Indy Lights season
The 2019 Indy Lights season was the 34th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 18th sanctioned by IndyCar , acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series . Oliver Askew won a tight championship race with Rinus Veekay . Askew won seven races to Veekay's six. Toby Sowery , Robert Megennis , and Ryan Norman each captured a single race win as did Aaron Telitz , who only participated in seven mid-season races, and Zachary Claman , who won the season opener but dropped out of the series after six races due to funding issues. Julien Falchero also dropped out of the season after four races after expected good results failed to materialize. Jarett Andretti made his first and only Indy Lights start in the Freedom 100 and set fastest lap on his way to a sixth place finish. Dalton Kellett moved onto IndyCar after this season despite only registering a single podium finish in 2019 Indy Lights.
The subsequent 2020 Indy Lights season would end up being canceled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports .
Team and driver chart [ edit ] 1 HMD Motorsports acquired BN Racing's Indy Lights operation in August 2019 Rd. Date Race name Track Location 1 March 9 St. Petersburg Twin 150k Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 March 10 3 March 23 Indy Lights Classic Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas 4 March 24 5 May 10 Indy Lights Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana 6 May 11 7 May 24 Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana 8 June 22 Mazda Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 9 June 23 10 July 13 Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto , Ontario , Canada 11 July 14 12 July 27 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 13 July 28 14 August 24 Illinois 250k Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois 15 August 31 Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 16 September 1 17 September 21 Monterey Grand Prix WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California 18 September 22
Championship standings [ edit ] Drivers' Championship[ edit ] Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points ( ) 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Points ( ) 45 38 33 29 26 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 4 2
The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point. An additional point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race. 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 (1 point) 1 Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded R Rookie RY Rookie of the Year
Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.
Teams' championship[ edit ] Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th+ Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries ^ "Jarett Andretti to race Freedom 100 with Andretti Autosport" . April 12, 2019. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2019 . ^ "Megennis Joins Andretti Autosport Indy Lights Line Up" . www.indylights.com . Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2019 . ^ "ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT ADDS ASKEW TO INDY LIGHTS ROSTER" . February 11, 2019. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2019 . ^ "Norman returns to Andretti Autosport Indy Lights team in 2019" . www.motorsport.com . Retrieved 2018-11-13 . ^ "GP3 VETERAN FALCHERO JOINS BELARDI AUTO RACING" . March 6, 2019. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019 . ^ Williams-Smith, Jake (May 23, 2019). "Aaron Telitz rejoins Indy Lights field for Freedom 100" . formulascout.com . Formula Scout. Retrieved May 23, 2019 . ^ "BELARDI AUTO RACING SIGNS KOHL FOR 2019" . Archived from the original on 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-02-05 . ^ "ZACHARY CLAMAN JOINS BELARDI AUTO RACING FOR 2019" . Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-11 . ^ "WINDOM JOINS BELARDI AUTO RACING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JONATHAN BYRD'S RACING FOR THE FREEDOM 100" . April 16, 2019. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . ^ "ROAD TO INDY SPRING TRAINING ENDS WITH EXCLUSIVE DAY FOR INDY LIGHTS" . Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-05 . ^ "BN RACING CONFIRMS EXPANSION INTO INDY LIGHTS FOR 2019" . www.indylights.com . Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ "MALUKAS ADDS THREE WINS IN 2018 IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT STEP IN MOTORSPORTS CAREER" . December 21, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018 . ^ "VEEKAY ADVANCES TO INDY LIGHTS WITH JUNCOS RACING" . December 21, 2018. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2018 . ^ "Kellett confirmed in Juncos Indy Lights team" . www.motorsport.com . Retrieved 2019-02-27 .
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