French driver Jean-Karl Vernay won two Indy Lights races in a row. He also picked up valuable championship points, which might prove more valuable long term.
Vernay, starting from the pole in the No. 7 Lucas Slick Mist/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, held off Charlie Kimball by 1.1542 seconds to win the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama on the 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park.
Vernay, who won the season opener on the temporary St. Petersburg street circuit two weeks earlier, now enjoys a 33-point lead over Kimball in the Indy Lights championship standings heading to Long Beach.
Kimball, driving the No. 26 Levemir FlexPen car for AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport, recorded a career best.
Sebastian Saavedra in the No. 29 car advanced from the fourth starting position to third (5.7 seconds back). Martin Plowman finished a career-best fourth in the No. 27 machine, and James Hinchcliffe was fifth in the No. 2 car.
Stefan Wilson finished sixth ahead of Dan Clarke, making his series’ debut, Junior Strous and Gustavo Yacaman.
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Vernay, starting from the pole in the No. 7 Lucas Slick Mist/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, held off Charlie Kimball by 1.1542 seconds to win the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama on the 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park.
Vernay, who won the season opener on the temporary St. Petersburg street circuit two weeks earlier, now enjoys a 33-point lead over Kimball in the Indy Lights championship standings heading to Long Beach.
Kimball, driving the No. 26 Levemir FlexPen car for AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport, recorded a career best.
Sebastian Saavedra in the No. 29 car advanced from the fourth starting position to third (5.7 seconds back). Martin Plowman finished a career-best fourth in the No. 27 machine, and James Hinchcliffe was fifth in the No. 2 car.
Stefan Wilson finished sixth ahead of Dan Clarke, making his series’ debut, Junior Strous and Gustavo Yacaman.
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