2010 Indy Lights
Introduction The '''2010 Indy Racing League Firestone Indy Lights season''' was the 25th Indy Lights season. It was contested over thirteen races beginning on March 28 on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, and ended on October 2 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.Jean-Karl Vernay became the first European to win the championship title since Alex Lloyd in 2007, after taking five victories and ten top-five placings at the wheel of his Sam Schmidt Motorsports car. His championship title, guaranteed by just starting the final race at Homestead, also garnered him with the Rookie of the Year award, having moved into the series from Europe and the Formula 3 Euro Series. Another driver with ten top-fives, James Hinchcliffe finished second in the title race for Team Moore Racing, a race winner at Long Beach, Edmonton and Chicagoland Speedway.Third place was fought between AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport team-mates Martin Plowman and Charlie Kimball, with Plowman coming out on top by six points; Plowman won a race at Mid-Ohio, while Kimball finished four races in second place including three in succession early in the season. Other drivers to take wins were Wade Cunningham – winning the Firestone Freedom 100 for the third time – and Sebastián Saavedra at Iowa Speedway, while two drivers visited victory lane for the first time; Pippa Mann at Kentucky Speedway and Brandon Wagner at Homestead in their second seasons in the formula.
Team and driver chart * All drivers competed in Firestone Firehawk–shod, Dallara chassis. Team  Drivers Rounds  AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 26  Charlie Kimball All 27  Martin Plowman All  Sam Schmidt Motorsports 7  Jean-Karl Vernay All 11  Pippa Mann 1-8, 10-13 49  Philip Major All 77  James Winslow 1-3, 6-9  Wade Cunningham 4, 13  Alex Ellis 10  Andersen Racing 4  Carmen Jordá 1-3, 7-8  Arie Luyendyk Jr. 4  Anders Krohn 6  Giancarlo Vilarinho 9-10  Sean Guthrie 13 5  Joel Miller 3  Tõnis Kasemets 7 Bryan Herta Autosport 28  Stefan Wilson 1-9, 11-12  Joel Miller 10 29  Sebastián Saavedra 1-11  Daniel Herrington 12  Dillon Battistini 13  Team PBIR 35  Nic LeDuc 2  Tõnis Kasemets 3  Dillon Battistini 11 37  Niall Quinn 2-3  Team Moore Racing 2  James Hinchcliffe All 22  Adrián Campos Jr. All  Alliance Motorsports 24  Arie Luyendyk Jr. 11-13  PDM Racing 18  Rodrigo Barbosa All  Walker Racing 40  Jonathan Summerton 1  Dan Clarke 2-13  Davey Hamilton Racing 32  Brandon Wagner 4-5, 11-13 34  Henry Clarke 13  Genoa Racing O2 Racing Technology 36  David Martínez 9-10  Daniel Herrington 13  HVM Racing 6  Junior Strous 1-3  Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing 10  Gustavo Yacamán All  Team E 17  Jan Heylen 1  Jeff Simmons 4  Michael Crawford Motorsports 8  Juan Pablo Garcia 9-10
Schedule  Rnd Date Race Name Track Location 1 March 28  Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, FL   2 April 11  Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, AL 3 April 18  Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, CA 4 May 28  Firestone Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, IN 5 June 19  AvoidTheStork.com 100 Iowa Speedway Newton, IA 6 July 4  Corning 100 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, NY 7 July 18  Toronto 100 Streets of Toronto Toronto, ON 8 July 25  Edmonton 100 Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, AB 9 August 8  Mid-Ohio 100 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OH 10 August 22  Carneros 100 Infineon Raceway Sonoma, CA 11 August 28  Chicagoland 100 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, IL 12 September 4  Drive Smart Buckle-Up Kentucky 100 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, KY 13 October 2  Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka 100 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, FL
Open Testing ===Firestone Indy Lights Barber Open Test===*Friday February 26, 2010*Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL*Testing weather: , Sunny*Testing Summary:Top Three Drivers Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  TotalLaps Best Time  Best Speed  InLap  Practice Session 1 2  James Hinchcliffe    Team Moore Racing73 1:14.9604  110.458291 2 27  Martin Plowman  AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport  93 1:15.0832110.278391 3 26  Charlie Kimball  AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport  73 1:15.1716110.148302Average speed: ===Indianapolis Open Test – Indy Lights===*Friday May 14, 2010*Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN*Testing weather: *Testing Summary:Top Three Drivers Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  TotalLaps Best Time  Best Speed  InLap  Practice Session 1 10  Gustavo Yacamán    Cape Motorsportswith Wayne Taylor Racing105 47.2413190.511482 2 11  Pippa Mann  Sam Schmidt Motorsports103 47.3125190.225352 3 26  Charlie Kimball  AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport  36 47.3486190.080101Average speed:
