Wade Cunningham has won at Indy for the third time in a row after finishing on top at the Indy Lights Freedom 100 run at Indianapolis.
Cunningham, who was starting second in the No. 77 Lucas Oil/BSS/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, held off Charlie Kimball by 0.4368 of a second to become the first three-time winner of the Firestone Freedom 100 on Miller Lite Carb Day.
Canadian James Hinchcliffe, winner of the Long Beach race in mid-April, finished 2.3 seconds back in the No. 2 TMR-Xtreme Coil Drilling car.
Former Champ Car driver Dan ''Speedy'' Clarke, driving for Walker Racing, finished 4th while Martin Plowman completed the top 5 in the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers/KEP Printing entry.
The victory was the 28th in Firestone Indy Lights and the fifth in the eight-year history of the race for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
It was the third consecutive runner-up finish for Kimball, who closed to five points of J.K. Vernay in the championship standings through four races.
A race to forget for Pippa Mann, first ever female to earn a pole position at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, when on lap 3 the back end of the No. 17 Team E car driven by veteran Jeff Simmons swung out enough in Turn 1 to collect Mann’s car.
The incident created the only caution period in the race. The other Canadian, rookie Philip Major, also driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, finished a season-high sixth.
Indy Lights Freedom 100 - Results:
1. Wade Cunningham Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2. Charlie Kimball AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport
3. James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing
4. Dan Clarke Walker Racing
5. Martin Plowman AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport
6. Philip Major Sam Schmidt Motorsports
7. Stefan Wilson Bryan Herta Autosport
8. Brandon Wagner Davey Hamilton Racing
9. Sebastian Saavedra Bryan Herta Autosport
10. Adrian Campos Jr. Team Moore Racing
11. Gustavo Yacaman Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing
12. Rodrigo Barbosa PDM Racing
13. J.K. Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports
14. Arie Luyendyk Jr. Andersen Racing
15 Jeff Simmons Team E
16 Pippa Mann Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Cunningham, who was starting second in the No. 77 Lucas Oil/BSS/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, held off Charlie Kimball by 0.4368 of a second to become the first three-time winner of the Firestone Freedom 100 on Miller Lite Carb Day.
Canadian James Hinchcliffe, winner of the Long Beach race in mid-April, finished 2.3 seconds back in the No. 2 TMR-Xtreme Coil Drilling car.
Former Champ Car driver Dan ''Speedy'' Clarke, driving for Walker Racing, finished 4th while Martin Plowman completed the top 5 in the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers/KEP Printing entry.
The victory was the 28th in Firestone Indy Lights and the fifth in the eight-year history of the race for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
It was the third consecutive runner-up finish for Kimball, who closed to five points of J.K. Vernay in the championship standings through four races.
A race to forget for Pippa Mann, first ever female to earn a pole position at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, when on lap 3 the back end of the No. 17 Team E car driven by veteran Jeff Simmons swung out enough in Turn 1 to collect Mann’s car.
The incident created the only caution period in the race. The other Canadian, rookie Philip Major, also driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, finished a season-high sixth.
Indy Lights Freedom 100 - Results:
1. Wade Cunningham Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2. Charlie Kimball AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport
3. James Hinchcliffe Team Moore Racing
4. Dan Clarke Walker Racing
5. Martin Plowman AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport
6. Philip Major Sam Schmidt Motorsports
7. Stefan Wilson Bryan Herta Autosport
8. Brandon Wagner Davey Hamilton Racing
9. Sebastian Saavedra Bryan Herta Autosport
10. Adrian Campos Jr. Team Moore Racing
11. Gustavo Yacaman Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing
12. Rodrigo Barbosa PDM Racing
13. J.K. Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports
14. Arie Luyendyk Jr. Andersen Racing
15 Jeff Simmons Team E
16 Pippa Mann Sam Schmidt Motorsports