INDY LIGHTS

The 'Indy Lights' was an open-wheeled racing series that acted as a developmental circuit for CART from 1986 to 2001. Founded in 1986 as the 'American Racing Series' (ARS), the series was renamed Indy Lights in 1991. However, by the late 1990s and early 2000s, CART was suffering from financial problems and it cancelled the minor league in 2001. By this time the Toyota Atlantic series was equally effective in providing CART drivers, and that series is now the main feeder championship. The series champions include 2 CART champions, 2 IRL champions, 7 CCWS race-winners and two Formula One drivers.
A spec-series, Indy Lights used March chassis (essentially a modified 85B Formula 3000 chassis, renamed to Wildcat) from 1986 to 1992, Lola chassis from 1993 to 2001, and Buick V6 engines for its entire existence.

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Indy Lights Champions
Other notable alumni

Indy Lights Champions



1986 - Fabrizio Barbazza

1987 - Didier Theys

1988 - Jon Beekhuis

1989 - Mike Groff

1990 - Paul Tracy

1991 - Eric Bachelart

1992 - Robbie Buhl

1993 - Bryan Herta

1994 - Steve Robertson

1995 - Greg Moore

1996 - David Empringham

1997 - Tony Kanaan

1998 - Cristiano da Matta

1999 - Oriol Servià

2000 - Scott Dixon

2001 - Townsend Bell

Other notable alumni



Hélio Castroneves

Adrian Fernández

Tony George

P. J. Jones

Casey Mears

Steve Millen

Johnny O'Connell

André Ribeiro

Jeff Ward

Dan Wheldon

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