Pole position winner: #22Víctor García,1:17.2793 sec, 107.144 mph (172.432 km/h)
Most laps led: #22 Víctor García, 40
Race Report:Víctor García took the first victory of his open-wheel racing career after taking a flag-to-flag to victory despite pressure fromStefan Wilsonfor the majority of the race, seeing his lead twice dwindled by caution periods.Peter Dempseytook his second placing of third in as many races as he moved into second place in the championship standings. Championship leaderJosef Newgardenheld on to his championship lead despite having to make a pit-stop to replace a flat front tire, but recovered to finish in sixth position in the race. The race was punctuated by three caution periods, the first of which being on the first lap after Newgarden made contact withEsteban Guerrieriwhich sent Guerrieri into contact with team mateVictor Carbone,eliminating Guerrieri on the spot and Carbone in the pits. The other two periods were caused by drivers running off track;Gustavo Yacamánran off-track on lap four, but managed to restart several laps down, but the other period caused byDavid Ostella,did not see Ostella restart.
Race Report:Conor Dalybecame the series' third different winner in the 2011 season, after taking advantage of a late-race mistake by team-mate and championship leader Josef Newgarden. After a waved off start to the race, Esteban Guerrieri in another Sam Schmidt car led the field from pole, but did not lead the race beyond that after being passed byPeter Dempseyat Turn 9. Dempsey held the lead until lap ten when he hit the wall at the same corner, knocking himself out of the race. Newgarden then picked up the lead from Guerrieri and Daly; Daly overhauling Guerrieri at the restart, and started to hunt down Newgarden. With a few minutes remaining, Newgarden's car hopped under the bumps, snatched a brake and ended up in the turn eight tire wall. Daly led the field under the caution to the timed ending of the race which curtailed the race two laps early. Guerrieri finished second ahead ofStefan Wilson,who finished third despite a trip down an escape road.
Josef Newgarden took his second series victory, and with erstwhile championship leaderConor Dalynot contesting the oval events of the championship, Newgarden assumed the championship lead. Newgarden'sSam Schmidt Motorsportsteam mate, Bryan Clauson dropped back from his début pole, with Newgarden andVíctor Garcíaeach leading part of the first lap before Newgarden assumed it at the line.Stefan Wilson,Anders KrohnandEsteban Guerrierialso led the race at stages prior to Newgarden taking the lead for good on lap 15. Krohn had undone his work to advance to the front by spinning under caution – afterVictor Carbone's crash – which put him to the rear of the field, but pitted for new tires, and eventually made his way back up the field. The second caution period was caused byGustavo Yacamánspinning into the wall and was eventually collected byJuan Pablo GarciaandJames Winslow.Yacamán was transferred toMethodist Hospitalwith neck pain.
AfterPeter Dempseyspun under the yellow,Duarte Ferreirabrought out the third caution a lap after the restart, spinning in Turn 2 and collected the car ofBrandon Wagner,ending the race for both drivers. After a waved off restart, again one lap was run before a caution period was necessitated; Clauson, Krohn and Krohn's Belardi team mateJorge Goncalvezwent three-wide into Turn 1, with Goncalvez clipping the rear-left tire of Clauson's car. Krohn spun in avoidance, as Goncalvez went into the barrier on the outside of Turn 1, before impacting the inside wall halfway down the straight between Turns 1 and 2. The impact broke the car into two pieces with the tub going onto its side along the track before hitting the retaining wall in Turn 2 and righted what was left of the car. Goncalvez was also transferred to Methodist, but was said to be alert and awake. The debris from the crash prevented the race from returning to green – resulting in an end tally of 22 of the race's 40 laps running under caution – and Newgarden took victory ahead of team mate Guerrieri, Víctor García, Wilson and Clauson, with only 10 of the 18 cars that started the race running at the flag.
Race Report:Stefan Wilson took his first Indy Lights victory after capitalising on a mistake by pole-sitter Esteban Guerrieri, and led the race for its final 29 laps after Guerrieri had led the first 20. Wilson led home anAndretti Autosport1–2 after his new team-matePeter Dempseyfinished second, after close battling with bothGustavo Yacamánand championship leaderJosef Newgarden.Newgarden would later make contact with Dempsey's car, and had to pit, resulting in an eighth place finish. Yacamán ended up completing the podium ahead of Guerrieri andAnders Krohn.Four of the 13-car grid failed to reach the finish of the race, all due to contact.
Pole position winner: #11Josef Newgarden,1:22.7721 sec, 96.728 mph (155.669 km/h) (Race 1, qualifying); 1:22.9337 sec, 96.540 mph (155.366 km/h) (Race 2, fastest lap of Race 1)
Most laps led: #7Esteban Guerrieri,36 (Race 1); #11 Josef Newgarden, 27 (Race 2)
Race Report:Esteban Guerrieri took his second victory of the season, after leading every lap of the race to move closer to his team-mate and championship leader Josef Newgarden. Newgarden had started the race from pole position, but a move by Guerrieri at Turn 5 allowed him to take the lead just before the opening caution of the race, caused by series rookieTyler Dueckrunning into the back ofDavid Ostella,and the field concertinaed, withDaniel Morad,Daniel HerringtonandStefan Wilsonalso involved, with Dueck, Ostella and Morad all out on the spot. Third place went to another series rookie, withOliver Webbfinishing ahead of Wilson withBruno Andradejust ahead ofGustavo Yacamánto complete the top five placing. The race's only other retirees came as a result of an incident betweenVictor CarboneandPeter Dempsey.Dempsey tried to take Carbone into Turn 1 on lap 28, with the two drivers interlocking wheels on the corner exit, sending both drivers into the wall. Carbone's car launched Dempsey's car upside-down, but Dempsey emerged without injury. Newgarden comfortably won race two after slight contact with Guerrieri, which left Guerrieri down the order. Wilson and Dempsey completed the podium.
Pole position winner: #11Josef Newgarden,49.4908 sec, 149.119 mph (239.984 km/h) (2-lap)
Most laps led: #11 Josef Newgarden, 100
Race Report:Josef Newgarden became the first driver sinceThiago Medeirosin 2004 to lap the entire field en route to winning an Indy Lights race, further extending his championship points lead.[29]
^Lewandowski, Dave (July 18, 2011)."Edmontonians break out their flags".IndyCar Series.IndyCar.RetrievedJuly 19,2011.Three Firestone Indy Lights rookies will be racing on home soil this weekend at Edmonton: 18-year-old Edmonton native Stefan Rzadzinski, who makes his debut with Davey Hamilton Racing; 19-year-old David Ostella, a native of Maple, Ontario, with Jensen MotorSport; and Tyler Dueck of Abbottsford, B.C., who will debut with Goree Multisports.[permanent dead link]
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Víctor García
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