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2007 Indy Pro Series

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2007 Indy Pro Series season
Indy Pro Series
Season
Races16
Start dateMarch 24
End dateSeptember 9
Awards
Drivers' championUnited Kingdom Alex Lloyd
Teams' championUnited States Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Rookie of the YearJapan Hideki Mutoh
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The 2007 IRL Indy Pro Series was the sixth season of the developmental open-wheel racing series under the Indy Racing League ownership, and the 22nd in Indy NXT combined history, as officially recognized by IndyCar. All teams used Dallara IL-02 chassis, which was fitted with a new wing package,[1] as well as unbranded TWR engines and Firestone tires.

In his second season in the series, Alex Lloyd became the runaway champion with Sam Schmidt Motorsports, clinching the title with two races remaining at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. Lloyd won the first five races of the season, tying Greg Moore's start of the 1995 season for the all-time consecutive wins record in Indy Lights history. Aided by an expanded schedule, Lloyd won eight races including the Freedom 100, and became the third driver to reach that number after Paul Tracy's nine wins in 1990 and Moore's ten wins in 1995.

Three cars racing at the 2007 Freedom 100
Indy Pro Series Logo

Japanese driver Hideki Mutoh, driving for the returning Panther Racing and backed by Honda through an association with Super Aguri, finished second in the standings despite missing the final round due to his IndyCar debut. He also won Rookie of the Year honors, with wins at the Indianapolis road course and Kentucky. Former champion Wade Cunningham finished third ahead of Bobby Wilson, with one win apiece, while Richard Antinucci scored two wins in a road course-only campaign for his uncle's team Cheever Racing.

Indy Pro Series teams and drivers competed for 3.7 million dollars, a 24 percent increase from 2006.[2] This resulted in a sizeable influx of new or returning teams, led by Chip Ganassi Racing, Panther Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing, all of them also benefiting from a rule that gave extra test days to IndyCar teams competing in the Indy Pro Series. AFS Racing blended their efforts with Andretti Green Racing, while Rahal partnered with newcomers Andersen Racing. Other new teams were Team Moore Racing (a spin-off of Kenn Hardley Racing), Team KMA Racing, Mile High Racing and Apex Racing. Speedworks entered the series by buying the equipment of Dave McMillan Racing, while Playa Del Racing embarked on its own after fielding the Racing Professionals effort in 2006, and Part Sourcing International was renamed into SWE Racing after entering halfway through 2006.

The car counts increased dramatically as a result, with 25 entries for the Miami 100, a first for the series since 1998, and a record 24 drivers at the Freedom 100. At least 20 drivers were present at every round, a number not reached in any of the previous seven seasons, and thirteen drivers competed in every race. In total, 43 different drivers competed during the year, which is the all-time Indy NXT record as of 2024. The last race of the season featured the closest finish in motor racing history as claimed by IndyCar, when Logan Gomez beat Alex Lloyd to the line by just 0.0005 seconds.

Drivers and teams

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
United States Brian Stewart Racing 1 United States Bobby Wilson All
3 United States Brad Jaeger All
33 Canada Shane Jantzi 4
United States Team Moore Racing 2 Canada Tom Wood 1
United States Jonathan Klein 2–12, 14–16
United States Travis Gregg 13
United States Guthrie Racing 4 United States Sean Guthrie 1–11, 14–15
United States Tom Wieringa 12–13, 16
40 1–8, 11
Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Jr. 9–10
United States RLR Andersen Racing 5 United States Andrew Prendeville All
15 Australia Joey Scarallo 1–13
United States J. R. Hildebrand 14–15
United States Michael Crawford Motorsports 6 United States C. R. Crews 1, 9–10, 12
United States Matt Jaskol 2–3, 14–15
New Zealand Marc Williams 4–8, 11
United States Richard Heistand 9–10
United States Ben Petter 16
8 United States Shane Lewis 1
United States C. R. Crews 2–3
United States Matt Jaskol 4
United States P. J. Abbott 5, 11, 16
United States Doug Boyer 6–7, 9–10, 12
United States Ben Petter 8
United States Steve Ablondi 14–15
United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd All
23 United States Logan Gomez All
38 United States Ryan Justice 1, 4–15
United States Travis Gregg 16
57 United States Leilani Munter 13, 16
United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing 9 United States Chris Festa All
10 Argentina Pablo Pérez Companc 1
United States Andretti Green Racing/AFS 11 Brazil Jaime Camara All
27 New Zealand Wade Cunningham All
United States Playa Del Racing 12 United States A. J. Russell 1
United States Phil Giebler 2–3, 6–7, 9–10, 14–15
United States Al Unser III 4–5, 8, 11
United States Sean Guthrie 12–13, 16
United States Team KMA Racing 13 United States Robbie Pecorari All
United States Kenn Hardley Racing 24 South Africa Stephen Simpson All
United States SWE Racing 34 United States Jon Brownson 1–10, 12–13, 16
43 United States Jimmy Kite 16
United States SpeedWorks 44 United Kingdom Jay Howard 1–3
United States Daniel Herrington 6–7, 9–10, 12
United States Adam Andretti 16
United States Cheever Racing 51 United States Richard Antinucci 2–3, 6–7, 9–10, 12, 14–15
United States Apex Racing 52 Canada Ken Losch All
53 United States Mike Potekhen All
United States Mile High Motorsports 54 United States Mickey Gilbert 1–4, 6–7, 14–15
United States Scott Mayer 9–10
United States Super Aguri Panther Racing 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh 1–15

