Pole position winner: #22 Víctor García, 1:17.2793 sec, 107.144 mph (172.432 km/h)
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 team mate 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.
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.
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 team mate, 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 team mate 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 team mate Guerrieri, Víctor García, Wilson and Clauson, with only 10 of the 18 cars that started the race running at the flag.
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.
Pole position winner: #11 Josef Newgarden, 1:22.7721 sec, 96.728 mph (155.669 km/h) (Race 1, qualifying); 1:22.9337 sec, 96.540 mph (155.366 km/h) (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.
Pole position winner: #11 Josef Newgarden, 49.4908 sec, 149.119 mph (239.984 km/h) (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.[29]
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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 team mate and fellow rookie Esteban Guerrieri of Argentina 2011 Indy Lights seasonFirestone Indy LightsSeasonRaces13Start dateMarch 27End dateOctober 16AwardsDrivers championJosef NewgardenTeams championSam Schmidt MotorsportsRookie of the YearJosef Newgarden 20102012 2011 champion Josef Newgarden 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 Rivieres It was Indy Lights first event at Trois Rivieres 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 1 Contents 1 Team and driver chart 2 Schedule 3 Race results 4 Race summaries 4 1 Round 1 Streets of St Petersburg 4 2 Round 2 Barber Motorsports Park 4 3 Round 3 Long Beach 100 4 4 Round 4 Firestone Freedom 100 4 5 Round 5 David Hobbs 100 4 6 Round 6 Sukup 100 4 7 Round 7 Toronto 100 4 8 Round 8 Edmonton Twin 100s 4 9 Round 9 Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres 4 10 Round 10 New Hampshire 100 4 11 Round 11 Streets of Baltimore 4 12 Round 12 Drive Smart Buckle Up Kentucky 100 4 13 Round 13 Las Vegas 100 5 Driver standings 6 References 7 External linksTeam and driver chart editAll drivers will compete in Firestone Firehawk shod Dallara chassis Team Drivers Rounds nbsp Sam Schmidt Motorsports 3 nbsp Victor Carbone 2 All 7 nbsp Esteban Guerrieri 3 All 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden 4 All 77 nbsp Conor Daly 5 1 3 9 11 nbsp Bryan Clauson 4 4 6 10 12 13 nbsp Daniel Herrington 6 7 8 nbsp Team Moore Racing 2 nbsp Gustavo Yacaman 7 All 22 nbsp Victor Garcia 8 1 7 nbsp Daniel Morad 8 9 nbsp Mikael Grenier 9 nbsp Brandon Wagner 10 12 13 nbsp Tonis Kasemets 11 nbsp Andretti Autosport 5 nbsp Stefan Wilson 10 All 26 nbsp James Winslow 1 4 11 nbsp Peter Dempsey 7 9 11 12 nbsp Bryan Herta Autosport 28 nbsp Duarte Ferreira 13 All 29 nbsp Bruno Andrade 7 9 11 14 nbsp Davey Hamilton Racing 32 nbsp Brandon Wagner 4 6 nbsp Stefan Rzadzinski 15 8 nbsp O2 Racing Technology 36 nbsp Peter Dempsey 1 5 63 nbsp Mikael Grenier 1 4 nbsp Team E 17 nbsp Joel Miller 16 1 nbsp Rusty Mitchell 17 3 4 11 13 18 nbsp Belardi Auto Racing 4 nbsp Jorge Goncalvez 19 All 9 nbsp Anders Krohn 20 All 19 nbsp Jacob Wilson 12 13 21 nbsp Jensen MotorSport 12 nbsp Juan Pablo Garcia 22 1 4 nbsp Eric Jensen 7 nbsp Oliver Webb 23 8 11 13 24 16 nbsp David Ostella 25 All nbsp Brooks Associates Racing 8 nbsp Ryan Phinny 3 nbsp Willy T Ribbs Racing 32 nbsp Willy T Ribbs 26 11 75 nbsp Chase Austin 27 4 6 nbsp Goree Multisports 44 nbsp Tyler Dueck 28 8Schedule editRnd Date Race Name Track Location 1 March 27 nbsp Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of St Petersburg Streets of St Petersburg St Petersburg FL 2 April 10 nbsp Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham AL 3 April 17 nbsp Long Beach 100 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach CA 4 May 27 nbsp Firestone Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway IN 5 June 19 nbsp David Hobbs 100 Milwaukee Mile West Allis WI 6 June 25 nbsp Sukup 100 Iowa Speedway Newton IA 7 July 10 