The 2014 Indy Lights season, named Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 29th season of the Indy Lights series and the 13th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. It began March 30, 2014 in St. Petersburg.Mazda Road to Indy 2014 Schedule Confirmed , Andsersen Promotions PR, October 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 The 2014 season was the first promoted by Andersen Promotions, who also promotes the other steps on the Mazda Road to Indy.

It was the final season for the Dallara IPS/Infiniti V8 chassis and engine package that debuted in 2002. A new chassis, to be built by Dallara, will be introduced for 2015Dallara confirms new Indy Lights deal, Racer, October 31, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 along with an AER turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. 2014 was also the first season with Cooper Tire as the sole tire supplier, replacing Firestone who had supplied tires to the series for its entire previous existence.DiZinno, Tony. Cooper to replace Firestone as new Indy Lights tire from 2014, NBC Sports, August 23, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05

It was a season with a very low number of entries, with the Grand Prix races having between 8 and 12 drivers at most.

Colombian-American Gabby Chaves, driving for Belardi Auto Racing captured the championship on the second tie-breaker over Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Jack Harvey.

Early on, the season appeared to be a two-horse race between Chaves and Andretti Autosport's Zach Veach. However, a late-season charge by Harvey put him within striking distance of the championship. Harvey did not capture his first win until the tenth race of the season. However, Chaves managed a second-place finish in the final race of the season behind Harvey in first. Chaves and Harvey tied on points and on the first tie-breaker number of wins with four each. Chaves captured the championship by having five second-place finishes to Harvey's one.DiZinno, Tony. Gabby Chaves wins 2014 Indy Lights title on second tiebreaker, NBC Sports, August 24, 2014, retrieved 2014-08-25 Despite a season of low car-counts where only eight drivers competed in all 14 races, six different drivers captured victories. In addition to Chaves, Harvey, and Veach, other winners included Matthew Brabham and Luiz Razia who each captured their first and only wins of the season on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and Belardi's Alexandre Baron – a race-winner in Toronto – who was in the championship hunt until reported visa issues forced him to leave the series.Belardi's Chaves Scores Two Podiums at Mid-Ohio, Indy Lights, August 6, 2014, Retrieved 2014-08-25

Team and driver chart All drivers competed in Cooper Tire–shod Dallara chassis. Team Drivers Rounds Andretti Autosport 26 Zach VeachZach Veach set to return to Andretti Autosport, motorsport.com, October 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 All 83 Matthew BrabhamPro Mazda champion joins United Fiber & Data for 2014 Indy Lights entry, motorsport.com, October 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 All Belardi Auto Racing 0 Chase Austin 7 4 Alexandre Baron 1–7, 9 Axcil Jefferies 10–11 Ryan Phinny 13–14 5 Gabby Chaves All Bryan Herta AutosportJeffrey Mark Motorsport 28 Lloyd ReadRead to Race for Bryan Herta Autosport , eFormulaCarNews, November 18, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-18 1–6 Ryan Phinny 9–11 Fan Force United 24 Scott AndersonFan Force United Returns to Indy Lights with Scott Anderson, Fan Force United, December 16, 2013, Retrieved 2013-12-16 All MDL Racing 56 Matthew Di Leo 9 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 Luiz Razia All 10 Juan Pablo GarcíaGarcia Joins SPM Indy Lights Program , Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, February 21, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-21 All 42 Jack HarveyMarshall, Dave. , ThisisLincolnshire, December 13, 2013, Retrieved 2013-12-13 All 77 Juan PiedrahitaColombiano Juan Diego Piedrahita firmó con el equipo campeón de la Indy Lights, El Spectador, February 14, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-14 All Team Moore Racing 2 Zack MeyerTeam Moore Racing Signs Meyer, eFormulaCarNews, November 5, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 1–7, 9–11, 13–14 22 Vittorio Ghirelli 1–4 Jimmy Simpson 10–11

