Cunningham wins Indy Lights race
Cunningham, driving the No. 11 Lucas Oil/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, won under caution as the No. 7 Hinchtown/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car of James Hinchcliffe spun on Lap 64 and the Lap 66 restart was waived off.
Saavedra, driving the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers Inc. car for AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing, finished second for his third consecutive top five. Ana Beatriz posted her fifth top five in the No. 20 Healthy Choice/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car and James Davison was fourth in the No. 21 People*s Liberation entry for Vision Racing. Davison has been running at the finish in 17 consecutive races – one off the series record by Nick Bussell.
Results Saturday of the Kentucky 100 Firestone Indy Lights event at the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, laps completed and reason out (if any) and money earned:
1. (4) Wade Cunningham, 67, Running $30,000
2. (2) Sebastian Saavedra, 67, Running $22,500
3. (10) Ana Beatriz, 67, Running $18,000
4. (6) James Davison, 67, Running $16,000
5. (13) Andrew Prendeville, 67, Running $15,000
6. (7) Daniel Herrington, 67, Running $14,500
7. (5) James Hinchcliffe, 67, Running $14,000
8. (17) Mike Potekhen, 67, Running $14,500
9. (14) Martin Plowman, 67, Running $13,000
10. (3) Mario Romancini, 67, Running $12,500
11. (18) Brandon Wagner, 67, Running $14,000
12. (9) Richard Philippe, 66, Running $13,000
13. (16) Rodrigo Barbosa, 66, Running $11,000
14. (8) Ali Jackson, 66, Running $10,500
15. (15) Pippa Mann, 65, Running $12,500
16. (19) Pablo Donoso, 65, Running $7,500
17. (1) J.R. Hildebrand, 0, Mechanical $6,500
18. (11) Charlie Kimball, 0, Contact $5,000
19. (12) Gustavo Yacaman, 0, Contact $4,500
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 162.103 mph
Time of race: 36:42.1492
Margin of victory: Under caution
Cautions: 2 caution flags for 9 laps
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Lap leaders: Saavedra 1-20, Hinchcliffe 21-25, Beatriz 26-27,
Hinchcliffe 28-42, Cunningham 43-51, Saavedra 52-53,
Cunningham 54-67.
Point standings: Hildebrand 386, Saavedra 343, Cunningham 322,
Romancini 293, Hinchcliffe 293, Davison 288, Herrington 268,
Beatriz 256, Kimball 226, Yacaman 224.