nbsp Toronto 100 Streets of Toronto Toronto ON 8A July 23 nbsp Edmonton Twin 100s Race 1 Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton Alberta 8B July 24 nbsp Edmonton Twin 100s Race 2 9 August 7 nbsp Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres Circuit Trois Rivieres Trois Rivieres QC 10 August 14 nbsp New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon NH 11 September 4 nbsp Baltimore 100 Streets of Baltimore Baltimore MD 12 October 2 nbsp Drive Smart Buckle Up Kentucky 100 Kentucky Speedway Sparta KY 13 October 16 nbsp Las Vegas 100 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Nevada Oval Speedway Street Temporary Circuit Road CourseRace results editRd Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team 1 nbsp St Petersburg nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Conor Daly nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Sam Schmidt Motorsports 2 nbsp Barber nbsp Victor Garcia nbsp Victor Garcia nbsp Victor Garcia nbsp Victor Garcia nbsp Team Moore Racing 3 nbsp Long Beach nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Conor Daly nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Conor Daly nbsp Sam Schmidt Motorsports 4 nbsp Indianapolis nbsp Bryan Clauson nbsp Brandon Wagner nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Sam Schmidt Motorsports 5 nbsp Milwaukee nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Sam Schmidt Motorsports 6 nbsp Iowa nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Bryan Clauson nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Sam Schmidt Motorsports 7 nbsp Toronto nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Stefan Wilson nbsp Stefan Wilson nbsp Andretti Autosport 8A nbsp Edmonton nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Sam Schmidt Motorsports 8B nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Sam Schmidt Motorsports 9 nbsp Trois Rivieres nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Sam Schmidt Motorsports 10 nbsp Loudon nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Sam Schmidt Motorsports 11 nbsp Baltimore nbsp Conor Daly nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Conor Daly nbsp Gustavo Yacaman nbsp Team Moore Racing 12 nbsp Kentucky nbsp Stefan Wilson nbsp Duarte Ferreira nbsp Stefan Wilson nbsp Stefan Wilson nbsp Andretti Autosport 13 nbsp Las Vegas nbsp Victor Carbone nbsp Stefan Wilson nbsp Josef Newgarden nbsp Victor Carbone nbsp Sam Schmidt MotorsportsRace summaries editRound 1 Streets of St Petersburg edit Sunday March 27 2011 10 30 a m EDT Streets of St Petersburg St Petersburg Florida Temporary street circuit 1 800 miles 2 897 km Distance 45 laps 81 000 miles 130 357 km Race weather 81 F 27 C partly cloudy Pole position winner 7 Esteban Guerrieri 1 07 6903 sec 95 730 mph 154 063 km h Most laps led 11 Josef Newgarden 34 Race Report Podium Finishers Pos Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 3 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 56 11 0037 34 2 2 77 nbsp Conor Daly Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 0 8552 0 3 5 36 nbsp Peter Dempsey O2 Racing Technology 45 3 1351 11 Race average speed 86 502 mph 139 211 km h Lead changes 1 between 2 drivers Cautions 1 for 5 laps Round 2 Barber Motorsports Park edit Sunday April 10 2011 12 15 p m CDT 1 15 p m EDT Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham Alabama Permanent road course 2 300 miles 3 701 km Distance 40 laps 92 000 miles 148 060 km Race weather 80 F 27 C partly cloudy Pole position winner 22 Victor Garcia 1 17 2793 sec 107 144 mph 172 432 km h Most laps led 22 Victor Garcia 40 Race Report Victor Garcia 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 team mate Victor Carbone eliminating Guerrieri on the spot and Carbone in the pits The other two periods were caused by drivers running off track Gustavo Yacaman 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 Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 1 22 nbsp Victor Garcia Team Moore Racing 40 1 00 06 5806 40 