2014 Indy Lights

29th season of the Indy Lights racing series February 2025 Indy Lights Indy Lights 2014 14 March 30 August 24 COL Gabby Chaves USA Schmidt Peterson Motorsports GBR Jack Harvey 2013 2015 The 2014 Indy Lights season, named Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, 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.Mazda Road to Indy 2014 Schedule Confirmed https://web.archive.org/web/20131104023202/http://indylights2014.com/2013/mazda-road-to-indy-2014-schedule-confirmed/ 2013-11-04 , Andsersen Promotions PR, October 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 The 2014 season was the first promoted by Andersen Promotions, who also promotes the other steps on the Mazda Road to Indy. 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 2015Dallara confirms new Indy Lights deal, Racer, October 31, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 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.DiZinno, Tony. Cooper to replace Firestone as new Indy Lights tire from 2014, NBC Sports, August 23, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 It was a season with a very low number of entries, with the Grand Prix races having between 8 and 12 drivers at most. 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.DiZinno, Tony. Gabby Chaves wins 2014 Indy Lights title on second tiebreaker, NBC Sports, August 24, 2014, retrieved 2014-08-25 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.Belardi's Chaves Scores Two Podiums at Mid-Ohio, Indy Lights, August 6, 2014, Retrieved 2014-08-25 Team and driver chart All drivers competed in Cooper Tire–shod Dallara chassis. Team No. Car number Drivers Rounds Andretti Autosport 26 USA Zach VeachZach Veach set to return to Andretti Autosport, motorsport.com, October 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 All 83 AUS Matthew BrabhamPro Mazda champion joins United Fiber & Data for 2014 Indy Lights entry, motorsport.com, October 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 All Belardi Auto Racing 0 USA Chase Austin 7 4 FRA Alexandre Baronhttp://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/12/gabby-chaves-confirmed-for-full-indy-lights-season-with-belardi/ Tony DiZinno MotorSportsTalk NBC Sports March 12, 2014 March 12, 2014 Gabby Chaves confirmed for full Indy Lights season with Belardi Belardi Auto Racing has confirmed Gabby Chaves as the team's second driver [...] alongside rookie Alexandre Baron. 1–7, 9 ZWE Axcil Jefferies 10–11 USA Ryan Phinnyhttp://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/20/indy-lights-ryan-phinny-casamigos-switch-to-belardi-for-sonoma/ Indy Lights: Ryan Phinny, Casamigos switch to Belardi for Sonoma Tony DiZinno MotorSportsTalk NBC Sports August 20, 2014 August 22, 2014 13–14 5 COL Gabby Chaves All Bryan Herta AutosportJeffrey Mark Motorsport 28 GBR Lloyd ReadRead to Race for Bryan Herta Autosport https://web.archive.org/web/20141129120251/http://eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=13158 2014-11-29 , eFormulaCarNews, November 18, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-18 1–6 USA Ryan Phinnyhttp://www.racer.com/indycar/indy-lights/item/105375-phinny-joins-herta-squad-for-indy-lights-testing-program Racer Haymarket Publications July 11, 2014 July 11, 2014 Phinny joins Herta squad for Indy Lights, testing program https://web.archive.org/web/20140729020507/http://www.racer.com/indycar/indy-lights/item/105375-phinny-joins-herta-squad-for-indy-lights-testing-program 2014-07-29 dead 9–11 Fan Force United 24 USA Scott AndersonFan Force United Returns to Indy Lights with Scott Anderson, Fan Force United, December 16, 2013, Retrieved 2013-12-16 All MDL Racing 56 CAN Matthew Di Leo 9 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 BRA Luiz Raziahttp://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-03-25/St.%20Pete%20-%20Indy%20Lights%20Entry%20List.pdf Indy Lights IndyCar March 25, 2014 March 26, 2014 St. Petersburg 100 Entry List All 10 MEX Juan Pablo GarcíaGarcia Joins SPM Indy Lights Program https://web.archive.org/web/20140226065724/http://www.spmindycar.com/garcia-joins-spm-indy-lights-program/ 2014-02-26 , Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, February 21, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-21 All 42 GBR Jack HarveyMarshall, Dave. https://archive.today/20131213191654/http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Racing-driver-Jack-Harvey-reveals-Indy-Lights/story-20319740-detail/story.html Racing driver Jack Harvey reveals Indy Lights deal and prepares to move to USA, ThisisLincolnshire, December 13, 2013, Retrieved 2013-12-13 All 77 COL Juan PiedrahitaColombiano Juan Diego Piedrahita firmó con el equipo campeón de la Indy Lights, El Spectador, February 14, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-14 es All Team Moore Racing 2 CAN Zack MeyerTeam Moore Racing Signs Meyer, eFormulaCarNews, November 5, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 1–7, 9–11, 13–14 22 ITA Vittorio Ghirelli 1–4 USA Jimmy Simpson 10–11 Schedule Andersen Promotions announced the 2014 Indy Lights schedule on October 24, 2013. 