Firestone Freedom 100
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| Firestone Indy Lights | |
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| Venue | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| Corporate sponsor | Firestone |
| First race | 2003 |
| Distance | 100 miles (160 km) |
| Laps | 40 |
| Previous names | Freedom 100 (2003) Futaba Freedom 100 (2004-2005) Freedom 100 (2006-2007) |
| Most wins (driver) | Wade Cunningham (3) |
| Most wins (team) | Sam Schmidt Motorsports (7) |
The Firestone Freedom 100 is a Firestone Indy Lights Series auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is currently held the Friday before the Indianapolis 500. It is the biggest race for the Indy Lights Series and has much higher participation than many of the series' other races.
The race also holds a similar time trial to that of the Indianapolis 500 in which qualifying times are determined by an average of two laps.
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Race History [edit]
For the first two years, the race was held during the second weekend of Indianapolis 500 Time Trials, scheduled for Saturday, which was, at the time, used only for Indy 500 practice. The date proved to be unpopular and saw small crowds. In 2005, Carb Day, the final day of practice for the Indy 500, was moved from Thursday before the Indy 500 to Friday. Series officials moved the Freedom 100 to Carb Day, immediately following the Indy 500 practice session. The move proved popular with fans and competitors.
In 2008, in the wake of the merger between IRL and Champ Car, the series was renamed from Indy Pro Series to the Firestone Indy Lights Series. The new sponsorship extended to this race, renaming it the Firestone Freedom 100.[1]
In the first nine runnings, the race was won 6 times from the pole and 3 times from second starting position. Therefore, the race had always been won from the front row until Esteban Guerrieri won in 2012 from the 18th starting position.[2] This was the final starting spot for the race as 18 cars qualified.
Race Results [edit]
| Year | Date | Day | Winning Driver | Race Distance | Time of Race | Winning Speed | Starting Cars |
Lead Changes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles | Laps | ||||||||
| 2003 | May 17–18a | Sat.-Sun. |  Ed Carpenter |
100 | 40 | 55:02.1661 | 109.019 mph | 19 | 2 |
| 2004 | May 22 | Saturday |  Thiago Medeiros |
100 | 40 | 42:16.4388 | 141.931 mph | 17 | 2 |
| 2005 | May 27 | Friday | Jaime Camara |
100 | 40 | 40:52.6390 | 146.780 mph | 18 | 7 |
| 2006 | May 26 | Friday |  Wade Cunningham |
100 | 40 | 32:29.3233 | 184.679 mph | 19 | 0 |
| 2007 | May 25 | Friday |  Alex Lloyd |
100 | 40 | 46:39.6029 | 128.590 mph | 24 | 0 |
| 2008 | May 24b | Saturday | Dillon Battistini |
100 | 40 | 39:46.9495 | 150.820 mph | 27 | 4 |
| 2009 | May 22 | Friday | Wade Cunningham |
100 | 40 | 50:42.2548 | 118.333 mph | 22 | 9 |
| 2010 | May 28 | Friday | Wade Cunningham |
100 | 40 | 39:55.4552 | 150.285 mph | 16 | 4 |
| 2011 | May 27 | Friday | Josef Newgarden |
100 | 40 | 55:38.9881 | 107.817 mph | 18 | 6 |
| 2012 | May 25 | Friday |  Esteban Guerrieri |
100 | 40 | 40:09.1965 | 149.427 mph | 18 | 3 |
- a In 2003 the race started on Saturday May 17, but was halted by rain. It was completed the following day.
- b The 2008 race was scheduled for Friday May 23 but postponed one day due to rain.
