2015 Indy Lights

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.

2015 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races16
Start dateMarch 28
End dateSeptember 13
Awards
Drivers' champion Spencer Pigot
Teams' champion Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Rookie of the Year Spencer Pigot

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
Sean Rayhall[4] 4–8, 13–16
Andretti Autosport 51 Shelby Blackstock[5] All
83 Matthew Brabham[6] 1–3
Belardi Auto Racing 4 Félix Serrallés[7] All
5 Juan Piedrahita[8] All
Carlin[9] 11 Ed Jones[10] All
14 Max Chilton[11] 1–8, 11–16
Nelson Piquet Jr.[12] 9–10
Juncos Racing 12 Spencer Pigot[5] All
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
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
6 May 8 Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
7 May 9
8 May 22 Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana
9 June 13 Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto
10 June 14
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
15 September 12 Grand Prix of Monterey Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
16 September 13
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course
  Temporary Street Circuit

Race results
Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
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 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 1* 1* 1* 4 11 3 4 10 5 3 8 2 9 9* 3 4 324
4 RC Enerson 9 13 4 3 7 5 2 4 8 5 2* 3 1* 4 6 6 295
5 Max Chilton 12 4 5 5 3 4 3 DNS 6 1* 2 2 11 3 258
6 Kyle Kaiser 5 5 12 8 12 12 6 5 3 9 9 4 4 11 2 10 237
7 Félix Serrallés 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 10 11 9 9 10 8 8 8 4 6 11 9 3 6 8 5 218
11 Ethan Ringel 8 12 7 10 9 10 10 2* 6 11 10 11 12 7 10 12 197
12 Sean Rayhall 12 6 2 1* 6 5 1 4 2 188
13 Matthew Brabham 11 7 11 35
14 Scott Hargrove 4 6 34
15 Nelson Piquet, Jr. 7 8 28
16 Heamin Choi 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)
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
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  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.
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