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. 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, Distance: 45 laps / ; reduced to 43 laps / due to 1-hour time limit Race weather: , cloudy Pole position winner: #7 Esteban Guerrieri, 1:13.6957 sec, 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. Round 4: Firestone Freedom 100 Friday May 27, 2011 – 12:30 p.m. EDT Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana; Permanent racing facility, Distance: 40 laps / Race weather: , 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 début pole, with Newgarden and Víctor García each leading part