The 2019 Indy Lights season was the 34th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 18th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. Oliver Askew won a tight championship race with Rinus Veekay. Askew won seven races to Veekay's six. Toby Sowery, Robert Megennis, and Ryan Norman each captured a single race win as did Aaron Telitz, who only participated in seven mid-season races, and Zachary Claman, who won the season opener but dropped out of the series after six races due to funding issues. Julien Falchero also dropped out of the season after four races after expected good results failed to materialize. Jarett Andretti made his first and only Indy Lights start in the Freedom 100 and set fastest lap on his way to a sixth place finish. Dalton Kellett moved onto IndyCar after this season despite only registering a single podium finish in 2019 Indy Lights.
The subsequent 2020 Indy Lights season would end up being canceled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.
Team and driver chart
Team Drivers Rounds Andretti Autosport18 Jarett Andretti727 Robert MegennisAll28 Oliver AskewAll48 Ryan NormanAll Belardi Auto Racing4 Julien Falchero 1–4 Aaron Telitz 7–135 Lucas KohlAll13 Zachary Claman 1–6 Belardi Auto Racing with Jonathan Byrd's Racing 17 Chris Windom 7 BN Racing Team PelfreyHMD Motorsports1 2 Toby Sowery All BN RacingHMD Motorsports1 79 David Malukas AllJuncos Racing 21 Rinus VeeKay All 67 Dalton Kellett All
1HMD Motorsports acquired BN Racing's Indy Lights operation in August 2019
Schedule
Rd. Date Race name Track Location 1 March 9 St. Petersburg Twin 150k Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 March 10 3 March 23 Indy Lights ClassicCircuit of the AmericasAustin, Texas 4 March 24 5 May 10 Indy Lights Grand PrixIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana 6 May 11 7 May 24 Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana 8 June 22 Mazda Grand Prix of Road AmericaRoad AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin 9 June 23 10 July 13 Grand Prix of TorontoExhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada 11 July 14 12 July 27 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio 13 July 28 14 August 24 Illinois 250k Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois 15 August 31 Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 16 September 1 17 September 21 Monterey Grand Prix WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California 18 September 22
Race results Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner Driver Team 1 St. Petersburg 1 Zachary Claman Zachary Claman Zachary Claman Zachary Claman Belardi Auto Racing 2 St. Petersburg 2 Oliver Askew Robert Megennis Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing 3 Austin 1 Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport 4 Austin 2 Oliver Askew Robert Megennis Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport 5 Indianapolis GP 1 Robert Megennis Oliver Askew Robert Megennis Robert MegennisAndretti Autosport 6 Indianapolis GP 2 Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKayJuncos Racing 7 Freedom 100 Robert Megennis Jarett Andretti Ryan Norman Oliver AskewAndretti Autosport 8 Road America 1 Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Ryan Norman Ryan NormanAndretti Autosport 9 Road America 2 Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKayJuncos Racing 10 Toronto 1 Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Aaron TelitzBelardi Auto Racing 11 Toronto 2 Oliver Askew Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport 12 Mid-Ohio 1 Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport 13 Mid-Ohio 2 Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport 14 Gateway Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Rinus VeeKay Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport 15 Portland 1 Rinus VeeKay Toby Sowery Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing 16 Portland 2 Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Toby Sowery Toby Sowery HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey 17 Laguna Seca 1 Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing 18 Laguna Seca 2 Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay 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 Points () 45 38 33 29 26 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 4 2 The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point. An additional point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
Pos Driver STP AUS IMS INDY ROA TOR MOH GMP POR LAG Points 1 Oliver Askew 3 10 1* 1* 2 3 1 5 3 2 1 1* 1* 1 2 3 4 2 486 2 Rinus VeeKay 5 1* 2 4 3 1* 3 7 1* 3 9 3 3 2* 1* 2 1* 1* 465 3 Toby Sowery 2 3 5 6 7 5 4 4 8 5 2 9 2 8 4 1* 2 3 367 4 Ryan Norman 7 6 6 8 4 8 2* 1* 2 4 4 2 4 4 7 4 7 5 359 5 69 321* 48 2 6 6 5 4 9 5 3 5 3 4 355 6 David Malukas 4 4 10 3 6 6 11 6 4 9 8 5 5 3 6 8 5 7 301 7 Dalton Kellett 10 8 9 9 8 7 5 8 7 8 3 7 8 6 5 6 6 6 275 8 Lucas Kohl 9 7 8 7 9 9 7 9 9 7 7 6 7 7 8 7 8 8 253 9 Aaron Telitz 9 3 51* 6* 8 6 133 10 Zachary Claman1* 2 7 10 5 2 124 11 Julien Falchero 8 5 4 5 66 12 Jarett Andretti 6 23 13 Chris Windom 10 17 Pos Driver STP AUS IMS INDY ROA TOR MOH GMP POR LAG 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing
In-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race laps(1 point)1Qualifying cancelledno bonus point awardedRookieRookie of the Year Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.
Teams' championship Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th+ Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
PosTeamPoints 1 Andretti Autosport 581 2 Juncos Racing 432 3 BN Racing/HMD Motorsports 388 4 Belardi Auto Racing 304
See also 2019 IndyCar Series 2019 Indy Pro 2000 Championship 2019 U.S. F2000 National Championship
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