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2007 Indy Pro Series

The 2007 IRL Indy Pro Series was the sixth season of the developmental open-wheel racing series under the Indy Racing League ownership, and the 22nd in Indy NXT combined history, as officially recognized by IndyCar. All teams used Dallara IL-02 chassis, which was fitted with a new wing package,[1] as well as unbranded TWR engines and Firestone tires.

In his second season in the series, Alex Lloyd became the runaway champion with Sam Schmidt Motorsports, clinching the title with two races remaining at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. Lloyd won the first five races of the season, tying Greg Moore's start of the 1995 season for the all-time consecutive wins record in Indy Lights history. Aided by an expanded schedule, Lloyd won eight races including the Freedom 100, and became the third driver to reach that number after Paul Tracy's nine wins in 1990 and Moore's ten wins in 1995.

2007 Indy Pro Series season
Indy Pro Series
Season
Races16
Start dateMarch 24
End dateSeptember 9
Awards
Drivers' championUnited Kingdom Alex Lloyd
Teams' championUnited States Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Rookie of the YearJapan Hideki Mutoh
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Three cars racing at the 2007 Freedom 100
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Japanese driver Hideki Mutoh, driving for the returning Panther Racing and backed by Honda through an association with Super Aguri, finished second in the standings despite missing the final round due to his IndyCar debut. He also won Rookie of the Year honors, with wins at the Indianapolis road course and Kentucky. Former champion Wade Cunningham finished third ahead of Bobby Wilson, with one win apiece, while Richard Antinucci scored two wins in a road course-only campaign for his uncle's team Cheever Racing.

Indy Pro Series teams and drivers competed for 3.7 million dollars, a 24 percent increase from 2006.[2] This resulted in a sizeable influx of new or returning teams, led by Chip Ganassi Racing, Panther Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing, all of them also benefiting from a rule that gave extra test days to IndyCar teams competing in the Indy Pro Series. AFS Racing blended their efforts with Andretti Green Racing, while Rahal partnered with newcomers Andersen Racing. Other new teams were Team Moore Racing (a spin-off of Kenn Hardley Racing), Team KMA Racing, Mile High Racing and Apex Racing. Speedworks entered the series by buying the equipment of Dave McMillan Racing, while Playa Del Racing embarked on its own after fielding the Racing Professionals effort in 2006, and Part Sourcing International was renamed into SWE Racing after entering halfway through 2006.

The car counts increased dramatically as a result, with 25 entries for the Miami 100, a first for the series since 1998, and a record 24 drivers at the Freedom 100. At least 20 drivers were present at every round, a number not reached in any of the previous seven seasons, and thirteen drivers competed in every race. In total, 43 different drivers competed during the year, which is the all-time Indy NXT record as of 2024. The last race of the season featured the closest finish in motor racing history as claimed by IndyCar, when Logan Gomez beat Alex Lloyd to the line by just 0.0005 seconds.

Drivers and teams edit

Team No. Drivers Rounds
  Brian Stewart Racing 1   Bobby Wilson All
3   Brad Jaeger All
33   Shane Jantzi 4
  Team Moore Racing 2   Tom Wood 1
  Jonathan Klein 2–12, 14–16
  Travis Gregg 13
  Guthrie Racing 4   Sean Guthrie 1–11, 14–15
  Tom Wieringa 12–13, 16
40 1–8, 11
  Arie Luyendyk Jr. 9–10
  RLR Andersen Racing 5   Andrew Prendeville All
15   Joey Scarallo 1–13
  J. R. Hildebrand 14–15
  Michael Crawford Motorsports 6   C. R. Crews 1, 9–10, 12
  Matt Jaskol 2–3, 14–15
  Marc Williams 4–8, 11
  Richard Heistand 9–10
  Ben Petter 16
8   Shane Lewis 1
  C. R. Crews 2–3
  Matt Jaskol 4
  P. J. Abbott 5, 11, 16
  Doug Boyer 6–7, 9–10, 12
  Ben Petter 8
  Steve Ablondi 14–15
  Sam Schmidt Motorsports 7   Alex Lloyd All
23   Logan Gomez All
38   Ryan Justice 1, 4–15
  Travis Gregg 16
57   Leilani Munter 13, 16
  Target Chip Ganassi Racing 9   Chris Festa All
10   Pablo Pérez Companc 1
  Andretti Green Racing/AFS 11   Jaime Camara All
27   Wade Cunningham All
  Playa Del Racing 12   A. J. Russell 1
  Phil Giebler 2–3, 6–7, 9–10, 14–15
  Al Unser III 4–5, 8, 11
  Sean Guthrie 12–13, 16
  Team KMA Racing 13   Robbie Pecorari All
  Kenn Hardley Racing 24   Stephen Simpson All
  SWE Racing 34   Jon Brownson 1–10, 12–13, 16
43   Jimmy Kite 16
  SpeedWorks 44   Jay Howard 1–3
  Daniel Herrington 6–7, 9–10, 12
  Adam Andretti 16
  Cheever Racing 51   Richard Antinucci 2–3, 6–7, 9–10, 12, 14–15
  Apex Racing 52   Ken Losch All
53   Mike Potekhen All
  Mile High Motorsports 54   Mickey Gilbert 1–4, 6–7, 14–15
  Scott Mayer 9–10
  Super Aguri Panther Racing 55   Hideki Mutoh 1–15

