2011 Indy Lights

26th season of the motor racing event February 2025 Indy Lights Firestone Indy Lights 2011 13 March 27 October 16 USA Josef Newgarden USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports USA Josef Newgarden 2010 2012 thumb|2011 champion, Josef Newgarden The 2011 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 26th season of the series and the tenth sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IZOD IndyCar Series. It began March 27, 2011 in St. Petersburg and ended on October 16 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and featured thirteen events: six on ovals, one on a permanent road course, and six on temporary street courses. The series was won by American driver Josef Newgarden, driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Newgarden won the title by 94 points over teammate and fellow rookie Esteban Guerrieri of Argentina. The season featured the series' first non-IndyCar Series support race since the 2007 Liberty Challenge (at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway) when it was the main event at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières. It was Indy Lights' first event at Trois-Rivières since 1998. The series also race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the first time since 1995 and the new Baltimore street circuit in support of the IndyCars.http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/40515-new-events-highlight-2011-schedule/ New events highlight 2011 schedule November 18, 2010 Firestone Indy Lights Indy Racing League November 21, 2010 Arni Sribhen https://web.archive.org/web/20101124105545/http://indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/40515-new-events-highlight-2011-schedule/ 2010-11-24 dead Team and driver chart All drivers will compete in Firestone Firehawk–shod, Dallara chassis. Team # Drivers Rounds USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports 3 BRA Victor Carbonehttp://www.f2000championshipseries.com/news/360-2010-champ-victor-carbone-to-indy-lights.html 2010 Champ Victor Carbone to Indy Lights F2000 Championship Series MathisenMedia January 11, 2011 January 11, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110208191223/http://www.f2000championshipseries.com/news/360-2010-champ-victor-carbone-to-indy-lights.html February 8, 2011 deadAll 7 ARG Esteban Guerrierihttp://www.catchfence.com/2011/press/03/07/guerrieri-joins-schmidt-for-2011-firestone-indy-lights-season/ Guerrieri Joins Schmidt for 2011 Firestone Indy Lights Season March 7, 2011 catchfence.com Catchfence March 7, 2011 March 28, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120328221945/http://www.catchfence.com/2011/press/03/07/guerrieri-joins-schmidt-for-2011-firestone-indy-lights-season/ deadAll 11 USA Josef NewgardenAll 77 USA Conor Dalyhttp://www.racer.com/conor-daly-confirms-gp3-indy-lights-plans/article/196543/ Conor Daly confirms GP3, Indy Lights plans February 17, 2011 Racer Haymarket Publications February 17, 20111-3, 9, 11 USA Bryan ClausonNewgarden Returns to North American Racing with Sam Schmidt Motorsports https://web.archive.org/web/20110710172833/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=8525 2011-07-10 , eFormulaCarNews, March 9, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-094-6, 10, 12–13 USA Daniel Herringtonhttp://indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/43884-herrington-steps-in-at-schmidt/ Herrington steps in at Schmidt Firestone Indy Lights IndyCar July 6, 2011 July 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110710021145/http://indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/43884-herrington-steps-in-at-schmidt/ 2011-07-10 dead7-8 USA Team Moore Racing 2 COL Gustavo Yacamánhttp://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/40624-yacaman-joins-team-moore-for-2011/ Yacaman joins Team Moore for 2011 December 1, 2010 Firestone Indy Lights Indy Racing League December 2, 2010 Arni SribhenSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes All 22 ESP Víctor GarcíaJuanarena, Pablo. Víctor García hace las Américas, Marca, February 17, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-171-7 CAN