Chaves earns his second victory of the season

Gabby Chaves

Champagne that Gabby Chaves poured over his head in Victory Circle was quickly washed away by rain increasing in intensity at Barber Motorsports Park.

But while Belardi Auto Racing crew members scrambled to move the No. 5 car back to the cover of the transporter, the sophomore Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires driver was wrapped up in the celebratory moment of his second victory of the season.

Chaves, who started from the pole position on the back end of the Legacy Indy Lights 100 doubleheader weekend on the 2.83-mile, 17-turn road course, won by 1.5904 seconds over teammate Alex Baron in the No. 4 entry. Zach Veach, who won the first race a day earlier, was 3.5136 seconds back in third in the No. 26 Andretti Autosport car.

Luiz Razia, driving the No. 7 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports with Curb-Agajanian car, finished fourth and teammate Jack Harvey was fifth in the No. 42 entry.

Chaves sliced the championship points gap to the front-running Veach from 26 to nine heading to the twin races May 9-10 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course as part of the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

Results

Rank Driver Car No. Start Laps Laps Led Status Points Avg. Speed
1 Gabby Chaves 5 1 38 38 Running 52 101.583
2 Alex Baron 4 3 38 0 Running 40 101.531
3 Zach Veach 26 2 38 0 Running 35 101.468
4 Luiz Razia 7 5 38 0 Running 32 101.349
5 Jack Harvey 42 4 38 0 Running 30 101.278
6 Juan Pablo Garcia 10 7 38 0 Running 28 101.211
7 Juan Piedrahita 77 8 38 0 Running 26 101.121
8 Zack Meyer 2 9 38 0 Running 24 101.028
9 Lloyd Read 28 11 38 0 Running 22 100.758
10 Scott Anderson 24 12 38 0 Running 20 100.664
11 Vittorio Ghirelli 22 10 33 0 Mechanical 18 103.246
12 Matthew Brabham 83 6 26 0 Mechanical 16 104.605