The2013Indy Lights season was a season ofopen wheel motor racing . It was the 28th season of the series and the twelfth sanctioned byIndyCar , acting as the primary support series for theIZOD IndyCar Series . It began March 24, 2013 inSt. Petersburg .[ 1]
RookieSage Karam won the championship, the eighth rookie to win the series title.[ 2] Gabby Chaves . Second-year driverCarlos Muñoz won a series-high four races but was forced to settle for third in the championship.Peter Dempsey captured theFreedom 100 in a spectacular four-wide finish in what was the closest finish inIndianapolis Motor Speedway history.
In June, it was announced that the series would be promoted by Andersen Promotions beginning in2014 .[ 3] Cooper Tire would replace Firestone as the official tire of the series in 2014.[ 4]
Team and driver chart [ edit ] 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
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Points system Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18
Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes. Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify Brown Withdrawn Black Disqualified White Did not start Blank Did not Not competing
In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps 1 Qualifying cancelled Rookie of the Year Rookie
^ "Twelve races, two new venues for 2013" .Firestone Indy Lights IndyCar . October 18, 2012. Archived fromthe original on October 21, 2012. RetrievedOctober 31, 2012 .^ Lewandowski, Dave (October 19, 2013)."Karam secures title; Munoz wins fourth race" .IndyCar . RetrievedOctober 19, 2013 . ^ Andersen Promotions to take over Indy Lights ,Racer , June 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-22^ Cooper Tires Named Official Tire Of New Indy Lights Series Archived 2017-09-14 at theWayback Machine ,Performance Racing Industry , August 22, 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-22^ "Chaves graduates for '13 to championship team" .Firestone Indy Lights IndyCar . February 14, 2013. RetrievedFebruary 14, 2013 .^ Glendenning, Mark.Sage Karam joins Sam Schmidt Indy Lights line-up ,Autosport , March 8, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-08 ^ SFHR Development Driver Kyle O’Gara to Run Firestone Freedom 100 thru Partnership with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports ,http://sfhracing.com ^a b "Star Mazda Champ Jack Hawksworth to Join Sam Schmidt Motorsports in 2013" . RetrievedDecember 7, 2012 .^ Guerra, Kate.Garcia joins race-winning Team Moore for '13 season ,IndyCar , January 10, 2013, Retrieved 2013-01-10 ^ Veach moves up to Firestone Indy Lights with Andretti ,IndyCar.com , December 3, 2012, Retrieved December 3, 2012^ Andretti retains Muñoz, will contest Indy 500 Archived 2012-10-23 at theWayback Machine ,IndyCar.com , October 22, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012^ Third Time is the Charm for Goncalvez Who Reunites with Belardi Auto Racing for 2013 ,constantcontact.com , February 27, 2013,^ Peter Dempsey earns full season chance with Belardi ,racer.com , October 11, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012^ Di Leo to Make Debut on Streets of Long Beach Archived 2016-03-04 at theWayback Machine ,eFormulaCarNews , April 16, 2013, Retrieved 2013-04-16^ Series champ Hawksworth ready for next challenge Archived 2012-11-04 at theWayback Machine ,IndyCar.com , October 30, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012
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St. Petersburg 100
Grand Prix of Toronto
