# 2013 Indy Lights

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2013 Indy Lights season Firestone Indy Lights Season Races 12 Start date March 24 End date October 19 Awards Drivers' champion Sage Karam Teams' champion Sam Schmidt Motorsports ← 2012 2014 →

The **2013 [Indy Lights](/source/Firestone_Indy_Lights) season** was a season of [open wheel](/source/Open_wheel_car) [motor racing](/source/Motor_racing). It was the 28th season of the series and the twelfth sanctioned by [IndyCar](/source/IndyCar), acting as the primary support series for the [IZOD IndyCar Series](/source/IndyCar_Series). It began March 24, 2013 in [St. Petersburg](/source/Streets_of_St._Petersburg).[1]

It was a season with a very low number of entries, with the Grand Prix races having between 8 and 12 drivers at most.

Rookie [Sage Karam](/source/Sage_Karam) won the championship, the eighth rookie to win the series title.[2] Karam clinched the championship in the final race over rookie teammate [Gabby Chaves](/source/Gabby_Chaves). Second-year driver [Carlos Muñoz](/source/Carlos_Mu%C3%B1oz_(racing_driver)) won a series-high four races but was forced to settle for third in the championship. [Peter Dempsey](/source/Peter_Dempsey) captured the [Freedom 100](/source/Freedom_100) in a spectacular four-wide finish in what was the closest finish in [Indianapolis Motor Speedway](/source/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway) history.

In June, it was announced that the series would be promoted by Andersen Promotions beginning in [2014](/source/2014_Indy_Lights_season).[3] INDYCAR sanctioning will remain. In August it was announced that [Cooper Tire](/source/Cooper_Tire) would replace Firestone as the official tire of the series in 2014.[4]

## Team and driver chart

- All drivers will compete in [Firestone Firehawk](/source/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company)–shod [Dallara](/source/Dallara) chassis.

Team No. Drivers Rounds Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 Gabby Chaves[5] All 8 Sage Karam[6] All 67 Kyle O'Gara[7][N 1] 4, 12 77 Jack Hawksworth[8] All Team Moore Racing 2 Juan Pablo García[9] 1–10 Peter Dempsey 11 22 Ethan Ringel 1 Victor Carbone 2 Mikaël Grenier 3 Jimmy Simpson 4 Conor Daly 11 Andretti Autosport AFS Racing 12 Zach Veach[10] All 26 Carlos Muñoz[11] All Belardi Auto Racing 4 Jorge Goncalvez[12] All 5 Peter Dempsey[13] 1–10 Juan Pablo García 11–12 6 Giancarlo Serenelli 9–12 Bryan Herta Autosport Jeffery Mark Motorsports 28 Chase Austin 4 Axcil Jefferies 9, 11 MDL Racing 56 Matthew Di Leo[14] 3, 8–11 Pabst Racing 17 Dalton Kellett 10

- [2012 Star Mazda](/source/2012_Star_Mazda_Championship_season) Champion [Jack Hawksworth](/source/Jack_Hawksworth) earned a [$](/source/United_States_dollar)500,000 scholarship for his Championship season.[15] Hawksworth will drive for [Schmidt Peterson Motorsports](/source/Sam_Schmidt_Motorsports) in its No. 77 machine.[8]

## Schedule

IndyCar announced the 2013 Indy Lights schedule on October 18, 2012. It joined all IndyCar Series weekends in North America except Detroit, Texas and Sonoma.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location 1 March 23–24 St. Petersburg 100 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 April 6–7 Legacy Indy Lights 100 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama 3 April 20–21 Long Beach 100 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 4 May 24 Firestone Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana 5 June 14–15 Milwaukee Race Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 6 June 22–23 Iowa Speedway 100 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa 7 July 6–7 Pocono Race Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania 8 July 12–13 Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto 9 August 3–4 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 10 August 31 – September 1 Grand Prix of Baltimore Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland 11 October 5–6 Grand Prix of Houston Reliant Park Houston, Texas 12 October 18–19 Lefty's Kids Club 100 Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California

