Firestone Indy Lights ®Records & MilestonesUpdated after the Firestone Freedom 100, May 26, 2012Field Most career Firestone Indy Lights starts: 66 – Arie Luyendyk Jr. Most consecutive Firestone Indy Lights race starts: 42–Jaime Camara (Homestead, 3/6/2005 –Chicagoland, 9/9/2007) Most starters in a race: 27 (Indianapolis, 5/24/08; St. Petersburg 1, 4/4/09; St. Petersburg 2, 4/5/09) Fewest starters in a race: 9 (Milwaukee, 7/25/04) Most former Firestone Indy Lights race winners in starting field: 11 – Kentucky 8/9/08, Chicagoland9/7/08Race Wins Most Firestone Indy Lights victories: 10 – Alex Lloyd Most consecutive Firestone Indy Lights victories: 5 –Alex Lloyd (Homestead, 3/24/07 – Milwaukee,6/2/07) Most Firestone Indy Lights victories in a season: 8 – Alex Lloyd (2007) Most number of drivers to win a race in a season: 10 (2008) Most victories from pole: 6 – Thiago Medeiros Lowest starting position of a winner: 18th –Esteban Guerrieri (Indianapolis, 5/25/12)Poles Most poles: 9 – Thiago Medeiros Most consecutive poles: 5 – Thiago Medeiros (Phoenix, 3/20/2004 - Milwaukee, 7/25/2004) Most poles in a season: 8 – Thiago Medeiros (2004) Most number of drivers to win a pole in a season: 6 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008) Closest margin for winning pole: 0.0026 of a second (Mark Taylor over Ed Carpenter, California,9/19/03) Widest margin for winning pole: 0.7563 of a second (Ryan Hampton over Cory Witherill, Gateway,8/25/2002)Running at Finish Most cars running at finish: 25 (Indianapolis, 5/24/08) Fewest cars running at finish: 3 (Milwaukee, 7/25/04) Most cars running on lead lap at finish: 22 (Indianapolis, 5/24/08) Fewest cars running on lead lap at finish: 1 (Phoenix, 3/20/04)Most races running at finish: 51 – Arie Luyendyk Jr.Most consecutive races running at finish: 21 – James Davison (Mid-Ohio 1, 7/19/08-Homestead,10/9/09)
Firestone Indy Lights ®Records & MilestonesUpdated after the Firestone Freedom 100, May 26, 2012Margin of Victory Top 10 Closest Margins of VictoryMOV Track Date Winner Runner-up0.0005 Chicagoland 9/9/07 Logan Gomez Alex Lloyd0.0057 Homestead 10/9/09 Mario Romancini JR Hildebrand0.0150 Chicagoland 8/28/10 James Hinchcliffe Pippa Mann0.0170 Chicagoland 9/6/03 Mark Taylor Ed Carpenter0.0190 Kentucky 8/13/06 Jay Howard Jonathan Klein0.0199 Homestead 3/26/06 Jeff Simmons Nick Bussell0.0229 Las Vegas 10/16/11 Victor Carbone Esteban Guerrieri0.0379 Texas 9/17/02 A. J. Foyt IV Cory Witherill0.0424 Texas 6/10/05 Travis Gregg Wade Cunningham0.0450 Baltimore 9/04/11 Gustavo Yacaman Josef Newgarden Widest margin of victory: One Lap (Thiago Medeiros over Arie Luyendyk Jr., Phoenix 3/20/04; JosefNewgarden over Jorge Goncalvez, New Hampshire 8/14/11)Lap Leaders Most laps led - all Firestone Indy Lights races: 796 – Wade Cunningham Most laps led in a single race: 115 – Sebastian Saavedra (Iowa, 6/19/10) Most consecutive laps led in a single race: 115 – Sebastian Saavedra (Iowa, 6/19/10) Most laps led in a single race by the race winner: 115 – Sebastian Saavedra (Iowa, 6/19/10) Fewest laps led in a single race by the race winner: 1 – James Davison (Mid-Ohio 2, 7/20/08); ArieLuyendyk Jr. (Chicagoland, 9/7/08); Mario Romancini (Homestead, 10/9/09) Most laps led in a single race by a driver who did not win the race: 105 – Wade Cunningham (Iowa,6/23/07) Most laps led in a season: 588 – Thiago Medeiros (2004) Most races led: 25 – Wade Cunningham (2005-10) Most races led in a season: 11 – Thiago Medeiros (2004); Alex Lloyd (2007) Most consecutive races led: 9 – Thiago Medeiros (Texas, 10/11/2003 – Kentucky, 8/14/2004) Most lead changes - single race: 17 (Chicagoland, 9/6/02) Most leaders - single race: 6 (Chicagoland, 9/11/05) Fewest lead changes/Fewest leaders - single race: 0 (49 times - Gateway, 8/25/02; Phoenix, 3/22/03;Nashville, 7/18/03; Kentucky, 8/16/03; California, 9/20/03; Phoenix, 3/20/2004; Kansas, 7/3/2004; Nashville, 7/17/2004;Chicagoland, 9/11/04; Texas, 10/16/04; Homestead, 3/6/2005; Indianapolis (RC), 6/18/2005; Nashville, 7/16/2005; Kentucky,8/13/05; Infineon, 8/28/05; Indianapolis, 5/26/06; Infineon-1, 8/26/06; St. Petersburg 1, 3/31/07; Indianapolis, 5/25/07;Milwaukee, 6/2/07, Indianapolis (RC-1), 6/16/07, Indianapolis (RC-2), 6/17/07; Watkins Glen 1, 7/7/07; Infineon 1, 8/25/07; St.Petersburg 1, 4/5/08; Mid-Ohio 1, 7/19/08; Infineon 1, 8/23/08; Infineon 2, 8/24/08; Long Beach, 4/19/09; Milwaukee, 5/31/09;Edmonton, 7/25/09; Mid-Ohio, 8/9/09; Infineon, 8/23/09; Long Beach, 4/18/10; Iowa, 6/19/10; Toronto, 7/18/10; Edmonton,7/25/10; Mid-Ohio, 8/8/10, Infineon, 8/22/10; Kentucky, 9/4/10; Barber, 4/10/11, Milwaukee, 6/19/11; Edmonton 1, 7/23/11;Trois Rivieres, 8/7/11; New Hampshire, 8/14/11; St. Petersburg, 4/24/12; Barber, 4/1/12; Long Beach, 4/15/12)Cautions Most cautions during a race: 6 (Nashville, 7/17/04; St. Petersburg 2, 4/5/09) Most laps under caution during a race: 38 (Phoenix, 3/19/05) Fewest cautions/laps under caution during a race: 0 (13 times -Nashville, 7/20/02; Phoenix, 3/20/2004;Indianapolis (RC), 6/18/2005; Pikes Peak, 8/21/2005; Indianapolis, 5/26/06, Indianapolis (RC-1), 6/16/07;Infineon, 8/26/07; Mid-Ohio 1, 7/19/08; Toronto, 7/11/09; Edmonton, 7/25/09; Mid-Ohio, 8/8/10; Edmonton 2, 7/24/11)