2019 Indy Lights

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2019 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races18
Start dateMarch 9
End dateSeptember 22
Awards
Drivers' champion Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew
Teams' champion Andretti Autosport
Rookie of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew
←  2018
2020  →

The 2019 Indy Lights season was the 34th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 18th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. Oliver Askew won a tight championship race with Rinus Veekay. Askew won seven races to Veekay's six. Toby Sowery, Robert Megennis, and Ryan Norman each captured a single race win as did Aaron Telitz, who only participated in seven mid-season races, and Zachary Claman, who won the season opener but dropped out of the series after six races due to funding issues. Julien Falchero also dropped out of the season after four races after expected good results failed to materialize. Jarett Andretti made his first and only Indy Lights start in the Freedom 100 and set fastest lap on his way to a sixth place finish. Dalton Kellett moved onto IndyCar after this season despite only registering a single podium finish in 2019 Indy Lights.

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The subsequent 2020 Indy Lights season would end up being canceled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.

Team and driver chart

TeamNo.DriversRounds
Andretti Autosport 18 Flag of the United States.svg Jarett Andretti [1] 7
27 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Megennis [2] All
28 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew [3] All
48 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Norman [4] All
Belardi Auto Racing 4 Flag of France.svg Julien Falchero [5] 1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz [6] 7–13
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Kohl [7] All
13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zachary Claman [8] 1–6
Belardi Auto Racing with Jonathan Byrd's Racing 17 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Windom [9] 7
BN Racing Team Pelfrey
HMD Motorsports 1		2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Sowery [10] [11] All
BN Racing
HMD Motorsports 1		79 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas [12] All
Juncos Racing 21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay [13] All
67 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dalton Kellett [14] All
1 HMD Motorsports acquired BN Racing's Indy Lights operation in August 2019

Schedule

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 9 Flag of the United States.svg St. Petersburg Twin 150k Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2March 10
3March 23 Flag of the United States.svg Indy Lights Classic Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas
4March 24
5May 10 Flag of the United States.svg Indy Lights Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
6May 11
7May 24 Flag of the United States.svg Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana
8June 22 Flag of the United States.svg Mazda Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
9June 23
10July 13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
11July 14
12July 27 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
13July 28
14August 24 Flag of the United States.svg Illinois 250k Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois
15August 31 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
16September 1
17September 21 Flag of the United States.svg Monterey Grand Prix WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
18September 22

Race results

RoundRace Pole position Fastest lap Most laps ledRace Winner
DriverTeam
1 St. Petersburg 1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zachary Claman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zachary Claman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zachary Claman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zachary Claman Belardi Auto Racing
2 St. Petersburg 2 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Robert Megennis Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
3 Austin 1 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
4 Austin 2 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Robert Megennis Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
5 Indianapolis GP 1 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Megennis Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Robert Megennis Flag of the United States.svg Robert Megennis Andretti Autosport
6 Indianapolis GP 2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
7 Freedom 100 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Megennis Flag of the United States.svg Jarett Andretti Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Norman Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
8 Road America 1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Norman Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Norman Andretti Autosport
9 Road America 2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
10 Toronto 1 Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz Belardi Auto Racing
11 Toronto 2 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
12 Mid-Ohio 1 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
13 Mid-Ohio 2 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
14 Gateway Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
15 Portland 1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Sowery Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
16 Portland 2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Sowery Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Sowery HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey
17 Laguna Seca 1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
18 Laguna Seca 2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th 
Points (R)3025221917151413121110987654321
Points (O)4538332926232120181715141211986542
PosDriver STP AUS IMS INDY ROA TOR MOH GMP POR LAG Points
1 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew  RY 3101*1*23153211*1*12342486
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay  R 51*2431*371*39332*1*21*1*465
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Sowery  R 2356754485292841*23367
4 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Norman 7668482*1*2442447475359
5 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Megennis  R 69321*4826654953534355
6 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas  R 44103661164985536857301
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dalton Kellett 1089987587837865666275
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Kohl  R 978799799776778788253
9 Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz 9351*6*86133
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zachary Claman 1*271052124
11 Flag of France.svg Julien Falchero  R 854566
12 Flag of the United States.svg Jarett Andretti  R 623
13 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Windom  R 1017
PosDriver STP AUS IMS INDY ROA TOR MOH GMP POR LAG Points
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
(1 point)
1Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
 R Rookie
 RY Rookie of the Year
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Teams' championship

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th+ 
Points221815121086421
PosTeamPoints
1 Andretti Autosport 581
2 Juncos Racing 432
3 BN Racing/HMD Motorsports 388
4 Belardi Auto Racing 304

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