2015 Indy Lights

2015 Indy Lights season
2015 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races	16
Start date	March 28
End date	September 13
Awards
Drivers' champion	Spencer Pigot
Teams' champion	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Rookie of the Year	Spencer Pigot
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The 2015 Indy Lights season was the 30th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 14th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. The 2015 season was the second promoted by Andersen Promotions, who also promote the other steps on the Mazda Road to Indy. It was the first season for the Dallara IL-15 along with a Mazda MZR-R turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, developed by Advanced Engine Research.^[1] 2015 was the second season with Cooper Tire as the sole tire supplier. The championship was contested over 16 races, starting on March 28 at St. Petersburg, Florida and ending on September 13 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Team and driver chart

All drivers competed in Cooper Tire–shod Dallara chassis with Mazda AER engine.

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
8 Star Motorsports^[2]	8	Scott Hargrove^[3]	1–2
8 Star Motorsports^[2]	8	Sean Rayhall^[4]	4–8, 13–16
Andretti Autosport	51	Shelby Blackstock^[5]	All
Andretti Autosport	83	Matthew Brabham^[6]	1–3
Belardi Auto Racing	4	Félix Serrallés^[7]	All
Belardi Auto Racing	5	Juan Piedrahita^[8]	All
Carlin^[9]	11	Ed Jones^[10]	All
	14	Max Chilton^[11]	1–8, 11–16
	14	Nelson Piquet Jr.^[12]	9–10
Juncos Racing	12	Spencer Pigot^[5]	All
Juncos Racing	18	Kyle Kaiser^[5]	All
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports^[13]	7	RC Enerson^[14]	All
	21	Heamin Choi^[15]	15–16
	42	Jack Harvey^[16]	All
	71	Ethan Ringel^[17]	All
	77	Scott Anderson^[5]	All

Schedule

The 2015 schedule was released on November 3, 2014.^[18] Iowa was added in place of Pocono, whereas Sonoma was replaced by a standalone round at Laguna Seca. The rounds at St. Petersburg and Toronto were expanded to double-headers, therefore the number of races increased to 16.

Rd.	Date	Race name	Track	Location
1	March 28	St. Petersburg 100	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
2	March 29	St. Petersburg 100	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
3	April 19	Long Beach 100	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
4	April 25	Legacy Indy Lights 100	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
5	April 26	Legacy Indy Lights 100	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
6	May 8	Grand Prix of Indianapolis	Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course	Speedway, Indiana
7	May 9	Grand Prix of Indianapolis	Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course	Speedway, Indiana
8	May 22	Freedom 100	Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval	Speedway, Indiana
9	June 13	Grand Prix of Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto
10	June 14	Grand Prix of Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto
11	July 12	Milwaukee Race 100	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
12	July 18	Iowa Corn Indy 100	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa
13	August 1	Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
14	August 2	Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
15	September 12	Grand Prix of Monterey	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California
16	September 13	Grand Prix of Monterey	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California

Oval/Speedway

Road Course

Temporary Street Circuit

Race results

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner
Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Driver	Team
1	St. Petersburg 1	Ed Jones	Matthew Brabham	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Carlin
2	St. Petersburg 2	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Carlin
3	Long Beach	Jack Harvey	Félix Serrallés	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Carlin
4	Birmingham 1	Spencer Pigot	Sean Rayhall	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Juncos Racing
5	Birmingham 2	Spencer Pigot	Ed Jones	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Juncos Racing
6	Indianapolis GP 1	Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
7	Indianapolis GP 2	Ed Jones	Max Chilton	Sean Rayhall	Sean Rayhall	8 Star Motorsports
8	Indianapolis	Ethan Ringel	Félix Serrallés	Ethan Ringel	Jack Harvey	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
9	Toronto 1	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Jack Harvey	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Juncos Racing
10	Toronto 2	Spencer Pigot	Kyle Kaiser	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Juncos Racing
11	Milwaukee	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	RC Enerson	Félix Serrallés	Belardi Auto Racing
12	Iowa	Max Chilton	Ed Jones	Max Chilton	Max Chilton	Carlin
13	Mid-Ohio 1	RC Enerson	Jack Harvey	RC Enerson	RC Enerson	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
14	Mid-Ohio 2	Jack Harvey	Scott Anderson	Ed Jones	Sean Rayhall	8 Star Motorsports
15	Laguna Seca 1	Max Chilton	Sean Rayhall	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Juncos Racing
16	Laguna Seca 2	Max Chilton	Max Chilton	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	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	30	25	22	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

The driver who qualified on pole was awarded one additional point.
An additional point was awarded to the driver who led the most laps in a race.
The driver who obtained the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point.