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## Race results

Rd. Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team 1 St. Petersburg Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Jack Hawksworth Jack Hawksworth Sam Schmidt Motorsports 2 Barber Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport 3 Long Beach Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport 4 Indianapolis Sage Karam Peter Dempsey Carlos Muñoz Peter Dempsey Belardi Auto Racing 5 Milwaukee Sage Karam Zach Veach Zach Veach Sage Karam Sam Schmidt Motorsports 6 Iowa Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Sage Karam Sage Karam Sam Schmidt Motorsports 7 Pocono Carlos Muñoz Gabby Chaves Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport 8 Toronto Jack Hawksworth Jack Hawksworth Jack Hawksworth Jack Hawksworth Sam Schmidt Motorsports 9 Mid-Ohio Gabby Chaves Carlos Muñoz Gabby Chaves Gabby Chaves Sam Schmidt Motorsports 10 Baltimore Jack Hawksworth Jack Hawksworth Jack Hawksworth Jack Hawksworth Sam Schmidt Motorsports 11 Houston Sage Karam Gabby Chaves Sage Karam Sage Karam Sam Schmidt Motorsports 12 Fontana Zach Veach Sage Karam Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport

## Driver standings

**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 19 18

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

Pos Driver STP BAR LBH INDY MIL IOW POC TOR MOH BAL HOU FON Pts 1 Sage Karam RY 3 4 3 3 1 1* 2 6 8 2 1*1 3 460 2 Gabby Chaves R 8 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 1* 3 2 2 449 3 Carlos Muñoz 7 1* 1* 4* 2 8 1* 4 4 9 12 1* 441 4 Jack Hawksworth R 1* 2 8 10 8 3 5 1* 3 1* 6 9 412 5 Peter Dempsey 2 6 10 1 6 4 7 2 2 4 9 360 6 Jorge Goncalvez 6 5 4 6 7 5 8 8 9 5 4 5 336 7 Zach Veach R 5 9 9 5 3* 7 4 7 5 8 10 4 333 8 Juan Pablo García 4 8 6 9 5 6 6 5 6 DNS 8 6 312 9 Matthew Di Leo R 5 9 10 6 11 119 10 Giancarlo Serenelli R 11 7 7 7 97 11 Axcil Jefferies R 7 5 56 12 Kyle O'Gara R 11 8 43 13 Conor Daly 3 35 14 Victor Carbone 7 26 15 Mikaël Grenier R 7 26 16 Jimmy Simpson R 7 26 17 Chase Austin 8 24 18 Ethan Ringel R 9 22 19 Dalton Kellett R 10 20 Pos Driver STP BAR LBH INDY MIL IOW POC TOR MOH BAL HOU FON 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) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps (2 points) 1 Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded Rookie of the Year Rookie

## Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** In conjunction with [Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing](/source/Sarah_Fisher_Hartman_Racing).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Twelve races, two new venues for 2013"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121021034150/http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/10-October/10-18-Twelve-races-two-new-venues-for-2013). *[Firestone Indy Lights](/source/Firestone_Indy_Lights)*. [IndyCar](/source/Indy_Racing_League). October 18, 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/10-October/10-18-Twelve-races-two-new-venues-for-2013) on October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Lewandowski, Dave (October 19, 2013). ["Karam secures title; Munoz wins fourth race"](http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/10/10-19-Munoz-wins-Firestone-Indy-Lights-race). [IndyCar](/source/IndyCar). Retrieved October 19, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Andersen Promotions to take over Indy Lights](http://www.racer.com/report-andersen-promotions-to-take-over-indy-lights/article/299747/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061940/http://www.racer.com/report-andersen-promotions-to-take-over-indy-lights/article/299747/) October 23, 2013, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), *Racer*, June 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-22

