Schmidt Peterson has closed down its hugely successful Indy Lights team in a move that team owner Sam Schmidt has described as “one of the toughest things I’ve had to do in the last 15 years.” Just two months after his lead Lights driver Santiago Urrutia was narrowly beaten to the 2016 title by Carlin Racing’s Ed Jones at Laguna Seca, Schmidt has shuttered the operation. Speaking to Trackside Online, Schmidt said: “It’s unfortunate. We went from coming away from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca thinking that we might be able to facilitate all three support series and the IndyCar program, to two months later not being able to support any of it. “I think the majority of the reason is...
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