Daniel Morad8Howden, Rob. The Insider https://web.archive.org/web/20110726173719/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=5679# 2011-07-26 , eFormulaCarNews, July 20, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-20 CAN Mikaël Grenier9 USA Brandon Wagner10, 12–13 EST Tõnis Kasemets11 USA Andretti Autosport 5 GBR Stefan Wilsonhttp://www.racer.com/stefan-wilson-set-for-indy-lights-with-andretti-autosport/article/198476/ Stefan Wilson set for Indy Lights with Andretti Autosport March 16, 2011 Racer Haymarket Publications March 16, 2011 March 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120309234629/http://www.racer.com/stefan-wilson-set-for-indy-lights-with-andretti-autosport/article/198476/ deadAll 26 GBR James Winslow1-4,Winslow back with Andretti Autosport https://web.archive.org/web/20110415150427/http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/42177-winslow-back-with-andretti-autosport/ 2011-04-15 , IndyCar, April 5, 2011, Retrieved 2011-04-05 IRL Peter Dempsey7-9, 11 Indy Lights – Dempsey Joins Andretti Autosports Line-Up At Toronto, The Auto Channel, July 5, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-05 USA Bryan Herta Autosport 28 ANG Duarte FerreiraBryan Herta Autosport Signs Ferreira https://web.archive.org/web/20110815125617/http://eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=8588 2011-08-15 , eFormulaCarNews, March 21, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-21All 29 BRA Bruno Andrade7-9, 11http://indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/43863-bha-adds-andrade-for-five-races/ BHA adds Andrade for five races Firestone Indy Lights IndyCar July 6, 2011 July 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111005074214/http://indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/43863-bha-adds-andrade-for-five-races/ 2011-10-05 dead USA Davey Hamilton Racing 32 USA Brandon Wagner4-6 CAN Stefan RzadzinskiIreland, Joanne. Edmonton Indy will have some local Razzle Dazzle https://web.archive.org/web/20160203043742/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/autoracing/Edmonton%2BIndy%2Bwill%2Bhave%2Bsome%2Blocal%2BRazzle%2BDazzle/5098315/story.html February 3, 2016 , Edmonton Journal, July 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-158 USA O2 Racing Technology 36 IRL Peter Dempsey1-5 63 CAN Mikaël Grenier1-4 USA Team E 17 USA Joel MillerTeam E Racing Announces Miller for Season-Opener https://web.archive.org/web/20111006103336/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=8583 2011-10-06 , eFormulaCarNews, March 21, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-211 USA Rusty MitchellMitchell Joins Team E on Streets of Long Beach https://web.archive.org/web/20110815125724/http://eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=8750&sid=eb97603019224a667dcc8638afc6abee 2011-08-15 , eFormulaCarNews, April 12, 2011, Retrieved 2011-04-12 3–4, 11-13Team E Returns to Series Action with Mitchell https://web.archive.org/web/20111006103650/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=9450 2011-10-06 , eFormulaCarNews, July 27, 2011, retrieved 2011-07-27 USA Belardi Auto Racing 4 VEN Jorge GoncalvezGoncalvez completes Belardi lineup https://web.archive.org/web/20110713030310/http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/41463-goncalvez-completes-belardi-lineup/ 2011-07-13 , IndyCar, February 24, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-24All 9 NOR Anders Krohnhttp://www.racer.com/anders-krohn-confirms-move-up-to-indy-lights/article/192511/ Anders Krohn confirms move up to Indy Lights December 9, 2010 Racer Haymarket Publications December 9, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101211122044/http://www.racer.com/anders-krohn-confirms-move-up-to-indy-lights/article/192511/ December 11, 2010 All 19 USA Jacob Wilson12-13Belardi adds Wilson, third entry for final two Indy Lights races https://web.archive.org/web/20111008120508/http://www.racer.com/belardi-adds-wilson-third-entry-for-final-two-indy-lights-races/article/212720/ October 8, 2011 , Racer, September 23, 2011, Retrieved 2011-09-24 CAN Jensen MotorSport 12 MEX Juan Pablo