2019 Indy Lights

The 2019 Indy Lights season was the 34th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 18th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. Oliver Askew won a tight championship race with Rinus Veekay. Askew won seven races to Veekay's six. Toby Sowery, Robert Megennis, and Ryan Norman each captured a single race win as did Aaron Telitz, who only participated in seven mid-season races, and Zachary Claman, who won the season opener but dropped out of the series after six races due to funding issues. Julien Falchero also dropped out of the season after four races after expected good results failed to materialize. Jarett Andretti made his first and only Indy Lights start in the Freedom 100 and set fastest lap on his way to a sixth place finish. Dalton Kellett moved onto IndyCar after this season despite only registering a single podium finish in 2019 Indy Lights.

2019 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races	18
Start date	March 9
End date	September 22
Awards
Drivers' champion	Oliver Askew
Teams' champion	Andretti Autosport
Rookie of the Year	Oliver Askew
← 2018 2020 →

The subsequent 2020 Indy Lights season would end up being canceled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.

Team and driver chart

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Andretti Autosport	18	Jarett Andretti[1]	7
	27	Robert Megennis[2]	All
	28	Oliver Askew[3]	All
	48	Ryan Norman[4]	All
Belardi Auto Racing	4	Julien Falchero[5]	1–4
		Aaron Telitz[6]	7–13
	5	Lucas Kohl[7]	All
	13	Zachary Claman[8]	1–6
Belardi Auto Racing with Jonathan Byrd's Racing	17	Chris Windom[9]	7
BN Racing Team Pelfrey HMD Motorsports1	2	Toby Sowery[10][11]	All
BN Racing HMD Motorsports1	79	David Malukas[12]	All
Juncos Racing	21	Rinus VeeKay[13]	All
	67	Dalton Kellett[14]	All

¹HMD Motorsports acquired BN Racing's Indy Lights operation in August 2019

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Race name	Track	Location
1	March 9	St. Petersburg Twin 150k	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
2	March 10
3	March 23	Indy Lights Classic	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas
4	March 24
5	May 10	Indy Lights Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course	Speedway, Indiana
6	May 11
7	May 24	Freedom 100	Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval	Speedway, Indiana
8	June 22	Mazda Grand Prix of Road America	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
9	June 23
10	July 13	Grand Prix of Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
11	July 14
12	July 27	Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
13	July 28
14	August 24	Illinois 250k	Gateway Motorsports Park	Madison, Illinois
15	August 31	Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
16	September 1
17	September 21	Monterey Grand Prix	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California
18	September 22

Race results

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner
					Driver	Team
1	St. Petersburg 1	Zachary Claman	Zachary Claman	Zachary Claman	Zachary Claman	Belardi Auto Racing
2	St. Petersburg 2	Oliver Askew	Robert Megennis	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Racing
3	Austin 1	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Andretti Autosport
4	Austin 2	Oliver Askew	Robert Megennis	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Andretti Autosport
5	Indianapolis GP 1	Robert Megennis	Oliver Askew	Robert Megennis	Robert Megennis	Andretti Autosport
6	Indianapolis GP 2	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Racing
7	Freedom 100	Robert Megennis	Jarett Andretti	Ryan Norman	Oliver Askew	Andretti Autosport
8	Road America 1	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman	Andretti Autosport
9	Road America 2	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Racing
10	Toronto 1	Aaron Telitz	Aaron Telitz	Aaron Telitz	Aaron Telitz	Belardi Auto Racing
11	Toronto 2	Oliver Askew	Aaron Telitz	Aaron Telitz	Oliver Askew	Andretti Autosport
12	Mid-Ohio 1	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Andretti Autosport
13	Mid-Ohio 2	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Andretti Autosport
14	Gateway	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Rinus VeeKay	Oliver Askew	Andretti Autosport
15	Portland 1	Rinus VeeKay	Toby Sowery	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Racing
16	Portland 2	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Toby Sowery	Toby Sowery	HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey
17	Laguna Seca 1	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Racing
18	Laguna Seca 2	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points (R)	30	25	22	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Points (O)	45	38	33	29	26	23	21	20	18	17	15	14	12	11	9	8	6	5	4	2

• The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
• An additional point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.

Pos Driver STP AUS IMS INDY ROA TOR MOH GMP POR LAG Points 1 Oliver Askew  RY  3 10 1* 1* 2 3 1 5 3 2 1 1* 1* 1 2 3 4 2 486 2 Rinus VeeKay  R  5 1* 2 4 3 1* 3 7 1* 3 9 3 3 2* 1* 2 1* 1* 465 3 Toby Sowery  R  2 3 5 6 7 5 4 4 8 5 2 9 2 8 4 1* 2 3 367 4 Ryan Norman 7 6 6 8 4 8 2* 1* 2 4 4 2 4 4 7 4 7 5 359 5 Robert Megennis  R  6 9 3 2 1* 4 8 2 6 6 5 4 9 5 3 5 3 4 355 6 David Malukas  R  4 4 10 3 6 6 11 6 4 9 8 5 5 3 6 8 5 7 301 7 Dalton Kellett 10 8 9 9 8 7 5 8 7 8 3 7 8 6 5 6 6 6 275 8 Lucas Kohl  R  9 7 8 7 9 9 7 9 9 7 7 6 7 7 8 7 8 8 253 9 Aaron Telitz 9 3 5 1* 6* 8 6 133 10 Zachary Claman 1* 2 7 10 5 2 124 11 Julien Falchero  R  8 5 4 5 66 12 Jarett Andretti  R  6 23 13 Chris Windom  R  10 17 Pos Driver STP AUS IMS INDY ROA TOR MOH GMP POR LAG Points

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps (1 point) 1 Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded  R  Rookie  RY  Rookie of the Year Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Teams' championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th+
Points	22	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

• Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
• Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries

Pos	Team	Points
1	Andretti Autosport	581
2	Juncos Racing	432
3	BN Racing/HMD Motorsports	388
4	Belardi Auto Racing	304

See also

• 2019 IndyCar Series
• 2019 Indy Pro 2000 Championship
• 2019 U.S. F2000 National Championship