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Santiago Urrutia Joins HMD Motorsports for the 2020 Indy Lights Season

Santiago Urrutia Joins HMD Motorsports for the 2020 Indy Lights Season “Urrutia returns to Indy Lights” February 3, 2020 – HMD Motorsports has signed their second driver for the 2020 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Championship season. Multi-time Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires race winner, Santiago Urrutia, will be joining the Road to […]

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MRTI Update #10 – Sunday – Herta crashes, Franzoni has worries. Urrutia snags the pole in a heated Indy Lights qualifying

By Steve Wittich Colton Herta, Patricio O’Ward, and Colton Herta improved the quickest lap a total of seven times in the final five minutes of qualifying, but in the end, it was Urrutia who will start this afternoon’s race on pole. It’s the first time that Urrutia will start on the pole this year, and […]

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MRTI Update #7 – Saturday – Entertaining Indy Lights race ends with O’Ward on the top step of the podium

By Steve Wittich If you only looked at the boxscore for Saturday’s Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Toronto Presented by Allied Building Products, it would appear that Patricio O’Ward, who led all 35 laps had a relatively easy drive to his fifth Indy Lights race win of 2018. That was anything but the […]

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Indy Lights in Toronto – 2018 – Herta leads O’Ward as the series takes on a tricky street circuit

By Steve Wittich The introduction of doubleheader Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires races in Toronto coincided with the introduction of the IL-15 three years ago, and all three years have seen twofold trips to victory lane. The pair of races has also played an essential role in the championship over the same time period. […]

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Indy Lights at Iowa Speedway – Steve’s preview

By Steve Wittich Round 10 of the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires 2018 season will be the series 11th visit to the progressive banked 0.894-mile oval. The top rung on the Mazda Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires has traveled to Newton, Iowa with big brother IndyCar every year except 2014. Alex Lloyd […]

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Indy Lights at Road America – 2018 – Steve’s preview

By Steve Wittich When writing about racing, it’s always better to let a story develop and tell itself, instead of pushing your own narrative. With the short fields that the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires series is seeing this year, pushing a pre-determined story would have been an easy trap to fall into. Thankfully, […]

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Previewing the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires Freedom 100 from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

By Steve Wittich For the 16th time, the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires will serve as the warm-up act for the “Greatest Spectacle In Racing.” Pole-sitter for the 102nd Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Motor Oil, Ed Carpenter, was the winner of the first Freedom 100 on the same weekend that he graduated from […]

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Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires – Freedom 100 test session #1 – Kellett leads – Belardi teammates collide

By Steve Wittich Veteran Andretti Autosport Indy Lights driver Dalton Kellett led both the tow and no-tow lap speeds during an Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires test session at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that was interrupted by moisture and a multi-car incident. The first of two 90-minute Indy Lights test sessions in preparation for […]

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Indy Lights at Barber Motorsports Park – 2018 – Friday – Practice #1 – championship leader Urrutia leads opening practice

By Steve Wittich Santi Urrutia will be making his fifth and sixth Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires, and it only took the double Indy Lights vice-champion eight laps to go to the top of the timesheet. The lone 45-minute Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires practice session began immediately after the first Verizon IndyCar […]

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Sunday – MRTI Update #11 – Indy Lights Race #2 – Agony and Ecstasy for Belardi Auto Racing

Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires Race #2 Unofficial Results Indy Lights Race #2 – Agony and Ecstasy for Belardi Auto Racing Sometimes it is better to be lucky rather than good in the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, and for both Belardi Auto Racing and its driver Santi Urrutia, that was the case […]

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