2007 Indy Pro Series Explained

The 2007 IRL Indy Pro Series was the sixth season of the developmental open-wheel racing series under the Indy Racing League ownership, and the 22nd in Indy NXT combined history, as officially recognized by IndyCar. All teams used Dallara IL-02 chassis, which was fitted with a new wing package,^[1] as well as unbranded TWR engines and Firestone tires.

In his second season in the series, Alex Lloyd became the runaway champion with Sam Schmidt Motorsports, clinching the title with two races remaining at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. Lloyd won the first five races of the season, tying Greg Moore's start of the 1995 season for the all-time consecutive wins record in Indy Lights history. Aided by an expanded schedule, Lloyd won eight races including the Freedom 100, and became the third driver to reach that number after Paul Tracy's nine wins in 1990 and Moore's ten wins in 1995.

Japanese driver Hideki Mutoh, driving for the returning Panther Racing and backed by Honda through an association with Super Aguri, finished second in the standings despite missing the final round due to his IndyCar debut. He also won Rookie of the Year honors, with wins at the Indianapolis road course and Kentucky. Former champion Wade Cunningham finished third ahead of Bobby Wilson, with one win apiece, while Richard Antinucci scored two wins in a road course-only campaign for his uncle's team Cheever Racing.

Indy Pro Series teams and drivers competed for 3.7 million dollars, a 24 percent increase from 2006.^[2] This resulted in a sizeable influx of new or returning teams, led by Chip Ganassi Racing, Panther Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing, all of them also benefiting from a rule that gave extra test days to IndyCar teams competing in the Indy Pro Series. AFS Racing blended their efforts with Andretti Green Racing, while Rahal partnered with newcomers Andersen Racing. Other new teams were Team Moore Racing (a spin-off of Kenn Hardley Racing), Team KMA Racing, Mile High Racing and Apex Racing. Speedworks entered the series by buying the equipment of Dave McMillan Racing, while Playa Del Racing embarked on its own after fielding the Racing Professionals effort in 2006, and Part Sourcing International was renamed into SWE Racing after entering halfway through 2006.

The car counts increased dramatically as a result, with 25 entries for the Miami 100, a first for the series since 1998, and a record 24 drivers at the Freedom 100. At least 20 drivers were present at every round, a number not reached in any of the previous seven seasons, and thirteen drivers competed in every race. In total, 43 different drivers competed during the year, which is the all-time Indy NXT record as of 2024. The last race of the season featured the closest finish in motor racing history as claimed by IndyCar, when Logan Gomez beat Alex Lloyd to the line by just 0.0005 seconds.

Drivers and teams

Team		Drivers	Rounds
Brian Stewart Racing	1	Bobby Wilson	All
	3	Brad Jaeger	All
	33	Shane Jantzi	4
Team Moore Racing	2	Tom Wood	1
		Jonathan Klein	2–12, 14–16
		Travis Gregg	13
Guthrie Racing	4	Sean Guthrie	1–11, 14–15
	4	Tom Wieringa	12–13, 16
	40	Tom Wieringa	1–8, 11
	40	Arie Luyendyk Jr.	9–10
RLR Andersen Racing	5	Andrew Prendeville	All
	15	Joey Scarallo	1–13
	15	J. R. Hildebrand	14–15
Michael Crawford Motorsports	6	C. R. Crews	1, 9–10, 12
		Matt Jaskol	2–3, 14–15
		Marc Williams	4–8, 11
		Richard Heistand	9–10
		Ben Petter	16
	8	Shane Lewis	1
		C. R. Crews	2–3
		Matt Jaskol	4
		P. J. Abbott	5, 11, 16
		Doug Boyer	6–7, 9–10, 12
		Ben Petter	8
		Steve Ablondi	14–15
Sam Schmidt Motorsports	7	Alex Lloyd	All
	23	Logan Gomez	All
	38	Ryan Justice	1, 4–15
	38	Travis Gregg	16
	57	Leilani Munter	13, 16
Target Chip Ganassi Racing	9	Chris Festa	All
Target Chip Ganassi Racing	10	Pablo Pérez Companc	1
Andretti Green Racing/AFS	11	Jaime Camara	All
Andretti Green Racing/AFS	27	Wade Cunningham	All
Playa Del Racing	12	A. J. Russell	1
		Phil Giebler	2–3, 6–7, 9–10, 14–15
		Al Unser III	4–5, 8, 11
		Sean Guthrie	12–13, 16
Team KMA Racing	13	Robbie Pecorari	All
Kenn Hardley Racing	24	Stephen Simpson	All
SWE Racing	34	Jon Brownson	1–10, 12–13, 16
SWE Racing	43	Jimmy Kite	16
SpeedWorks	44	Jay Howard	1–3
		Daniel Herrington	6–7, 9–10, 12
		Adam Andretti	16
Cheever Racing	51	Richard Antinucci	2–3, 6–7, 9–10, 12, 14–15
Apex Racing	52	Ken Losch	All
Apex Racing	53	Mike Potekhen	All
Mile High Motorsports	54	Mickey Gilbert	1–4, 6–7, 14–15
Mile High Motorsports	54	Scott Mayer	9–10
Super Aguri Panther Racing	55	Hideki Mutoh	1–15