Garciahttp://www.jensenmotorsport.com/news/news_stories/101216_news.htm Jensen MotorSport confirms Mexican Driver Juan Pablo Garcia for Indy Lights December 16, 2010 jensenmotorsport.com Jensen MotorSport December 16, 20101-4 CAN Eric Jensen7 GBR Oliver Webbhttp://www.jensenmotorsport.com/news/news_stories/110625_news.htm British Driver Oliver Webb Joins Jensen MotorSport June 24, 2011 jensenmotorsport.com Jensen MotorSport June 24, 20118, 11, 13Webb returns to Jensen for BGP, VegasJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes , IndyCar, August 29, 2011, Retrieved 2011-08-29 16 CAN David Ostellahttp://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/40483-jensen-motorsport-ostella-to-race-in-2011/ Jensen Motorsport, Ostella to race in 2011 November 15, 2010 Firestone Indy Lights Indy Racing League December 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101124110151/http://indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/40483-jensen-motorsport-ostella-to-race-in-2011/ 2010-11-24 deadAll USA Brooks Associates Racing 8 USA Ryan Phinny3 USA Willy T. Ribbs Racing 32 USA Willy T. Ribbshttp://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/93919 August 25, 2011 August 25, 2011 Autosport Haymarket Publications Former IndyCar racer Willy T. Ribbs to race Indy Lights at Baltimore11 75 USA Chase Austinhttp://www.racer.com/willy-t-ribbs-announces-indy-lights-team/article/202725/ May 12, 2011 May 13, 2011 Racer Haymarket Publications Willy T. Ribbs announces Indy Lights team May 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110513191625/http://www.racer.com/willy-t-ribbs-announces-indy-lights-team/article/202725/ dead4, 6 USA Goree Multisports 44 CAN Tyler Dueckhttp://www.indycar.com/news/show/55-izod-indycar-series/44085-notes-edmontonians-break-out-their-flags/ Edmontonians break out their flags Dave Lewandowski IndyCar Series IndyCar July 18, 2011 July 19, 2011 Three Firestone Indy Lights rookies will be racing on home soil this weekend at Edmonton: 18-year-old Edmonton native Stefan Rzadzinski, who makes his debut with Davey Hamilton Racing; 19-year-old David Ostella, a native of Maple, Ontario, with Jensen MotorSport; and Tyler Dueck of Abbottsford, B.C., who will debut with Goree Multisports. June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 8 Schedule Rnd Date Race Name Track Location 1 March 27 USA Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, FL   2 April 10 USA Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, AL 3 April 17 USA Long Beach 100 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, CA 4 May 27 USA Firestone Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, IN 5 June 19 USA David Hobbs 100 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, WI 6 June 25 USA Sukup 100 Iowa Speedway Newton, IA 7 July 10 CAN Toronto 100 Streets of Toronto Toronto, ON 8A July 23 CAN Edmonton Twin 100s Race 1 Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta 8B July 24 CAN Edmonton Twin 100s Race 2 9 August 7 CAN Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, QC 10 August 14 USA New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, NH 11 September 4 USA Baltimore 100 Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, MD 12 October 2 USA Drive Smart Buckle-Up Kentucky 100 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, KY 13 October 16 USA Las Vegas 100 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada #FFFFFF Oval/Speedway solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Street/Temporary Circuit solid 1px #AAAAAA #DFFFDF Road Course solid 1px #AAAAAA Race results Rd. Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team 1 USA St. Petersburg ARG Esteban Guerrieri USA Conor Daly USA Josef Newgarden USA Josef Newgarden USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports 2 USA Barber ESP Víctor García ESP Víctor García ESP Víctor García ESP Víctor García USA Team Moore Racing 3 USA Long Beach ARG Esteban Guerrieri USA Conor Daly USA Josef Newgarden USA Conor Daly USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports 4 USA Indianapolis USA Bryan Clauson USA Brandon Wagner USA Josef Newgarden USA Josef Newgarden USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports 5 USA Milwaukee ARG Esteban Guerrieri USA Josef Newgarden ARG Esteban Guerrieri ARG Esteban Guerrieri USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports 6 USA Iowa ARG Esteban Guerrieri USA Bryan Clauson USA Josef Newgarden USA Josef Newgarden USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports 7 CAN Toronto ARG Esteban Guerrieri ARG Esteban Guerrieri GBR Stefan Wilson GBR Stefan Wilson USA Andretti Autosport 8A CAN Edmonton USA Josef Newgarden USA Josef Newgarden ARG Esteban Guerrieri ARG Esteban Guerrieri USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports 8B USA Josef Newgarden ARG Esteban Guerrieri USA Josef Newgarden USA Josef Newgarden USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports 9 CAN Trois-Rivières ARG Esteban Guerrieri ARG Esteban Guerrieri ARG Esteban Guerrieri ARG Esteban Guerrieri USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports 10 USA Loudon USA Josef Newgarden USA Josef Newgarden USA Josef Newgarden USA Josef Newgarden USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports 11 USA Baltimore USA Conor Daly USA Josef Newgarden USA Conor Daly COL Gustavo Yacamán USA Team Moore Racing 12 USA Kentucky GBR Stefan Wilson ANG Duarte Ferreira GBR Stefan Wilson GBR Stefan Wilson USA Andretti Autosport 13 USA Las Vegas BRA Victor Carbone GBR Stefan Wilson USA Josef Newgarden BRA Victor Carbone USA Sam Schmidt Motorsports Race summaries Round 1: Streets of St. Petersburg Sunday March 27, 2011 – 10:30 a.m. EDT Streets of St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg, Florida; Temporary street circuit, 1.800 mi km Distance: 45 laps / 81.000 mi km Race weather: 81 °F °C, partly cloudy Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 1:07.6903 sec, 95.730 mph km/h on Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 34 Race Report: Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 3 11 USA Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 56:11.0037 34 2 2 77 USA Conor Daly Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 +0.8552 0 3 5 36 IRL Peter Dempsey O2 Racing Technology 45 +3.1351 11Race average speed: 86.502 mi/h km/h onLead changes: 1 between 2 driversCautions: 1 for 5 laps Round 2: Barber Motorsports Park Sunday April 10, 2011 – 12:15 p.m. CDT (1:15 p.m. EDT) Barber Motorsports Park – Birmingham, Alabama; Permanent road course, 2.300 mi km Distance: 40 laps / 92.000 mi km Race weather: 80 °F °C, partly cloudy Pole position winner: #22 Víctor García, 1:17.2793 sec, 107.144 mph km/h on Most laps led: #22 Víctor García, 40 Race Report: Víctor García took the first victory of his open-wheel racing career after taking a flag-to-flag to victory despite pressure from Stefan Wilson for the majority of the race, seeing his lead twice dwindled by caution periods. Peter Dempsey took his second placing of third in as many races as he moved into second place in the championship standings. Championship leader Josef Newgarden held on to his championship lead despite having to make a pit-stop to replace a flat front tire, but recovered to finish in sixth position in the race. The race was punctuated by three caution periods, the first of which being on the first lap after Newgarden made contact with Esteban Guerrieri which sent Guerrieri into contact with teammate Victor Carbone, eliminating Guerrieri on the spot and Carbone in the pits. The other two periods were caused by drivers running off track; Gustavo Yacamán ran off-track on lap four, but managed to restart several laps down, but the other period caused by David Ostella, did not see Ostella restart. Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 1 22 ESP Víctor García Team Moore Racing 401:00:06.5806 40 2 3 5 GBR Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport 40 +0.3125 0 3 8 36 IRL Peter Dempsey O2 Racing Technology 40 +16.3249 0Race average speed: 91.832 mi/h km/h onLead changes: NoneCautions: 3 for 7 laps Round 3: Long Beach 100 Sunday April 17, 2011 – 11:05 a.m. PDT (2:05 p.m. EDT) Streets of Long Beach – Long Beach, California; Temporary street circuit, 1.968 mi km Distance: 45 laps / 88.560 mi km; reduced to 43 laps / 84.624 mi km due to 1-hour time limit Race weather: 63 °F °C, cloudy Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 1:13.6957 sec, 96.136 mph km/h on Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 31 Race Report: Conor Daly became the series' third different winner in the 2011 season, after taking advantage of a late-race mistake by team-mate and championship leader Josef Newgarden. After a waved off start to the race, Esteban Guerrieri in another Sam Schmidt car led the field from pole, but did not lead the race beyond that after being passed by Peter Dempsey at Turn 9. Dempsey held the lead until lap ten when he hit the wall at the same corner, knocking himself out of the race. Newgarden then picked up the lead from Guerrieri and Daly; Daly overhauling Guerrieri at the restart, and started to hunt down Newgarden. With a few minutes remaining, Newgarden's car hopped under the bumps, snatched a brake and ended up in the turn eight tire wall. Daly led the field under the caution to the timed ending of the race which curtailed the race two laps early. Guerrieri finished second ahead of Stefan Wilson, who finished third despite a trip down an escape road. Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 4 77 USA Conor Daly Sam Schmidt Motorsports 431:00:35.2947 3 2 1 7 ARG Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 43 +0.9302* 1 3 6 5 GBR Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport 43 +1.3880 0 * Under cautionRace average speed: 83.802 mi/h km/h onLead changes: 3 between 4 driversCautions: 4 for 8 laps Round 4: Firestone Freedom 100 Friday May 27, 2011 – 12:30 p.m. EDT Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana; Permanent racing facility, 2.500 mi km Distance: 40 laps / 100.000 mi km Race weather: 56 °F °C, overcast Pole position winner: #77 Bryan Clauson (qualifying cancelled; field set by owner points) Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 30 Race Report: Josef Newgarden took his second series victory, and with erstwhile championship leader Conor Daly not contesting the oval events of the championship, Newgarden assumed the championship lead. Newgarden's Sam Schmidt Motorsports teammate, Bryan Clauson dropped back from his début pole, with Newgarden and Víctor García each leading part of the first lap before Newgarden assumed it at the line. Stefan Wilson, Anders Krohn and Esteban Guerrieri also led the race at stages prior to Newgarden taking the lead for good on lap 15. Krohn had undone his work to advance to the front by spinning under caution – after Victor Carbone's crash – which put him to the rear of the field, but pitted for new tires, and eventually made his way back up the field. The second caution period was caused by Gustavo Yacamán spinning into the wall and was eventually collected by Juan Pablo Garcia and James Winslow. Yacamán was transferred to Methodist Hospital with neck pain. After Peter Dempsey spun under the yellow, Duarte Ferreira brought out the third caution a lap after the restart, spinning in Turn 2 and collected the car of Brandon Wagner, ending the race for both drivers. After a waved off restart, again one lap was run before a caution period was necessitated; Clauson, Krohn and Krohn's Belardi teammate Jorge Goncalvez went three-wide into Turn 1, with Goncalvez clipping the rear-left tire of Clauson's car. Krohn spun in avoidance, as Goncalvez went into the barrier on the outside of Turn 1, before impacting the inside wall halfway down the straight between Turns 1 and 2. The impact broke the car into two pieces with the tub going onto its side along the track before hitting the retaining wall in Turn 2 and righted what was left of the car. Goncalvez was also transferred to Methodist, but was said to be alert and awake. The debris from the crash prevented the race from returning to green – resulting in an end tally of 22 of the race's 40 laps running under caution – and Newgarden took victory ahead of teammate Guerrieri, Víctor García, Wilson and Clauson, with only 10 of the 18 cars that started the race running at the flag. Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 2 11 USA Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 4055:38.9881 30 2 5 7 ARG Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40+0.4443* 2 3 4 22 ESP Víctor García Team Moore Racing 40+0.8010 0 * Under cautionRace average speed: 107.817 mi/h km/h onLead changes: 6 between 4 driversCautions: 4 for 22 laps Round 5: David Hobbs 100 Sunday June 19, 2011 – 1:00 p.m. CDT (2:00 p.m. EDT) Milwaukee Mile – West Allis, Wisconsin; Permanent racing facility, 1.015 mi km Distance: 100 laps / 101.500 mi km Race weather: 79 °F °C, overcast Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 49.0454 sec, 149.005 mph km/h on (2-lap) Most laps led: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 100 Race Report: Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 1 7 ARG Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 100 46:45.6824 100 2 2 11 USA Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 100+5.5012 0 3 7 4 VEN Jorge Goncalvez Belardi Auto Racing 100+6.6182 0Race average speed: 130.236 mi/h km/h onLead changes: NoneCautions: 1 for 5 laps Round 6: Sukup 100 Saturday June 25, 2011 – 5:40 p.m. CDT (6:40 p.m. EDT) Iowa Speedway – Newton, Iowa; Permanent racing facility, 0.894 mi km Distance: 115 laps / 102.810 mi km Race weather: 64 °F °C, overcast Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 40.0332 sec, 160.787 mph km/h on (2-lap) Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 90 Race Report: Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 4 11 USA Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 40:27.3417 90 2 2 2 COL Gustavo Yacamán Team Moore Racing 115 +5.4724 0 3 3 77 USA Bryan Clauson Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 +5.8169 0Race average speed: 152.478 mi/h km/h onLead changes: 1 between 2 driversCautions: 2 for 4 laps Round 7: Toronto 100 Sunday July 10, 2011 – 12:15 p.m. EDT Streets of Toronto – Toronto, Ontario; Temporary street circuit, 1.755 mi km Distance: 50 laps / 87.750 mi km; reduced to 49 laps / 85.995 mi km due to 1-hour time limit Race weather: 77 °F °C, cloudy Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 1:02.9865 sec, 100.307 mph km/h on Most laps led: #5 Stefan Wilson, 29 Race Report: Stefan Wilson took his first Indy Lights victory after capitalising on a mistake by pole-sitter Esteban Guerrieri, and led the race for its final 29 laps after Guerrieri had led the first 20. Wilson led home an Andretti Autosport 1–2 after his new team-mate Peter Dempsey finished second, after close battling with both Gustavo Yacamán and championship leader Josef Newgarden. Newgarden would later make contact with Dempsey's car, and had to pit, resulting in an eighth-place finish. Yacamán ended up completing the podium ahead of Guerrieri and Anders Krohn. Four of the 13-car grid failed to reach the finish of the race, all due to contact. Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 2 5 GBR Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport 49 1:01:02.4296 29 2 3 26 IRL Peter Dempsey Andretti Autosport 49 +0.2238* 0 3 6 2 COL Gustavo Yacamán Team Moore Racing 49 +0.5374 0 * Under cautionRace average speed: 84.529 mi/h km/h onLead changes: 1 between 2 driversCautions: 3 for 9 laps Round 8: Edmonton Twin 100s Saturday July 23, 2011 – 2:00 p.m. MDT (4:00 p.m. EDT) & Sunday July 24, 2011 – 10:20 a.m. MDT (12:20 p.m. EDT) Edmonton City Centre Airport – Edmonton, Alberta; Temporary airport course, 2.224 mi km Distance: 2 races of 40 laps / 88.960 mi km; Race 1 reduced to 36 laps / 80.064 mi km due to 1-hour time limit Race weather: 63 °F °C, cloudy (Race 1); 64 °F °C, cloudy (Race 2) Pole position winner: #11 Josef Newgarden, 1:22.7721 sec, 96.728 mph km/h on (Race 1, qualifying); 1:22.9337 sec, 96.540 mph km/h on (Race 2, fastest lap of Race 1) Most laps led: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 36 (Race 1); #11 Josef Newgarden, 27 (Race 2) Race Report: Esteban Guerrieri took his second victory of the season, after leading every lap of the race to move closer to his team-mate and championship leader Josef Newgarden. Newgarden had started the race from pole position, but a move by Guerrieri at Turn 5 allowed him to take the lead just before the opening caution of the race, caused by series