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	Ppg Firestone Indy Lights Championship Powered by Buick
		As the "Official Development Series" of PPG tndy Car, the PPe-Firestone lndy Lights Championship, powered by Buick, is the premier proving ground for young drivers on the road to Indy Car competition.
		Although similar in size (Indy cars are permitted to be a maximum of 195" in length, 78.5" wide, 36" high and typically have a wheelbase of around 110"), Formula One and Indy cars are quite different beneath the skin.
		Three types of engines are permitted in Indy Car racing: tur- bocharged, four cycle, overhead camshaft engines with eight cylinde~ and maximum displacement of 2.65 liters; production-derived, single, turbocharged engines with pushrod operated valves and a maximum dis- placement of 3.43 liters and, at Indianapolis only, naturally aspirated, domestically produced, six liter V-8s.
	tobaccodocuments.org /lor/92745331-5354.html (2026 words)

	Rodolfo Lavin Bio Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Finished an Indy Lights career-best of fifth at Chicago and Fontana...
		Drove in 10 of 14 races for Indy Regency Racing, scoring his only points of the season with a career-best finish of eighth in the season-opener at Homestead...
		Began his Indy Lights career with Leading Edge Motorsports as the youngest full-time driver in the series at 18...
	media.ford.com /print_doc.cfm?article_id=14582 (370 words)

	Indy 500 driver profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Indy Lights series championship in 1992 and passed Indy 500 rookie test in 1993 but crashed twice and did not qualify.
		Indy 500 winner in 1996 and IRL series champion in 2000, when he was runner-up at Indy for the second time.
		Bumped from the Indy lineup in qualifications in 1996, was seventh as a rookie in 1997 and started from the pole in 1998, when he finished 23rd.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/05/26/spt_indy_500_driver.html (2732 words)

	Ford Racing: Drivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He earned 120 championship points, scored two pole positions and made three podium appearances, in total he scored points in all 12 rounds of the Indy Lights Championship and was running at the end in nine events.
		Domínguez’s first season in Dayton Indy Lights came in 1999 where he finished 11th in the championship with 66 points and was third in the Rookie of the Year standings.
		He won his first Indy Lights race from the pole at the Homestead Motor Speedway, which was also his first oval event.
	www.fordracing.com /champcarws/drivers/detail/?driver=49 (619 words)

	Oswaldo Negri Jr - History
		Negri, who took championships in his native Brazil and moved to England to race against guys with names like Barrichello, Coulthard, and de Ferran, brought speed experience in the Daytona Prototype to the team, having contested a limited schedule of races in 2003.
		He also brought a wealth of experience developing race cars, as his time in F3 and Indy Lights had led to him being tapped by Barber Dodge and Formula BMW to develop their cars as a test driver.
		In the PPG Indy Lights Championship, Negri competed in seven races, qualifying three times in the top three, with one fastest lap at Portland.
	www.negrijr.com /pages/history.htm (1070 words)

	AutoRacing1.com - CART News
		Dixon, who has won three of the year's first seven Dayton Indy Lights races, has tested PacWest Champ Cars before, but the Laguna Seca run is the first time he has taken to the track with a full field of FedEx Championship drivers.
		Paul Tracy, the 1990 Indy Lights champion, confirmed his status as the leading series graduate in CART Champ Car competition last Sunday with a hang-tough victory in the Motorola 220 at Road America.
		Indy Lights grads have now won six of the year's first 14 FedEx Championship Series races run to date.
	www.autoracing1.com /htmfiles/2000/0825Lights.htm (968 words)

	AutoRacing1.com - CART News
		The 2000 Dayton Indy Lights Championship Awards Banquet will feature a new format at a familiar venue when the top performers of this year’s season will be honored at the annual season-ending celebration at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 29.
		The banquet, which will culminate with the crowning of the 2000 Dayton Indy Lights Championship winning driver and team, will be held in conjunction with the season-ending Dayton Indy Lights 100 Presented by The Los Angeles Times that will be run at California Speedway that morning.
		Championship Awards – Nearly $400,000 in Dayton Indy Lights Championship point fund bonuses will be paid to the top-12 finishers in the series.
	www.autoracing1.com /htmfiles/2000/1003LightsFormat.htm (1073 words)

