HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Homestead-Miami Speedway played host to the
final round of the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights season on Friday
night, and after a difficult race, Sam Schmidt Motorsports cars
found themselves in sixth (Wade Cunningham), ninth (Logan
Gomez), 14th (James Hinchcliffe), and 16th (Gustavo Yacaman).
After a strong qualifying performance earlier in the afternoon,
Cunningham, starting from second, jumped into the lead on Lap 1
of the race. He and James Davison fought for the lead for the
next 15 laps before Cunningham fell back to third. With a bit of
understeer in the car, and having to sit behind the wake of
Davison, Cunningham found himself with handling characteristics
that didn't allow him to maintain pace with the leaders. He'd
slowly fall back a few spots before settling into sixth, where
he'd finish.  Making his return to the team, Gomez, starting
from eighth, found himself in battles around the top-ten
throughout the race, including battles with his teammates
Hinchcliffe, who started 11th, an