Schedule

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The schedule expanded to a record 16 races for 2007, with the addition of two new venues and more double-headers. All racetracks from 2006 stayed on the schedule, as Indy Pro Series joined IndyCar at the newly constructed Iowa Speedway and the returning Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, which had hosted the original Indy Lights series in its final 2001 season. The Liberty Challenge at Indianapolis was split into two shorter races, and the round at Watkins Glen was also converted to a double-header format, with Mid-Ohio being the only single-race road course.

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 24 Miami 100  O  Homestead–Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida
2 March 31 – April 1 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
3
4 May 25 Freedom 100  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
5 June 2 Milwaukee 100  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
6 June 16–17 Liberty Challenge  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
7
8 June 23 Iowa 100  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
9 July 7–8 Corning 100  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York
10 Glen 100
11 July 14 Sun Belt Rentals 100  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
12 July 22 Mid-Ohio 100  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
13 August 11 Kentucky 100  O  Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky
14 August 25–26 Carneros 100  R  Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California
15 Valley of the Moon 100
16 September 9 Chicagoland 100  O  Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois
O Oval/Speedway
R Road/Street course

Race results

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Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 Homestead–Miami Speedway United States Chris Festa United States Logan Gomez United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2 Streets of St. Petersburg United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Japan Hideki Mutoh United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
3 United States Bobby Wilson[a] United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United States Jonathan Klein United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Canada Ken Losch United States Andrew Prendeville United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
5 Milwaukee Mile United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Japan Hideki Mutoh Japan Hideki Mutoh Japan Hideki Mutoh Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther Racing
7 United States Ryan Justice[b] United States Bobby Wilson United States Bobby Wilson United States Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing
8 Iowa Speedway New Zealand Wade Cunningham United Kingdom Alex Lloyd New Zealand Wade Cunningham United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
9 Watkins Glen International New Zealand Wade Cunningham United Kingdom Alex Lloyd New Zealand Wade Cunningham New Zealand Wade Cunningham Andretti Green Racing/AFS
10 United States Daniel Herrington[a] United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
11 Nashville Superspeedway United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United States Robbie Pecorari United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United States Robbie Pecorari Team KMA Racing
12 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United States Richard Antinucci United States Richard Antinucci United States Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing
13 Kentucky Speedway Japan Hideki Mutoh United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Japan Hideki Mutoh Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther Racing
14 Infineon Raceway United States Richard Antinucci Japan Hideki Mutoh United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports
15 United States Ryan Justice[b] United States Richard Antinucci United States Ryan Justice United States Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing
16 Chicagoland Speedway United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United States Travis Gregg United Kingdom Alex Lloyd United States Logan Gomez Sam Schmidt Motorsports