Schedule edit

The schedule expanded to a record 16 races for 2007, with the addition of two new venues and more double-headers. All racetracks from 2006 stayed on the schedule, as Indy Pro Series joined IndyCar at the newly constructed Iowa Speedway and the returning Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, which had hosted the original Indy Lights series in its final 2001 season. The Liberty Challenge at Indianapolis was split into two shorter races, and the round at Watkins Glen was also converted to a double-header format, with Mid-Ohio being the only single-race road course.

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 24 Miami 100  O  Homestead–Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida
2 March 31 – April 1 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
3
4 May 25 Freedom 100  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
5 June 2 Milwaukee 100  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
6 June 16–17 Liberty Challenge  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
7
8 June 23 Iowa 100  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
9 July 7–8 Corning 100  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York
10 Glen 100
11 July 14 Sun Belt Rentals 100  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
12 July 22 Mid-Ohio 100  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
13 August 11 Kentucky 100  O  Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky
14 August 25–26 Carneros 100  R  Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California
15 Valley of the Moon 100
16 September 9 Chicagoland 100  O  Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois
O Oval/Speedway
R Road/Street course

Race results edit

Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 Homestead–Miami Speedway   Chris Festa   Logan Gomez   Alex Lloyd   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2 Streets of St. Petersburg   Alex Lloyd   Hideki Mutoh   Alex Lloyd   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
3   Bobby Wilson[a]   Alex Lloyd   Jonathan Klein   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway   Ken Losch   Andrew Prendeville   Alex Lloyd   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
5 Milwaukee Mile   Alex Lloyd   Alex Lloyd   Alex Lloyd   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course   Hideki Mutoh   Hideki Mutoh   Hideki Mutoh   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther Racing
7   Ryan Justice[b]   Bobby Wilson   Bobby Wilson   Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing
8 Iowa Speedway   Wade Cunningham   Alex Lloyd   Wade Cunningham   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
9 Watkins Glen International   Wade Cunningham   Alex Lloyd   Wade Cunningham   Wade Cunningham Andretti Green Racing/AFS
10   Daniel Herrington[a]   Alex Lloyd   Alex Lloyd   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
11 Nashville Superspeedway   Alex Lloyd   Robbie Pecorari   Alex Lloyd   Robbie Pecorari Team KMA Racing
12 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   Alex Lloyd   Richard Antinucci   Richard Antinucci   Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing
13 Kentucky Speedway   Hideki Mutoh   Alex Lloyd   Hideki Mutoh   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther Racing
14 Infineon Raceway   Richard Antinucci   Hideki Mutoh   Alex Lloyd   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
15   Ryan Justice[b]   Richard Antinucci   Ryan Justice   Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing
16 Chicagoland Speedway   Alex Lloyd   Travis Gregg   Alex Lloyd   Logan Gomez Sam Schmidt Motorsports

