# 2014 Indy Lights

The 2014 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 29th season of the Indy Lights series and the 13th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. It began March 30, 2014 in St. Petersburg. The 2014 season was the first promoted by Andersen Promotions, who also promotes the other steps on the Mazda Road to Indy.
It was the final season for the Dallara IPS/Infiniti V8 chassis and engine package that debuted in 2002. A new chassis, to be built by Dallara, will be introduced for 2015 along with an AER turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. 2014 was also the first season with Cooper Tire as the sole tire supplier, replacing Firestone who had supplied tires to the series for its entire previous existence.
Colombian-American Gabby Chaves, driving for Belardi Auto Racing captured the championship on the second tie-breaker over Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Jack Harvey.
Early on, the season appeared to be a two-horse race between Chaves and Andretti Autosport's Zach Veach. However, a late-season charge by Harvey put him within striking distance of the championship. Harvey did not capture his first win until the tenth race of the season. However, Chaves managed a second-place finish in the final race of the season behind Harvey in first. Chaves and Harvey tied on points and on the first tie-breaker number of wins with four each. Chaves captured the championship by having five second-place finishes to Harvey's one. Despite a season of low car-counts where only eight drivers competed in all 14 races, six different drivers captured victories. In addition to Chaves, Harvey, and Veach, other winners included Matthew Brabham and Luiz Razia who each captured their first and only wins of the season on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and Belardi's Alexandre Baron – a race-winner in Toronto – who was in the championship hunt until reported visa issues forced him to leave the series.

## Team and driver chart

* All drivers competed in Cooper Tire–shod Dallara chassis.
| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Andretti Autosport | 26 | Zach Veach | All |
| Andretti Autosport | 83 | Matthew Brabham | All |
| Belardi Auto Racing | 0 | Chase Austin | 7 |
| Belardi Auto Racing | 4 | Alexandre Baron | 1–7, 9 |
| Belardi Auto Racing | 4 | Axcil Jefferies | 10–11 |
| Belardi Auto Racing | 4 | Ryan Phinny | 13–14 |
| Belardi Auto Racing | 5 | Gabby Chaves | All |
| Bryan Herta Autosport Jeffrey Mark Motorsport | 28 | Lloyd Read | 1–6 |
| Bryan Herta Autosport Jeffrey Mark Motorsport | 28 | Ryan Phinny | 9–11 |
| Fan Force United | 24 | Scott Anderson | All |
| MDL Racing | 56 | Matthew Di Leo | 9 |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 7 | Luiz Razia | All |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 10 | Juan Pablo García | All |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 42 | Jack Harvey | All |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 77 | Juan Piedrahita | All |
| Team Moore Racing | 2 | Zack Meyer | 1–7, 9–11, 13–14 |
| Team Moore Racing | 22 | Vittorio Ghirelli | 1–4 |
| Team Moore Racing | 22 | Jimmy Simpson | 10–11 |

## Schedule

Andersen Promotions announced the 2014 Indy Lights schedule on October 24, 2013. The season consisted of 14 races held over 10 race weekends, consisting of three street circuits, three ovals, and four permanent road courses. All race weekends on permanent road courses were double-race weekends. The series returned to Sonoma Raceway for the first time since 2010. It also raced on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the first time since 2007 in support of the new Grand Prix of Indianapolis, although the track was in a different configuration than the one raced in 2007. The series did not return to Iowa Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, or Houston despite IndyCar returning to those tracks in 2014 and did not race at the Baltimore Grand Prix as that race was cancelled for 2014.
| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location |
| 1 | March 30 | St. Petersburg 100 | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2 | April 13 | Long Beach 100 | Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California |
| 3 | April 26 | Legacy Indy Lights 100 | Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama |
| 4 | April 27 | Legacy Indy Lights 100 | Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama |
| 5 | May 9 | Liberty Challenge | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana |
| 6 | May 10 | Liberty Challenge | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana |
| 7 | May 23 | Freedom 100 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval | Speedway, Indiana |
| 8 | July 6 | Pocono Indy Lights 100 | Pocono Raceway | Long Pond, Pennsylvania |
| 9 | July 20 | Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario |
| 10 | August 2 | Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
| 11 | August 3 | Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
| 12 | August 17 | Milwaukee Race | Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin |
| 13 | August 23 | Grand Prix of Sonoma | Sonoma Raceway | Sonoma, California |
| 14 | August 24 | Grand Prix of Sonoma | Sonoma Raceway | Sonoma, California |