rookie Tyler Dueck running into the back of David Ostella, and the field concertinaed, with Daniel Morad, Daniel Herrington and Stefan Wilson also involved, with Dueck, Ostella and Morad all out on the spot. Third place went to another series rookie, with Oliver Webb finishing ahead of Wilson with Bruno Andrade just ahead of Gustavo Yacamán to complete the top five placing. The race's only other retirees came as a result of an incident between Victor Carbone and Peter Dempsey. Dempsey tried to take Carbone into Turn 1 on lap 28, with the two drivers interlocking wheels on the corner exit, sending both drivers into the wall. Carbone's car launched Dempsey's car upside-down, but Dempsey emerged without injury. Newgarden comfortably won race two after slight contact with Guerrieri, which left Guerrieri down the order. Wilson and Dempsey completed the podium. Race One – Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 2 7 ARG Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 36 1:01:11.7536 36 2 1 11 USA Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 36 +0.6524 0 3 10 12 GBR Oliver Webb Jensen MotorSport 36 +7.0479 0Race average speed: 78.499 mi/h km/h onLead changes: NoneCautions: 3 for 9 lapsRace Two – Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 1 11 USA Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 56:46.3800 27 2 3 5 GBR Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport 40 +14.5501 0 3 6 26 IRL Peter Dempsey Andretti Autosport 40 +15.2079 0Race average speed: 94.017 mi/h km/h onLead changes: 2 between 2 driversCautions: None Round 9: Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières Sunday August 7, 2011 – 1:30 p.m. EDT Circuit Trois-Rivières – Trois-Rivières, Quebec; Temporary street circuit, 1.510 mi km Distance: 60 laps / 90.600 mi km; reduced to 58 laps / 87.580 mi km due to rain Race weather: 74 °F °C, cloudy Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 57.4541 sec, 94.615 mph km/h on Most laps led: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 58 Race Report: Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 1 7 ARG Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 58 1:13:47.0198 58 2 5 2 COL Gustavo Yacamán Team Moore Racing 58 +6.2535 0 3 4 11 USA Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 58 +7.7797 0Race average speed: 71.219 mi/h km/h onLead changes: NoneCautions: 2 for 7 laps Round 10: New Hampshire 100 Sunday August 14, 2011 – 1:15 p.m. EDT New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, New Hampshire; Permanent racing facility, 1.025 mi km Distance: 100 laps / 102.500 mi km Race weather: 73 °F °C, overcast Pole position winner: #11 Josef Newgarden, 49.4908 sec, 149.119 mph km/h on (2-lap) Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 100 Race Report: Josef Newgarden became the first driver since Thiago Medeiros in 2004 to lap the entire field en route to winning an Indy Lights race, further extending his championship points lead.http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/44634-newgardenand-39-s-lead-grows-in-new-hampshire/ Dave Lewandowski August 14, 2011 August 14, 2011 Newgarden's lead grows in New Hampshire Firestone Indy Lights IndyCar https://web.archive.org/web/20110916194405/http://indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/44634-newgardenand-39-s-lead-grows-in-new-hampshire/ 2011-09-16 dead Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 1 11 USA Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 100 49:00.0481 100 2 5 4 VEN Jorge Goncalvez Belardi Auto Racing 99 + 1 Lap 0 3 6 28 ANG Duarte Ferreira Bryan Herta Autosport 99 + 1 Lap 0Race average speed: 125.508 mi/h km/h onLead changes: NoneCautions: 3 for 12 laps Round 11: Streets of Baltimore Sunday September 4, 2011 – 12:15 p.m. EDT Streets of Baltimore – Baltimore, Maryland; Temporary street circuit, 2.040 mi km Distance: 35 laps / 71.400 mi km Race weather: 81 °F °C, scattered clouds Pole position winner: #77 Conor Daly, 1:27.8114 sec, 83.631 mph km/h on Most laps led: #77 Conor Daly, 22 Race Report: Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 3 2 COL Gustavo Yacamán Team Moore Racing 35 57:17.3814 4 2 14 11 