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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 22:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hawksworth takes surprise victory at St. Pete ]]></title>
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Jack Hawksworth, who earned the 2012 Star Mazda Championship, won in his Firestone Indy Lights debut for Schmidt Peterson with Curb-Agajanian Motorsports after leaders Carlos Munoz and Gabby Chaves tangled while battling for the lead.

Munoz, the Sunoco Pole Award recipient in the No. 26 Dialy-Ser-Andretti Autosport car, was battling Chaves in the No. 7 Schmidt Peterson with ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/hawksworth-takes-surprise-victory-at-st-pete/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hawksworth targets ‘another great year’ after inking dream deal with SSM]]></title>
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It has been quite a whirlwind week for Jack Hawksworth, as just days after picking up the prestigious Henry Surtees Award at the glittering annual British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) Awards luncheon, the gifted Bradford-born speed demon has firmed up his racing plans for 2013 – by announcing an agreement to compete for the benchmark Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) outfit in the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/hawksworth-targets-another-great-year-after-inking-dream-deal-with-ssm-430032/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vautier claims championship as Munoz takes Fontana victory]]></title>
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FONTANA, Calif. -- Esteban Guerrieri overtook Tristan Vautier in Turn 1 of Lap 39 to move into third place in the Auto Club Speedway Foundation 100, but he needed to gain two additional positions in the final 11 laps on the 2-mile oval to wrest the Firestone Indy Lights championship from his Sam Schmidt Motorsports teammate.

That didn't occur as Carlos Munoz of Andretti Autosport led ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/vautier-claims-championship-as-munoz-takes-fontana-victory/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saavedra vaults to pole in Fontana qualifying]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Only two drivers have the mathematical possibility of winning the coveted Firestone Firehawk Cup by notching the 2012 Firestone Indy Lights championship, and, neither one will be starting Saturday’s race on the front row. Thus Tristan Vautier maintains an 11-point advantage over Sam Schmidt Motorsports teammate Esteban Guerrieri heading into the 50-lap race on Saturday.

Instead ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/saavedra-vaults-to-pole-in-fontana-qualifying/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tristan Vautier scores pole with track record at Trois-Rivieres]]></title>
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TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec -- After setting the fastest laps in both practice sessions, Frenchman Tristan Vautier earned the pole for the 60-lap Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières, setting an outright track record at 57.1394 seconds.

For the second year in a row, qualifying for the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières was decided by a two-segment knockout session, similar to the Firestone Fast Six in ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/tristan-vautier-scores-pole-with-track-record-at-trois-rivieres/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carlos Muñoz claims maiden series victory in Edmonton ]]></title>
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Carlos Muñoz is the winner of today's Firestone Indy Lights race in Edmonton, Alberta, driving the Team Dialy-Ser entry.  This is the first career Firestone Indy Lights victory (in nine starts) for the 20-year-old resident of Miami, Florida and native of Colombia. He started today's race from the pole position and won by a dominating margin of more than eight seconds over his ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/carlos-mu-oz-claims-maiden-series-victory-in-edmonton/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 02:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jubilee Motorsports To Compete In Firestone Indy Lights In 2013]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jubilee Motorsports is gearing up to campaign in the 2013 Firestone Indy Lights season, bringing with it a commitment to Christian values that will guide the team both on and off the track.

“It is an exciting day for Jubilee Motorsports,&quot; Rick Maas, Jubilee Motorsports President, said. “The Mazda Road to Indy has demonstrated it is an established, viable development system. The ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/jubilee-motorsports-to-compete-in-firestone-indy-lights-in-2013/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indy Lights season heads for halfway pole at Milwaukee]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Firestone Indy Lights season is rapidly approaching its climax. Milwaukee marks the halfway point in a surprisingly short 12-race season, given that it only just begun in March (the finale will take place in September at Auto Club Speedway). 

Because the season is shorter than it has been in recent years, the championship picture is quickly coming to the fore. As it stands right ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/indy-lights-season-heads-for-halfway-pole-at-milwaukee/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guerrieri comes from last to capture Freedom 100 thriller at Indy ]]></title>
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Esteban Guerrieri came from last to first to win the Firestone Indy Lights Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday afternoon.  The winner drove the Pistas Argentinas/SSM w/Curb Agajanian entry fielded by Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

The victor qualified 11th but when the team elected to change engines, Guerrieri had to drop back to the rear of the field.
It was a ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/guerrieri-comes-from-last-to-capture-freedom-100-thriller-at-indy/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Series Indianapolis qualifying report]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yacaman scores first pole with Freedom 100 pole at Indianapolis



INDIANAPOLIS (Thursday, May 24, 2012) - Gustavo Yacaman has one victory, 16 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes in four Firestone Indy Lights seasons.