Qualification Results [edit]
| Year | Date | Day | Pole Sitter / Fast Qualifier |
Pole 2-Lap Qualifying Time |
Pole Speed | Number of Qualifiers |
Slow Qualifier Speed |
Mean Qualifying Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | May 16 | Friday | Ed Carpenter |
01:35.4958 | 188.490 mph | 18 | 179.550 mph | 184.460 mph |
| 2004 | May 21 | Friday | Thiago Medeiros |
01:35.1000 | 189.274 mph | 17 | 178.100 mph | 186.302 mph |
| 2005 | May 26 | Thursday | Jaime Camara |
01:34.8018 | 189.870 mph | 17 | 168.816 mph | 184.892 mph |
| 2006 | May 25 | Thursday | Wade Cunningham |
01:36.5546 | 186.423 mph | 18 | 171.844 mph | 181.753 mph |
| 2007 | May 24 | Thursday |  Ken Losch |
01:35.6271 | 188.231 mph | 24 | 183.436 mph | 186.052 mph |
| 2008 | May 22 | Thursday | Dillon Battistini |
01:35.5430 | 188.397 mph | 27 | 178.497 mph | 186.196 mph |
| 2009 | May 21 | Thursday | Wade Cunningham |
01:34.6485 | 190.177 mph | 22 | 185.269 mph | 187.749 mph |
| 2010 | May 27 | Thursday | Pippa Mann |
01:35.7505 | 187.989 mph | 15 | 183.479 mph | 185.988 mph |
| 2011 | May 26 | Thursday | Bryan Clauson |
Grid set by entrant points due to rain. | ||||
| 2012 | May 24 | Thursday |  Gustavo Yacamán |
01:35.9913 | 187.517 mph | 19 | 184.494 mph | 185.828 mph |
Event Records [edit]
| Year | Driver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest Race | 2006 | Wade Cunningham |
Time: 32:29.3233 | Speed: 184.679 mph | 100 Miles | 40 Laps |
| Fastest Qualification Run | 2009 | Wade Cunningham |
Time: 01:34.6485 | Speed: 190.177 mph | 5 Miles | 2 Laps |
| Fastest Qualifying Lap | 2009 | Wade Cunningham |
Time: 00:47.2549 | Speed: 190.456 mph | 2.5 Miles | 1 Lap |
| Fastest Race Lap | 2011 | Brandon Wagner |
Time: 00:46.8017 | Speed: 192.301 mph | 2.5 Miles | 1 Lap |
| Most Wins by a Driver | 2006; 2009; 2010 | Wade Cunningham |
3 Wins | |||
| Most Starts by a Driver | 2005 - 2010 | Wade Cunningham |
6 Starts | |||
| Most Participants | 2008 | 27 Starting Drivers | ||||
Drivers [edit]
In the first ten years that this race has been contested, 118 drivers have participated:
| drivers who raced in the Indianapolis 500 | |
| drivers who failed to race in the Indianapolis 500 | |
| drivers who will debut in the 2013 Indianapolis 500 | |
| In bold drivers who enter to 2013 Freedom 100 |
| Driver | Nation | Starts | First | Latest | Best Finish | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mishael Abbott | USA |
2 | 2005 | 2006 | 11 | 2005 |
| Cyndie Allemann |  Switzerland |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 26 | 2008 |
| Marco Andretti | USA |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 16 | 2005 |
| Richard Antinucci | USA |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 2 | 2008 |
| Chase Austin | USA |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 9 | 2011 |
| Rodrigo Barbosa | Brazil |
2 | 2009 | 2010 | 12 | 2010 |
| Dillon Battistini | United Kingdom |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 1 | 2008 |
| Matt Beardsley | USA |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 8 | 2004 |
| Ana Beatriz Figueiredo | Brazil |
2 | 2008 | 2009 | 5 | 2008 |
| Jon Brownson | USA |
2 | 2007 | 2008 | 9 | 2007 |
| Nick Bussell | USA |
2 | 2006 | 2006 | 10 | 2006 |
| Jaime Camara | Brazil |
3 | 2005 | 2007 | 1 | 2005 |
| Adrian Campos, Jr. |  Spain |
1 | 2010 | 2010 | 10 | 2010 |
| Victor Carbone | Brazil |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 6 | 2012 |
| Tyce Carlson | USA |
1 | 2006 | 2006 | 15 | 2006 |
| Ed Carpenter | USA |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 1 | 2003 |
| Cole Carter | USA |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 18 | 2005 |
| James Chesson | USA |
1 | 2006 | 2006 | 18 | 2006 |
| Marco Cioci |  Italy |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 9 | 2003 |
