There was bound to be plenty of surprises as Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires made its first trek to the famed 2.5-mile oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the Mazda-powered Dallara IL-15, and this year's edition of the biggest race on the Mazda Road to Indy calendar did not disappoint. A surprise pole winner--Ethan Ringel of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports--and a dramatic race all culminated in the thrill of victory for last year's championship runner-up, Jack Harvey. The new car and engine combination proved to be a fast, racy machine on an oval for the first time, with Ringel shattering the lap record around IMS with a lap of 197.866 mph (the previous lap record in qualifying...
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