Schedule

The schedule expanded to a record 16 races for 2007, with the addition of two new venues and more double-headers. All racetracks from 2006 stayed on the schedule, as Indy Pro Series joined IndyCar at the newly constructed Iowa Speedway and the returning Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, which had hosted the original Indy Lights series in its final 2001 season. The Liberty Challenge at Indianapolis was split into two shorter races, and the round at Watkins Glen was also converted to a double-header format, with Mid-Ohio being the only single-race road course.

Rd.	Date	Race name	Track	Location
1	March 24	Miami 100	Homestead–Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida
2	March 31 – April 1	Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
3	March 31 – April 1	Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
4	May 25	Freedom 100	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana
5	June 2	Milwaukee 100	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
6	June 16–17	Liberty Challenge	Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course	Speedway, Indiana
7	June 16–17	Liberty Challenge	Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course	Speedway, Indiana
8	June 23	Iowa 100	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa
9	July 7–8	Corning 100	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York
10	July 7–8	Glen 100	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York
11	July 14	Sun Belt Rentals 100	Nashville Superspeedway	Lebanon, Tennessee
12	July 22	Mid-Ohio 100	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
13	August 11	Kentucky 100	Kentucky Speedway	Sparta, Kentucky
14	August 25–26	Carneros 100	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California
15	August 25–26	Valley of the Moon 100	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California
16	September 9	Chicagoland 100	Chicagoland Speedway	Joliet, Illinois

Race results

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner
Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Driver	Team
1	Homestead–Miami Speedway	Chris Festa	Logan Gomez	Alex Lloyd	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2	Streets of St. Petersburg	Alex Lloyd	Hideki Mutoh	Alex Lloyd	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
3	Streets of St. Petersburg	Bobby Wilson	Alex Lloyd	Jonathan Klein	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
4	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Ken Losch		Alex Lloyd	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
5	Milwaukee Mile	Alex Lloyd	Alex Lloyd	Alex Lloyd	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
6		Hideki Mutoh	Hideki Mutoh	Hideki Mutoh	Hideki Mutoh
7		Ryan Justice	Bobby Wilson	Bobby Wilson	Bobby Wilson	Brian Stewart Racing
8	Iowa Speedway	Wade Cunningham	Alex Lloyd	Wade Cunningham	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
9	Watkins Glen International		Alex Lloyd			Andretti Green Racing/AFS
10	Watkins Glen International		Alex Lloyd	Alex Lloyd	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
11	Nashville Superspeedway	Alex Lloyd	Robbie Pecorari	Alex Lloyd	Robbie Pecorari	Team KMA Racing
12	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Alex Lloyd	Richard Antinucci	Richard Antinucci	Richard Antinucci	Cheever Racing
13	Kentucky Speedway	Hideki Mutoh	Alex Lloyd	Hideki Mutoh	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther Racing
14	Infineon Raceway	Richard Antinucci	Hideki Mutoh	Alex Lloyd	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
15	Infineon Raceway	Ryan Justice	Richard Antinucci	Ryan Justice	Richard Antinucci	Cheever Racing
16	Chicagoland Speedway	Alex Lloyd	Travis Gregg	Alex Lloyd	Logan Gomez	Sam Schmidt Motorsports

