Indy Pro Series

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Indy Pro Series
Category Open-wheeled
Country or region Flag of the United States United States
Inaugural season 2002
Drivers 28
Teams 17[1]
Constructors Dallara
Engine suppliers Speedway Motors built on unbadged Infiniti block
Drivers' champion Flag of the United Kingdom Alex Lloyd
Teams' champion Flag of the United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Official website www.indycar.com/pro

The Indy Pro Series is a developmental racing series sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. It was founded in 2002 as a way to introduce new talent to the IRL and coincided with Infiniti's departure from the IRL's premier Indycar series. It is a spec series using a modified 3.5L version of the V8 engine used in the Infiniti Q45 combined with Dallara chassis. The series initially struggled to attract drivers and some races have had fewer than 10 entrants. However, with the introduction of a number of road-course races to the schedule in 2005, many of America's top prospects like Marco Andretti and Phil Giebler were attracted to the series to run part-time schedules on the road courses. In 2006, a boost in prize money even further increased car counts to 16 or more, with an even six ovals, six road course mix, with selected races being double races, and a stand-alone race (independent of the IndyCar Series) on the USGP weekend. The series was called the Menards Infiniti Pro Series until 2006 when both Menards and Nissan dropped their sponsorship of the series. 2007 car counts have improved further with 20 or more cars in every race.

The centerpiece of the IPS schedule is the Freedom 100, contested at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Friday prior to the Indianapolis 500. The Indy Pro Series also has held a support race for the United States Grand Prix later in the year. It is the series' only event that is not a support race to an IndyCar event.

On September 9, 2007, during the Chicagoland 100, Logan Gomez beat Alex Lloyd by 0.0005 seconds (approximately 1.65 inches, or 25.4, mm at 188 mph) which reflects the closest recognized finish in the over century-long history of organized automobile racing throughout the world.[2]

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Champions
Year Driver Team Chassis Engine
2002 Flag of the United States A.J. Foyt IV A.J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara Infiniti
2003 Flag of the United Kingdom Mark Taylor Panther Racing Dallara Infiniti
2004 Flag of Brazil Thiago Medeiros Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara Infiniti
2005 Flag of New Zealand Wade Cunningham Brian Stewart Racing Dallara Infiniti
2006 Flag of the United Kingdom Jay Howard Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara unbadged
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara unbadged

  1. ^ Taken from the official 2007 entry list at http://www.indycar.com/pro/drivers
  2. ^ "To the fourth degree", IndyCar.com, 2007-09-13. Retrieved on 2007-09-14. 

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