Race summaries

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Round 1 of 16: Miami 100

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  • Saturday March 24, 2007
  • Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida
  • Race weather: 78 °F (26 °C), fair skies
  • Pole position winner: #9 Chris Festa 28.5455 sec 187.280 mph (301.398 km/h)
  • Race Summary: The race which saw a Pro Series record 25 entries was marred by two major incidents. The first occurred when Wade Cunningham lost control of his car. Ryan Justice made contact with a large piece of debris from Cunningham's car and made hard contact with the wall at the exit of turn 2. He was unconscious as he was removed from the car but regained consciousness on the way to the infield care center. The next incident came just two laps after the end of the lengthy caution following the first incident. Sean Guthrie and Pablo Pérez Companc made contact between turns one and two and Perez's car launched over Guthrie's and into the catch fence. Perez was transported to the hospital with leg injuries. The race was prematurely ended after 57 laps due to damage to the catch fence from the second incident with Alex Lloyd leading and gaining his first IPS victory on an oval.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 2 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 57 0:57:45.9637 27 52
2 1 9 United States Chris Festa Chip Ganassi Racing 57 +0.7971 22 41
3 3 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther Racing 57 +2.0759 0 35
4 24 11 Brazil Jaime Camara Andretti Green Racing 57 +2.9581 0 32
5 21 5 United States Andrew Prendeville RLR Andersen Racing 57 +5.6602 0 30
Race average speed: 87.918 mph (141.490 km/h)
Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 36 laps

Round 2 of 16: St. Petersburg Grand Prix 1

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  • Saturday March 31, 2007
  • Streets of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Race weather: 80 °F (27 °C), mostly sunny
  • Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 1:07.1404 sec 96.514 mph (155.324 km/h)
  • Race Summary: Alex Lloyd dominated the first race at St. Petersburg leading all 40 laps of the race and winning from pole position. Lloyd held off Super Aguri Panther Racing's Hideki Mutoh for the final 22 laps. Mutoh had the best chance to take the win away from Lloyd but it just was not meant to be. Lloyd now has 3 wins in a row dating back to the final race of 2006.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 1 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 0:56:59.2967 40 53
2 24 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther Racing 40 +1.6038 0 40
3 7 2 United States Jonathan Klein Team Moore Racing 40 +8.3402 0 35
4 5 24 South Africa Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 40 +9.3671 0 32
5 3 44 United Kingdom Jay Howard SpeedWorks 40 +16.1795 0 30
Race average speed: 75.805 mph (121.996 km/h)
Lead changes: 0 between 1 driver
Cautions: 3 for 14 laps

Round 3 of 16: St. Petersburg Grand Prix 2

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  • Saturday April 1, 2007
  • Streets of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Race weather: 79 °F (26 °C), sunny
  • Pole position winner: Bobby Wilson Top 6 finishers from Race 1 inverted
  • Race Summary: Alex Lloyd had the car to beat in St. Petersburg, winning both races of the double-header. Lloydhad to start race 2 from 6th place because of the inverted field after race 1, but that didn't stop him from getting to the front. On lap 21 of 40 Lloyd took the lead and was never to lose it, winning now the first 3 races of 2007.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 6 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 0:58:35.8707 19 50
2 9 27 New Zealand Wade Cunningham Andretti Green Racing/AFS 40 +0.2542 0 40
3 1 1 United States Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 40 +0.3308 1 35
4 5 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther Racing 40 +1.6818 0 32
5 7 13 United States Robbie Pecorari Team KMA Racing 40 +2.7977 0 30
Race average speed: 73.723 mph (118.646 km/h)
Lead changes: 2 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 18 laps

Round 4 of 16: Freedom 100

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Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 2 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 40 0:46:39.6029 40 50
2 7 9 United States Chris Festa Chip Ganassi Racing 40 +0.4131 0 40
3 18 11 Brazil Jaime Camara AFS/Andretti Green 40 +1.2815 0 35
4 10 5 United States Andrew Prendeville RLR Andersen Racing 40 +1.7873 0 32
5 4 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 40 +2.5715 0 30
Race average speed: 128.590 mph (206.946 km/h)
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 16 laps