	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing To Use Chevy Power In 2003 :: Indy Racing League® Indy Pro Series™
		Robbie scored both of his IRL victories and won the Indy Lights championship with GM engines, so we are well aware of his ability and his drive to win.
		The 2003 Chevy Indy V8 is smaller and lighter than its predecessor, and employs advanced technology to produce 675 horsepower at the IRL-mandated 10,300 rpm rev limit.
		INDY RACING LEAGUE, INDYCAR® and INDY PRO SERIES™ are trademarks of Brickyard Trademarks, Inc. and/or licensed to IRL for use.
	www.indycar.com /pro/news/story.php?story_id=784 (685 words)

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		He was the winner of the Minas Championship in 1990 and 1991, the 1991 Brazilian Championship, the 1992 Rio-Minas Championship, and the 1992 Sao Paulo Championship.
		Whilst taking part in Formula 3000 in 1996, he started to seriously consider racing in the USA and, in 1997, he relocated to the USA for the Indy Lights Series.
		In 2002, he claimed victory in the CART drivers' championship with Newman-Haas Racing and Toyota, dominating the series with 7 poles, 7 victories and a total of 11 podium finishes.
	www.f1park.com /drivers.php?id=10 (462 words)

	International PPG-Dayton Indy Lights Championship Set For Aruba
		The Indy Lights race, which will close the series' 2000 season, was confirmed today by Ralph A. Sanchez President of Motorsports Americas, Inc., who joined officials from the Island of Aruba., CART and Indy Lights in making the announcement during ground-breaking ceremonies on the site of the new facility.
		Completing its 14th year of operation in 1999, the PPG-Dayton Indy Lights Championship is internationally recognized as one of the most competitive open-wheel series in the world.
		In total, Indy Lights race cars, which can reach a top speed in excess of 190 mph, are only about 25% smaller than the CART Champ Cars they resemble.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/press/date/19990928/press000314.html (960 words)

	Canku Ota - Apr. 21, 2001 - Witherill to Try for Indy 500
		Witherill, who is competing in his third season in the Dayton Indy Lights Championship, is primed for the test.
		IRL and Indy Lights cars are almost totally different in handling and power.
		Cory and Indy Regency Racing are lucky to have the support of G-Force, the manufacturer of the G-Force 2001 that will be used in the test and in the race.
	www.turtletrack.org /Issues01/Co04212001/CO_04212001_Witherill.htm (835 words)

	CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAMS INC - CPNT Annual Report (10-K) ITEM 7: MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF ...
		Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. is engaged in the process of orderly liquidation of its remaining assets, the winding up of its business, and the dissolution of the Company.
		This decrease was primarily attributable to the loss of sponsorship income from the Indy Lights series which we discontinued at the end of the 2001 race season, as well as a reduction in sponsorship fees from one of our sponsors, pursuant to a renegotiation clause in the applicable sponsorship contract.
		This decrease was due to the discontinuance of the Indy Lights Championship.
	sec.edgar-online.com /2004/08/24/0000950152-04-006473/section9.asp (8270 words)

	Primedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		his first Dayton Indy Lights Championship victory in his home country Sunday with a strong flag-to-flag win from the pole in the inaugural race at Fundidora Park.
		The season-opening event of the 2001 Dayton Indy Lights Championship, the Monterrey race was the first event in the 16-year history of the series outside of U.S. and Canadian borders.
		Television tonight: Round 1 of the Dayton Indy Lights Championship will be telecast in same-day coverage on ESPN2 in a one-hour show at 11 p.m.
	www.whowon.com /primedia/pm_tracknews.asp?StoryID=32506 (938 words)