USA Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 35 +0.4500 0 3 7 3 BRA Victor Carbone Sam Schmidt Motorsports 35 +8.1430 0Race average speed: 74.778 mi/h km/h onLead changes: 3 between 4 driversCautions: 3 for 6 laps Round 12: Drive Smart Buckle-Up Kentucky 100 Sunday October 2, 2011 – 12:30 p.m. EDT Kentucky Speedway – Sparta, Kentucky; Permanent racing facility, 1.480 mi km Distance: 67 laps / 99.160 mi km Race weather: 56 °F °C, partly cloudy Pole position winner: #5 Stefan Wilson, 55.5988 sec, 191.659 mph km/h on (2-lap) Most laps led: #5 Stefan Wilson, 47 Race Report: Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 1 5 GBR Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport 67 41:54.4340 47 2 6 11 USA Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +3.1136 20 3 4 4 VEN Jorge Goncalvez Belardi Auto Racing 67 +5.4480 0Race average speed: 141.971 mi/h km/h onLead changes: 2 between 2 driversCautions: 1 for 14 laps Round 13: Las Vegas 100 Sunday October 16, 2011 – 9:45 a.m. PDT (12:45 p.m. EDT) Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, Nevada; Permanent racing facility, 1.544 mi km Distance: 67 laps / 103.448 mi km Race weather: 75 °F °C, clear skies Pole position winner: #3 Victor Carbone, 57.9685 sec, 191.773 mph km/h on (2-lap) Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 63 Race Report: Podium Finishers Pos Finishing Position Grid Starting Position No. Car Number Driver Team Laps Time Led Laps Led 1 1 3 BRA Victor Carbone Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 35:26.2096 2 2 3 7 ARG Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +0.0229 0 3 12 4 VEN Jorge Goncalvez Belardi Auto Racing 67 +0.3642 0Race average speed: 175.153 mi/h km/h onLead changes: 3 between 3 driversCautions: 1 for 4 laps Driver standings Pos Driver STPUSA BARUSA LBHUSA INDYUSA MILUSA IOWUSA TORCAN EDM CAN TROCAN LOUUSA BALUSA KTYUSA LSVUSA Pts R1 R2 1 USA Josef Newgarden yellow RY silver 1* 6 13* 1* 2 1* 8 2 1* 3 1* 2 2 9* 553 2ARG Esteban Guerrieri orange R silver 6 15 2 2 1* 12 4 1* 14 1* 5 12 10 2 459 3 GBR Stefan Wilson 16 2 3 4 8 8 1* 4 2 4 12 5 1* 8 450 4 COL Gustavo Yacamán 14 12 4 15 5 2 3 5 16 2 4 1 11 4 403 5VEN Jorge Goncalvez orange R silver 11 4 10 11 3 6 6 7 12 9 2 16 3 3 371 6BRA Victor Carbone orange R silver 9 14 6 18 6 7 9 11 4 10 10 3 7 1 357 7NOR Anders Krohn orange R silver 5 9 8 12 9 11 5 13 6 6 11 6 13 7 328 8ANG Duarte Ferreira orange R silver 8 7 14 13 12 5 10 8 9 8 3 10 6 11 323 9CAN David Ostella orange R silver 4 13 9 8 7 9 13 14 8 7 6 15 12 287 10IRL Peter Dempsey orange R silver 3 3 17 6 DNS 2 12 3 5 9 264 11ESP Víctor García orange R silver 15 1* 12 3 10 4 7 199 12USA Bryan Clauson orange R silver 51 4 3 7 5 13 170 13USA Conor Daly orange R silver 2 11 1 13 14* 145 14USA Rusty Mitchell orange R silver 11 7 8 7 8 12 137 15 USA Brandon Wagner 14 11 13 9 4 6 134 16CAN Mikaël Grenier orange R silver 7 5 7 10 11 121 17BRA Bruno Andrade orange R silver 11 6 15 12 4 112 18GBR Oliver Webb orange R silver 3 5 11 10 104 19GBR James Winslow orange R silver 10 10 5 17 83 20MEX Juan Pablo Garcia orange R silver 12 8 15 16 71 21 USA Daniel Herrington 12 9 7 66 22USA Jacob Wilson orange R silver 9 5 52 23USA Chase Austin orange R silver 9 10 42 24CAN Stefan Rzadzinski orange R silver 10 13 37 25CAN Tyler Dueck orange R silver 16 10 34 26CAN Daniel Morad orange R silver 15 11 34 27EST Tõnis Kasemets orange R silver 8 24 28USA Joel Miller orange R silver 13 17 29 USA Willy T. Ribbs 13 17 30USA Ryan Phinny orange R silver 16 14CAN Eric Jensen orange R silver DNQ 0 Pos Driver STPUSA BARUSA LBHUSA INDYUSA MILUSA IOWUSA TORCAN R1 R2 TROCAN LOUUSA BALUSA KTYUSA LSVUSA Pts EDM CAN 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*Led most race laps(2 points)1Qualifying cancelledno bonus point awardedRookie of the YearRookie Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Points https://web.archive.org/web/20120324154915/https://hardcards.indycar.com/Resources/pdfs/2011%20Firestone%20Indy%20Lights%20Rule%20Book%20FINAL%20UNFORMATTED%20CLEAN.pdf# 2012-03-24, p104 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes. 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