Round 5 of 16: Road Runner 100

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  • Saturday June 2, 2007
  • Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin
  • Race weather: 76 °F (24 °C), partly cloudy
  • Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 146.077 mph (235.088 km/h)
  • Race Summary: On turn 2 of the first lap Hideki Mutoh spun in front of most of the field, collecting 5 cars including Jaime Camara and Chris Festa. Jon Brownson shortly after the restart on lap 11. On lap 17 the race restarted and ran green until lap 81, during which time leader Alex Lloyd was able to pull out a 4-second lead on his closest pursuer Mike Potekhen and lap all but 3 of his competitors, cruising to his 5th straight victory to start the season. Lloyd now holds the league record for consecutive wins and sits second on the series all-time wins list.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 1 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 100 0:55:55.5643 100 50
2 4 53 United States Mike Potekhen Apex Racing 100 +2.2826 0 40
3 2 2 United States Jonathan Klein Team Moore Racing 100 +2.4395 0 35
4 9 4 United States Sean Guthrie U.S. Pro Racing 100 +14.0423 0 32
5 17 1 United States Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 99 +1 lap 0 30
Race average speed: 108.894 mph (175.248 km/h)
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 22 laps
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 1 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 18 0:26:09.8910 18 53
2 2 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 18 +6.2730 0 40
3 2 11 Brazil Jaime Camara Andretti Green/AFS Racing 18 +10.9900 0 35
4 8 27 New Zealand Wade Cunningham AFS Racing 18 +12.8240 0 32
5 6 24 South Africa Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 18 +13.2260 0 30
Race average speed: 107.320 mph (172.715 km/h)
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 2 1 United States Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 18 0:28:40.9170 18 52
2 7 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 18 +10.5260 0 40
3 8 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 18 +13.1470 0 35
4 1 38 United States Ryan Justice Sam Schmidt Motorsports 18 +13.1500 0 33
5 6 11 Brazil Jaime Camara Andretti Green/AFS Racing 18 +13.6130 0 30
Race average speed: 97.901 mph (157.556 km/h)
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 3 laps

Round 8 of 16: Iowa 100

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  • Saturday June 23, 2007
  • Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa
  • Race weather: 68 °F (20 °C), overcast, humid
  • Pole position winner: #27 Wade Cunningham 19.9522 sec 161.306 mph (259.597 km/h)
  • Race Summary: Wade Cunningham started from the pole and led the first 104 of the 115 laps, but was passed on the bottom by Alex Lloyd, who pulled away to capture his sixth victory of the season. On lap 79, Sean Guthrie lost control on the front straight while running fourth and lapping Mike Potekhen and shot across the infield and slammed into the inside wall. He walked away from the incident on his own power, but underwent X-Rays and was diagnosed with a displaced fracture of his left foot. Lloyd now has more Pro Series wins than any other driver.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 2 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 0:53:18.7234 10 50
2 1 27 New Zealand Wade Cunningham AFS Racing 115 +0.3927 105 43
3 8 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 115 +2.0990 0 35
4 12 38 United States Ryan Justice Sam Schmidt Motorsports 115 +3.4352 0 32
5 13 13 United States Robbie Pecorari Team KMA Racing 115 +6.0188 0 30
Race average speed: 115.707 mph (186.212 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 32 laps

Round 9 of 16: Corning Twin 100's Race 1

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Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 1 27 New Zealand Wade Cunningham AFS Racing 29 0:55:19.2394 29 53
2 4 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 29 +0.0758 0 40
3 2 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 29 +3.2013 0 35
4 5 12 United States Phil Giebler Playa Del Racing 29 +10.5847 0 32
5 10 1 United States Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 29 +10.7416 0 30
Race average speed: 105.997 mph (170.586 km/h)
Lead changes: none
Cautions: 2 for 5 laps

Round 10 of 16: Corning Twin 100's Race 2

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Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 4 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 29 0:52:28.2245 26 52
2 6 27 New Zealand Wade Cunningham AGR-AFS Racing 29 +4.7194 0 40
3 1 44 United States Daniel Herrington SpeedWorks 29 +16.3398 3 35
4 3 12 United States Phil Giebler Playa Del Racing 29 +23.8961 0 32
5 8 51 United States Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing 29 +26.2453 0 30
Race average speed: 111.754 mph (179.851 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 3 laps

Round 11 of 16: Sun Belt Rentals 100

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Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 3 13 United States Robbie Pecorari Team KMA Racing 77 0:52:56.3282 22 50
2 9 23 United States Logan Gomez Sam Schmidt Motorsports 77 +0.2226 0 40
3 8 11 Brazil Jaime Camara AGR-AFS Racing 77 +1.3941 0 35
4 2 27 New Zealand Wade Cunningham AGR-AFS Racing 77 +2.0087 1 32
5 11 2 United States Jonathan Klein Team Moore Racing 77 +2.2211 0 30
Race average speed: 113.452 mph (182.583 km/h)
Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 25 laps

