As Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) was growing and expanding a quarter century ago, one of the ways it sought to perpetuate itself was to create a \u201cfeeder series\u201d originally called the American Racing Series. Organized by Roger Bailey and Rafael Sanchez, the ARS used converted Formula 3000 March chassis powered by 3.4-liter Buick V-6 engines.<\/p>\n
After five seasons it was renamed Dayton Indy Lights\u2014a takeoff on IMSA\u2019s Camel Lights class that had been named for one of the sponsor\u2019s products. Dayton was a brand of tires produced under the Firestone corporate umbrella that then sponsored and promoted the series for a decade until its demise following the 2001 season.<\/p>\n
The original Marches were replaced with purpose built Lola T97\/10s in 1997, and now sufficient numbers of these cars are turning up in vintage racing that a series has been formed. A five-race schedule of races has been organized in conjunction with SVRA, and for complete information, please visit www.indylightsracing.com<\/p>\n
2010 Indy Lights Schedule<\/p>\n
May 14-16Road America<\/p>\n
June 4-6 VIR Gold Cup<\/p>\n
June 25-27 Mid-Ohio<\/p>\n
Sept 10-12 Watkins Glen<\/p>\n
Oct 15-17 Road Atanta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) was growing and expanding a quarter century ago, one of the ways it sought to perpetuate itself was to create a \u201cfeeder series\u201d originally called the American Racing Series. Organized by Roger Bailey and Rafael Sanchez, the ARS used converted Formula 3000 March chassis powered by 3.4-liter Buick V-6 engines. After five seasons it was renamed Dayton Indy Lights\u2014a takeoff on IMSA\u2019s Camel Lights class that had been named for one of the sponsor\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":582900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234,17756],"class_list":["post-491287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-vintage-race-vintage-indy"],"yoast_head":"\n