Sowery gets first Indy Lights win
From left, VeeKay, Sowery and Askew |
Englishman Toby Sowery claimed a well-deserved maiden Road to Indy victory this morning in a thrilling Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix at Portland International Raceway. Sowery, 23, from Cambridge, England, took the lead for HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey immediately after an early restart, then held off a determined challenge from yesterday’s winner Rinus VeeKay (Juncos Racing), from Hoofddorp, Netherlands.
Full report to follow…….
Results
Pos | No | Name | Laps | Diff | Gap | Led | ST | Status | Points | Team |
1 | 2 | Toby Sowery | 35 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 32 | 3 | Active | 320 | HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey |
2 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | 35 | 0.4244 | 0.4244 | 3 | 1 | Active | 401 | Juncos Racing |
3 | 28 | Oliver Askew | 35 | 8.2265 | 7.8021 | 0 | 2 | Active | 442 | Andretti Autosport |
4 | 48 | Ryan Norman | 35 | 15.8482 | 7.6217 | 0 | 5 | Active | 328 | Andretti Autosport |
5 | 27 | Robert Megennis | 35 | 21.1175 | 5.2693 | 0 | 8 | Active | 314 | Andretti Autosport |
6 | 67 | Dalton Kellett | 35 | 22.5387 | 1.4212 | 0 | 6 | Active | 245 | Juncos Racing |
7 | 5 | Lucas Kohl | 35 | 39.7185 | 17.1798 | 0 | 7 | Active | 227 | Belardi Auto Racing |
8 | 79 | David Malukas | — | 0.3432 | 0.1145 | 0 | 4 | Contact | 270 | HMD Motorsports |