2007 schedule

*Not all race names and sponsors are officially announced.

Season notes

* On January 12, 2007 the Indy Racing League announced a new wing package for the Indy Pro Series. * Indy Pro Series teams and drivers competed for 3.7 million dollars, a 24 percent increase from 2006. * A record 25 cars entered the Miami 100 on March 24.

Drivers and teams

All teams competed in Firestone-shod Dallaras.

Race summaries

Round 1 of 16: Miami 100

*Saturday March 24, 2007 * Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida *Race weather: 78 °F, fair skies *Pole position winner: #9 Chris Festa 28.5455 sec 187.280 mph (301.398 km/h) *Race Summary: The race which saw a Pro Series record 25 entries was marred by two major incidents. The first occurred when

Wade Cunningham Wade Grant Cunningham (born 19 August 1984) is a racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand who competed in the Firestone Indy Lights Series. Racing career Indy Lights Cunningham's professional career began when he won the Karting World Champ ...

lost control of his car.

Ryan Justice The Story So Far is an American pop punk band from Walnut Creek, California, formed in 2007. They are currently signed to Pure Noise Records and have released 4 studio albums. History Formation and early releases (2007–2010) The Story So Far ...

made contact with a large piece of debris from Cunningham's car and made hard contact with the wall at the exit of turn 2. He was unconscious as he was removed from the car but regained consciousness on the way to the infield care center. The next incident came just two laps after the end of the lengthy caution following the first incident.

Sean Guthrie Sean Guthrie (born April 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The son of former IndyCar Series driver Jim Guthrie, he is a former Firestone Indy Lights driver and currently competes part-time in the NASCAR K&N Pr ...

and

Pablo Pérez Companc Pablo Pérez Companc (born December 11, 1982) is an Argentine racing driver from Buenos Aires. Pérez Companc started editing the Argentine version of Evo in 2012 and Octane in 2013. His father is businessman Gregorio Pérez Companc. He is the ...

made contact between turns one and two and Perez's car launched over Guthrie's and into the

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. Perez was transported to the hospital with leg injuries. The race was prematurely ended after 57 laps due to damage to the catch fence from the second incident with

Alex Lloyd Alex Lloyd (born 19 November 1974) is an Australian singer-songwriter. Four of his albums, ''Black the Sun'', '' Watching Angels Mend'', '' Distant Light'' and ''Alex Lloyd'', released between 1999 and 2005, made the top ten on the ARIA charts ...

leading and gaining his first IPS victory on an oval.

Round 2 of 16: St. Petersburg Grand Prix 1

*Saturday March 31, 2007 *

Streets of St. Petersburg The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is an IndyCar Series race held in St. Petersburg, Florida. In most years since 2009, the race has served as the season opener (or at minimum, the first race held on U.S. soil). The race is held annually ...

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*Race weather: 80 °F, mostly sunny *Pole position winner: #7

1:07.1404 sec 96.514 mph (155.324 km/h) *Race Summary:

dominated the first race at St. Petersburg leading all 40 laps of the race and winning from pole position. Lloyd held off Super Aguri Panther Racing's Hideki Mutoh for the final 22 laps. Mutoh had the best chance to take the win away from Lloyd but it just was not meant to be. Lloyd now has 3 wins in a row dating back to the final race of

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Round 3 of 16: St. Petersburg Grand Prix 2

*Saturday April 1, 2007 *Streets of St. Petersburg,

*Race weather: 79 °F, sunny *Pole position winner: Bobby Wilson Top 6 finishers from Race 1 inverted *Race Summary:

had the car to beat in St. Petersburg, winning both races of the double-header. Lloydhad to start race 2 from 6th place because of the inverted field after race 1, but that didn't stop him from getting to the front. On lap 21 of 40 Lloyd took the lead and was never to lose it, winning now the first 3 races of 2007.

Round 4 of 16: Freedom 100

*Friday May 25, 2007 *

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, Indianapolis, Indiana *Race weather: 82 °F, cloudy with scattered showers *Pole position winner: #52

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188.231 mph (302.928 km/h) *Race Summary:

Round 5 of 16: Road Runner 100

*Saturday June 2, 2007 * Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin *Race weather: , partly cloudy *Pole position winner: #7

146.077 mph (235.088 km/h) *Race Summary: On turn 2 of the first lap Hideki Mutoh spun in front of most of the field, collecting 5 cars including

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and Chris Festa.

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was able to pull out a 4 second lead on his closest pursuer

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and lap all but 3 of his competitors, cruising to his 5th straight victory to start the season. Lloyd now holds the league record for consecutive wins and sits second on the series all-time wins list.