| Dan Clarke | United Kingdom |
1 | 2010 | 2010 | 4 | 2010 |
| Bryan Clauson | USA |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 5 | 2011 |
| Wade Cunningham | New Zealand |
6 | 2005 | 2010 | 1 | 2006; 2009; 2010 |
| Paul Dana | USA |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 7 | 2003 |
| James Davison |  Australia |
2 | 2008 | 2009 | 6 | 2009 |
| Alon Day |  Israel |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 8 | 2012 |
| Peter Dempsey |  Ireland |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 6 | 2011 |
| Geoff Dodge | USA |
1 | 2006 | 2006 | 8 | 2006 |
| Craig Dollansky | USA |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 17 | 2003 |
| Pablo Donoso |  Chile |
2 | 2008 | 2009 | 9 | 2009 |
| Jay Drake | USA |
2 | 2004 | 2005 | 3 | 2005 |
| Armaan Ebrahim |  India |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 13 | 2012 |
| Brandon Erwin | USA |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 11 | 2003 |
| Duarte Ferreira |  Angola |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 13 | 2011 |
| Chris Festa | USA |
4 | 2005 | 2008 | 2 | 2007 |
| Aaron Fike | USA |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 6 | 2003 |
| Taylor Fletcher | USA |
2 | 2004 | 2005 | 9 | 2005 |
| Juan Pablo Garcia |  Mexico |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 16 | 2011 |
| Victor Garcia | Spain |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 3 | 2011 |
| Phil Giebler | Canada |
2 | 2004 | 2006 | 5 | 2004 |
| Micky Gilbert | USA |
2 | 2007 | 2008 | 15 | 2007 |
| Logan Gomez | USA |
2 | 2007 | 2008 | 7 | 2008 |
| Jorge Goncalvez |  Venezuela |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 11 | 2011 |
| Travis Gregg | USA |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 2005 |
| Mikael Grenier | Canada |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 10 | 2011 |
| Esteban Guerrieri | Argentina |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 1 | 2012 |
| Sean Guthrie | USA |
3 | 2006 | 2008 | 11 | 2006 |
| Matthew Hamilton | New Zealand |
1 | 2006 | 2006 | 13 | 2006 |
| Scott Harrington | USA |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 12 | 2003 |
| Jon Herb | USA |
3 | 2004 | 2006 | 13 | 2005 |
| Daniel Herrington | USA |
1 | 2009 | 2009 | 7 | 2009 |
| J.R. Hildebrand | USA |
2 | 2008 | 2009 | 2 | 2009 |
| James Hinchcliffe | Canada |
2 | 2009 | 2010 | 3 | 2010 |
| Jay Howard | United Kingdom |
2 | 2006 | 2009 | 2 | 2006 |
| João Victor Horto | Brazil |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 7 | 2012 |
| Imran Husain | India |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 14 | 2005 |
| Alistair Jackson | United Kingdom |
1 | 2009 | 2009 | 19 | 2009 |
| Brad Jaeger | USA |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 21 | 2007 |
| Shane Jantzi | Canada |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 18 | 2007 |
| Matt Jaskol | USA |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 7 | 2007 |
| Ronnie Johncox | USA |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 8 | 2003 |
| Ryan Justice | USA |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 13 | 2007 |
| Charlie Kimball | USA |
2 | 2009 | 2010 | 2 | 2010 |
| Jonathan Klein | USA |
2 | 2006 | 2007 | 6 | 2006 |
| Anders Krohn |  Norway |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 12 | 2011 |
| Mike Larrison | USA |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 9 | 2012 |
| Alex Lloyd | United Kingdom |
2 | 2006 | 2007 | 1 | 2007 |
| Ken Losch | Canada |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 24 | 2007 |
| Arie Luyendyk Jr. |  Netherlands |
4 | 2003 | 2010 | 3 | 2004 |
| Leonardo Maia | Brazil |
1 | 2004 | 2004 | 6 | 2004 |
| Philip Major | Canada |
1 | 2010 | 2010 | 6 | 2010 |
| Pippa Mann | United Kingdom |
2 | 2009 | 2010 | 16 | 2010 |