	AllSports (tm) LIGHT READING - Dayton Indy Lights Championship News & Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Higgins, a four-time Dayton Indy Lights race winner, is set for his second year with Mexpro but first full season campaign since 1999.
		Dayton Indy Lights Championship President and CEO Roger Bailey is now back at work at series headquarters in Detroit after successful surgery to remove a non-cancerous lung tumor late last year.
		Former Indy Lights race winners Franck Freon and Johnny O'Connell were part of the winning GM GoodWrench Corvette entry at this past weekend's Rolex 24 at Daytona.
	www.allsports.com /cgi-bin/showstory.cgi?story_id=12855 (1533 words)

	Smith claims Indy Lights
		Smith, a rookie on the Indy Lights circuit this season, posted a track-record speed of 92.511 miles per hour to claim his second win in three races Sunday.
		No Canadians were entered in the race, the ninth of the 14-race Indy Lights campaign.
		TORONTO (AP) -- Results Sunday of the ninth round of the PPG-Dayton Indy Lights Championship at the 1.7-mile Exhibition Place temporary circuit with starting position in parentheses, driver, country or residence, laps completed, winners average speed and reason out (all cars are Lola V6 with Dayton tires):
	www.canoe.ca /SlamMotorsportsIndyLights/ppg_dayton.html (266 words)

	CAR . CO . NZ Motor Racing: New Zealands premier website for motoring and motorsport enthusiasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He raced competitively all season and finished the year in 3rd place for the championship and was awarded the 1997 Rookie of the year award.
		Scott was among the front runners and after his first season in the Indy Lights Championship finished in 5th overall, 2nd in the Rookie of the year battle for 1999 and also finished 2nd in the most laps lead that season.
		Scott joined a distinguished group of past FedEx Championship rookies of the year who managed to win a race in their first Champ car season, among these are the prominent motor sport names of Nigel Mansell, Jacques Villeneuve and Juan Pablo Montoya.
	www.car.co.nz /race.asp?articleid=3642 (887 words)

	Ford Racing: Team Ford Racing News
		"We've been involved in the series with an Indy Lights program in the past and we were presented with a good opportunity to put a quality Champ Car program together for 2003.
		As a driver, the native Belgian also won the 1991 Dayton Indy Lights Championship when the series was the top rung of CART's developmental Ladder System.
		When Bachelart retired from driving in 1997 he formed Conquest Racing and campaigned the team in Indy Lights until 2001, when the series gave way to the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship as the sanctioning body's second-highest tier.
	www.fordracing.com /news?article=21119 (432 words)

	RacingOne - Nascar Racing: Auto Racing, Nascar News, Racing News, Nascar Online, Nascar 2006, Nascar Drivers, Nascar, ...
		Nineteen drivers from seven different countries will battle for the Dayton Indy Lights Championship this year with a record entry of nine drivers from the United States topping all nations.
		Although Mears, 22, has yet to win a race or pole in 36 career starts, his strong 1999 season was the result of top-five finishes in eight of 12 races which included two second place showings and a pair of third-place finishes.
		Their rivalry continues in the Dayton Indy Lights Championship where Simmons will drive a second entry from Team KOOL Green while Snyder, 32, has joined Brian Stewart Racing.
	www.racingone.com /article.asp?artnum=375 (1134 words)

	Jonny Kane: News
		The Team KOOL Green Indy Lights #27 crew continued to focus on chassis development and fine tuning their damper package in an effort to optimise the KOOL Lola-Buick's performance in road course trim.
		Indy Lights is the official development series for the CART FedEx Championship with current Champ Car stars including Scot, Dario Franchitti and Englishman Mark Blundell.
		Kane, 1999 Dayton Indy Lights Rookie of the Year, is back for a second season with Team KOOL Green while Simmons, 1998/99 Barber Dodge Pro Series champion, is embarking on his rookie Indy Lights campaign with the team.
	www.jonnykane.com /news/latest.htm (3108 words)