Round 6 of 16: Liberty Challenge Race 1

*Saturday June 16, 2007 *

, Speedway, Indiana *Race weather: , Hazy *Pole position winner: #55 Hideki Mutoh 109.966 mph (176.973 km/h) *Race Summary:

Round 7 of 16: Liberty Challenge Race 2

*Saturday June 17, 2007 *

, Speedway, Indiana *Race weather: , Hazy *Pole position winner: #38

(8th place in race 1) *Race Summary:

Round 8 of 16: Iowa 100

*Saturday June 23, 2007 * Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa *Race weather: , overcast, humid *Pole position winner: #27

19.9522 sec 161.306 mph (259.597 km/h) *Race Summary:

started from the pole and led the first 104 of the 115 laps, but was passed on the bottom by

, who pulled away to capture his sixth victory of the season. On lap 79,

lost control on the front straight while running fourth and lapping

and shot across the infield and slammed into the inside wall. He walked away from the incident on his own power, but underwent X-Rays and was diagnosed with a displaced fracture of his left foot. Lloyd now has more Pro Series wins than any other driver.

Round 9 of 16: Corning Twin 100's Race 1

*Saturday July 7, 2007 * Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York *Race weather: *Pole position winner: #27

1 min 36.7418 sec 125.406 mph (201.821 km/h) *Race Summary: Polesitter

held off a hard-charging Hideki Mutoh to capture his first win of the season and fifth of his career. The only major incident of the race came on lap 8 when Chris Festa spun coming out of turn 1 and hit the inside guard rail.

Round 10 of 16: Corning Twin 100's Race 2

*Sunday July 9, 2007 * Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York *Race weather: *Pole position winner: #44

Daniel Herrington Daniel Herrington (born July 12, 1986) is an American racing driver from Baltimore, Maryland. Herrington began his professional racing career in Formula BMW USA in 2004 with a partial schedule. He competed full-time in 2005 for Jensen Motorspor ...

(6th place in race 1) *Race Summary: On lap 3,

was able to get by polesitter

and pull away from his closest pursuer, race 1 winner

, to capture his seventh win of the season and further extend his points lead.

Round 11 of 16: Sun Belt Rentals 100

*Saturday July 14, 2007 * Nashville Superspeedway,

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*Race weather: , Sunny *Pole position winner: #7

25.7368 sec 181.841 mph (292.645 km/h) *Race Summary:

Round 12 of 16: Mid Ohio 100

*Saturday July 21, 2007 *

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, Lexington, Ohio *Race weather: , Partly Cloudy *Pole position winner: #7

110.188 mph (177.330 km/h) *Race Summary:

Round 13 of 16: Kentucky 100

*Saturday August 11, 2007 *

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, Sparta, Kentucky *Race weather: *Pole position winner: #55 Hideki Mutoh 191.276 mph (307.829 km/h) *Race Summary:

Round 14 of 16: Carneros 100

*Saturday August 25, 2007 * Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California *Race weather: 85 °F, sunny *Pole position winner: #51

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1:22.2742 100.639 mph (161.963 km/h) *Race Summary:

passed

on the first lap and never looked back, leading all 30 laps en route to the victory while clinching the championship.

Round 15 of 16: Valley of the Moon 100

*Sunday August 26, 2007 * Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California *Race weather: 71 °F, mostly sunny *Pole position winner: #38

(8th place in Race 1) *Race Summary: The first eight positions from the first race were inverted to determine the grid for race 2. Alex Lloyd's car had engine trouble on the pace lap and he failed to start the race. Richard Antinucci steadily climbed through the field from the seventh starting position, eventually finding his way past polesitter Ryan Justice on lap 18 to take the lead and capture his second win of the season.

Round 16 of 16: Chicagoland 100

*Sunday September 9, 2007 * Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois *Race weather: 75 °F, sunny *Pole position winner: #7

28.7799 sec 190.133 mph (305.989 km/h) *Race Summary: The

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cars of champion Alex Lloyd and Logan Gomez battled for the lead with

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throughout the race, which was slowed by two extended caution flags, the first caused by a major crash involving Chris Festa and

and the second involving Travis Gregg and

. Gomez led his teammate entering the final lap. Lloyd mounted a challenge and the two cars briefly touched exiting turn four and Gomez was able to hold off Lloyd for his first Pro Series victory by a mere 0.0005 sec. The league claims that this finish is the closest in motor racing history.To the fourth degree
IndyCar.com, Sept 13, 2007

Driver Standings

* Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

References

External links

Indy Racing League- official site
{{Firestone Indy Lights Series Indy Lights seasons

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