Round 12 of 16: Mid Ohio 100

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Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 4 51 United States Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing 40 0:51:40.7399 25 52
2 6 27 New Zealand Wade Cunningham AGR-AFS Racing 40 +0.9588 0 40
3 2 24 South Africa Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 40 +9.1590 0 35
4 3 5 United States Andrew Prendeville RLR/Andersen Racing 40 +10.5676 0 32
5 9 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 40 +11.4918 0 30
Race average speed: 104.863 mph (168.761 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 2 laps

Round 13 of 16: Kentucky 100

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Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 1 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri Panther 67 0:54:01.6259 66 53
2 2 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +0.1032 0 40
3 3 27 New Zealand Wade Cunningham AGR-AFS Racing 67 +0.1567 1 35
4 6 9 United States Chris Festa Chip Ganassi Racing 67 +0.4246 0 32
5 20 11 Brazil Jaime Camara AGR-AFS Racing 67 +0.5673 0 30
Race average speed: 110.123 mph (177.226 km/h)
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 32 laps

Round 14 of 16: Carneros 100

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Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 2 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 0:45:28.8873 30 53
2 1 51 United States Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing 30 +0.8927 0 40
3 4 53 United States Mike Potekhen Apex Racing 30 +5.6988 0 35
4 3 24 South Africa Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 30 +6.5361 0 32
5 7 11 Brazil Jaime Camara AGR-AFS Racing 30 +13.7964 0 30
Race average speed: 91.026 mph (146.492 km/h)
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: 2 for 4 laps

Round 15 of 16: Valley of the Moon 100

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  • Sunday August 26, 2007
  • Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California
  • Race weather: 71 °F (22 °C), mostly sunny
  • Pole position winner: #38 Ryan Justice (8th place in Race 1)
  • Race Summary: The first eight positions from the first race were inverted to determine the grid for race 2. Alex Lloyd's car had engine trouble on the pace lap and he failed to start the race. Richard Antinucci steadily climbed through the field from the seventh starting position, eventually finding his way past polesitter Ryan Justice on lap 18 to take the lead and capture his second win of the season.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 7 51 United States Richard Antinucci Cheever Racing 30 0:42:20.0000 12 50
2 1 38 United States Ryan Justice Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 +1.7400 18 43
3 2 5 United States Andrew Prendeville RLR-Andersen Racing 30 +2.2703 0 35
4 2 23 United States Logan Gomez Sam Schmidt Motorsports 30 +6.9949 0 32
5 5 24 South Africa Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 30 +7.5331 0 30
Race average speed: 97.770 mph (157.346 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps

Round 16 of 16: Chicagoland 100

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  • Sunday September 9, 2007
  • Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois
  • Race weather: 75 °F (24 °C), sunny
  • Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 28.7799 sec 190.133 mph (305.989 km/h)
  • Race Summary: The Sam Schmidt Motorsports cars of champion Alex Lloyd and Logan Gomez battled for the lead with Robbie Pecorari throughout the race, which was slowed by two extended caution flags, the first caused by a major crash involving Chris Festa and Jaime Camara and the second involving Travis Gregg and Wade Cunningham. Gomez led his teammate entering the final lap. Lloyd mounted a challenge and the two cars briefly touched exiting turn four and Gomez was able to hold off Lloyd for his first Pro Series victory by a mere 0.0005 sec. The league claims that this finish is the closest in motor racing history.[3]
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
Points
1 4 23 United States Logan Gomez Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 0:56:10.8201 22 50
2 1 7 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 67 +0.0005 38 43
3 7 13 United States Robbie Pecorari Team KMA Motorsports 67 +1.2821 0 35
4 11 1 United States Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 67 +1.3000 0 32
5 16 53 United States Mike Potekhen Apex Racing 67 +1.3824 0 30
Race average speed: 108.764 mph (175.039 km/h)
Lead changes: 9 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 33 laps