## Race results

| Round | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Race Winner | Race Winner |
| Round | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Driver | Team |
| 1 | St. Petersburg | Gabby Chaves | Gabby Chaves | Zach Veach | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport |
| 2 | Long Beach | Zach Veach | Zach Veach | Gabby Chaves | Gabby Chaves | Belardi Auto Racing |
| 3 | Birmingham 1 | Zach Veach | Zach Veach | Zach Veach | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport |
| 4 | Birmingham 2 | Gabby Chaves | Gabby Chaves | Gabby Chaves | Gabby Chaves | Belardi Auto Racing |
| 5 | Indianapolis GP 1 | Matthew Brabham | Luiz Razia | Matthew Brabham | Matthew Brabham | Andretti Autosport |
| 6 | Indianapolis GP 2 | Luiz Razia | Matthew Brabham | Luiz Razia | Luiz Razia | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
| 7 | Indianapolis | Luiz Razia | Matthew Brabham | Matthew Brabham | Gabby Chaves | Belardi Auto Racing |
| 8 | Pocono | Zach Veach | Gabby Chaves | Gabby Chaves | Gabby Chaves | Belardi Auto Racing |
| 9 | Toronto | Alexandre Baron | Jack Harvey | Alexandre Baron | Alexandre Baron | Belardi Auto Racing |
| 10 | Mid-Ohio 1 | Jack Harvey | Jack Harvey | Jack Harvey | Jack Harvey | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
| 11 | Mid-Ohio 2 | Jack Harvey | Jack Harvey | Jack Harvey | Jack Harvey | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
| 12 | Milwaukee | Zach Veach | Zach Veach | Matthew Brabham | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport |
| 13 | Sonoma 1 | Jack Harvey | Gabby Chaves | Jack Harvey | Jack Harvey | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
| 14 | Sonoma 2 | Jack Harvey | Jack Harvey | Jack Harvey | Jack Harvey | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |

## Championship standings
### Drivers' championship
#### Points system

| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Points | 50 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 |
* Drivers had to complete 50% of the race distance in order to score full points, otherwise 1 point was awarded.
| Pos | Driver | STP | LBH | ALA | ALA | IND | IND | INDY | POC | TOR | MOH | MOH | MIL | SNM | SNM | Pts |
| 1 | Gabby Chaves | 2$^1$ | 1* | 6 | 1* | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 547 |
| 2 | Jack Harvey RY | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1* | 1* | 5 | 1* | 1* | 547 |
| 3 | Zach Veach | 1* | 2 | 1* | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 520 |
| 4 | Matthew Brabham R | 9 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1* | 4 | 2* | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2* | 6 | 5 | 424 |
| 5 | Luiz Razia R | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1* | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 403 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo García | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 372 |
| 7 | Juan Piedrahita R | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 337 |
| 8 | Scott Anderson R | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 309 |
| 9 | Zack Meyer R | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 10 | | 10 | 7 | 10 | | 9 | 8 | 274 |
| 10 | Alexandre Baron R | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | | 1* | | | | | | 261 |
| 11 | Lloyd Read R | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | | | 101 |
| 12 | Ryan Phinny R | | | | | | | | | 11 | 12 | 7 | | 10 | 6 | 91 |
| 13 | Vittorio Ghirelli R | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | 90 |
| 14 | Axcil Jefferies R | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 4 | | | | 60 |
| 15 | Jimmy Simpson R | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 8 | | | | 42 |
| 16 | Matthew Di Leo | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | 28 |
| 17 | Chase Austin | | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | STP | LBH | ALA | ALA | IND | IND | INDY | POC | TOR | MOH | MOH | MIL | SNM | SNM | 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) |
| Blank | 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 | 403 |
| 2 | Andretti Autosport | 370 |
| 3 | Belardi Auto Racing | 357 |
| 4 | Fan Force United | 122 |
| 5 | Team Moore Racing | 111 |
| 6 | Bryan Herta Autosport/Jeffrey Mark Motorsport | 56 |
| 7 | MDL Racing | 11 |