2 3 5 nbsp Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport 40 0 3125 0 3 8 36 nbsp Peter Dempsey O2 Racing Technology 40 16 3249 0 Race average speed 91 832 mph 147 789 km h Lead changes None Cautions 3 for 7 laps Round 3 Long Beach 100 edit 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 miles 3 167 km Distance 45 laps 88 560 miles 142 524 km reduced to 43 laps 84 624 miles 136 189 km due to 1 hour time limit Race weather 63 F 17 C cloudy Pole position winner 7 Esteban Guerrieri 1 13 6957 sec 96 136 mph 154 716 km h 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 Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 4 77 nbsp Conor Daly Sam Schmidt Motorsports 43 1 00 35 2947 3 2 1 7 nbsp Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 43 0 9302 1 3 6 5 nbsp Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport 43 1 3880 0 Under caution Race average speed 83 802 mph 134 866 km h Lead changes 3 between 4 drivers Cautions 4 for 8 laps Round 4 Firestone Freedom 100 edit Friday May 27 2011 12 30 p m EDT Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway Indiana Permanent racing facility 2 500 miles 4 023 km Distance 40 laps 100 000 miles 160 934 km Race weather 56 F 13 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 team mate Bryan Clauson dropped back from his debut pole with Newgarden and Victor Garcia 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 Yacaman spinning into the wall and was eventually collected by Juan Pablo Garcia and James Winslow Yacaman 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 team mate 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 team mate Guerrieri Victor Garcia Wilson and Clauson with only 10 of the 18 cars that started the race running at the flag Podium Finishers Pos Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 2 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 55 38 9881 30 2 5 7 nbsp Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 0 4443 2 3 4 22 nbsp Victor Garcia Team Moore Racing 40 0 8010 0 Under caution Race average speed 107 817 mph 173 515 km h Lead changes 6 between 4 drivers Cautions 4 for 22 laps Round 5 David Hobbs 100 edit Sunday June 19 2011 1 00 p m CDT 2 00 p m EDT Milwaukee Mile West Allis Wisconsin Permanent racing facility 1 015 miles 1 633 km Distance 100 laps 101 500 miles 163 348 km Race weather 79 F 26 C overcast Pole position winner 7 Esteban Guerrieri 49 0454 sec 149 005 mph 239 800 km h 2 lap Most laps led 7 Esteban Guerrieri 100 Race Report Podium Finishers Pos Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 1 7 nbsp Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 100 46 45 6824 100 2 2 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 100 5 5012 0 3 7 4 nbsp Jorge Goncalvez Belardi Auto Racing 100 6 6182 0 Race average speed 130 236 mph 209 595 km h Lead changes None Cautions 1 for 5 laps Round 6 Sukup 100 edit Saturday June 25 2011 5 40 p m CDT 6 40 p m EDT Iowa Speedway Newton Iowa Permanent racing facility 0 894 miles 1 439 km Distance 115 laps 102 810 miles 165 457 km Race weather 64 F 18 C overcast Pole position winner 7 Esteban Guerrieri 40 0332 sec 160 787 mph 258 762 km h 2 lap Most laps led 11 Josef Newgarden 90 Race Report Podium Finishers Pos Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 4 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 40 27 3417 90 2 2 2 nbsp Gustavo Yacaman Team Moore Racing 115 5 4724 0 3 3 77 nbsp Bryan Clauson Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 5 8169 0 Race average speed 152 478 mph 245 390 km h Lead changes 1 between 2 drivers Cautions 2 for 4 laps Round 7 Toronto 100 edit Sunday July 10 2011 12 15 p m EDT Streets of Toronto Toronto Ontario Temporary street circuit 1 755 miles 2 824 km Distance 50 laps 87 750 miles 141 220 km reduced to 49 laps 85 995 miles 138 396 km due to 1 hour time limit Race weather 77 F 25 C cloudy Pole position winner 7 Esteban Guerrieri 1 02 9865 sec 100 307 mph 161 428 km h 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 Yacaman and