2013 Indy Lights

2013 Indy Lights season
Firestone Indy Lights
Season
Races	12
Start date	March 24
End date	October 19
Awards
Drivers' champion	Sage Karam
Teams' champion	Sam Schmidt Motorsports

The 2013 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 28th season of the series and the twelfth sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IZOD IndyCar Series. It began March 24, 2013 in St. Petersburg.^[1]

Rookie Sage Karam won the championship, the eighth rookie to win the series title.^[2] Karam clinched the championship in the final race over rookie teammate Gabby Chaves. Second-year driver Carlos Muñoz won a series-high four races but was forced to settle for third in the championship. Peter Dempsey captured the Freedom 100 in a spectacular four-wide finish in what was the closest finish in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history.

In June, it was announced that the series would be promoted by Andersen Promotions beginning in 2014.^[3] INDYCAR sanctioning will remain. In August it was announced that Cooper Tire would replace Firestone as the official tire of the series in 2014.^[4]

Team and driver chart

• All drivers will compete in Firestone Firehawk–shod Dallara chassis.

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	7	Gabby Chaves[5]	All
	8	Sage Karam[6]	All
	67	Kyle O'Gara[7][N 1]	4, 12
	77	Jack Hawksworth[8]	All
Team Moore Racing	2	Juan Pablo García[9]	1–10
		Peter Dempsey	11
	22	Ethan Ringel	1
		Victor Carbone	2
		Mikaël Grenier	3
		Jimmy Simpson	4
		Conor Daly	11
Andretti Autosport AFS Racing	12	Zach Veach[10]	All
	26	Carlos Muñoz[11]	All
Belardi Auto Racing	4	Jorge Goncalvez[12]	All
	5	Peter Dempsey[13]	1–10
		Juan Pablo García	11–12
	6	Giancarlo Serenelli	9–12
Bryan Herta Autosport Jeffery Mark Motorsports	28	Chase Austin	4
		Axcil Jefferies	9, 11
MDL Racing	56	Matthew Di Leo[14]	3, 8–11
Pabst Racing	17	Dalton Kellett	10

• 2012 Star Mazda Champion Jack Hawksworth earned a $500,000 scholarship for his Championship season.^[15] Hawksworth will drive for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in its No. 77 machine.^[8]

Schedule

IndyCar announced the 2013 Indy Lights schedule on October 18, 2012. It joined all IndyCar Series weekends in North America except Detroit, Texas and Sonoma.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location
1	March 23–24	St. Petersburg 100	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
2	April 6–7	Legacy Indy Lights 100	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
3	April 20–21	Long Beach 100	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
4	May 24	Firestone Freedom 100	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana
5	June 14–15	Milwaukee Race	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
6	June 22–23	Iowa Speedway 100	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa
7	July 6–7	Pocono Race	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania
8	July 12–13	Grand Prix of Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto
9	August 3–4	Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
10	August 31 – September 1	Grand Prix of Baltimore	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland
11	October 5–6	Grand Prix of Houston	Reliant Park	Houston, Texas
12	October 18–19	Lefty's Kids Club 100	Auto Club Speedway	Fontana, California

  Oval/Speedway

  Street/Temporary Circuit

  Road Course

Race results

Rd.	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Winning driver	Winning team
1	St. Petersburg	Carlos Muñoz	Carlos Muñoz	Jack Hawksworth	Jack Hawksworth	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2	Barber	Carlos Muñoz	Carlos Muñoz	Carlos Muñoz	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport
3	Long Beach	Carlos Muñoz	Carlos Muñoz	Carlos Muñoz	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport
4	Indianapolis	Sage Karam	Peter Dempsey	Carlos Muñoz	Peter Dempsey	Belardi Auto Racing
5	Milwaukee	Sage Karam	Zach Veach	Zach Veach	Sage Karam	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
6	Iowa	Carlos Muñoz	Carlos Muñoz	Sage Karam	Sage Karam	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
7	Pocono	Carlos Muñoz	Gabby Chaves	Carlos Muñoz	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport
8	Toronto	Jack Hawksworth	Jack Hawksworth	Jack Hawksworth	Jack Hawksworth	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
9	Mid-Ohio	Gabby Chaves	Carlos Muñoz	Gabby Chaves	Gabby Chaves	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
10	Baltimore	Jack Hawksworth	Jack Hawksworth	Jack Hawksworth	Jack Hawksworth	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
11	Houston	Sage Karam	Gabby Chaves	Sage Karam	Sage Karam	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
12	Fontana	Zach Veach	Sage Karam	Carlos Muñoz	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport

Driver standings

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	19	18

• Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Pos Driver STP BAR LBH INDY MIL IOW POC TOR MOH BAL HOU FON Pts 1 Sage Karam  RY  3 4 3 3 1 1* 2 6 8 2 1*^1 3 460 2 Gabby Chaves  R  8 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 1* 3 2 2 449 3 Carlos Muñoz 7 1* 1* 4* 2 8 1* 4 4 9 12 1* 441 4 Jack Hawksworth  R  1* 2 8 10 8 3 5 1* 3 1* 6 9 412 5 Peter Dempsey 2 6 10 1 6 4 7 2 2 4 9 360 6 Jorge Goncalvez 6 5 4 6 7 5 8 8 9 5 4 5 336 7 Zach Veach  R  5 9 9 5 3* 7 4 7 5 8 10 4 333 8 Juan Pablo García 4 8 6 9 5 6 6 5 6 DNS 8 6 312 9 Matthew Di Leo  R  5 9 10 6 11 119 10 Giancarlo Serenelli  R  11 7 7 7 97 11 Axcil Jefferies  R  7 5 56 12 Kyle O'Gara  R  11 8 43 13 Conor Daly 3 35 14 Victor Carbone 7 26 15 Mikaël Grenier  R  7 26 16 Jimmy Simpson  R  7 26 17 Chase Austin 8 24 18 Ethan Ringel  R  9 22 19 Dalton Kellett  R  10 20 Pos Driver STP BAR LBH INDY MIL IOW POC TOR MOH BAL HOU FON 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 not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps (2 points) ^1 Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded Rookie of the Year Rookie

Footnotes

1. In conjunction with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing.

References

1. "Twelve races, two new venues for 2013". Firestone Indy Lights. IndyCar. October 18, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
2. Lewandowski, Dave (October 19, 2013). "Karam secures title; Munoz wins fourth race". IndyCar. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
3. Andersen Promotions to take over Indy Lights, Racer, June 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-22
4. Cooper Tires Named Official Tire Of New Indy Lights Series Archived 2017-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, Performance Racing Industry, August 22, 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-22
5. "Chaves graduates for '13 to championship team". Firestone Indy Lights. IndyCar. February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
6. Glendenning, Mark. Sage Karam joins Sam Schmidt Indy Lights line-up, Autosport, March 8, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-08
7. SFHR Development Driver Kyle O’Gara to Run Firestone Freedom 100 thru Partnership with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports , http://sfhracing.com, March 27, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-27.
8. "Star Mazda Champ Jack Hawksworth to Join Sam Schmidt Motorsports in 2013". Retrieved December 7, 2012.
9. Guerra, Kate. Garcia joins race-winning Team Moore for '13 season, IndyCar, January 10, 2013, Retrieved 2013-01-10
10. Veach moves up to Firestone Indy Lights with Andretti, IndyCar.com, December 3, 2012, Retrieved December 3, 2012
11. Andretti retains Muñoz, will contest Indy 500 Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar.com, October 22, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012
12. Third Time is the Charm for Goncalvez Who Reunites with Belardi Auto Racing for 2013, constantcontact.com, February 27, 2013,
13. Peter Dempsey earns full season chance with Belardi, racer.com, October 11, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012
14. Di Leo to Make Debut on Streets of Long Beach Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, April 16, 2013, Retrieved 2013-04-16
15. Series champ Hawksworth ready for next challenge Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar.com, October 30, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012

External links

• Indy Lights Series website