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 |