Race summaries edit

Round 1 of 16: Miami 100 edit

  • Saturday March 24, 2007
  • Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida
  • Race weather: 78 °F (26 °C), fair skies
  • Pole position winner: #9 Chris Festa 28.5455 sec 187.280 mph (301.398 km/h)
  • Race Summary: The race which saw a Pro Series record 25 entries was marred by two major incidents. The first occurred when Wade Cunningham lost control of his car. Ryan Justice made contact with a large piece of debris from Cunningham's car and made hard contact with the wall at the exit of turn 2. He was unconscious as he was removed from the car but regained consciousness on the way to the infield care center. The next incident came just two laps after the end of the lengthy caution following the first incident. Sean Guthrie and Pablo Pérez Companc made contact between turns one and two and Perez's car launched over Guthrie's and into the catch fence. Perez was transported to the hospital with leg injuries. The race was prematurely ended after 57 laps due to damage to the catch fence from the second incident with Alex Lloyd leading and gaining his first IPS victory on an oval.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 2 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 57 0:57:45.9637 27 52
2 1 9   Chris Festa Chip Ganassi Racing 57 +0.7971 22 41
3 3 55   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther Racing 57 +2.0759 0 35
4 24 11   Jaime Camara Andretti Green Racing 57 +2.9581 0 32
5 21 5   Andrew Prendeville RLR Andersen Racing 57 +5.6602 0 30
Race average speed: 87.918 mph (141.490 km/h)
Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 36 laps

Round 2 of 16: St. Petersburg Grand Prix 1 edit

  • Saturday March 31, 2007
  • Streets of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Race weather: 80 °F (27 °C), mostly sunny
  • Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 1:07.1404 sec 96.514 mph (155.324 km/h)
  • Race Summary: Alex Lloyd dominated the first race at St. Petersburg leading all 40 laps of the race and winning from pole position. Lloyd held off Super Aguri Panther Racing's Hideki Mutoh for the final 22 laps. Mutoh had the best chance to take the win away from Lloyd but it just was not meant to be. Lloyd now has 3 wins in a row dating back to the final race of 2006.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 1 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 0:56:59.2967 40 53
2 24 55   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther Racing 40 +1.6038 0 40
3 7 2   Jonathan Klein Team Moore Racing 40 +8.3402 0 35
4 5 24   Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 40 +9.3671 0 32
5 3 44   Jay Howard SpeedWorks 40 +16.1795 0 30
Race average speed: 75.805 mph (121.996 km/h)
Lead changes: 0 between 1 driver
Cautions: 3 for 14 laps

Round 3 of 16: St. Petersburg Grand Prix 2 edit

  • Saturday April 1, 2007
  • Streets of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Race weather: 79 °F (26 °C), sunny
  • Pole position winner: Bobby Wilson Top 6 finishers from Race 1 inverted
  • Race Summary: Alex Lloyd had the car to beat in St. Petersburg, winning both races of the double-header. Lloydhad to start race 2 from 6th place because of the inverted field after race 1, but that didn't stop him from getting to the front. On lap 21 of 40 Lloyd took the lead and was never to lose it, winning now the first 3 races of 2007.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 6 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 0:58:35.8707 19 50
2 9 27   Wade Cunningham Andretti Green Racing/AFS 40 +0.2542 0 40
3 1 1   Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 40 +0.3308 1 35
4 5 55   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther Racing 40 +1.6818 0 32
5 7 13   Robbie Pecorari Team KMA Racing 40 +2.7977 0 30
Race average speed: 73.723 mph (118.646 km/h)
Lead changes: 2 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 18 laps

Round 4 of 16: Freedom 100 edit

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 2 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 0:46:39.6029 40 50
2 7 9   Chris Festa Chip Ganassi Racing 40 +0.4131 0 40
3 18 11   Jaime Camara AFS/Andretti Green 40 +1.2815 0 35
4 10 5   Andrew Prendeville RLR Andersen Racing 40 +1.7873 0 32
5 4 55   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 40 +2.5715 0 30
Race average speed: 128.590 mph (206.946 km/h)
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 16 laps

