2019 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races18
Start dateMarch 9
End dateSeptember 22
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Oliver Askew
Teams' championAndretti Autosport
Rookie of the YearUnited States Oliver Askew
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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

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Andretti Autosport 18 United States Jarett Andretti[1] 7
27 United States Robert Megennis[2] All
28 United States Oliver Askew[3] All
48 United States Ryan Norman[4] All
Belardi Auto Racing 4 France Julien Falchero[5] 1–4
United States Aaron Telitz[6] 7–13
5 Brazil Lucas Kohl[7] All
13 Canada Zachary Claman[8] 1–6
Belardi Auto Racing with Jonathan Byrd's Racing 17 United States Chris Windom[9] 7
BN Racing Team Pelfrey
HMD Motorsports1 		2 United Kingdom Toby Sowery[10][11] All
BN Racing
HMD Motorsports1 		79 United States David Malukas[12] All
Juncos Racing 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay[13] All
67 Canada Dalton Kellett[14] All
1HMD Motorsports acquired BN Racing's Indy Lights operation in August 2019

Schedule

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 9 United States St. Petersburg Twin 150k Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 March 10
3 March 23 United States Indy Lights Classic Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas
4 March 24
5 May 10 United States Indy Lights Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
6 May 11
7 May 24 United States Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana
8 June 22 United States Mazda Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
9 June 23
10 July 13 Canada Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
11 July 14
12 July 27 United States Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
13 July 28
14 August 24 United States Illinois 250k Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois
15 August 31 United States Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
16 September 1
17 September 21 United States Monterey Grand Prix WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
18 September 22

Race results

Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 St. Petersburg 1 Canada Zachary Claman Canada Zachary Claman Canada Zachary Claman Canada Zachary Claman Belardi Auto Racing
2 St. Petersburg 2 United States Oliver Askew United States Robert Megennis Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
3 Austin 1 United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
4 Austin 2 United States Oliver Askew United States Robert Megennis United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
5 Indianapolis GP 1 United States Robert Megennis United States Oliver Askew United States Robert Megennis United States Robert Megennis Andretti Autosport
6 Indianapolis GP 2 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
7 Freedom 100 United States Robert Megennis United States Jarett Andretti United States Ryan Norman United States Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
8 Road America 1 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay United States Ryan Norman United States Ryan Norman Andretti Autosport
9 Road America 2 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
10 Toronto 1 United States Aaron Telitz United States Aaron Telitz United States Aaron Telitz United States Aaron Telitz Belardi Auto Racing
11 Toronto 2 United States Oliver Askew United States Aaron Telitz United States Aaron Telitz United States Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
12 Mid-Ohio 1 United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
13 Mid-Ohio 2 United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
14 Gateway United States Oliver Askew United States Oliver Askew Netherlands Rinus VeeKay United States Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport
15 Portland 1 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay United Kingdom Toby Sowery Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
16 Portland 2 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay United Kingdom Toby Sowery United Kingdom Toby Sowery HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey
17 Laguna Seca 1 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
18 Laguna Seca 2 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points (R) 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Points (O) 45 38 33 29 26 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 4 2
Pos Driver STP AUS IMS INDY ROA TOR MOH GMP POR LAG Points
1 United States Oliver Askew  RY  3 10 1* 1* 2 3 1 5 3 2 1 1* 1* 1 2 3 4 2 486
2 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  5 1* 2 4 3 1* 3 7 1* 3 9 3 3 2* 1* 2 1* 1* 465
3 United Kingdom Toby Sowery  R  2 3 5 6 7 5 4 4 8 5 2 9 2 8 4 1* 2 3 367
4 United States Ryan Norman 7 6 6 8 4 8 2* 1* 2 4 4 2 4 4 7 4 7 5 359
5 United States Robert Megennis  R  6 9 3 2 1* 4 8 2 6 6 5 4 9 5 3 5 3 4 355
6 United States David Malukas  R  4 4 10 3 6 6 11 6 4 9 8 5 5 3 6 8 5 7 301
7 Canada Dalton Kellett 10 8 9 9 8 7 5 8 7 8 3 7 8 6 5 6 6 6 275
8 Brazil Lucas Kohl  R  9 7 8 7 9 9 7 9 9 7 7 6 7 7 8 7 8 8 253
9 United States Aaron Telitz 9 3 5 1* 6* 8 6 133
10 Canada Zachary Claman 1* 2 7 10 5 2 124
11 France Julien Falchero  R  8 5 4 5 66
12 United States Jarett Andretti  R  6 23
13 United States Chris Windom  R  10 17
Pos Driver STP AUS IMS INDY ROA TOR MOH GMP POR LAG Points
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

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+ 
Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Pos Team Points
1 Andretti Autosport 581
2 Juncos Racing 432
3 BN Racing/HMD Motorsports 388
4 Belardi Auto Racing 304

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jarett Andretti to race Freedom 100 with Andretti Autosport". April 12, 2019. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Megennis Joins Andretti Autosport Indy Lights Line Up". www.indylights.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. ^ "ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT ADDS ASKEW TO INDY LIGHTS ROSTER". February 11, 2019. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "Norman returns to Andretti Autosport Indy Lights team in 2019". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  5. ^ "GP3 VETERAN FALCHERO JOINS BELARDI AUTO RACING". March 6, 2019. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Williams-Smith, Jake (May 23, 2019). "Aaron Telitz rejoins Indy Lights field for Freedom 100". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "BELARDI AUTO RACING SIGNS KOHL FOR 2019". Archived from the original on 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  8. ^ "ZACHARY CLAMAN JOINS BELARDI AUTO RACING FOR 2019". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "ROAD TO INDY SPRING TRAINING ENDS WITH EXCLUSIVE DAY FOR INDY LIGHTS". Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  11. ^ "BN RACING CONFIRMS EXPANSION INTO INDY LIGHTS FOR 2019". www.indylights.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "VEEKAY ADVANCES TO INDY LIGHTS WITH JUNCOS RACING". December 21, 2018. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  14. ^ "Kellett confirmed in Juncos Indy Lights team". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.

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