2012 Indy Lights
Rnd Date Race Name Track Location
1 March 24 St. Petersburg 100 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg , Florida
2 April 1 Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham , Alabama
3 April 15 Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach , California
4 May 25 Firestone Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway , Indiana
5 June 2 Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Belle Isle Detroit , Michigan
6 June 15 Firestone Indy Lights 100 Milwaukee Mile West Allis , Wisconsin
7 June 22 Sukup 100 Iowa Speedway Newton , Iowa
8 July 7 Toronto 100 Exhibition Place Toronto , Ontario
9 July 21 Edmonton 100 Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton , Alberta
10 August 5 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières , Quebec
11 September 1 Grand Prix of Baltimore Streets of Baltimore Baltimore , Maryland
12 September 15 Auto Club Speedway Foundation 100 Auto Club Speedway Fontana , California
Schedule
IndyCar announced that all Firestone Indy Lights Series races would be broadcast on the NBC Sports Network in 2012 . [ 21 ]
The 2012 Indy Lights season is a season of open wheel motor racing. It is the 27th season of the series and the eleventh sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IZOD IndyCar Series. It began March 24, 2012 in St. Petersburg. The championship was dominated by the Sam Schmidt Motorsports team with French driver Tristan Vautier winning the championship by eight points ahead of experienced Argentine team mate Esteban Guerrieri. SSM drivers won seven out of the twelve races over the course of the season and Vautier also claimed the rookie of the year title. Colombian driver Gustavo Yacamán from Team Moore Racing finished a tight battle for third with countryman Sebastián Saavedra.