Race summaries

Round 1 of 16: Miami 100

Saturday March 24, 2007
Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida
Race weather:, fair skies
Pole position winner: #9 Chris Festa 28.5455 sec 187.28mph
Race Summary: The race which saw a Pro Series record 25 entries was marred by two major incidents. The first occurred when Wade Cunningham lost control of his car. Ryan Justice made contact with a large piece of debris from Cunningham's car and made hard contact with the wall at the exit of turn 2. He was unconscious as he was removed from the car but regained consciousness on the way to the infield care center. The next incident came just two laps after the end of the lengthy caution following the first incident. Sean Guthrie and Pablo Pérez Companc made contact between turns one and two and Perez's car launched over Guthrie's and into the catch fence. Perez was transported to the hospital with leg injuries. The race was prematurely ended after 57 laps due to damage to the catch fence from the second incident with Alex Lloyd leading and gaining his first IPS victory on an oval.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	2	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	57	0:57:45.9637	27	52
2	1	9	Chris Festa	Chip Ganassi Racing	57	+0.7971	22	41
3	3	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther Racing	57	+2.0759	0	35
4	24	11	Jaime Camara	Andretti Green Racing	57	+2.9581	0	32
5	21	5	Andrew Prendeville	RLR Andersen Racing	57	+5.6602	0	30
Race average speed: 87.918mi/h
Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 36 laps

Round 2 of 16: St. Petersburg Grand Prix 1

Saturday March 31, 2007
Streets of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida
Race weather:, mostly sunny
Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 1:07.1404 sec 96.514mph
Race Summary: Alex Lloyd dominated the first race at St. Petersburg leading all 40 laps of the race and winning from pole position. Lloyd held off Super Aguri Panther Racing's Hideki Mutoh for the final 22 laps. Mutoh had the best chance to take the win away from Lloyd but it just was not meant to be. Lloyd now has 3 wins in a row dating back to the final race of 2006.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	1	7		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	40	0:56:59.2967	40	53
2	24	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther Racing	40	+1.6038	0	40
3	7	2	Jonathan Klein	Team Moore Racing	40	+8.3402	0	35
4	5	24	Stephen Simpson	Kenn Hardley Racing	40	+9.3671	0	32
5	3	44	Jay Howard	SpeedWorks	40	+16.1795	0	30
Race average speed: 75.805mi/h
Lead changes: 0 between 1 driver
Cautions: 3 for 14 laps

Round 3 of 16: St. Petersburg Grand Prix 2

Saturday April 1, 2007
Streets of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida
Race weather:, sunny
Pole position winner: Bobby Wilson Top 6 finishers from Race 1 inverted
Race Summary: Alex Lloyd had the car to beat in St. Petersburg, winning both races of the double-header. Lloydhad to start race 2 from 6th place because of the inverted field after race 1, but that didn't stop him from getting to the front. On lap 21 of 40 Lloyd took the lead and was never to lose it, winning now the first 3 races of 2007.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	6	7		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	40	0:58:35.8707	19	50
2	9	27	Wade Cunningham	Andretti Green Racing/AFS	40	+0.2542	0	40
3	1	1	Bobby Wilson	Brian Stewart Racing	40	+0.3308	1	35
4	5	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther Racing	40	+1.6818	0	32
5	7	13	Robbie Pecorari	Team KMA Racing	40	+2.7977	0	30
Race average speed: 73.723mi/h
Lead changes: 2 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 18 laps

Friday May 25, 2007
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana
Race weather:, cloudy with scattered showers
Pole position winner: #52 Ken Losch 188.231mph
Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	2	7		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	40	0:46:39.6029	40	50
2	7	9	Chris Festa	Chip Ganassi Racing	40	+0.4131	0	40
3	18	11	Jaime Camara	AFS/Andretti Green	40	+1.2815	0	35
4	10	5	Andrew Prendeville	RLR Andersen Racing	40	+1.7873	0	32
5	4	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther	40	+2.5715	0	30
Race average speed: 128.59mi/h
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 16 laps

Round 5 of 16: Road Runner 100

Saturday June 2, 2007
Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin
Race weather: 76°F, partly cloudy
Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 146.077mph
Race Summary: On turn 2 of the first lap Hideki Mutoh spun in front of most of the field, collecting 5 cars including Jaime Camara and Chris Festa. Jon Brownson shortly after the restart on lap 11. On lap 17 the race restarted and ran green until lap 81, during which time leader Alex Lloyd was able to pull out a 4-second lead on his closest pursuer Mike Potekhen and lap all but 3 of his competitors, cruising to his 5th straight victory to start the season. Lloyd now holds the league record for consecutive wins and sits second on the series all-time wins list.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	1	7		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	100	0:55:55.5643	100	50
2	4	53	Mike Potekhen	Apex Racing	100	+2.2826	0	40
3	2	2	Jonathan Klein	Team Moore Racing	100	+2.4395	0	35
4	9	4	Sean Guthrie	U.S. Pro Racing	100	+14.0423	0	32
5	17	1	Bobby Wilson	Brian Stewart Racing	99	+1 lap	0	30
Race average speed: 108.894mi/h
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 22 laps

