Jack Harvey twice finished runner-up in the Indy Lights championship, and is now a part-timer for the Schmidt Peterson-affiliated part-time entry for Meyer Shank Racing in IndyCar. Is it still possible to shine as a part-timer? Harvey spoke to... The previous-gen Indy Lights car was a compromise – an all-oval car developed into one that could also make a passable impression of a road/street course device. It created some decent racing, no question, but it handled like no other open-wheeler. Consequently, one always felt that the Lights drivers – surely the priority in any so-called ‘feeder formula’ – were at the mercy of their teams and engineers. Those who successfully adapted...
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