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th 
Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5
  • The driver who starts on pole is awarded one point (except for Race 2 of doubleheader weekends)
  • The driver who leads the most laps in a race is awarded two additional points.
Pos Driver HMS STP INDY MIL IMS IOW WGL NAS MDO KTY SNM CHI Points
1 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd 1* 1* 1 1* 1* 2 2 1 3 1* 11* 22 2 1* DNS 2* 652
2 Japan Hideki Mutoh  RY  3 2 4 5 19 1* 3 3 2 6 6 5 1* 19 10 481
3 New Zealand Wade Cunningham 24 9 2 23 12 4 21 2* 1* 2 4 2 3 16 11 17 423
4 United States Bobby Wilson 6 6 3i 22 5 7 1* 9 5 12 15 6 18 17 14 4 393
5 United States Mike Potekhen 7 11 22 6 2 10 8 12 9 7 19 9 7 3 8 5 379
6 Brazil Jaime Camara 4 23 8 3 17 3 5 21 7 10 3 8 5 5 17 20 373
7 United States Logan Gomez  R  16 14 18 12 18 9 6 6 14 15 2 10 13 6 4 1 368
8 United States Robbie Pecorari  R  8 7 5 11 14 24 19 5 22 11 1 7 8 18 22 3 344
9 South Africa Stephen Simpson  R  11 4 20 14 22 5 11 19 12 13 7 3 11 4 5 12 312
10 United States Chris Festa 2 8 12 2 21 11 14 16 21 17 9 13 4 13 19 19 313
11 United States Andrew Prendeville  R  5 13 17 4 20 21 20 14 10 8 20 4 17 7 3 21 306
12 United States Jonathan Klein 3 14* 10 3 19 7 18 11 9 5 19 9 6 15 304
13 United States Ryan Justice  R  25 13 6 8 4i 4 23 23 8 11 15 8 2*i 276
14 United States Sean Guthrie 19 16 23 19 4 13 12 20 15 16 14 12 6 12 13 6 274
15 United States Richard Antinucci  R  19 15 6 9 8 5 1* 2 1 273
16 United States Brad Jaeger  R  13 12 19 21 10 16 22 17 13 14 12 14 9 10 9 11 260
17 Canada Ken Losch  R  14 22 10 24 13 17 16 11 19 19 10 17 12 15 15 9 239
18 Australia Joey Scarallo  R  21 15 9 20 8 18 13 13 16 20 18 18 20 184
19 United States Jon Brownson  R  15 17 16 9 11 23 17 22 20 24 21 19 8 171
20 United States Phil Giebler 24 7 12 15 4 4 14 12 163
21 United States Tom Wieringa  R  12 20 21 16 16 25 18 15 21 23 14 DNS 137
22 United States C. R. Crews  R  9 10 6 18 18 15 109
23 United States Daniel Herrington  R  22 10 6 3i 20 101
24 United States Matt Jaskol  R  18 13 7 11 7 100
25 United States Mickey Gilbert  R  22 21 11 15 15 24 21 16 95
26 United States Al Unser III 8 7 7 13 93
27 New Zealand Marc Williams  R  17 9 20 25 8 16 88
28 United Kingdom Jay Howard 10 5 24 56
29 United States P. J. Abbott 15 17 7 54
30 United States Doug Boyer  R  14 23 DNS 21 16 52
31 United States Ben Petter  R  10 14 36
32 United States Travis Gregg 10 16 34
33 United States Leilani Münter  R  16 13 31
34 United States Steve Ablondi  R  20 18 22
35 Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Jr. 17 22 21
36 United States Jimmy Kite  R  10 20
37 United States J. R. Hildebrand  R  22 20 18
38 Canada Tom Wood 17 13
39 Argentina Pablo Pérez Companc  R  18 12
40 Canada Shane Jantzi  R  18 12
41 United States Adam Andretti  R  18 12
42 United States Shane Lewis  R  20 10
43 United States A. J. Russell  R  23 7
United States Scott Mayer Wth
United States Richard Heistand Wth
Pos Driver HMS STP INDY MIL IMS IOW WGL NAS MDO KTY SNM CHI 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
(2 points)
i Partially inverted field

no bonus point awarded

Rookie of the Year
Rookie
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b No qualifying sessions were held for Race 2 of doubleheader weekends. The grid was decided by the results of Race 1, with the top 6 finishers in reverse order, and no bonus point was awarded for pole position.
  2. ^ a b No qualifying sessions were held for Race 2 of doubleheader weekends. The grid was decided by the results of Race 1, with the top 8 finishers in reverse order, and no bonus point was awarded for pole position.

References

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  1. ^ "New aerodynamic package for '07 :: Indy Racing League Indy Pro Series". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  2. ^ "Purse upped to almost $4 million :: Indy Racing League Indy Pro Series". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
  3. ^ To the fourth degree[permanent dead link], IndyCar.com, Sept 13, 2007
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