Round 5 of 16: Road Runner 100 edit

  • Saturday June 2, 2007
  • Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin
  • Race weather: 76 °F (24 °C), partly cloudy
  • Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 146.077 mph (235.088 km/h)
  • Race Summary: On turn 2 of the first lap Hideki Mutoh spun in front of most of the field, collecting 5 cars including Jaime Camara and Chris Festa. Jon Brownson shortly after the restart on lap 11. On lap 17 the race restarted and ran green until lap 81, during which time leader Alex Lloyd was able to pull out a 4-second lead on his closest pursuer Mike Potekhen and lap all but 3 of his competitors, cruising to his 5th straight victory to start the season. Lloyd now holds the league record for consecutive wins and sits second on the series all-time wins list.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 1 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 100 0:55:55.5643 100 50
2 4 53   Mike Potekhen Apex Racing 100 +2.2826 0 40
3 2 2   Jonathan Klein Team Moore Racing 100 +2.4395 0 35
4 9 4   Sean Guthrie U.S. Pro Racing 100 +14.0423 0 32
5 17 1   Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 99 +1 lap 0 30
Race average speed: 108.894 mph (175.248 km/h)
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 22 laps

Round 6 of 16: Liberty Challenge Race 1 edit

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 1 55   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 18 0:26:09.8910 18 53
2 2 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 18 +6.2730 0 40
3 2 11   Jaime Camara Andretti Green/AFS Racing 18 +10.9900 0 35
4 8 27   Wade Cunningham AFS Racing 18 +12.8240 0 32
5 6 24   Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 18 +13.2260 0 30
Race average speed: 107.320 mph (172.715 km/h)
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps

Round 7 of 16: Liberty Challenge Race 2 edit

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 2 1   Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 18 0:28:40.9170 18 52
2 7 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 18 +10.5260 0 40
3 8 55   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 18 +13.1470 0 35
4 1 38   Ryan Justice Sam Schmidt Motorsports 18 +13.1500 0 33
5 6 11   Jaime Camara Andretti Green/AFS Racing 18 +13.6130 0 30
Race average speed: 97.901 mph (157.556 km/h)
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 3 laps

Round 8 of 16: Iowa 100 edit

  • Saturday June 23, 2007
  • Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa
  • Race weather: 68 °F (20 °C), overcast, humid
  • Pole position winner: #27 Wade Cunningham 19.9522 sec 161.306 mph (259.597 km/h)
  • Race Summary: Wade Cunningham started from the pole and led the first 104 of the 115 laps, but was passed on the bottom by Alex Lloyd, who pulled away to capture his sixth victory of the season. On lap 79, Sean Guthrie lost control on the front straight while running fourth and lapping Mike Potekhen and shot across the infield and slammed into the inside wall. He walked away from the incident on his own power, but underwent X-Rays and was diagnosed with a displaced fracture of his left foot. Lloyd now has more Pro Series wins than any other driver.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 2 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 0:53:18.7234 10 50
2 1 27   Wade Cunningham AFS Racing 115 +0.3927 105 43
3 8 55   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 115 +2.0990 0 35
4 12 38   Ryan Justice Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 +3.4352 0 32
5 13 13   Robbie Pecorari Team KMA Racing 115 +6.0188 0 30
Race average speed: 115.707 mph (186.212 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 32 laps

Round 9 of 16: Corning Twin 100's Race 1 edit

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 1 27   Wade Cunningham AFS Racing 29 0:55:19.2394 29 53
2 4 55   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 29 +0.0758 0 40
3 2 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 29 +3.2013 0 35
4 5 12   Phil Giebler Playa Del Racing 29 +10.5847 0 32
5 10 1   Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 29 +10.7416 0 30
Race average speed: 105.997 mph (170.586 km/h)
Lead changes: none
Cautions: 2 for 5 laps

Round 10 of 16: Corning Twin 100's Race 2 edit

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 4 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 29 0:52:28.2245 26 52
2 6 27   Wade Cunningham AGR-AFS Racing 29 +4.7194 0 40
3 1 44   Daniel Herrington SpeedWorks 29 +16.3398 3 35
4 3 12   Phil Giebler Playa Del Racing 29 +23.8961 0 32
5 8 51   Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing 29 +26.2453 0 30
Race average speed: 111.754 mph (179.851 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 3 laps

Round 11 of 16: Sun Belt Rentals 100 edit

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 3 13   Robbie Pecorari Team KMA Racing 77 0:52:56.3282 22 50
2 9 23   Logan Gomez Sam Schmidt Motorsports 77 +0.2226 0 40
3 8 11   Jaime Camara AGR-AFS Racing 77 +1.3941 0 35
4 2 27   Wade Cunningham AGR-AFS Racing 77 +2.0087 1 32
5 11 2   Jonathan Klein Team Moore Racing 77 +2.2211 0 30
Race average speed: 113.452 mph (182.583 km/h)
Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 25 laps

