2007 Indy Pro Series

2007 Indy Pro Series season
Indy Pro Series
Season
Races	16
Start date	March 24
End date	September 9
Awards
Drivers' champion	Alex Lloyd
Teams' champion	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Rookie of the Year	Hideki Mutoh

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, 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

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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. 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

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

Schedule

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

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

Race summaries

Round 1 of 16: Miami 100

• 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	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	57	0:57:45.9637	27	52
2	1	9	Chris Festa	Chip Ganassi Racing	57	+0.7971	22	41
3	3	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther Racing	57	+2.0759	0	35
4	24	11	Jaime Camara	Andretti Green Racing	57	+2.9581	0	32
5	21	5	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

• 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	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	40	0:56:59.2967	40	53
2	24	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther Racing	40	+1.6038	0	40
3	7	2	Jonathan Klein	Team Moore Racing	40	+8.3402	0	35
4	5	24	Stephen Simpson	Kenn Hardley Racing	40	+9.3671	0	32
5	3	44	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

• 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	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	40	0:58:35.8707	19	50
2	9	27	Wade Cunningham	Andretti Green Racing/AFS	40	+0.2542	0	40
3	1	1	Bobby Wilson	Brian Stewart Racing	40	+0.3308	1	35
4	5	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther Racing	40	+1.6818	0	32
5	7	13	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

• Friday May 25, 2007
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Race weather: 82 °F (28 °C), cloudy with scattered showers
• Pole position winner: #52 Ken Losch 188.231 mph (302.928 km/h)
• Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	2	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	40	0:46:39.6029	40	50
2	7	9	Chris Festa	Chip Ganassi Racing	40	+0.4131	0	40
3	18	11	Jaime Camara	AFS/Andretti Green	40	+1.2815	0	35
4	10	5	Andrew Prendeville	RLR Andersen Racing	40	+1.7873	0	32
5	4	55	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

• 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	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	100	0:55:55.5643	100	50
2	4	53	Mike Potekhen	Apex Racing	100	+2.2826	0	40
3	2	2	Jonathan Klein	Team Moore Racing	100	+2.4395	0	35
4	9	4	Sean Guthrie	U.S. Pro Racing	100	+14.0423	0	32
5	17	1	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

Round 6 of 16: Liberty Challenge Race 1

• Saturday June 16, 2007
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
• Race weather: 95 °F (35 °C), Hazy
• Pole position winner: #55 Hideki Mutoh 109.966 mph (176.973 km/h)
• Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	1	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther	18	0:26:09.8910	18	53
2	2	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	18	+6.2730	0	40
3	2	11	Jaime Camara	Andretti Green/AFS Racing	18	+10.9900	0	35
4	8	27	Wade Cunningham	AFS Racing	18	+12.8240	0	32
5	6	24	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

Round 7 of 16: Liberty Challenge Race 2

• Saturday June 17, 2007
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
• Race weather: 82 °F (28 °C), Hazy
• Pole position winner: #38 Ryan Justice (8th place in race 1)
• Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	2	1	Bobby Wilson	Brian Stewart Racing	18	0:28:40.9170	18	52
2	7	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	18	+10.5260	0	40
3	8	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther	18	+13.1470	0	35
4	1	38	Ryan Justice	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	18	+13.1500	0	33
5	6	11	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

• 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	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	115	0:53:18.7234	10	50
2	1	27	Wade Cunningham	AFS Racing	115	+0.3927	105	43
3	8	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther	115	+2.0990	0	35
4	12	38	Ryan Justice	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	115	+3.4352	0	32
5	13	13	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

• Saturday July 7, 2007
• Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York
• Race weather:
• Pole position winner: #27 Wade Cunningham 1 min 36.7418 sec 125.406 mph (201.821 km/h)
• Race Summary: Polesitter Wade Cunningham held off a hard-charging Hideki Mutoh to capture his first win of the season and fifth of his career. The only major incident of the race came on lap 8 when Chris Festa spun coming out of turn 1 and hit the inside guard rail.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	1	27	Wade Cunningham	AFS Racing	29	0:55:19.2394	29	53
2	4	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther	29	+0.0758	0	40
3	2	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	29	+3.2013	0	35
4	5	12	Phil Giebler	Playa Del Racing	29	+10.5847	0	32
5	10	1	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

• Sunday July 8, 2007
• Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York
• Race weather:
• Pole position winner: #44 Daniel Herrington (6th place in race 1)
• Race Summary: On lap 3, Alex Lloyd was able to get by polesitter Daniel Herrington and pull away from his closest pursuer, race 1 winner Wade Cunningham, to capture his seventh win of the season and further extend his points lead.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	4	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	29	0:52:28.2245	26	52
2	6	27	Wade Cunningham	AGR-AFS Racing	29	+4.7194	0	40
3	1	44	Daniel Herrington	SpeedWorks	29	+16.3398	3	35
4	3	12	Phil Giebler	Playa Del Racing	29	+23.8961	0	32
5	8	51	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

• Saturday July 14, 2007
• Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tennessee
• Race weather: 90 °F (32 °C), Sunny
• Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 25.7368 sec 181.841 mph (292.645 km/h)
• Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	3	13	Robbie Pecorari	Team KMA Racing	77	0:52:56.3282	22	50
2	9	23	Logan Gomez	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	77	+0.2226	0	40
3	8	11	Jaime Camara	AGR-AFS Racing	77	+1.3941	0	35
4	2	27	Wade Cunningham	AGR-AFS Racing	77	+2.0087	1	32
5	11	2	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