Saturday June 16, 2007
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
Race weather: 95°F, Hazy
Pole position winner: #55 Hideki Mutoh 109.966mph
Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	1	55		Super Aguri Panther	18	0:26:09.8910	18	53
2	2	7		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	18	+6.2730	0	40
3	2	11	Jaime Camara	Andretti Green/AFS Racing	18	+10.9900	0	35
4	8	27	Wade Cunningham	AFS Racing	18	+12.8240	0	32
5	6	24	Stephen Simpson	Kenn Hardley Racing	18	+13.2260	0	30
Race average speed: 107.32mi/h
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps

Saturday June 17, 2007
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
Race weather: 82°F, Hazy
Pole position winner: #38 Ryan Justice (8th place in race 1)
Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	2	1	Bobby Wilson	Brian Stewart Racing	18	0:28:40.9170	18	52
2	7	7		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	18	+10.5260	0	40
3	8	55		Super Aguri Panther	18	+13.1470	0	35
4	1	38	Ryan Justice	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	18	+13.1500	0	33
5	6	11	Jaime Camara	Andretti Green/AFS Racing	18	+13.6130	0	30
Race average speed: 97.901mi/h
Lead changes: 0 between 0 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 3 laps

Round 8 of 16: Iowa 100

Saturday June 23, 2007
Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa
Race weather: 68°F, overcast, humid
Pole position winner: #27 Wade Cunningham 19.9522 sec 161.306mph
Race Summary: Wade Cunningham started from the pole and led the first 104 of the 115 laps, but was passed on the bottom by Alex Lloyd, who pulled away to capture his sixth victory of the season. On lap 79, Sean Guthrie lost control on the front straight while running fourth and lapping Mike Potekhen and shot across the infield and slammed into the inside wall. He walked away from the incident on his own power, but underwent X-Rays and was diagnosed with a displaced fracture of his left foot. Lloyd now has more Pro Series wins than any other driver.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	2	7		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	115	0:53:18.7234	10	50
2	1	27		AFS Racing	115	+0.3927	105	43
3	8	55		Super Aguri Panther	115	+2.0990	0	35
4	12	38	Ryan Justice	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	115	+3.4352	0	32
5	13	13	Robbie Pecorari	Team KMA Racing	115	+6.0188	0	30
Race average speed: 115.707mi/h
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 32 laps

Round 9 of 16: Corning Twin 100's Race 1

Saturday July 7, 2007
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York
Race weather:
Pole position winner: #27 Wade Cunningham 1 min 36.7418 sec 125.406mph
Race Summary: Polesitter Wade Cunningham held off a hard-charging Hideki Mutoh to capture his first win of the season and fifth of his career. The only major incident of the race came on lap 8 when Chris Festa spun coming out of turn 1 and hit the inside guard rail.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	1	27		AFS Racing	29	0:55:19.2394	29	53
2	4	55		Super Aguri Panther	29	+0.0758	0	40
3	2	7		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	29	+3.2013	0	35
4	5	12	Phil Giebler	Playa Del Racing	29	+10.5847	0	32
5	10	1	Bobby Wilson	Brian Stewart Racing	29	+10.7416	0	30
Race average speed: 105.997mi/h
Lead changes: none
Cautions: 2 for 5 laps

Round 10 of 16: Corning Twin 100's Race 2

Sunday July 8, 2007
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York
Race weather:
Pole position winner: #44 Daniel Herrington (6th place in race 1)
Race Summary: On lap 3, Alex Lloyd was able to get by polesitter Daniel Herrington and pull away from his closest pursuer, race 1 winner Wade Cunningham, to capture his seventh win of the season and further extend his points lead.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	4	7		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	29	0:52:28.2245	26	52
2	6	27		AGR-AFS Racing	29	+4.7194	0	40
3	1	44		SpeedWorks	29	+16.3398	3	35
4	3	12	Phil Giebler	Playa Del Racing	29	+23.8961	0	32
5	8	51	Richard Antinucci	Cheever Racing	29	+26.2453	0	30
Race average speed: 111.754mi/h
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 3 laps

