Hildebrand wins Lights race at The Glen

JR Hildebrand

JR Hildebrand held off polesitter James Davison to win today's Firestone Indy Lights race at Watkins Glen. Hildebrand passed Davison on a restart about halfway through the caution riddled 30 lap race and from there was never headed despite several restarts.

Afterward Hildebrand said, "It doesn't get any better (than an American winning on the Fourth of July). This race win couldn't have happened at a better time for us. I knew we had a strong car going into this race. We were sitting there thinking, 'We cannot accept defeat today.' It's America's birthday. I can't be more happy with it."

More to follow……

Results

Pos

Driver Start Pos Diff Gap Status
1 JR Hildebrand (26) 4 –.—- –.—- Running
2 James Davison (21) 1 0.5499 0.5499 Running
3 Felipe Guimaraes (29) 6 1.2289 0.6790 Running
4 Charlie Kimball (35) 5 2.8635 1.6346 Running
5 Sebastian Saavedra (27) 2 3.1770 0.3135 Running
6 Richard Philippe (37) 9 3.4626 0.2856 Running
7 Daniel Herrington (28) 7 3.7795 0.3169 Running
8 Gustavo Yacaman (44) 18 4.1227 0.3432 Running
9 Pablo Donoso (9) 14 5.2818 1.1591 Running
10 Ana Beatriz (20) 16 5.3998 0.1180 Running
11 Martin Plowman (15) 11 6.1786 0.7788 Running
12 Mike Potekhen (24) 13 6.5087 0.3301 Running
13 Stefan Wilson (19) 19 6.7651 0.2564 Running
14 Andrew Prendeville (2) 12 6.8530 0.0879 Running
15 Pippa Mann (16) 20 7.7642 0.9112 Running
16 Ali Jackson (6) 21 11.7903 4.0261 Running
17 Sergey Mokshantsev (3) 15 11.9135 0.1232 Running
18 Rodrigo Barbosa (55) 17 28.1061 16.1926 Running
19 Wade Cunningham (11) 8 4 laps 4 laps Contact
20 Mario Romancini (5) 10 16 laps 12 laps Mechanical
21 James Hinchcliffe (7) 3 23 laps 7 laps Contact

Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 104.807 mph
Time of race: 57:52.6759
Margin of victory: 0.5499 of a second
Cautions: 3 caution flags for 5 laps
Lead changes: 1 among 2 drivers
Lap leaders: Davison 1-13, Hildebrand 14-30.

Point standings: Hildebrand 279, Romancini 221, Cunningham 216, Saavedra 215, Davison 206, Hinchcliffe 200, Herrington 194, Beatriz 184, Yacaman 173, Kimball 169.

Note: Saavedra was issued a 30-second penalty for blocking on final lap