On May 24, the 21-year-old from Colombia filled in another column with his first pole. And it comes in the biggest race of the season.

Yacaman, driving the No. 2 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/series-indianapolis-qualifying-report/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guerrieri and Saavedra dominate for 1-2 at Long Beach]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Next time, you win, Esteban!

If this season’s podiums for the Firestone Indy Lights Series seem to be similar each, time, it’s because they are. In fact, at their last race at Barber Motorsports Park, the winner in Birmingham,  Sebastian Saavedra reportedly whispered at that time to Esteban Guerrieri:  “next time, you win, Esteban”. And, he did, or so the story goes. Indeed, Guerrieri ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/guerrieri-and-saavedra-dominate-for-1-2-at-long-beach/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saavedra grabs pole while Vautier lands in Long Beach tire wall]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sebastian Saavedra, the returning Team AFS driver who spent the 2011 season with Conquest Racing in the Indy Car Series, grabbed the pole away from current points leader Tristan Vautier like a greedy child steals candy, with great conviction and no malice. The Frenchman ended up in the tires and will start Sunday morning’s Indy Lights race in the 4th row, in P7. In fact, one has to be ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/saavedra-grabs-pole-while-vautier-lands-in-long-beach-tire-wall/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SSM's Newgarden receives ‘Securing Tomorrow’ Award]]></title>
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SSM Driver Was Winningest Indy Lights Driver En Route to 2011 Championship


 
INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 21, 2011) – Josef Newgarden, who drove the No. 11 Copart/Score Big/Robo-Pong Dallara for Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) to this year’s Firestone Indy Lights championship, is the recipient of the 2011 “Securing Tomorrow” Award for being the series’ winningest driver in 2011.
It was a ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/indylights-ssm-s-newgarden-receives-securing-tomorrow-award/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Josef Newgarden claims crash-filled Freedom 100]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Story Highlights Schmidt records 1-2 finish
 Several drivers head to medical center, Methodist hospital


Second win of year vaults Newgarden to points lead

Two major smashups marred the 40-lap Firestone Indy Lights Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Moto ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/josef-newgarden-claims-crash-filled-freedom-100/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 20:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rainout Puts Clauson On Freesdom 100 Pole]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Story Highlights Sam Schmidt Motorsports teammates start on front row
 Wilson paces shortened practice session


Sprint car product makes Indy Lights debut up front

The Firestone Indy Lights qualifying session ahead of Friday Carb Day’s Freedom 100 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/rainout-puts-clauson-on-freesdom-100-pole/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 21:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anders Krohn season preview]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's a Matter of Pride for Norway's Krohn

HOUSTON, March 19 - This year Anders &quot;The Viking&quot; Krohn is taking a
giant step closer to his goal of becoming only the second Norwegian
race car driver to compete in the world's greatest auto race, the
Indianapolis 500.

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/anders-krohn-season-preview/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SSM Birmingham test 2011-03-16]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sam Schmidt Motorsports Indy Lights Drivers Shine

Newgarden, Guerrieri, Daly and Carbone Take Overall Spots 1-3-5-7 During Road Course Test Day at Barber Motorsports Park

 LEEDS, Ala. (March 16, 2011) – The four-car Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) Firestone Indy Lights team made a strong showing in an open road course test conducted Wednesday at Barber Motorsports Park just east of ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/ssm-birmingham-test-2011-03-16/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bryan Herta Autosport on the rise]]></title>
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As the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights Series season draws closer to its
conclusion, most of the focus has centered on AFS/Andretti Green Racing
and Sam Schmidt Motorsports. After winning eight of 12 races between
them with AFS/AGR's J.R. Hildebrand currently leading the standings by
63 points, it's easy to see why.



	 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/bryan-herta-autosport-on-the-rise/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saavedra quickest in Indy Freedom 100 test day]]></title>
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Sebastian Saavedra recorded 57 laps around the historic Indianapolis
Motor Speedway during the Indy Lights open test but it was his eighth
tour of the circuit that put him atop the speed chart for the day. Early
in the session Saavedra's averaged 191.278 mph around the 2.5-mile track
and the lap held up for most of the day.


 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/saavedra-quickest-in-indy-freedom-100-test-day/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hinchcliffe re-launches with Sam Schmidt]]></title>
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Perennial Indy Lights premier operation Sam Schmidt Motorsports
has added one of Canada's rising stars to its 2009 lineup. James
Hinchcliffe, the Toronto native who has spent his last three years in
the Atlantic Championship, joins Schmidt for the upcoming season.



	James Hinchcliffe.
	 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/hinchcliffe-re-launches-with-sam-schmidt/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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