Race results  Rd. Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team 1  St. Pete  James Hinchcliffe  Sebastián Saavedra  Jean-Karl Vernay  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 2  Barber  Jean-Karl Vernay  Jean-Karl Vernay  Jean-Karl Vernay  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 3  Long Beach  James Hinchcliffe  James Hinchcliffe  James Hinchcliffe  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 4  Indianapolis  Pippa Mann  Jeff Simmons  Wade Cunningham  Wade Cunningham Sam Schmidt Motorsports 5  Iowa  Sebastián Saavedra  Philip Major  Sebastián Saavedra  Sebastián Saavedra Bryan Herta Autosport 6  Watkins Glen  James Hinchcliffe  James Hinchcliffe  James Hinchcliffe  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 7  Toronto  Jean-Karl Vernay  Stefan Wilson  Jean-Karl Vernay  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 8  Edmonton  James Hinchcliffe  James Hinchcliffe  James Hinchcliffe  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 9  Mid-Ohio  Martin Plowman  James Hinchcliffe  Martin Plowman  Martin Plowman AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 10  Sonoma  Jean-Karl Vernay  Jean-Karl Vernay  Jean-Karl Vernay  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 11  Chicagoland  Martin Plowman  James Hinchcliffe  Pippa Mann  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 12  Kentucky  Pippa Mann  Adrián Campos Jr.  Pippa Mann  Pippa Mann Sam Schmidt Motorsports 13  Homestead  Pippa Mann  James Hinchcliffe  Brandon Wagner  Brandon Wagner Davey Hamilton Racing
Race summaries ===Round 1: Streets of St. Petersburg===*Sunday March 28, 2010 – 12:58 p.m. EDT*Streets of St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg, Florida; Temporary street circuit, *Distance: 45 laps / ; reduced to 35 laps /  due to rain. *Race weather: , overcast at start with rain falling later. *Pole position winner: #2 James Hinchcliffe, 1:06.3496 sec, *Most laps led: #7 Jean-Karl Vernay, 31*Race report: On turn one of the first lap, Philip Major divebombed the field, making contact with polesitter James Hinchcliffe, taking both out of the race. Later that lap, Adrián Campos Jr. who had made contact with Pippa Mann during the start nosed into the wall in turn 8.Mann retired from the race, after spinning under caution. On the lap four restart Jean-Karl Vernay passed Sebastián Saavedra for the lead and was later spun by Charlie Kimball in turn four, bringing out another caution. The race was red flagged on lap six during that caution period due to moisture, allowing the teams to pit and change to full wet tires. The race went back to green on lap nine. On the restart, leader Vernay pulled out to a 9-second lead over Junior Strous who had climbed to second. However, on lap 17 Strous spun in turn 1, handing Vernay a 17-second lead over new second-place Jan Heylen. On lap 25 Saavedra hit the wall bringing out the caution and erasing Vernay's 20 second lead over Heylen. However, on the resultant restart with 8 minutes remaining (the race had become a timed race due to the rain), Vernay was able to pull away and win by 11 seconds over Heylen. Jonathan Summerton spun in the final corner of the last lap and fell from fourth to eighth.Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 2 7  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 35 1:02:02.6848 31 2 4 17  Jan Heylen Team E 35 +11.2338 0 3 14 28  Stefan Wilson Bryan Herta Autosport 35 +11.5785 0 4 7 26  Charlie Kimball AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 35 +20.4041 0 5 10 10  Gustavo Yacamán Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing 35 +21.8013 0Race average speed: Lead changes: 1 between 2 driversCautions: 4 for 10 laps===Round 2: Barber Motorsports Park===*Sunday April 11, 2010 – 1:13 p.m. EDT / 12:13 p.m. CDT*Barber Motorsports Park – Birmingham, Alabama; Permanent road course, *Distance: 40 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #7 Jean-Karl Vernay, 1:14.8726 sec, *Most laps led: #7 Jean-Karl Vernay, 39*Race report: At the start, Charlie Kimball moved into the lead ahead of Jean-Karl Vernay but was deemed to have jumped the start. On lap two, Kimball conceded the lead to Vernay and the Sam Schmidt Motorsports driver would not relinquish the lead en route to his second consecutive victory. Kimball finished second ahead of Sebastián Saavedra, Martin Plowman and James Hinchcliffe. Two drivers did not finish the race: Rodrigo Barbosa suffered a mechanical failure, while Carmen Jordá retired after a spin.Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 1 7  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 57:07.6033 39 2 2 26  Charlie Kimball AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 40 +1.1542 1 3 4 29  Sebastián Saavedra Bryan Herta Autosport 40 +5.7970 0 4 3 27  Martin Plowman AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 40 +9.0794 0 5 5  2  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 40 +10.2997 0Race average speed: Lead changes: 1 between 2 driversCautions: 2 for 4 laps===Round 3: Streets of Long Beach===*Sunday April 18, 2010 – 1:40 p.m. EDT / 10:40 a.m. PDT*Streets of Long Beach – Long Beach, California; Temporary street circuit, *Distance: 45 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #2 James Hinchcliffe, 1:14.6261 sec, *Most laps led: #2 James Hinchcliffe, 45*Race report: Starting from his second pole of the season, James Hinchcliffe led the field through Turn 1 on the opening lap as Charlie Kimball overhauled Jean-Karl Vernay for second place. The three drivers then held their respective positions for the duration of the race, as the other drivers battled behind. Sebastián Saavedra and Martin Plowman rounded out the top five placings. Dan Clarke and Junior Strous both ran into early trouble, with Clarke suffering a mechanical problem and Strous running into the barriers on Lap 9.Clarke returned to the race six laps down, and wound up thirteenth at the end of the race. Stefan Wilson suffered an electrical problem, Rodrigo Barbosa was parked after causing two of the race's four full course cautions with spins and Adrián Campos Jr. crashed heavily at Turn 1 on Lap 34, causing the third caution. Almost immediately after the race returned to green after the Campos crash, the yellow flags flew again after Gustavo Yacamán and Niall Quinn were both involved in incidents at the track's Fountain section; Yacamán having been punted from behind by Quinn's team-mate Tõnis Kasemets, while Quinn spun by himself. On the penultimate lap, Sam Schmidt Motorsports' Philip Major ran into his team-mate James Winslow, forcing the British driver into the barrier and was eventually scored in twelfth position.Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 1 2  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 45 1:03:41.4082 45 2 3 26  Charlie Kimball AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 45 +0.8370 0 3 2 7  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 +1.2291 0 4 4 29  Sebastián Saavedra Bryan Herta Autosport 45 +2.9126 0 5 5 27  Martin Plowman AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 45 +4.4735 0Race average speed: Lead changes: NoneCautions: 4 for 8 laps===Round 4: Firestone Freedom 100===*Friday May 28, 2010 – 12:30 p.m. EDT / 11:30 a.m. CDT*Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana; Permanent racing facility, *Distance: 40 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #11 Pippa Mann, 1:35.7505 sec,  (2-lap)*Most laps led: #77 Wade Cunningham, 38*Race report: Pippa Mann led the field to the green flag, but was immediately overtaken by Wade Cunningham, with Charlie Kimball, series returnee Jeff Simmons and Martin Plowman all getting ahead of Mann by the end of the first lap. Mann's race ended at Turn 1 of lap three, being an innocent victim in an accident with Simmons, producing the race's only caution period. Championship leader Jean-Karl Vernay hit trouble early in the race, making a lengthy pit-stop on lap one, returning to the field several laps down. When the race returned to green on lap nine, Cunningham led from Kimball, Plowman, Dan Clarke and Philip Major. Kimball took the lead on lap ten before Cunningham repassed him on lap eleven. James Hinchcliffe progressed through the field, and ran as high as second place for the middle portion of the race, before Kimball reasserted himself in the position. He once again took the lead from Cunningham before the New Zealander took the lead for good on lap 34.Cunningham held his rivals off for the remaining laps, as he took his third Freedom 100 victory by 0.4368 seconds from Kimball, with Hinchcliffe, Clarke and Plowman rounding out the top five positions. Along with Simmons and Mann, Arie Luyendyk Jr. retired from the race due to mechanical gremlins. With Vernay finishing down the field, his championship lead over Kimball was trimmed to just five points.Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 2 77  Wade Cunningham Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 39:55.4552 38 2 3 26  Charlie Kimball AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 40 +0.4368 2 3 8 2  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 40 +2.3638 0 4 10 40  Dan Clarke Walker Racing 40 +2.6459 0 5 4 27  Martin Plowman AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 40 +3.7024 0Race average speed: Lead changes: 4 between 2 driversCautions: 1 for 6 laps===Round 5: AvoidTheStork.com 100===*Saturday June 19, 2010 – 9:40 p.m. EDT / 8:40 p.m. CDT*Iowa Speedway – Newton, Iowa; Permanent racing facility, *Distance: 115 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #29 Sebastián Saavedra, 40.0594 sec,  (2-lap)*Most laps led: #29 Sebastián Saavedra, 115*Race report:Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 1 29  Sebastián Saavedra Bryan Herta Autosport 115 46:10.0471 115 2 2 27  Martin Plowman AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 115 +0.4820 0 3 3 7  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 +1.3682 0 4 5 22  Adrián Campos Jr. Team Moore Racing 115 +5.8468 0 5 9 2  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 115 +7.4975 0Race average speed: Lead changes: NoneCautions: 2 for 15 laps===Round 6: Corning 100===*Sunday July 4, 2010 – 1:30 p.m. EDT*Watkins Glen International – Watkins Glen, New York; Permanent racing facility, *Distance: 30 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #2 James Hinchcliffe, 1:37.3593 sec, *Most laps led: #2 James Hinchcliffe, 18*Race report: Charlie Kimball suffered problems even before the start of the race, stalling his car at Turn 7.His stall forced the start to be waved off a lap. When the race did eventually get under way, James Hinchcliffe led Stefan Wilson into Turn 1.Wilson would be demoted to fourth by the end of the lap, as both championship leader Jean-Karl Vernay and Sebastián Saavedra found a way past the British driver. The first of two cautions flew on lap two as Dan Clarke was tipped into a spin by Pippa Mann and both cars found the wall at Turn 9.After the restart, Wilson was demoted yet further, as debutant Anders Krohn found a way by. Krohn would fall to tenth position by the race's conclusion. Wilson's engine blew at the beginning of lap fourteen, causing the second and final caution due to fluid leaking out of his Bryan Herta Autosport car all the way along the front straight. Vernay found a way past Hinchcliffe on lap nineteen, using the Canadian's slipstream to full effect, passing him into the Inner Loop. Vernay held the lead to the end, as he won his third race of the season to extend his championship lead. Hinchcliffe finished in close proximity to Vernay in second, with Saavedra, Martin Plowman and James Winslow – returning to the series, and starting last out of the 14-car grid – rounded out the top five placings.Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 3 7  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 58:48.4946 12 2 1 2  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 30 +0.2135 18 3 4 29  Sebastián Saavedra Bryan Herta Autosport 30 +3.9635 0 4 6 27  Martin Plowman AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 30 +19.0729 0 5 14 77  James Winslow Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 +23.3294 0Race average speed: Lead changes: 1 between 2 driversCautions: 2 for 6 laps===Round 7: Toronto 100===*Sunday July 18, 2010 – 10:25 a.m. EDT*Streets of Toronto – Toronto, Ontario; Temporary street circuit, *Distance: 50 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #7 Jean-Karl Vernay, 1:05.2989 sec, *Most laps led: #7 Jean-Karl Vernay, 50*Race report: Jean-Karl Vernay dominated en route to his fourth victory of the season, leading every lap of the race from pole position. After fending off sufficient pressure from James Hinchcliffe, Vernay extended his lead despite two full course cautions for incidents at Turn 8.Hinchcliffe was due to finish second behind Vernay but made a mistake into Turn 3 and allowed Dan Clarke and Gustavo Yacamán to fill the remaining podium slots. Charlie Kimball also looked for the pass into Turn 5, but ended up colliding with Hinchcliffe sending him into the wall and a tenth-place classification. Kimball finished fourth ahead of a recovering Stefan Wilson, who set the fastest lap after earlier going down the escape road due to an error. Other retirees from the race were Sebastián Saavedra who lost fourth gear, and Carmen Jordá who spun at Turn 8.Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 1 7  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 50 58:52.0083 50 2 3 40  Dan Clarke Walker Racing 50 +1.7469 0 3 4 10  Gustavo Yacamán Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing 50 +2.7446 0 4 7 26  Charlie Kimball AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 50 +3.5688 0 5 10 28  Stefan Wilson Bryan Herta Autosport 50 +4.2667 0Race average speed: Lead changes: NoneCautions: 2 for 4 laps===Round 8: Edmonton 100===*Sunday July 25, 2010 – 2:57 p.m. EDT / 12:57 p.m. MDT*Edmonton City Centre Airport – Edmonton, Alberta; Temporary airport course, *Distance: 50 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #2 James Hinchcliffe, 1:06.2160 sec, *Most laps led: #2 James Hinchcliffe, 50*Race report: James Hinchcliffe led from start to finish, as he cut Jean-Karl Vernay's championship lead by thirteen to 55, in a race which lacked overtaking moves. The top five qualifiers – Hinchcliffe, Vernay, Martin Plowman, Charlie Kimball and Dan Clarke – claimed the top five placings, with only Carmen Jordá failing to finish out of the 13-car grid.Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 1 2  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 50 58:33.2721 50 2 2 7  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 50 +1.2273 0 3 3 27  Martin Plowman AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 50 +9.5605 0 4 4 26  Charlie Kimball AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 50 +11.6991 0 5 5 40  Dan Clarke Walker Racing 50 +12.5320 0Race average speed: Lead changes: NoneCautions: 1 for 3 laps===Round 9: Mid-Ohio 100===*Sunday August 8, 2010 – 12:30 p.m. EDT*Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – Lexington, Ohio; Permanent racing facility, *Distance: 40 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #27 Martin Plowman, 1:12.8624 sec, *Most laps led: #27 Martin Plowman, 40*Race report: Martin Plowman became an Indy Lights victor after leading from start-to-finish to tie James Hinchcliffe for second in the championship. Plowman held off the challenge of Hinchcliffe during the race, with the Canadian driver running wide midway through the race. British drivers claimed a 1-2 as Dan Clarke finished second ahead of Plowman's team-mate Charlie Kimball and the Bryan Herta Autosport cars of Stefan Wilson and Sebastián Saavedra. Championship leader Jean-Karl Vernay struggled all weekend and finished in eighth, just behind Hinchcliffe.Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 1 27  Martin Plowman AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 40 50:28.5067 40 2 3 40  Dan Clarke Walker Racing 40 +0.8443 0 3 6 26  Charlie Kimball AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 40 +4.1734 0 4 5 28  Stefan Wilson Bryan Herta Autosport 40 +7.6215 0 5 4 29  Sebastián Saavedra Bryan Herta Autosport 40 +7.8045 0Race average speed: Lead changes: NoneCautions: None===Round 10: Carneros 100===*Sunday August 22, 2010 – 2:45 p.m. EDT / 11:45 a.m. PDT*Infineon Raceway – Sonoma, California; Permanent racing facility, *Distance: 40 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #7 Jean-Karl Vernay, 1:23.5582 sec, *Most laps led: #7 Jean-Karl Vernay, 40*Race report:Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 1 7  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 1:02:21.4252 40 2 2 26  Charlie Kimball AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport 40 +3.4245 0 3 3 2  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 40 +10.5583 0 4 4 10  Gustavo Yacamán Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing 40 +15.2115 0 5 7 11  Pippa Mann Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 +23.2599 0Race average speed: Lead changes: NoneCautions: 2 for 5 laps===Round 11: Chicagoland 100===*Saturday August 28, 2010 – 5:15 p.m. EDT / 4:15 p.m. CDT*Chicagoland Speedway – Joliet, Illinois; Permanent racing facility, *Distance: 67 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #27 Martin Plowman, 57.7510 sec,  (2-lap)*Most laps led: #11 Pippa Mann, 35*Race report:Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 13 2  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 67 42:30.9080 3 2 2 11  Pippa Mann Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +0.0159 35 3 4 49  Philip Major Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +0.0557 0 4 5 7  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +0.1271 0 5 11 40  Dan Clarke Walker Racing 67 +0.2061 0Race average speed: Lead changes: 4 between 3 driversCautions: 4 for 17 laps===Round 