Schedule Andersen Promotions announced the 2014 Indy Lights schedule on October 24, 2013. The season consisted of 14 races held over 10 race weekends, consisting of three street circuits, three ovals, and four permanent road courses. All race weekends on permanent road courses were double-race weekends. The series returned to Sonoma Raceway for the first time since 2010. It also raced on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the first time since 2007 in support of the new Grand Prix of Indianapolis, although the track was in a different configuration than the one raced in 2007. The series did not return to Iowa Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, or Houston despite IndyCar returning to those tracks in 2014 and did not race at the Baltimore Grand Prix as that race was cancelled for 2014.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location 1 March 30 St. Petersburg 100 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 April 13 Long Beach 100 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 3 April 26 Legacy Indy Lights 100Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama 4 April 27 5 May 9 Liberty ChallengeIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana 6 May 10 7 May 23 Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana 8 July 6 Pocono Indy Lights 100 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania 9 July 20 Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 10 August 2 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio 11 August 3 12 August 17 Milwaukee Race Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 13 August 23 Grand Prix of SonomaSonoma RacewaySonoma, California 14 August 24

Race results

RoundRacePole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace WinnerDriverTeam 1 St. Petersburg Gabby Chaves Gabby Chaves Zach Veach Zach Veach Andretti Autosport 2 Long Beach Zach Veach Zach Veach Gabby Chaves Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing 3 Birmingham 1 Zach Veach Zach Veach Zach Veach Zach Veach Andretti Autosport 4 Birmingham 2 Gabby Chaves Gabby Chaves Gabby Chaves Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing 5 Indianapolis GP 1 Matthew Brabham Luiz Razia Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport 6 Indianapolis GP 2 Luiz Razia Matthew Brabham Luiz Razia Luiz Razia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 Indianapolis Luiz Razia Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing 8 Pocono Zach Veach Gabby Chaves Gabby Chaves Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing 9 Toronto Alexandre Baron Jack Harvey Alexandre Baron Alexandre Baron Belardi Auto Racing 10 Mid-Ohio 1 Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 11 Mid-Ohio 2 Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 12 Milwaukee Zach Veach Zach Veach Matthew Brabham Zach Veach Andretti Autosport 13 Sonoma 1 Jack Harvey Gabby Chaves Jack Harvey Jack HarveySchmidt Peterson Motorsports 14 Sonoma 2 Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Jack HarveySchmidt Peterson Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' championship Points system Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 Drivers had to complete 50% of the race distance in order to score full points, otherwise 1 point was awarded.

Pos Driver STP LBH ALA IND INDY POC TOR MOH MIL SNM Pts 1 Gabby Chaves 21 1* 6 1* 11 8 1 1* 2 2 3 3 2 2 547 2 Jack Harvey 3 4 3 5 3 2 5 3 3 1* 1* 5 1* 1* 547 3 Zach Veach 1* 2 1* 3 9 7 3 2 5 4 2 1 7 3 520 4 Matthew Brabham 9 3 4 12 1* 4 2* 5 4 5 12 2* 6 5 424 5 Luiz Razia 5 5 2 4 2 1* 4 8 12 3 11 8 3 4 403 6 Juan Pablo García 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 4 8 10 6 7 4 9 372 7 Juan Piedrahita 6 7 10 7 8 11 8 7 7 9 5 6 5 7 337 8 Scott Anderson 12 9 12 10 7 5 9 6 9 8 9 4 8 10 309 9 Zack Meyer 8 10 9 8 4 10 10 10 7 10 9 8 274 10 Alexandre Baron 10 6 5 2 5 3 7 1* 261 11 Lloyd Read 11 11 11 9 10 9 101 12 Ryan Phinny 11 12 7 10 6 91 13 Vittorio Ghirelli 4 12 8 11 90 14 Axcil Jefferies 6 4 60 15 Jimmy Simpson 11 8 42 16 Matthew Di Leo 6 28 17 Chase Austin 11 1 Pos Driver STP LBH ALA IND INDY POC TOR MOH MIL SNM 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 Motorsports403 2 Andretti Autosport370 3 Belardi Auto Racing357 4 Fan Force United122 5 Team Moore Racing111 6 Bryan Herta Autosport/Jeffrey Mark Motorsport56 7 MDL Racing11

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