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Cooper Tires Named Official Tire Of New Indy Lights Series](http://www.performanceracing.com/news/cooper-tires-named-official-tire-new-indy-lights-series) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170914081549/http://www.performanceracing.com/news/cooper-tires-named-official-tire-new-indy-lights-series) 2017-09-14 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), *Performance Racing Industry*, August 22, 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-22

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Chaves graduates for '13 to championship team"](http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/02/2-14-Chaves-graduates-to-Firestone-Indy-Lights-with-SPM). *[Firestone Indy Lights](/source/Firestone_Indy_Lights)*. [IndyCar](/source/IndyCar). February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Glendenning, Mark. [Sage Karam joins Sam Schmidt Indy Lights line-up](http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105910), *Autosport*, March 8, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-08

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SFHRIndy_7-0)** [SFHR Development Driver Kyle O’Gara to Run Firestone Freedom 100 thru Partnership with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports](https://archive.today/20130411195253/http://sfhracing.com/sfhr-development-driver-kyle-ogara-to-run-firestone-freedom-100-thru-partnership-with-schmidt-peterson-motorsports/), *[http://sfhracing.com](http://sfhracing.com)*, March 27, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-27.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-HawksworthSSM_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-HawksworthSSM_9-1) ["Star Mazda Champ Jack Hawksworth to Join Sam Schmidt Motorsports in 2013"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130523120405/http://www.catchfence.com/2012/press/12/07/star-mazda-champ-jack-hawksworth-to-join-sam-schmidt-motorsports-firestone-indy-lights-team-in-2013/). Archived from [the original](http://www.catchfence.com/2012/press/12/07/star-mazda-champ-jack-hawksworth-to-join-sam-schmidt-motorsports-firestone-indy-lights-team-in-2013/) on May 23, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Guerra, Kate. [Garcia joins race-winning Team Moore for '13 season](http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/01/1-10-Garcia-teams-up-with-race-winning-team-for-2013), *IndyCar*, January 10, 2013, Retrieved 2013-01-10

1. **[^](#cite_ref-VeachAndretti_11-0)** [Veach moves up to Firestone Indy Lights with Andretti](http://www.indycar.com/News/2012/12-December/12-3-Veach-moves-up-to-Firestone-Indy-Lights-with-Andretti), *IndyCar.com*, December 3, 2012, Retrieved December 3, 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Muñoz_12-0)** [Andretti retains Muñoz, will contest Indy 500](http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/10-October/10-22-Munoz-returns-to-Andretti-and-will-contest-Indianapolis-500) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121023234306/http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/10-October/10-22-Munoz-returns-to-Andretti-and-will-contest-Indianapolis-500) 2012-10-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), *IndyCar.com*, October 22, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Goncalvez_13-0)** [Third Time is the Charm for Goncalvez Who Reunites with Belardi Auto Racing for 2013](http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Third-Time-s-the-Charm-for-Goncalvez.html?soid=1108719110539&aid=7IbFbswSvI8), *constantcontact.com*, February 27, 2013,

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Dempsey_14-0)** [Peter Dempsey earns full season chance with Belardi](http://www.racer.com/peter-dempsey-earns-full-season-chance-with-belardi/article/263307/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131224111714/http://www.racer.com/peter-dempsey-earns-full-season-chance-with-belardi/article/263307/) December 24, 2013, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), *racer.com*, October 11, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-MDL_15-0)** [Di Leo to Make Debut on Streets of Long Beach](http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=12320&sid=eb50ae15b17de5666d1992f30918b37f) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002726/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=12320&sid=eb50ae15b17de5666d1992f30918b37f) 2016-03-04 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), *eFormulaCarNews*, April 16, 2013, Retrieved 2013-04-16

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hawksworth_16-0)** [Series champ Hawksworth ready for next challenge](http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/10-October/10-30-Hawksworth-ready-for-next-challenge) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121104021345/http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/10-October/10-30-Hawksworth-ready-for-next-challenge) 2012-11-04 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), *IndyCar.com*, October 30, 2012, Retrieved November 2, 2012

## External links

- [Indy Lights Series website](http://indylights.com/)

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