championship leader Josef Newgarden Newgarden would later make contact with Dempsey s car and had to pit resulting in an eighth place finish Yacaman 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 Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 2 5 nbsp Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport 49 1 01 02 4296 29 2 3 26 nbsp Peter Dempsey Andretti Autosport 49 0 2238 0 3 6 2 nbsp Gustavo Yacaman Team Moore Racing 49 0 5374 0 Under caution Race average speed 84 529 mph 136 036 km h Lead changes 1 between 2 drivers Cautions 3 for 9 laps Round 8 Edmonton Twin 100s edit Saturday July 23 2011 2 00 p m MDT 4 00 p m EDT amp 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 miles 3 579 km Distance 2 races of 40 laps 88 960 miles 143 167 km Race 1 reduced to 36 laps 80 064 miles 128 851 km due to 1 hour time limit Race weather 63 F 17 C cloudy Race 1 64 F 18 C cloudy Race 2 Pole position winner 11 Josef Newgarden 1 22 7721 sec 96 728 mph 155 669 km h Race 1 qualifying 1 22 9337 sec 96 540 mph 155 366 km h 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 Yacaman 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 Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 2 7 nbsp Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 36 1 01 11 7536 36 2 1 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 36 0 6524 0 3 10 12 nbsp Oliver Webb Jensen MotorSport 36 7 0479 0 Race average speed 78 499 mph 126 332 km h Lead changes None Cautions 3 for 9 laps Race Two Podium Finishers Pos Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 1 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 56 46 3800 27 2 3 5 nbsp Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport 40 14 5501 0 3 6 26 nbsp Peter Dempsey Andretti Autosport 40 15 2079 0 Race average speed 94 017 mph 151 306 km h Lead changes 2 between 2 drivers Cautions None Round 9 Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres edit Sunday August 7 2011 1 30 p m EDT Circuit Trois Rivieres Trois Rivieres Quebec Temporary street circuit 1 510 miles 2 430 km Distance 60 laps 90 600 miles 145 807 km reduced to 58 laps 87 580 miles 140 946 km due to rain Race weather 74 F 23 C cloudy Pole position winner 7 Esteban Guerrieri 57 4541 sec 94 615 mph 152 268 km h Most laps led 7 Esteban Guerrieri 58 Race Report Podium Finishers Pos Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 1 7 nbsp Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 58 1 13 47 0198 58 2 5 2 nbsp Gustavo Yacaman Team Moore Racing 58 6 2535 0 3 4 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 58 7 7797 0 Race average speed 71 219 mph 114 616 km h Lead changes None Cautions 2 for 7 laps Round 10 New Hampshire 100 edit Sunday August 14 2011 1 15 p m EDT New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon New Hampshire Permanent racing facility 1 025 miles 1 650 km Distance 100 laps 102 500 miles 164 958 km Race weather 73 F 23 C overcast Pole position winner 11 Josef Newgarden 49 4908 sec 149 119 mph 239 984 km h 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 29 Podium Finishers Pos Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 1 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 100 49 00 0481 100 2 5 4 nbsp Jorge Goncalvez Belardi Auto Racing 99 1 Lap 0 3 6 28 nbsp Duarte Ferreira Bryan Herta Autosport 99 1 Lap 0 Race average speed 125 508 mph 201 986 km h Lead changes None Cautions 3 for 12 laps Round 11 Streets of Baltimore edit Sunday September 4 2011 12 15 p m EDT Streets of Baltimore Baltimore Maryland Temporary street circuit 2 040 miles 3 283 km Distance 35 laps 71 400 miles 114 907 km Race weather 81 F 27 C scattered clouds Pole position winner 77 Conor Daly 1 27 8114 sec 83 631 mph 134 591 km h Most laps led 77 Conor Daly 22 Race Report Podium Finishers Pos Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 3 2 nbsp Gustavo Yacaman Team Moore Racing 35 57 17 3814 4 2 14 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 35 0 4500 0 3 7 3 nbsp Victor Carbone Sam Schmidt Motorsports 