Pos	Driver	STP		LBH	ALA		IND		INDY	TOR		MIL	IOW	MOH		LAG		Pts
1	Spencer Pigot RY	3	3	2	1*	1*	7	12	9	1*	1*	7	8	8	3	1*	1*	357
2	Jack Harvey	2	2	10	2	2	1*	5	1	2	2	4	5	11	10	5	9	330
3	Ed Jones R	1*	1*	1*	4	11	3	4	10	5	3	8	2	9	9*	3	4	324
4	RC Enerson R	9	13	4	3	7	5	2	4	8	5	2*	3	1*	4	6	6	295
5	Max Chilton R	12	4	5	5	3	4	3	DNS			6	1*	2	2	11	3	258
6	Kyle Kaiser R	5	5	12	8	12	12	6	5	3	9	9	4	4	11	2	10	237
7	Félix Serrallés R	13	8	3	6	4	9	11	11	DSQ	7	1	10	10	5	13	8	225
8	Juan Piedrahita	6	9	8	7	8	11	7	7	10	4	3	7	6	12	7	7	223
9	Scott Anderson	7	10	6	11	5	6	9	3	9	10	5	6	7	8	9	13	219
10	Shelby Blackstock R	10	11	9	9	10	8	8	8	4	6	11	9	3	6	8	5	218
11	Ethan Ringel R	8	12	7	10	9	10	10	2*	6	11	10	11	12	7	10	12	197
12	Sean Rayhall R				12	6	2	1*	6					5	1	4	2	188
13	Matthew Brabham	11	7	11														35
14	Scott Hargrove R	4	6															34
15	Nelson Piquet Jr. R									7	8							28
16	Heamin Choi R															12	11	19
Pos	Driver	STP		LBH	ALA		IND		INDY	TOR		MIL	IOW	MOH		LAG		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)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position (1 point)
Italics	Ran fastest race lap (1 point)
*	Led most race laps (1 point)
¹	Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded
Rookie

Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports w/ Curb-Agajanian	407
2	Carlin	363
3	Juncos Racing	344
4	Belardi Auto Racing	202
5	8Star Motorsports	176
6	Andretti Autosport	145

References

^ "Mazda Powers Indy Lights in 2015". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. December 11, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
^ "8Star Expands Driver Development Program with Indy Lights Commitment". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. September 29, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
^ Pruett, Marshall (February 5, 2015). "8Star continues driver search". Racer. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved February 15, 2015. Scott will be in the car for the first race, and we have our second car now – a lot of people have shown interest in it, so we're hoping to get a driver in that car.
^ "Sean Rayhall and 8Star Motorsports reunite for Indy Lights championship". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. April 22, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d DiZinno, Tony (January 16, 2015). "Schmidt Peterson announces Scott Anderson as fourth driver". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
^ "Brabham and Andretti Together for St. Pete Indy Lights". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. March 18, 2015. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
^ Simmons, Marcus (September 23, 2014). "Felix Serralles switches to Indy Lights for 2015 season". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
^ "Belardi Auto Racing Signs Piedrahita for 2015 Indy Lights Championship". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. January 24, 2015. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
^ Roberts, James (December 1, 2014). "Carlin aims for IndyCar after launching 2015 Indy Lights programme". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
^ "Carlin taps F3 veteran Jones". Racer. Haymarket Publications. December 12, 2014. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
^ Pruett, Marshall (March 23, 2015). "Indy Lights: Brabham, Chilton, Harvey highlight St. Pete entry list". Racer. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
^ "Nelson Piquet Jr to make Indy Lights debut with Carlin". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ "SPM Orders New Indy Lights Cars for 2015 Season". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
^ "Enerson Signs with SPM for 2015 Indy Lights". Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. MediaFuel. December 19, 2014. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
^ DiZinno, Tony (September 8, 2015). "SPM adds fifth Indy Lights car for Heamin Choi at Mazda Raceway". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
^ "Harvey Returns to SPM for 2015 Indy Lights Season". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. January 12, 2015. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ "Ringel Signs with SPM Lights". Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. MediaFuel. October 29, 2014. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
^ DiZinno, Tony (November 3, 2014). "Mazda Road to Indy 2015 schedules released". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

External links

Indy Lights Series website

[1] "Mazda Powers Indy Lights in 2015". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. December 11, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

[2] "8Star Expands Driver Development Program with Indy Lights Commitment". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. September 29, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.

[3] Pruett, Marshall (February 5, 2015). "8Star continues driver search". Racer. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved February 15, 2015. Scott will be in the car for the first race, and we have our second car now – a lot of people have shown interest in it, so we're hoping to get a driver in that car.

[4] "Sean Rayhall and 8Star Motorsports reunite for Indy Lights championship". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. April 22, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.

[Americans-5] DiZinno, Tony (January 16, 2015). "Schmidt Peterson announces Scott Anderson as fourth driver". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

[6] "Brabham and Andretti Together for St. Pete Indy Lights". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. March 18, 2015. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2015.

[7] Simmons, Marcus (September 23, 2014). "Felix Serralles switches to Indy Lights for 2015 season". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved September 23, 2014.

[8] "Belardi Auto Racing Signs Piedrahita for 2015 Indy Lights Championship". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. January 24, 2015. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2015.

[9] Roberts, James (December 1, 2014). "Carlin aims for IndyCar after launching 2015 Indy Lights programme". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved December 1, 2014.

[10] "Carlin taps F3 veteran Jones". Racer. Haymarket Publications. December 12, 2014. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

[11] Pruett, Marshall (March 23, 2015). "Indy Lights: Brabham, Chilton, Harvey highlight St. Pete entry list". Racer. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved March 24, 2015.

[12] "Nelson Piquet Jr to make Indy Lights debut with Carlin". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.

[13] "SPM Orders New Indy Lights Cars for 2015 Season". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.

[14] "Enerson Signs with SPM for 2015 Indy Lights". Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. MediaFuel. December 19, 2014. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

[15] DiZinno, Tony (September 8, 2015). "SPM adds fifth Indy Lights car for Heamin Choi at Mazda Raceway". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved December 15, 2015.

[16] "Harvey Returns to SPM for 2015 Indy Lights Season". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. January 12, 2015. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2015.

[17] "Ringel Signs with SPM Lights". Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. MediaFuel. October 29, 2014. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

[18] DiZinno, Tony (November 3, 2014). "Mazda Road to Indy 2015 schedules released". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

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