Round 12 of 16: Mid Ohio 100 edit

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 4 51   Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing 40 0:51:40.7399 25 52
2 6 27   Wade Cunningham AGR-AFS Racing 40 +0.9588 0 40
3 2 24   Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 40 +9.1590 0 35
4 3 5   Andrew Prendeville RLR/Andersen Racing 40 +10.5676 0 32
5 9 55   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 40 +11.4918 0 30
Race average speed: 104.863 mph (168.761 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 2 laps

Round 13 of 16: Kentucky 100 edit

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 1 55   Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 67 0:54:01.6259 66 53
2 2 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +0.1032 0 40
3 3 27   Wade Cunningham AGR-AFS Racing 67 +0.1567 1 35
4 6 9   Chris Festa Chip Ganassi Racing 67 +0.4246 0 32
5 20 11   Jaime Camara AGR-AFS Racing 67 +0.5673 0 30
Race average speed: 110.123 mph (177.226 km/h)
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 32 laps

Round 14 of 16: Carneros 100 edit

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 2 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 0:45:28.8873 30 53
2 1 51   Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing 30 +0.8927 0 40
3 4 53   Mike Potekhen Apex Racing 30 +5.6988 0 35
4 3 24   Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 30 +6.5361 0 32
5 7 11   Jaime Camara AGR-AFS Racing 30 +13.7964 0 30
Race average speed: 91.026 mph (146.492 km/h)
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: 2 for 4 laps

Round 15 of 16: Valley of the Moon 100 edit

  • Sunday August 26, 2007
  • Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California
  • Race weather: 71 °F (22 °C), mostly sunny
  • Pole position winner: #38 Ryan Justice (8th place in Race 1)
  • Race Summary: The first eight positions from the first race were inverted to determine the grid for race 2. Alex Lloyd's car had engine trouble on the pace lap and he failed to start the race. Richard Antinucci steadily climbed through the field from the seventh starting position, eventually finding his way past polesitter Ryan Justice on lap 18 to take the lead and capture his second win of the season.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 7 51   Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing 30 0:42:20.0000 12 50
2 1 38   Ryan Justice Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 +1.7400 18 43
3 2 5   Andrew Prendeville RLR-Andersen Racing 30 +2.2703 0 35
4 2 23   Logan Gomez Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 +6.9949 0 32
5 5 24   Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 30 +7.5331 0 30
Race average speed: 97.770 mph (157.346 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps

Round 16 of 16: Chicagoland 100 edit

  • Sunday September 9, 2007
  • Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois
  • Race weather: 75 °F (24 °C), sunny
  • Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 28.7799 sec 190.133 mph (305.989 km/h)
  • Race Summary: The Sam Schmidt Motorsports cars of champion Alex Lloyd and Logan Gomez battled for the lead with Robbie Pecorari throughout the race, which was slowed by two extended caution flags, the first caused by a major crash involving Chris Festa and Jaime Camara and the second involving Travis Gregg and Wade Cunningham. Gomez led his teammate entering the final lap. Lloyd mounted a challenge and the two cars briefly touched exiting turn four and Gomez was able to hold off Lloyd for his first Pro Series victory by a mere 0.0005 sec. The league claims that this finish is the closest in motor racing history.[3]
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 St.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led		 Points
1 4 23   Logan Gomez Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 0:56:10.8201 22 50
2 1 7   Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +0.0005 38 43
3 7 13   Robbie Pecorari Team KMA Motorsports 67 +1.2821 0 35
4 11 1   Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 67 +1.3000 0 32
5 16 53   Mike Potekhen Apex Racing 67 +1.3824 0 30
Race average speed: 108.764 mph (175.039 km/h)
Lead changes: 9 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 33 laps