35 8 1430 0 Race average speed 74 778 mph 120 344 km h Lead changes 3 between 4 drivers Cautions 3 for 6 laps Round 12 Drive Smart Buckle Up Kentucky 100 edit Sunday October 2 2011 12 30 p m EDT Kentucky Speedway Sparta Kentucky Permanent racing facility 1 480 miles 2 382 km Distance 67 laps 99 160 miles 159 583 km Race weather 56 F 13 C partly cloudy Pole position winner 5 Stefan Wilson 55 5988 sec 191 659 mph 308 445 km h 2 lap Most laps led 5 Stefan Wilson 47 Race Report Podium Finishers Pos Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 1 5 nbsp Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport 67 41 54 4340 47 2 6 11 nbsp Josef Newgarden Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 3 1136 20 3 4 4 nbsp Jorge Goncalvez Belardi Auto Racing 67 5 4480 0 Race average speed 141 971 mph 228 480 km h Lead changes 2 between 2 drivers Cautions 1 for 14 laps Round 13 Las Vegas 100 edit 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 miles 2 485 km Distance 67 laps 103 448 miles 166 483 km Race weather 75 F 24 C clear skies Pole position winner 3 Victor Carbone 57 9685 sec 191 773 mph 308 629 km h 2 lap Most laps led 11 Josef Newgarden 63 Race Report Podium Finishers Pos Grid No Driver Team Laps Time Led 1 1 3 nbsp Victor Carbone Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 35 26 2096 2 2 3 7 nbsp Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 0 0229 0 3 12 4 nbsp Jorge Goncalvez Belardi Auto Racing 67 0 3642 0 Race average speed 175 153 mph 281 881 km h Lead changes 3 between 3 drivers Cautions 1 for 4 lapsDriver standings editPos Driver STP nbsp BAR nbsp LBH nbsp INDY nbsp MIL nbsp IOW nbsp TOR nbsp EDM nbsp TRO nbsp LOU nbsp BAL nbsp KTY nbsp LSV nbsp Pts R1 R2 1 nbsp Josef Newgarden RY 1 6 13 1 2 1 8 2 1 3 1 2 2 9 553 2 nbsp Esteban Guerrieri R 6 15 2 2 1 12 4 1 14 1 5 12 10 2 459 3 nbsp Stefan Wilson 16 2 3 4 8 8 1 4 2 4 12 5 1 8 450 4 nbsp Gustavo Yacaman 14 12 4 15 5 2 3 5 16 2 4 1 11 4 403 5 nbsp Jorge Goncalvez R 11 4 10 11 3 6 6 7 12 9 2 16 3 3 371 6 nbsp Victor Carbone R 9 14 6 18 6 7 9 11 4 10 10 3 7 1 357 7 nbsp Anders Krohn R 5 9 8 12 9 11 5 13 6 6 11 6 13 7 328 8 nbsp Duarte Ferreira R 8 7 14 13 12 5 10 8 9 8 3 10 6 11 323 9 nbsp David Ostella R 4 13 9 8 7 9 13 14 8 7 6 15 12 287 10 nbsp Peter Dempsey R 3 3 17 6 DNS 2 12 3 5 9 264 11 nbsp Victor Garcia R 15 1 12 3 10 4 7 199 12 nbsp Bryan Clauson R 51 4 3 7 5 13 170 13 nbsp Conor Daly R 2 11 1 13 14 145 14 nbsp Rusty Mitchell R 11 7 8 7 8 12 137 15 nbsp Brandon Wagner 14 11 13 9 4 6 134 16 nbsp Mikael Grenier R 7 5 7 10 11 121 17 nbsp Bruno Andrade R 11 6 15 12 4 112 18 nbsp Oliver Webb R 3 5 11 10 104 19 nbsp James Winslow R 10 10 5 17 83 20 nbsp Juan Pablo Garcia R 12 8 15 16 71 21 nbsp Daniel Herrington 12 9 7 66 22 nbsp Jacob Wilson R 9 5 52 23 nbsp Chase Austin R 9 10 42 24 nbsp Stefan Rzadzinski R 10 13 37 25 nbsp Tyler Dueck R 16 10 34 26 nbsp Daniel Morad R 15 11 34 27 nbsp Tonis Kasemets R 8 24 28 nbsp Joel Miller R 13 17 29 nbsp Willy T Ribbs 13 17 30 nbsp Ryan Phinny R 16 14 nbsp Eric Jensen R DNQ 0 Pos Driver STP nbsp BAR nbsp LBH nbsp INDY nbsp MIL nbsp IOW nbsp TOR nbsp R1 R2 TRO nbsp LOU nbsp BAL nbsp KTY nbsp LSV nbsp Pts EDM nbsp Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th amp 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 competing In line notation Bold Pole position 1 point Italics Ran fastest race lap Led most race laps 2 points 1 Qualifying cancelledno bonus point awarded Rookie of the Year Rookie 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 30 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 References edit Sribhen Arni November 18 2010 New events highlight 2011 schedule Firestone Indy Lights Indy Racing League Archived from the original on 2010 11 24 Retrieved November 21 2010 2010 Champ Victor Carbone to Indy Lights F2000 Championship Series MathisenMedia January 11 2011 Archived from the original on February 8 2011 Retrieved January 11 2011 Guerrieri Joins Schmidt for 2011 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