Redemption for Chaves in the Freedom 100

Gabby Chaves, winner of the Freedom 100 by a nose

Belardi Auto Racing’s Gabby Chaves won today's Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires series Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Colombian, who last year finished second by 0.0026 seconds, made an outside pass of Andretti Autosport's Matthew Brabham coming to the checkered flag to nip the 2013 Pro Mazda Champion by 0.005 seconds.

The win was the second consecutive for Belardi, who won last season with Peter Dempsey behind the wheel.

Following Chaves and Brabham was Zach Veach in third. The Andretti Autosport driver is now tied with Chaves a top the Indy Lights championship standings.

Gabby Chaves

The Schmidt Peterson Motorsports trio of Luiz Razia, Jack Harvey fifth and Juan Pablo Garcia was fourth, fifth and sixth. Chaves' Belardi teammate Alex Baron was seventh, followed by Juan Piedrahita, Scott Anderson, Zach Meter and Chase Austin. Austin suffered a scary accident on lap 14 and has been transported to Methodist Hospital with a broken wrist.

We will pass more information along regarding Austin as we receive it.

Results

Rank Driver No. Start Laps Laps Led Status Points Avg. Speed
1 Gabby Chaves 5 5 40 6 Running 50 143.600
2 Matthew Brabham 83 3 40 28 Running 42 143.599
3 Zach Veach 26 4 40 1 Running 35 143.591
4 Luiz Razia 7 1 40 5 Running 33 143.587
5 Jack Harvey 42 2 40 Running 30 143.568
6 Juan Pablo Garcia 10 6 40 Running 28 143.531
7 Alex Baron 4 9 40 Running 26 143.485
8 Juan Piedrahita 77 8 40 Running 24 143.337
9 Scott Anderson 24 10 40 Running 22 142.441
10 Zack Meyer 2 11 40 Running 20 142.011
11 Chase Austin 0 7 14 Contact 1 174.147