flag of the United States.svg
MIL
Flag of the United States.svg
IOW
Flag of the United States.svg
POC
Flag of the United States.svg
TOR
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
MOH
Flag of the United States.svg
BAL
Flag of the United States.svg
HOU
Flag of the United States.svg
FON
Flag of the United States.svg
Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
(2 points)
1Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

Footnotes

  1. In conjunction with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing.

References

  1. "Twelve races, two new venues for 2013". Firestone Indy Lights . IndyCar. October 18, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  2. Lewandowski, Dave (October 19, 2013). "Karam secures title; Munoz wins fourth race". IndyCar . Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  3. Andersen Promotions to take over Indy Lights, Racer, June 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-22
  4. Cooper Tires Named Official Tire Of New Indy Lights Series Archived 2017-09-14 at the Wayback Machine , Performance Racing Industry, August 22, 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-22
  5. "Chaves graduates for '13 to championship team". Firestone Indy Lights . IndyCar. February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  6. Glendenning, Mark. Sage Karam joins Sam Schmidt Indy Lights line-up, Autosport, March 8, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-08
  7. SFHR Development Driver Kyle O’Gara to Run Firestone Freedom 100 thru Partnership with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports [ usurped ], http://sfhracing.com , March 27, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  8. 1 2 "Star Mazda Champ Jack Hawksworth to Join Sam Schmidt Motorsports in 2013" . Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  9. Guerra, Kate. Garcia joins race-winning Team Moore for '13 season, IndyCar, January 10, 2013, Retrieved 2013-01-10
  10. Veach moves up to Firestone Indy Lights with Andretti, IndyCar.com, December 3, 2012, Retrieved December 3, 2012
  11. Andretti retains Muñoz, will contest Indy 500 Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine , IndyCar.com, October 22, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012
  12. Third Time is the Charm for Goncalvez Who Reunites with Belardi Auto Racing for 2013, constantcontact.com, February 27, 2013,
  13. Peter Dempsey earns full season chance with Belardi, racer.com, October 11, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012
  14. Di Leo to Make Debut on Streets of Long Beach Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , eFormulaCarNews, April 16, 2013, Retrieved 2013-04-16
  15. Series champ Hawksworth ready for next challenge Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine , IndyCar.com, October 30, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012