Round 11 of 16: Sun Belt Rentals 100

Saturday July 14, 2007
Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tennessee
Race weather: 90°F, Sunny
Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 25.7368 sec 181.841mph
Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	3	13		Team KMA Racing	77	0:52:56.3282	22	50
2	9	23		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	77	+0.2226	0	40
3	8	11		AGR-AFS Racing	77	+1.3941	0	35
4	2	27	Wade Cunningham	AGR-AFS Racing	77	+2.0087	1	32
5	11	2	Jonathan Klein	Team Moore Racing	77	+2.2211	0	30
Race average speed: 113.452mi/h
Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 25 laps

Round 12 of 16: Mid Ohio 100

Saturday July 21, 2007
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Race weather: 70°F, Partly Cloudy
Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 110.188mph
Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	4	51		Cheever Racing	40	0:51:40.7399	25	52
2	6	27	Wade Cunningham	AGR-AFS Racing	40	+0.9588	0	40
3	2	24		Kenn Hardley Racing	40	+9.1590	0	35
4	3	5	Andrew Prendeville	RLR/Andersen Racing	40	+10.5676	0	32
5	9	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther	40	+11.4918	0	30
Race average speed: 104.863mi/h
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 2 laps

Round 13 of 16: Kentucky 100

Saturday August 11, 2007
Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky
Race weather:
Pole position winner: #55 Hideki Mutoh 191.276mph
Race Summary:

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	1	55	Hideki Mutoh	Super Aguri Panther	67	0:54:01.6259	66	53
2	2	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	67	+0.1032	0	40
3	3	27	Wade Cunningham	AGR-AFS Racing	67	+0.1567	1	35
4	6	9	Chris Festa	Chip Ganassi Racing	67	+0.4246	0	32
5	20	11	Jaime Camara	AGR-AFS Racing	67	+0.5673	0	30
Race average speed: 110.123mi/h
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 32 laps

Round 14 of 16: Carneros 100

Saturday August 25, 2007
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California
Race weather:, sunny
Pole position winner: #51 Richard Antinucci 1:22.2742 100.639mph
Race Summary: Alex Lloyd passed Richard Antinucci on the first lap and never looked back, leading all 30 laps en route to the victory while clinching the championship.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	2	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	30	0:45:28.8873	30	53
2	1	51	Richard Antinucci	Cheever Racing	30	+0.8927	0	40
3	4	53	Mike Potekhen	Apex Racing	30	+5.6988	0	35
4	3	24	Stephen Simpson	Kenn Hardley Racing	30	+6.5361	0	32
5	7	11	Jaime Camara	AGR-AFS Racing	30	+13.7964	0	30
Race average speed: 91.026mi/h
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: 2 for 4 laps

Round 15 of 16: Valley of the Moon 100

Sunday August 26, 2007
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California
Race weather:, mostly sunny
Pole position winner: #38 Ryan Justice (8th place in Race 1)
Race Summary: The first eight positions from the first race were inverted to determine the grid for race 2. Alex Lloyd's car had engine trouble on the pace lap and he failed to start the race. Richard Antinucci steadily climbed through the field from the seventh starting position, eventually finding his way past polesitter Ryan Justice on lap 18 to take the lead and capture his second win of the season.

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	7	51	Richard Antinucci	Cheever Racing	30	0:42:20.0000	12	50
2	1	38	Ryan Justice	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	30	+1.7400	18	43
3	2	5	Andrew Prendeville	RLR-Andersen Racing	30	+2.2703	0	35
4	2	23	Logan Gomez	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	30	+6.9949	0	32
5	5	24	Stephen Simpson	Kenn Hardley Racing	30	+7.5331	0	30
Race average speed: 97.77mi/h
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps

Round 16 of 16: Chicagoland 100

Sunday September 9, 2007
Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois
Race weather:, sunny
Pole position winner: #7 Alex Lloyd 28.7799 sec 190.133mph
Race Summary: The Sam Schmidt Motorsports cars of champion Alex Lloyd and Logan Gomez battled for the lead with Robbie Pecorari throughout the race, which was slowed by two extended caution flags, the first caused by a major crash involving Chris Festa and Jaime Camara and the second involving Travis Gregg and Wade Cunningham. Gomez led his teammate entering the final lap. Lloyd mounted a challenge and the two cars briefly touched exiting turn four and Gomez was able to hold off Lloyd for his first Pro Series victory by a mere 0.0005 sec. The league claims that this finish is the closest in motor racing history.^[3]

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	4	23	Logan Gomez	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	67	0:56:10.8201	22	50
2	1	7	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	67	+0.0005	38	43
3	7	13	Robbie Pecorari	Team KMA Motorsports	67	+1.2821	0	35
4	11	1	Bobby Wilson	Brian Stewart Racing	67	+1.3000	0	32
5	16	53	Mike Potekhen	Apex Racing	67	+1.3824	0	30
Race average speed: 108.764mi/h
Lead changes: 9 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 33 laps

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	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th
Points	50	40	35	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5

The driver who starts on pole is awarded one point (except for Race 2 of doubleheader weekends)
The driver who leads the most laps in a race is awarded two additional points.

