2020 Indy Lights

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2020 Indy Lights season
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Start dateMarch 14
End dateSeptember 20
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The 2020 Indy Lights season was to have been the 35th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 19th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. [1] The opening round at St. Petersburg was suspended mid-way due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following rounds were also delayed, as a revised calendar was released on March 26, 2020. [2] The season was later cancelled entirely and the series went into a hiatus until 2021, making it the first time in history that the Indy Lights season did not run. [3]

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Team and driver chart

The following drivers and teams were announced, and took part in an official practice session at St. Petersburg prior to the cancellation of the season.

TeamNo.Drivers
Andretti Autosport 27 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Megennis [4]
28 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood [5]
48 Flag of France.svg Tristan Charpentier [6]
68 Flag of Singapore.svg Danial Frost [7]
Belardi Auto Racing 5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Sowery [8]
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Rasmus Lindh [9]
Exclusive Autosport [10] 90 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Lastochkin [11]
HMD Motorsports [12] 11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Antonio Serravalle [13]
55 Flag of Uruguay.svg Santiago Urrutia [14]
79 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas [15]

Schedule

The following was the revised schedule prior to the cancellation of the season.

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1June 19–21 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
2
3
4July 2–3 TBA  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
5
6August 7–9 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
7
8
9August 21 Freedom 100  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana
10August 29 TBA  O  Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois
11September 11–13 TBA  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
12
13September 18–20 TBA  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
14
15October 23–25 [16] TBA  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
16
References: [17]
Cancelled events
DateRace nameTrackLocation
March 14 & 15 Never announced  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
April 4 & 5 Never announced  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
May 30 & 31 Never announced  R  The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
July 11 & 12 [18] Never announced  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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