JR Hildebrand held off polesitter James Davison to win today's Firestone Indy Lights race at Watkins Glen. Hildebrand passed Davison on a restart about halfway through the caution riddled 30 lap race and from there was never headed despite several restarts.
Afterward Hildebrand said, "It doesn't get any better (than an American winning on the Fourth of July). This race win couldn't have happened at a better time for us. I knew we had a strong car going into this race. We were sitting there thinking, 'We cannot accept defeat today.' It's America's birthday. I can't be more happy with it."
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Results
Pos
Driver
Start Pos
Diff
Gap
Status
1
JR Hildebrand (26)
4
--.----
--.----
Running
2
James Davison (21)
1
0.5499
0.5499
Running
3
Felipe Guimaraes (29)
6
1.2289
0.6790
Running
4
Charlie Kimball (35)
5
2.8635
1.6346
Running
5
Sebastian Saavedra (27)
2
3.1770
0.3135
Running
6
Richard Philippe (37)
9
3.4626
0.2856
Running
7
Daniel Herrington (28)
7
3.7795
0.3169
Running
8
Gustavo Yacaman (44)
18
4.1227
0.3432
Running
9
Pablo Donoso (9)
14
5.2818
1.1591
Running
10
Ana Beatriz (20)
16
5.3998
0.1180
Running
11
Martin Plowman (15)
11
6.1786
0.7788
Running
12
Mike Potekhen (24)
13
6.5087
0.3301
Running
13
Stefan Wilson (19)
19
6.7651
0.2564
Running
14
Andrew Prendeville (2)
12
6.8530
0.0879
Running
15
Pippa Mann (16)
20
7.7642
0.9112
Running
16
Ali Jackson (6)
21
11.7903
4.0261
Running
17
Sergey Mokshantsev (3)
15
11.9135
0.1232
Running
18
Rodrigo Barbosa (55)
17
28.1061
16.1926
Running
19
Wade Cunningham (11)
8
4 laps
4 laps
Contact
20
Mario Romancini (5)
10
16 laps
12 laps
Mechanical
21
James Hinchcliffe (7)
3
23 laps
7 laps
Contact
Race Statistics Winner's average speed: 104.807 mph Time of race: 57:52.6759 Margin of victory: 0.5499 of a second Cautions: 3 caution flags for 5 laps Lead changes: 1 among 2 drivers Lap leaders: Davison 1-13, Hildebrand 14-30.
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