Pos	Driver	HMS	STP		INDY	MIL	IMS		IOW	WGL		NAS	MDO	KTY	SNM		CHI	Points
1	Alex Lloyd	1*	1*	1	1*	1*	2	2	1	3	1*	11*	22	2	1*	DNS	2*	652
2		3	2	4	5	19	1*	3	3	2	6	6	5	1*	19	10		481
3	Wade Cunningham	24	9	2	23	12	4	21	2*	1*	2	4	2	3	16	11	17	423
4	Bobby Wilson	6	6	3ⁱ	22	5	7	1*	9	5	12	15	6	18	17	14	4	393
5	Mike Potekhen	7	11	22	6	2	10	8	12	9	7	19	9	7	3	8	5	379
6	Jaime Camara	4	23	8	3	17	3	5	21	7	10	3	8	5	5	17	20	373
7		16	14	18	12	18	9	6	6	14	15	2	10	13	6	4	1	368
8		8	7	5	11	14	24	19	5	22	11	1	7	8	18	22	3	344
9		11	4	20	14	22	5	11	19	12	13	7	3	11	4	5	12	312
10	Chris Festa	2	8	12	2	21	11	14	16	21	17	9	13	4	13	19	19	313
11		5	13	17	4	20	21	20	14	10	8	20	4	17	7	3	21	306
12	Jonathan Klein		3	14*	10	3	19	7	18	11	9	5	19		9	6	15	304
13		25			13	6	8	4ⁱ	4	23	23	8	11	15	8	*2ⁱ**		276
14	Sean Guthrie	19	16	23	19	4	13	12	20	15	16	14	12	6	12	13	6	274
15			19	15			6	9		8	5		1*		2	1		273
16		13	12	19	21	10	16	22	17	13	14	12	14	9	10	9	11	260
17		14	22	10	24	13	17	16	11	19	19	10	17	12	15	15	9	239
18		21	15	9	20	8	18	13	13	16	20	18	18	20				184
19		15	17	16	9	11	23	17	22	20	24		21	19			8	171
20	Phil Giebler		24	7			12	15		4	4				14	12		163
21		12	20	21	16	16	25	18	15			21	23	14			DNS	137
22		9	10	6						18	18		15					109
23							22	10		6	3ⁱ		20					101
24			18	13	7										11	7		100
25		22	21	11	15		15	24							21	16		95
26	Al Unser III				8	7			7			13						93
27					17	9	20	25	8			16						88
28	Jay Howard	10	5	24														56
29	P. J. Abbott					15						17					7	54
30							14	23		DNS	21		16					52
31									10								14	36
32	Travis Gregg													10			16	34
33														16			13	31
34															20	18		22
35	Arie Luyendyk Jr.									17	22							21
36																	10	20
37															22	20		18
38	Tom Wood	17																13
39		18																12
40					18													12
41																	18	12
42		20																10
43		23																7
	Scott Mayer									Wth
	Richard Heistand									Wth
Pos	Driver	HMS	STP		INDY	MIL	IMS		IOW	WGL		NAS	MDO	KTY	SNM		CHI	Points

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 not participate (DNP)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position (1 point)
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*\|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center\|Led most race laps (2 points)\|-\|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center\|ⁱ\|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center\|Partially inverted fieldno bonus point awarded\|-\|style="background:#FDE910;" align=center colspan=2\|Rookie of the Year\|-\|style="background:orange;" align=center colspan=2\|Rookie\|}\|}\|} Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes. External links Indy Racing League- official site ]

Notes and References

Web site: New aerodynamic package for '07 :: Indy Racing League Indy Pro Series . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210141/http://www.indycar.com/pro/news/story.php?story_id=8039 . 2007-09-27 . 2007-01-24.
Web site: Purse upped to almost $4 million :: Indy Racing League Indy Pro Series . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071007140546/http://www.indycar.com/pro/news/story.php?story_id=8017 . 2007-10-07 . 2007-01-25.
http://www.indycar.com/news/story.php?story_id=9929 To the fourth degree