12: Drive Smart Buckle-Up Kentucky 100===*Saturday September 4, 2010 – 5:30 p.m. EDT*Kentucky Speedway – Sparta, Kentucky; Permanent racing facility, *Distance: 67 laps / *Race weather: , scattered clouds*Pole position winner: #11 Pippa Mann, 55.9447 sec,  (2-lap)*Most laps led: #11 Pippa Mann, 67*Race report: Pippa Mann led from start to finish to join Ana Beatriz as female winners in Indy Lights, as she pulled away from her rivals to a winning margin of nearly seven seconds. Jean-Karl Vernay had a chance to wrap up the title with a round to spare, but with James Hinchcliffe finishing ahead of him, his 48-point championship lead meant that Vernay will only need to start the final race on October 2 to become champion. Adrián Campos Jr. equalled his best finish to place fourth, a car length behind Vernay while Gustavo Yacamán finished fifth after starting on the back row. Daniel Herrington returned to the series as a raceday replacement at Bryan Herta Autosport for Sebastián Saavedra who parted company with the team but only made it as far as lap two, when he was involved in a three-car crash with team-mate Stefan Wilson and Philip Major, which brought out the only caution of the race, before the race was halted for 15 minutes to sweep the circuit of debris. All three drivers were unhurt in the incident.Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 1 11  Pippa Mann Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 34:04.7529 67 2 6 2  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 67 +6.8372 0 3 4 7  Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +9.7137 0 4 7 22  Adrián Campos Jr. Team Moore Racing 67 +9.7924 0 5 13 10  Gustavo Yacamán Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing 67 +13.9245 0Race average speed: Lead changes: NoneCautions: 1 for 3 laps===Round 13: Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka 100===*Saturday October 2, 2010 – 3:45 p.m. EDT*Homestead-Miami Speedway – Homestead, Florida; Permanent racing facility, *Distance: 67 laps / *Race weather: , clear skies*Pole position winner: #11 Pippa Mann, 57.2999 sec,  (2-lap)*Most laps led: #32 Brandon Wagner, 66*Race report:Top Five Finishers Fin.Pos  St.Pos  CarNo. Driver  Team  Laps  Time  LapsLed 1 3 32  Brandon Wagner Davey Hamilton Racing 67 40:38.3036 66 2 6 2  James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing 67 +0.7006 1 3 5 77  Wade Cunningham Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +9.0836 0 4 10 22  Adrián Campos Jr. Team Moore Racing 67 +10.1335 0 5 1 11  Pippa Mann Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +10.9261 0Race average speed: Lead changes: 2 between 2 driversCautions: 1 for 9 laps
Driver standings  Pos Driver STP BAR LBH INDY IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY HMS Pts 1  Jean-Karl Vernay  1* '''''1'''''* 3 13 3 1 '''1'''* 2 8 '''''1'''''* 4 3 15 494 2  James Hinchcliffe '''15''' 5 '''''1'''''* 3 5 '''''2'''''* 10 '''''1'''''* ''7'' 3 ''1'' 2 ''2'' 471 3  Martin Plowman 6 4 5 5 2 4 7 3 '''1'''* 16 '''13''' 7 6 392 4  Charlie Kimball 4 2 2 2 13 11 4 4 3 2 14 6 13 388 5  Pippa Mann 13 12 8 '''16''' 8 14 8 11 5 2* '''1'''* '''5''' 313 6  Adrián Campos Jr.  16 13 15 10 4 7 13 8 6 7 8 ''4'' 4 307 7  Dan Clarke  7 13 4 9 13 2 5 2 13 5 10 17 304 8  Sebastián Saavedra ''12'' 3 4 9 '''1'''* 3 14 6 5 15 11 303 9  Philip Major  14 10 7 6 ''6'' 6 12 10 10 11 3 13 8 299 10  Gustavo Yacamán 5 9 14 11 11 8 3 9 15 4 15 5 16 293 11  Stefan Wilson  3 6 17 7 7 12 ''5'' 7 4 6 14 278 12  Rodrigo Barbosa 9 16 16 12 10 9 9 12 12 12 10 11 14 241 13  Brandon Wagner 8 12 12 8 1* 136 14  James Winslow  7 15 12 5 11 9 130 15  Wade Cunningham 1* 3 87 16  Carmen Jordá  11 17 10 Wth 15 13 84 17  Arie Luyendyk Jr. 14 7 9 12 82 18  Tõnis Kasemets  6 6 56 19  Junior Strous 10 8 18 56 20  Juan Pablo Garcia 11 6 47 21  Daniel Herrington 12 7 44 22  Dillon Battistini 9 9 44 23  Joel Miller  11 9 41 24  Jan Heylen  2 40 25  David Martínez 14 8 40 26  Niall Quinn  14 9 38 27  Giancarlo Vilarinho  13 10 37 28  Jonathan Summerton 8 24 29  Anders Krohn  10 20 30  Sean Guthrie 10 20 31  Nic LeDuc  11 19 32  Henry Clarke  11 19 33  Alex Ellis  14 16 34  Jeff Simmons ''15'' 15 Pos Driver STP BAR LBH INDY IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY HMS 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing'''In-line notation''''''Bold'''Pole position(1 point)''Italics''Ran fastest race lapLed 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 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3* Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.
References
External links * Indy Lights Series website