Kimball tops Hinchcliffe in opening Lights practice
On a cool Saturday morning America Charlie Kimball nipped Canadian series points leader James Hinchcliffe in opening Firestone Indy Lights Carneros 100 practice at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. JK Vernay, who never saw this track before taking a Jim Russell Racing class last week to try and learn the track.
Dan Clarke and Sebastian Saavedra rounded out the top-5.
Results
| Rank | No | Name | Laps | Gap | Diff | Best Lap Time | Best Lap Speed |
| 1 | 26 | Charlie Kimball | 16 | –.—- | –.—- | 1:23.8681 | 98.855 mph |
| 2 | 2 | James Hinchcliffe | 16 | 0.0507 | 0.0507 | 1:23.9188 | 98.796 mph |
| 3 | 7 | JK Vernay | 16 | 0.2418 | 0.2925 | 1:24.1606 | 98.512 mph |
| 4 | 40 | Dan Clarke | 15 | 0.2299 | 0.5224 | 1:24.3905 | 98.243 mph |
| 5 | 29 | Sebastian Saavedra | 12 | 0.0488 | 0.5712 | 1:24.4393 | 98.187 mph |
| 6 | 27 | Martin Plowman | 13 | 0.1562 | 0.7274 | 1:24.5955 | 98.005 mph |
| 7 | 10 | Gustavo Yacaman | 16 | 0.0399 | 0.7673 | 1:24.6354 | 97.959 mph |
| 8 | 77 | Alex Ellis | 18 | 0.6223 | 1.3896 | 1:25.2577 | 97.244 mph |
| 9 | 11 | Pippa Mann | 14 | 0.0831 | 1.4727 | 1:25.3408 | 97.149 mph |
| 10 | 49 | Philip Major | 18 | 0.0116 | 1.4843 | 1:25.3524 | 97.136 mph |
| 11 | 28 | Joel Miller | 14 | 0.2566 | 1.7409 | 1:25.6089 | 96.845 mph |
| 12 | 8 | Juan Pablo Garcia | 15 | 0.0464 | 1.7873 | 1:25.6554 | 96.792 mph |
| 13 | 36 | David Martinez | 15 | 0.4056 | 2.1929 | 1:26.0610 | 96.336 mph |
| 14 | 4 | Giancarlo Vilarinho | 13 | 1.1559 | 3.3488 | 1:27.2168 | 95.06 mph |
| 15 | 18 | Rodrigo Barbosa | 13 | 0.5918 | 3.9406 | 1:27.8087 | 94.419 mph |
| 16 | 22 | Adrian Campos Jr | 3 | 11.6989 | 15.6395 | 1:39.5076 | 83.318 mph |