Championship standings edit

Drivers' Championship edit

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th 
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
  • The driver who starts on pole is awarded one point (except for Race 2 of doubleheader weekends)
  • The driver who leads the most laps in a race is awarded two additional points.
Pos Driver HMS STP INDY MIL IMS IOW WGL NAS MDO KTY SNM CHI Points
1   Alex Lloyd 1* 1* 1 1* 1* 2 2 1 3 1* 11* 22 2 1* DNS 2* 652
2   Hideki Mutoh  RY  3 2 4 5 19 1* 3 3 2 6 6 5 1* 19 10 481
3   Wade Cunningham 24 9 2 23 12 4 21 2* 1* 2 4 2 3 16 11 17 423
4   Bobby Wilson 6 6 3i 22 5 7 1* 9 5 12 15 6 18 17 14 4 393
5   Mike Potekhen 7 11 22 6 2 10 8 12 9 7 19 9 7 3 8 5 379
6   Jaime Camara 4 23 8 3 17 3 5 21 7 10 3 8 5 5 17 20 373
7   Logan Gomez  R  16 14 18 12 18 9 6 6 14 15 2 10 13 6 4 1 368
8   Robbie Pecorari  R  8 7 5 11 14 24 19 5 22 11 1 7 8 18 22 3 344
9   Stephen Simpson  R  11 4 20 14 22 5 11 19 12 13 7 3 11 4 5 12 312
10   Chris Festa 2 8 12 2 21 11 14 16 21 17 9 13 4 13 19 19 313
11   Andrew Prendeville  R  5 13 17 4 20 21 20 14 10 8 20 4 17 7 3 21 306
12   Jonathan Klein 3 14* 10 3 19 7 18 11 9 5 19 9 6 15 304
13   Ryan Justice  R  25 13 6 8 4i 4 23 23 8 11 15 8 2*i 276
14   Sean Guthrie 19 16 23 19 4 13 12 20 15 16 14 12 6 12 13 6 274
15   Richard Antinucci  R  19 15 6 9 8 5 1* 2 1 273
16   Brad Jaeger  R  13 12 19 21 10 16 22 17 13 14 12 14 9 10 9 11 260
17   Ken Losch  R  14 22 10 24 13 17 16 11 19 19 10 17 12 15 15 9 239
18   Joey Scarallo  R  21 15 9 20 8 18 13 13 16 20 18 18 20 184
19   Jon Brownson  R  15 17 16 9 11 23 17 22 20 24 21 19 8 171
20   Phil Giebler 24 7 12 15 4 4 14 12 163
21   Tom Wieringa  R  12 20 21 16 16 25 18 15 21 23 14 DNS 137
22   C. R. Crews  R  9 10 6 18 18 15 109
23   Daniel Herrington  R  22 10 6 3i 20 101
24   Matt Jaskol  R  18 13 7 11 7 100
25   Micky Gilbert  R  22 21 11 15 15 24 21 16 95
26   Al Unser III 8 7 7 13 93
27   Marc Williams  R  17 9 20 25 8 16 88
28   Jay Howard 10 5 24 56
29   P. J. Abbott 15 17 7 54
30   Doug Boyer  R  14 23 DNS 21 16 52
31   Ben Petter  R  10 14 36
32   Travis Gregg 10 16 34
33   Leilani Münter  R  16 13 31
34   Steve Ablondi  R  20 18 22
35   Arie Luyendyk Jr. 17 22 21
36   Jimmy Kite  R  10 20
37   J. R. Hildebrand  R  22 20 18
38   Tom Wood 17 13
39   Pablo Pérez Companc  R  18 12
40   Shane Jantzi  R  18 12
41   Adam Andretti  R  18 12
42   Shane Lewis  R  20 10
43   A. J. Russell  R  23 7
  Scott Mayer Wth
  Richard Heistand Wth
Pos Driver HMS STP INDY MIL IMS IOW WGL NAS MDO KTY SNM CHI 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
(2 points)
i Partially inverted field

no bonus point awarded

Rookie of the Year
Rookie
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b No qualifying sessions were held for Race 2 of doubleheader weekends. The grid was decided by the results of Race 1, with the top 6 finishers in reverse order, and no bonus point was awarded for pole position.
  2. ^ a b No qualifying sessions were held for Race 2 of doubleheader weekends. The grid was decided by the results of Race 1, with the top 8 finishers in reverse order, and no bonus point was awarded for pole position.

References edit

  1. ^ "New aerodynamic package for '07 :: Indy Racing League Indy Pro Series". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  2. ^ "Purse upped to almost $4 million :: Indy Racing League Indy Pro Series". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
  3. ^ To the fourth degree[permanent dead link], IndyCar.com, Sept 13, 2007

External links edit

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