2014 Indy Lights

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2014 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races14
Start dateMarch 30
End dateAugust 24
Awards
Drivers' champion Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves
Teams' champion Flag of the United States.svg Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Rookie of the Year Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey
  2013
2015  

The 2014 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 29th season of the Indy Lights series and the 13th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. It began March 30, 2014 in St. Petersburg. [1] The 2014 season was the first promoted by Andersen Promotions, who also promotes the other steps on the Mazda Road to Indy.

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It was the final season for the Dallara IPS/Infiniti V8 chassis and engine package that debuted in 2002. A new chassis, to be built by Dallara, will be introduced for 2015 [2] along with an AER turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. 2014 was also the first season with Cooper Tire as the sole tire supplier, replacing Firestone who had supplied tires to the series for its entire previous existence. [3]

Colombian-American Gabby Chaves, driving for Belardi Auto Racing captured the championship on the second tie-breaker over Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Jack Harvey.

Early on, the season appeared to be a two-horse race between Chaves and Andretti Autosport's Zach Veach. However, a late-season charge by Harvey put him within striking distance of the championship. Harvey did not capture his first win until the tenth race of the season. However, Chaves managed a second-place finish in the final race of the season behind Harvey in first. Chaves and Harvey tied on points and on the first tie-breaker number of wins with four each. Chaves captured the championship by having five second-place finishes to Harvey's one. [4] Despite a season of low car-counts where only eight drivers competed in all 14 races, six different drivers captured victories. In addition to Chaves, Harvey, and Veach, other winners included Matthew Brabham and Luiz Razia who each captured their first and only wins of the season on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and Belardi's Alexandre Baron  – a race-winner in Toronto – who was in the championship hunt until reported visa issues forced him to leave the series. [5]

Team and driver chart

TeamNo.DriversRounds
Andretti Autosport 26 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach [6] All
83 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham [7] All
Belardi Auto Racing 0 Flag of the United States.svg Chase Austin 7
4 Flag of France.svg Alexandre Baron [8] 1–7, 9
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Axcil Jefferies 10–11
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Phinny [9] 13–14
5 Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves [8] All
Bryan Herta Autosport
Jeffrey Mark Motorsport
28 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lloyd Read [10] 1–6
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Phinny [11] 9–11
Fan Force United 24 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Anderson [12] All
MDL Racing 56 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matthew Di Leo 9
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia [13] All
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Pablo García [14] All
42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey [15] All
77 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Piedrahita [16] All
Team Moore Racing 2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zack Meyer [17] 1–7, 9–11, 13–14
22 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Ghirelli [13] 1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Simpson 10–11

Schedule

Andersen Promotions announced the 2014 Indy Lights schedule on October 24, 2013. [1] The season consisted of 14 races held over 10 race weekends, consisting of three street circuits, three ovals, and four permanent road courses. All race weekends on permanent road courses were double-race weekends. The series returned to Sonoma Raceway for the first time since 2010. It also raced on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the first time since 2007 in support of the new Grand Prix of Indianapolis, although the track was in a different configuration than the one raced in 2007. The series did not return to Iowa Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, or Houston despite IndyCar returning to those tracks in 2014 and did not race at the Baltimore Grand Prix as that race was cancelled for 2014.

RndDateRace NameTrackLocation
1March 30 Flag of the United States.svg St. Petersburg 100 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2April 13 Flag of the United States.svg Long Beach 100 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
3April 26 Flag of the United States.svg Legacy Indy Lights 100 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
4April 27
5May 9 Flag of the United States.svg Liberty Challenge Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
6May 10
7May 23 Flag of the United States.svg Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana
8July 6 Flag of the United States.svg Pocono Indy Lights 100 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
9July 20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
10August 2 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
11August 3
12August 17 Flag of the United States.svg Milwaukee Race Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
13August 23 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Sonoma Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California
14August 24

Race results

RoundRace Pole position Fastest lap Most laps ledRace Winner
DriverTeam
1 St. Petersburg Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Andretti Autosport
2 Long Beach Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing
3 Birmingham 1 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Andretti Autosport
4 Birmingham 2 Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing
5 Indianapolis GP 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport
6 Indianapolis GP 2 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
7 Indianapolis Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing
8 Pocono Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing
9 Toronto Flag of France.svg Alexandre Baron Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of France.svg Alexandre Baron Flag of France.svg Alexandre Baron Belardi Auto Racing
10 Mid-Ohio 1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
11 Mid-Ohio 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
12 Milwaukee Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Andretti Autosport
13 Sonoma 1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
14 Sonoma 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Points system
Position123456789101112
Points504035323028262422201816
PosDriver STP
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LBH
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ALA
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IND
Flag of the United States.svg
INDY
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
MIL
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SNM
Flag of the United States.svg
Pts
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves 211*61*11811*223322547
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey  RY 3435325331*1*51*1*547
3 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach 1*21*39732542173520
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham  R 934121*42*545122*65424
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia  R 552421*4812311834403
6 Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Pablo García 787666648106749372
7 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Piedrahita  R 6710781187795657337
8 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Anderson  R 129121075969894810309
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zack Meyer  R 81098410101071098274
10 Flag of France.svg Alexandre Baron  R 106525371*261
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lloyd Read  R 1111119109101
12 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Phinny  R 1112710691
13 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Ghirelli  R 41281190
14 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Axcil Jefferies  R 6460
15 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Simpson  R 11842
16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matthew Di Leo 628
17 Flag of the United States.svg Chase Austin 111
PosDriver STP
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LBH
Flag of the United States.svg
ALA
Flag of the United States.svg
IND
Flag of the United States.svg
INDY
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
MIL
Flag of the United States.svg
SNM
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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
(1 point)
*Led most race laps
(1 point)
1Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
Rookie

Teams' championship

PosTeamPoints
1 Flag of the United States.svg Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 403
2 Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Autosport 370
3 Flag of the United States.svg Belardi Auto Racing 357
4 Flag of the United States.svg Fan Force United 122
5 Flag of the United States.svg Team Moore Racing 111
6 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Autosport/Jeffrey Mark Motorsport56
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg MDL Racing 11

References

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  6. Zach Veach set to return to Andretti Autosport, motorsport.com, October 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05
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  13. 1 2 "St. Petersburg 100 Entry List" (PDF). Indy Lights . IndyCar. March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  14. Garcia Joins SPM Indy Lights Program Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine , Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, February 21, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-21
  15. Marshall, Dave. Racing driver Jack Harvey reveals Indy Lights deal and prepares to move to USA, ThisisLincolnshire, December 13, 2013, Retrieved 2013-12-13
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  17. Team Moore Racing Signs Meyer, eFormulaCarNews, November 5, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05