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. Rnd Date Race Name Track Location 1 March 30 USA St. Petersburg 100 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 April 13 USA Long Beach 100 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 3 April 26USA Legacy Indy Lights 100Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama 4 April 27 5 May 9USA Liberty ChallengeIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana 6 May 10 7 May 23 USA Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana 8 July 6 USA Pocono Indy Lights 100 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania 9 July 20 CAN Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 10 August 2USA Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio 11 August 3 12 August 17 USA Milwaukee Race Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 13 August 23USA Grand Prix of SonomaSonoma RacewaySonoma, California 14 August 24 Race results RoundRacePole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace WinnerDriverTeam 1 St. Petersburg COL Gabby Chaves COL Gabby Chaves USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach Andretti Autosport 2 Long Beach USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach COL Gabby Chaves COL Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing 3 Birmingham 1 USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach Andretti Autosport 4 Birmingham 2 COL Gabby Chaves COL Gabby Chaves COL Gabby Chaves COL Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing 5 Indianapolis GP 1 AUS Matthew Brabham BRA Luiz Razia AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport 6 Indianapolis GP 2 BRA Luiz Razia AUS Matthew Brabham BRA Luiz Razia BRA Luiz Razia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 Indianapolis BRA Luiz Razia AUS Matthew Brabham AUS Matthew Brabham COL Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing 8 Pocono USA Zach Veach COL Gabby Chaves COL Gabby Chaves COL Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing 9 Toronto FRA Alexandre Baron GBR Jack Harvey FRA Alexandre Baron FRA Alexandre Baron Belardi Auto Racing 10 Mid-Ohio 1 GBR Jack Harvey GBR Jack Harvey GBR Jack Harvey GBR Jack Harvey Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 11 Mid-Ohio 2 GBR Jack Harvey GBR Jack Harvey GBR Jack Harvey GBR Jack Harvey Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 12 Milwaukee USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach AUS Matthew Brabham USA Zach Veach Andretti Autosport 13 Sonoma 1 GBR Jack Harvey COL Gabby Chaves GBR Jack Harvey GBR Jack HarveySchmidt Peterson Motorsports 14 Sonoma 2 GBR Jack Harvey GBR Jack Harvey GBR Jack HarveyGBR Jack HarveySchmidt Peterson Motorsports Championship standings Drivers' championship Points system Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 Drivers had to complete 50% of the race distance in order to score full points, otherwise 1 point was awarded. Pos Driver STPUSA LBHUSA ALAUSA INDUSA INDYUSA POCUSA TORCAN MOHUSA MILUSA SNMUSA Pts 1 COL Gabby Chaves 21 1* 6 1* 11 8 1 1* 2 2 3 3 2 2 547 2GBR Jack Harvey yellow RY silver 3 4 3 5 3 2 5 3 3 1* 1* 5 1* 1* 547 3 USA Zach Veach 1* 2 1* 3 9 7 3 2 5 4 2 1 7 3 520 4AUS Matthew Brabham orange R silver 9 3 4 12 1* 4 2* 5 4 5 12 2* 6 5 424 5BRA Luiz Razia orange R silver 5 5 2 4 2 1* 4 8 12 3 11 8 3 4 403 6 MEX Juan Pablo García 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 4 8 10 6 7 4 9 372 7COL Juan Piedrahita orange R silver 6 7 10 7 8 11 8 7 7 9 5 6 5 7 337 8USA Scott Anderson orange R silver 12 9 12 10 7 5 9 6 9 8 9 4 8 10 309 9CAN Zack Meyer orange R silver 8 10 9 8 4 10 10 10 7 10 9 8 274 10FRA Alexandre Baron orange R silver 10 6 5 2 5 3 7 1* 261 11GBR Lloyd Read orange R silver 11 11 11 9 10 9 101 12USA Ryan Phinny orange R silver 11 12 7 10 6 91 13ITA Vittorio Ghirelli orange R silver 4 12 8 11 90 14ZWE Axcil Jefferies orange R silver 6 4 60 15USA Jimmy Simpson orange R silver 11 8 42 16 CAN Matthew Di Leo 6 28 17 USA Chase Austin 11 1 Pos Driver STPUSA LBHUSA ALAUSA INDUSA INDYUSA POCUSA TORCAN MOHUSA MILUSA SNMUSA Pts 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)1Qualifying cancelledno bonus point awardedRookie Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes. Teams' championship PosTeamPoints 1USA Schmidt Peterson Motorsports403 2USA Andretti Autosport370 3USA Belardi Auto Racing357 4USA Fan Force United122 5USA Team Moore Racing111 6USA Bryan Herta Autosport/Jeffrey Mark Motorsport56 7CAN MDL Racing11 References 2 External links http://indylights.com/ Indy Lights Series website Category:Indy Lights seasons Indy Lights Indy Lights