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

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

• 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