• Saturday July 21, 2007
• Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
• Race weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Partly Cloudy
• Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 110.188 mph (177.330 km/h)
• Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	4	51	Richard Antinucci	Cheever Racing	40	0:51:40.7399	25	52
2	6	27	Wade Cunningham	AGR-AFS Racing	40	+0.9588	0	40
3	2	24	Stephen Simpson	Kenn Hardley Racing	40	+9.1590	0	35
4	3	5	Andrew Prendeville	RLR/Andersen Racing	40	+10.5676	0	32
5	9	55	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

• Saturday August 11, 2007
• Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky
• Race weather:
• Pole position winner: #55 Hideki Mutoh 191.276 mph (307.829 km/h)
• Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	1	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther	67	0:54:01.6259	66	53
2	2	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	67	+0.1032	0	40
3	3	27	Wade Cunningham	AGR-AFS Racing	67	+0.1567	1	35
4	6	9	Chris Festa	Chip Ganassi Racing	67	+0.4246	0	32
5	20	11	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

• Saturday August 25, 2007
• Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California
• Race weather: 85 °F (29 °C), sunny
• Pole position winner: #51 Richard Antinucci 1:22.2742 100.639 mph (161.963 km/h)
• Race Summary: Alex Lloyd passed Richard Antinucci on the first lap and never looked back, leading all 30 laps en route to the victory while clinching the championship.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	2	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	30	0:45:28.8873	30	53
2	1	51	Richard Antinucci	Cheever Racing	30	+0.8927	0	40
3	4	53	Mike Potekhen	Apex Racing	30	+5.6988	0	35
4	3	24	Stephen Simpson	Kenn Hardley Racing	30	+6.5361	0	32
5	7	11	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

• 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	Richard Antinucci	Cheever Racing	30	0:42:20.0000	12	50
2	1	38	Ryan Justice	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	30	+1.7400	18	43
3	2	5	Andrew Prendeville	RLR-Andersen Racing	30	+2.2703	0	35
4	2	23	Logan Gomez	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	30	+6.9949	0	32
5	5	24	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

• 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.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	4	23	Logan Gomez	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	67	0:56:10.8201	22	50
2	1	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	67	+0.0005	38	43
3	7	13	Robbie Pecorari	Team KMA Motorsports	67	+1.2821	0	35
4	11	1	Bobby Wilson	Brian Stewart Racing	67	+1.3000	0	32
5	16	53	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

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	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 Alex Lloyd 1* 1* 1 1* 1* 2 2 1 3 1* 11* 22 2 1* DNS 2* 652 2 Hideki Mutoh  RY  3 2 4 5 19 1* 3 3 2 6 6 5 1* 19 10 481 3 Wade Cunningham 24 9 2 23 12 4 21 2* 1* 2 4 2 3 16 11 17 423 4 Bobby Wilson 6 6 3i 22 5 7 1* 9 5 12 15 6 18 17 14 4 393 5 Mike Potekhen 7 11 22 6 2 10 8 12 9 7 19 9 7 3 8 5 379 6 Jaime Camara 4 23 8 3 17 3 5 21 7 10 3 8 5 5 17 20 373 7 Logan Gomez  R  16 14 18 12 18 9 6 6 14 15 2 10 13 6 4 1 368 8 Robbie Pecorari  R  8 7 5 11 14 24 19 5 22 11 1 7 8 18 22 3 344 9 Stephen Simpson  R  11 4 20 14 22 5 11 19 12 13 7 3 11 4 5 12 312 10 Chris Festa 2 8 12 2 21 11 14 16 21 17 9 13 4 13 19 19 313 11 Andrew Prendeville  R  5 13 17 4 20 21 20 14 10 8 20 4 17 7 3 21 306 12 Jonathan Klein 3 14* 10 3 19 7 18 11 9 5 19 9 6 15 304 13 Ryan Justice  R  25 13 6 8 4i 4 23 23 8 11 15 8 2*i 276 14 Sean Guthrie 19 16 23 19 4 13 12 20 15 16 14 12 6 12 13 6 274 15 Richard Antinucci  R  19 15 6 9 8 5 1* 2 1 273 16 Brad Jaeger  R  13 12 19 21 10 16 22 17 13 14 12 14 9 10 9 11 260 17 Ken Losch  R  14 22 10 24 13 17 16 11 19 19 10 17 12 15 15 9 239 18 Joey Scarallo  R  21 15 9 20 8 18 13 13 16 20 18 18 20 184 19 Jon Brownson  R  15 17 16 9 11 23 17 22 20 24 21 19 8 171 20 Phil Giebler 24 7 12 15 4 4 14 12 163 21 Tom Wieringa  R  12 20 21 16 16 25 18 15 21 23 14 DNS 137 22 C. R. Crews  R  9 10 6 18 18 15 109 23 Daniel Herrington  R  22 10 6 3i 20 101 24 Matt Jaskol  R  18 13 7 11 7 100 25 Mickey Gilbert  R  22 21 11 15 15 24 21 16 95 26 Al Unser III 8 7 7 13 93 27 Marc Williams  R  17 9 20 25 8 16 88 28 Jay Howard 10 5 24 56 29 P. J. Abbott 15 17 7 54 30 Doug Boyer  R  14 23 DNS 21 16 52 31 Ben Petter  R  10 14 36 32 Travis Gregg 10 16 34 33 Leilani Münter  R  16 13 31 34 Steve Ablondi  R  20 18 22 35 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 17 22 21 36 Jimmy Kite  R  10 20 37 J. R. Hildebrand  R  22 20 18 38 Tom Wood 17 13 39 Pablo Pérez Companc  R  18 12 40 Shane Jantzi  R  18 12 41 Adam Andretti  R  18 12 42 Shane Lewis  R  20 10 43 A. J. Russell  R  23 7 Scott Mayer Wth 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.

External links

• Indy Racing League- official site