Sam Schmidt Motorsports' ace J.K. Vernay started from pole and was never headed as he led the 40-lap Carneros 100 Indy Lights race from flag-to-flag Sunday at Infineon Raceway. Charlie Kimball was 2nd and James Hinchcliffe 3rd.
Vernay, in the No. 7 Lucas Oil machine, held off Hinchcliffe and later Kimball on two restarts and made it look easy, setting the fastest lap on the way. It was the 5th win of the year from the French rookie.
Vernay extended his point lead to 71 over James Hinchcliffe with just three oval races left on the schedule.
Vernay's hope is that he can win the title and then get a shot at IndyCar in 2011.
Results
Rank
No
Name
Laps
Gap
Diff
Best Lap Time
Comment
1
7
JK Vernay
40
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1:24.9443
Running
2
26
Charlie Kimball
40
3.4245
3.4245
1:25.0753
Running
3
2
James Hinchcliffe
40
7.1338
10.5583
1:25.4625
Running
4
10
Gustavo Yacaman
40
4.6532
15.2115
1:25.6106
Running
5
11
Pippa Mann
40
8.0484
23.2599
1:26.1898
Running
6
8
Juan Pablo Garcia
40
1.5842
24.8441
1:26.3855
Running
7
22
Adrian Campos Jr
40
1.2546
26.0987
1:25.8296
Running
8
36
David Martinez
40
3.5028
29.6015
1:26.5074
Running
9
28
Joel Miller
40
5.3659
34.9674
1:26.6739
Running
10
4
Giancarlo Vilarinho
40
1.9607
36.9281
1:26.9599
Running
11
49
Philip Major
40
0.5724
37.5005
1:26.7031
Running
12
18
Rodrigo Barbosa
40
4.0623
41.5628
1:26.6890
Running
13
40
Dan Clarke
37
3 laps
3 laps
1:25.4816
Mechanical
14
77
Alex Ellis
26
11 laps
14 laps
1:26.1586
Mechanical
15
29
Sebastian Saavedra
10
16 laps
30 laps
1:25.6381
Contact
16
27
Martin Plowman
6
4 laps
34 laps
1:26.3572
Contact
Race Statistics Winner's average speed: 88.638 Time of Race: 1:02:21.4252 Margin of victory: 3.4245 seconds Cautions: 2 for 5 laps Lead changes: 0 Lap Leaders: Vernay 1 - 40 Point Standings: Vernay 412, Hinchcliffe 341, Kimball 327, Plowman 320, Saavedra 284, Clarke 241, Wilson 234,Yacaman 234, Major 223, Campos 219.
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