The 2015 Indy Lights season was the 30th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 14th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. The 2015 season was the second promoted by Andersen Promotions, who also promote the other steps on the Mazda Road to Indy. It was the first season for the Dallara IL-15 along with a Mazda MZR-R turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, developed by Advanced Engine Research. 2015 was the second season with Cooper Tire as the sole tire supplier. The championship was contested over 16 races, starting on March 28 at St. Petersburg, Florida and ending on September 13 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Team and driver chart All drivers competed in Cooper Tire–shod Dallara chassis with Mazda AER engine. Team Drivers Rounds 8 Star Motorsports 8 Scott Hargrove 1–2 Sean Rayhall 4–8, 13–16 Andretti Autosport 51 Shelby Blackstock All 83 Matthew Brabham 1–3 Belardi Auto Racing 4 Félix Serrallés All 5 Juan Piedrahita All Carlin 11 Ed Jones All 14 Max Chilton 1–8, 11–16 Nelson Piquet Jr.9–10 Juncos Racing 12 Spencer Pigot All 18 Kyle Kaiser All Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 RC Enerson All 21 Heamin Choi 15–16 42 Jack Harvey All 71 Ethan Ringel All 77 Scott Anderson All
Schedule The 2015 schedule was released on November 3, 2014. Iowa was added in place of Pocono, whereas Sonoma was replaced by a standalone round at Laguna Seca. The rounds at St. Petersburg and Toronto were expanded to double-headers, therefore the number of races increased to 16.
Rd. Date Race name Track Location 1 March 28 St. Petersburg 100 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 March 29 3 April 19 Long Beach 100 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 4 April 25 Legacy Indy Lights 100Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama 5 April 26 6 May 8 Grand Prix of IndianapolisIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana 7 May 9 8 May 22 Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana 9 June 13 Grand Prix of TorontoExhibition PlaceToronto 10 June 14 11 July 12 Milwaukee Race 100 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 12 July 18 Iowa Corn Indy 100 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa 13 August 1 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio 14 August 2 15 September 12 Grand Prix of MontereyMazda Raceway Laguna SecaMonterey, California 16 September 13
Race results
RoundRacePole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace WinnerDriverTeam 1 St. Petersburg 1 Ed Jones Matthew Brabham Ed Jones Ed Jones Carlin 2 St. Petersburg 2 Ed Jones Ed Jones Ed Jones Ed Jones Carlin 3 Long Beach Jack Harvey Félix Serrallés Ed Jones Ed Jones Carlin 4 Birmingham 1 Spencer Pigot Sean Rayhall Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 5 Birmingham 2 Spencer Pigot Ed Jones Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 6 Indianapolis GP 1 Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 Indianapolis GP 2 Ed Jones Max Chilton Sean Rayhall Sean Rayhall 8 Star Motorsports 8 Indianapolis Ethan Ringel Félix Serrallés Ethan Ringel Jack Harvey Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 9 Toronto 1 Nelson Piquet Jr. Jack Harvey Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 10 Toronto 2 Spencer Pigot Kyle Kaiser Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 11 Milwaukee Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot RC Enerson Félix Serrallés Belardi Auto Racing 12 Iowa Max Chilton Ed Jones Max Chilton Max Chilton Carlin 13 Mid-Ohio 1 RC Enerson Jack Harvey RC Enerson RC Enerson Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 14 Mid-Ohio 2 Jack Harvey Scott Anderson Ed Jones Sean Rayhall 8 Star Motorsports 15 Laguna Seca 1 Max Chilton Sean Rayhall Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 16 Laguna Seca 2 Max Chilton Max Chilton Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
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 Points 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The driver who qualified on pole was awarded one additional point. An additional point was awarded to the driver who led the most laps in a race. The driver who obtained the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point.
Pos Driver STP LBH ALA IND INDY TOR MIL IOW MOH LAG Pts 1 Spencer Pigot 3 3 2 1* 1* 7 12 9 1* 1* 7 8 8 3 1* 1* 357 2 Jack Harvey 2 2 10 2 2 1* 5 1 2 2 4 5 11 10 5 9 330 3 Ed Jones 1* 1* 1* 4 11 3 4 10 5 3 8 2 9 9* 3 4 324 4 RC Enerson 9 13 4 3 7 5 2 4 8 5 2* 3 1* 4 6 6 295 5 Max Chilton 12 4 5 5 3 4 3 DNS 6 1* 2 2 11 3 258 6 Kyle Kaiser 5 5 12 8 12 12 6 5 3 9 9 4 4 11 2 10 237 7 Félix Serrallés 13 8 3 6 4 9 11 11 DSQ 7 1 10 10 5 13 8 225 8 Juan Piedrahita 6 9 8 7 8 11 7 7 10 4 3 7 6 12 7 7 223 9 Scott Anderson 7 10 6 11 5 6 9 3 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 13 219 10 Shelby Blackstock 10 11 9 9 10 8 8 8 4 6 11 9 3 6 8 5 218 11 Ethan Ringel 8 12 7 10 9 10 10 2* 6 11 10 11 12 7 10 12 197 12 Sean Rayhall 12 6 2 1* 6 5 1 4 2 188 13 Matthew Brabham 11 7 11 35 14 Scott Hargrove 4 6 34 15 Nelson Piquet Jr. 7 8 28 16 Heamin Choi 12 11 19 Pos Driver STP LBH ALA IND INDY TOR MIL IOW MOH LAG Pts 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)1Qualifying cancelledno bonus point awardedRookie Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.
Teams' championship PosTeamPoints 1 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports w/ Curb-Agajanian407 2 Carlin363 3 Juncos Racing344 4 Belardi Auto Racing202 5 8Star Motorsports176 6 Andretti Autosport145
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