Gabby Chaves (Schmidt Peterson) won his first ever Indy Lights race Sunday after leading every lap on the Mid-Ohio road course.
Chaves, who was starting from pole position, maintained his lead right from the start and, soon enough, was able to build a gap of more than three seconds between himself and Peter Dempsey only to see the safety car make an appearance with only four laps to go.
Once again, Chaves was forced to defend his lead on the restart but, despite pressure from Dempsey, the Colombian held on to cross the line 0.3s ahead.
Jack Hawksworth survived a tight battle for third while series’ leader Carlos Munoz finished fourth in front of Zach Veach.
Results - 40 laps:
Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Gabby Chaves Schmidt 52m22.5112s
2. Peter Dempsey Belardi +0.3508s
3. Jack Hawksworth Schmidt +1.6782s
4. Carlos Muoz Andretti +2.3369s
5. Zach Veach Andretti +2.5952s
6. Juan Pablo Garcia Moore +3.5719s
7. Axcil Jefferies Herta +4.2458s
8. Sage Karam Schmidt +4.9242s
9. Jorge Goncalvez Belardi +5.4682s
10. Matthew Di Leo MDL/Dragffy +7.2483s
11. Giancarlo Serenelli Belardi +2 laps
Chaves, who was starting from pole position, maintained his lead right from the start and, soon enough, was able to build a gap of more than three seconds between himself and Peter Dempsey only to see the safety car make an appearance with only four laps to go.
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| Gabby Chaves. (Photo: IndyCar) |
Once again, Chaves was forced to defend his lead on the restart but, despite pressure from Dempsey, the Colombian held on to cross the line 0.3s ahead.
Jack Hawksworth survived a tight battle for third while series’ leader Carlos Munoz finished fourth in front of Zach Veach.
Results - 40 laps:
Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Gabby Chaves Schmidt 52m22.5112s
2. Peter Dempsey Belardi +0.3508s
3. Jack Hawksworth Schmidt +1.6782s
4. Carlos Muoz Andretti +2.3369s
5. Zach Veach Andretti +2.5952s
6. Juan Pablo Garcia Moore +3.5719s
7. Axcil Jefferies Herta +4.2458s
8. Sage Karam Schmidt +4.9242s
9. Jorge Goncalvez Belardi +5.4682s
10. Matthew Di Leo MDL/Dragffy +7.2483s
11. Giancarlo Serenelli Belardi +2 laps