| Jesse Mason | Canada |
2 | 2004 | 2009 | 8 | 2009 |
| Raphael Matos | Brazil |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 10 | 2008 |
| Thiago Medeiros | Brazil |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 1 | 2004 |
| Rusty Mitchell | USA |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 7 | 2011 |
| Rocky Moran Jr. | USA |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 17 | 2005 |
| Carlos Muñoz | Colombia |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 2 | 2012 |
| Hideki Mutoh |  Japan |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 5 | 2007 |
| Josef Newgarden | USA |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 1 | 2011 |
| Emerson Newton-John | USA |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| Mark Olson | USA |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 25 | 2008 |
| David Ostella | Canada |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 8 | 2011 |
| Robbie Pecorari | USA |
2 | 2007 | 2008 | 4 | 2008 |
| Gary Peterson | USA |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 13 | 2004 |
| Martin Plowman | United Kingdom |
2 | 2009 | 2010 | 5 | 2010 |
| Brad Pollard | USA |
1 | 2004 | 2004 | 11 | 2004 |
| Mike Potekhen | USA |
3 | 2007 | 2009 | 6 | 2007 |
| Andrew Prendeville | USA |
3 | 2007 | 2009 | 4 | 2007 |
| Rolando Quintanilla | Mexico |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 10 | 2003 |
| German Quiroga | Mexico |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 10 | 2005 |
| Jonny Reid | New Zealand |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 20 | 2008 |
| Billy Roe | USA |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 9 | 2004 |
| Mario Romancini | Brazil |
1 | 2009 | 2009 | 3 | 2009 |
| Marty Roth | Canada |
2 | 2004 | 2005 | 5 | 2005 |
| Sebastian Saavedra | Colombia |
3 | 2009 | 2012 | 5 | 2009; 2012 |
| Joey Scarallo | Australia |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 20 | 2007 |
| Brent Sherman | USA |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 16 | 2008 |
| Jeff Simmons | USA |
5 | 2003 | 2010 | 2 | 2004 |
| Stephen Simpson |  South Africa |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 14 | 2007 |
| Jake Slotten | USA |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 23 | 2008 |
| Junior Strous | Netherlands |
1 | 2009 | 2009 | 10 | 2009 |
| Jonathan Summerton | USA |
1 | 2009 | 2009 | 12 | 2009 |
| Mark Taylor | United Kingdom |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 3 | 2003 |
| Al Unser III | USA |
3 | 2005 | 2008 | 4 | 2005 |
| Jonathan Urlin | USA |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 5 | 2003 |
| Brett Van Blankers | Canada |
1 | 2006 | 2006 | 14 | 2006 |
| Tristan Vautier |  France |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 3 | 2012 |
| Jean-Karl Vernay | France |
1 | 2010 | 2010 | 13 | 2010 |
| Brandon Wagner | USA |
4 | 2009 | 2012 | 8 | 2010 |
| Oliver Webb | United Kingdom |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
| Tom Wieringa | USA |
3 | 2006 | 2008 | 12 | 2006 |
| Marc Williams | New Zealand |
2 | 2007 | 2008 | 15 | 2008 |
| Bobby Wilson | USA |
3 | 2006 | 2008 | 6 | 2008 |
| Stefan Wilson | United Kingdom |
2 | 2010 | 2011 | 4 | 2011 |
| James Winslow | United Kingdom |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 17 | 2011 |
| Cory Witherill | USA |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 2 | 2003 |
| Tom Wood | Canada |
3 | 2003 | 2006 | 9 | 2006 |
| Gustavo Yacaman | Colombia |
4 | 2009 | 2012 | 4 | 2012 |
Sources [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Firestone Freedom 100 To Feature Firestone Indy Lights May 23 At IMS". name. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ "Guerrieri charges from back to win Freedom 100". name. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