	AUTO RACING - CBS SportsLine.com
		Won 1997 Indy Lights championship, made CART debut in 1998 with 10 top-10 finishes and series rookie of the year.
		Was 19th as Indy rookie in 2002, missed race in 2003 after breaking his back in motorcycle accident and 14th in 2004.
		Making 13th start at Indy and highest qualifying spot since he started fifth and won the race in 1996.
	cbs.sportsline.com /autoracing/story/8504542/1 (792 words)

	rpm.espn.com: Bell rings true for Patrick Racing
		Bell, a native of San Francisco, Calif., had one of the most dominating seasons in the 16-year history of Indy Lights in 2001.
		Bell is the 16th different Indy Lights champion since the series' inception in 1986 and the first American to win the title since Bryan Herta in 1993.
		For his efforts he was named the Indy Lights "Rookie of the Year" and claimed a place on the Lights "All-Star" Team.
	espn.go.com /rpm/cart/2001/1220/1299279.html (596 words)

	Arciero-Wells Signs Da Matta
		The Arciero-Wells Championship Auto Racing Team announced November 2 it has signed Cristiano da Matta to drive for the MCI WorldCom Racing Team in the 1999 FedEx Championship season.
		In 1994, his fourth year of karting, da Matta secured the championship before the season was over with four victories and four pole positions.
		It has always been my dream to drive in the FedEx Championship Series, and to do it with the backing of MCI WorldCom and Toyota is more than anyone can ask for.
	www.speedcenter.com /news98/sc_n1102_98.html (959 words)

	CART Boosts Ladder System
		The champions of next year'sPPG-Dayton Indy Lights Championship and KOOL/Toyota Atlantic Championship series will be aided in their ascent up CART's Ladder System of driver development through a pair of special post-season tests, CART President and CEO Andrew Craig announced today.
		The 2000 Indy Lights champion will be awarded a full test in a CART Champ Car while the Atlantic titlist will receive a test in an Indy Lights Lola T97/20.
		Former Indy Lights champions currently racing in the FedEx Championship Series include Paul Tracy (1990), Bryan Herta (1993), Greg Moore (1995), Tony Kanaan (1997) and Cristiano da Matta (1998).
	www.speedcenter.com /news99/sc_n0925_1_99.html (958 words)

	Equipment
		After relying on modified Formula 3000 race cars for the first 11 years of series competition, the Lola T97/20 is the first chassis in series' history designed specifically for Indy Lights competition.
		The all-carbon monocoque is larger and longer than any previous Indy Lights chassis and offers improved foot and leg protection for drivers.
		The low profile 30 and 35 series aspect ratios are at the cutting edge of today's high-performance tire technology, providing Indy Lights race cars with precise and consistent high-speed handling.
	www.silcom.com /~imago/garcia/equipment.html (350 words)

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		He won the 1993 Firestone Indy Lights championship with Steve Horne's Tasman Motorsports Group, dominating the series with seven victories and eight pole positions in 12 events.
		Herta began racing in karts at the age of 12, and his talents were quickly underscored with six championships in seven years of competition.
		Competed in six CART events, one with Forsythe Championship Racing, three with Mo Nunn Racing as a substitute for the injured Tony Kanaan, and two with Walker Racing as a substitute for the injured Shinji Nakano.
	www.doranracing.com /driver_bherta.htm (926 words)

	AutoRacing1.com - Hot News Page
		Comparable to the relationship between the Dayton Indy Lights Championship and the FedEx Championship Series, the Clippers are a Triple-A farm team for the New York Yankees.
		Lights injury updates Chris Menninga (Mi-Jack Lola), who was released with no apparent injuries from Loyola University Medical Center after a late-race accident with Casey Mears (Dorricott Racing/Sooner Trailer Lola) Sunday at Chicago, returned to the cockpit at the Gateway test.
		Gateway Group Test The majority of Dayton Indy Lights Championship teams and drivers traveled straight from Round Six at Chicago Motor Speedway last weekend to Gateway International Raceway where an unofficial group test was held Wednesday.
	www.autoracing1.com /Archives/HotNews/2000/0801_0804.htm (3287 words)

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