2020 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races18
Start dateMarch 14
End dateSeptember 20
Awards

The 2020 Indy Lights season was to have been the 35th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 19th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series.[1] The opening round at St. Petersburg was suspended mid-way due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following rounds were also delayed, as a revised calendar was released on March 26, 2020.[2] The season was later cancelled entirely and the series went into a hiatus until 2021, making it the first time in history that the Indy Lights season did not run.[3]

Team and driver chart

The following drivers and teams were announced, and took part in an official practice session at St. Petersburg prior to the cancellation of the season.

Team No. Drivers
Andretti Autosport 27 United States Robert Megennis[4]
28 United States Kyle Kirkwood[5]
48 France Tristan Charpentier[6]
68 Singapore Danial Frost[7]
Belardi Auto Racing 5 United Kingdom Toby Sowery[8]
10 Sweden Rasmus Lindh[9]
Exclusive Autosport[10] 90 Russia Nikita Lastochkin[11]
HMD Motorsports[12] 11 Canada Antonio Serravalle[13]
55 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia[14]
79 United States David Malukas[15]

Schedule

The following was the revised schedule prior to the cancellation of the season.

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 June 19–21 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
2
3
4 July 2–3 TBA  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
5
6 August 7–9 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
7
8
9 August 21 Freedom 100  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana
10 August 29 TBA  O  Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois
11 September 11–13 TBA  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
12
13 September 18–20 TBA  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
14
15 October 23–25[16] TBA  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
16
References:[17]
Cancelled events
Date Race name Track Location
March 14 & 15 Never announced  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
April 4 & 5 Never announced  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
May 30 & 31 Never announced  R  The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
July 11 & 12[18] Never announced  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ANDERSEN PROMOTIONS UNVEILS 2020 ROAD TO INDY SCHEDULE". Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  2. ↑ "Road to Indy Announces Revised 2020 Schedule". 2020-03-26. Archived from the original on 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  3. ↑ Malsher, David (May 31, 2020). "Indy Lights set to go on hiatus for 2020". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ "MEGENNIS RETURNS TO ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT IN 2020". February 17, 2020. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ "INDY PRO 2000 CHAMP KIRKWOOD JOINS ANDRETTI AUTOSPOR". Archived from the original on 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  6. ↑ "ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT COMPLETES LINEUP WITH CHARPENTIER". March 10, 2020. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  7. ↑ "DANIAL FROST JOINS ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT IN 2020". February 11, 2020. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Belardi Auto Racing signs Sowery for 2020 Season". March 8, 2020. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Lindh Joins Belardi Auto Racing in 2020". March 7, 2020. Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  10. ↑ "VEEKAY TO TEST WITH BELARDI AUTO RACING AFTER IMPRESSIVE INDYCAR OUTING WITH ECR". Archived from the original on 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  11. ↑ "Lastochkin Graduates with Exclusive Autosport for Inaugural Indy Lights season". IndyLights.com. Andersen Promotions. December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  12. ↑ "HMD MOTORSPORTS EXPANDS ROAD TO INDY PROGRAM". Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  13. ↑ "Serravalle Moves up the Road to Indy Ladder with HMD Motorsports". Indylights.com. February 27, 2020. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Santiago Urrutia Joins HMD Motorsports". Indylights.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  15. ↑ "DAVID MALUKAS REJOINS HMD MOTORSPORTS FOR 2020". www.indylights.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  16. ↑ "Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg set for Oct. 25 as 2020 INDYCAR season finale". IndyCar.com. May 13, 2020.
  17. ↑ "ROAD TO INDY ANNOUNCES REVISED 2020 SCHEDULE". March 26, 2020. Archived from the original on April 3, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Toronto City cancellations prompt IndyCar race postponement". racer.com. 15 May 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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