Freedom 100
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Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire | |
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Venue | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
Corporate sponsor | Allied Building Products |
First race | 2003 |
Distance | 100 miles (160 km) |
Laps | 40 |
Previous names | Firestone Freedom 100 (2008–2013) Futaba Freedom 100 (2004–2005) |
Most wins (driver) | Wade Cunningham (3) |
Most wins (team) | Sam Schmidt Motorsports (7) |
The Mazda Freedom 100 presented by Cooper Tires is a Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires auto race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. It is currently held the Friday before the Indianapolis 500, a day which is nicknamed Carb Day. It is the biggest race for the Indy Lights series and often has higher participation than many of the series' other races.
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Race history
The modern open wheel support series has its origins in USAC's Mini Indy series, and later CART's ARS/Indy Lights series. None of those support series ever raced at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Typically the support series would take the month of May off of the schedule while the top-level Indy cars were at the Indianapolis 500. In 1979, USAC's Mini-Indy series scheduled a support race on the oval at nearby Indianapolis Raceway Park, but it was held only once.[1]
When the IRL started the Indy Pro Series in 2002, officials began exploring the possibility of holding a support race at Indianapolis in the days leading up to the Indianapolis 500. It was an attempt to fill an otherwise slow part of the month, and an opportunity for exposure for up-and-coming drivers and teams. The race was added to the calendar for 2003.
For the first two years, the race was held during the second weekend of Indianapolis 500 time trials, scheduled for Saturday which was at the time, used only for Indy 500 practice. The date proved to be unpopular and drew small crowds. In 2005, Carb Day, the traditional final day of practice for the Indy 500, was moved from Thursday before the Indy 500 to Friday. Series officials moved the Freedom 100 to Carb Day, immediately following the final Indy 500 practice session. The move proved popular with fans and competitors.
In 2008, in the wake of the merger between IRL and Champ Car, the series was renamed from Indy Pro Series to the Firestone Indy Lights Series. The new sponsorship extended to this race, renaming it the Firestone Freedom 100.[2]
In the first nine runnings, the race was won six times from the pole and three times from second starting position. Therefore, the race had always been won from the front row until Esteban Guerrieri won in 2012 from the 18th starting position.[3] In 2013, Peter Dempsey, who started third, won the Freedom 100 in the closest finish in Speedway history (0.0026 secs) in a four-wide finish over Gabby Chaves, Sage Karam, and Carlos Muñoz. Dempsey went from fourth to first on the final straightaway.[4]
Race results
Year | Date | Day | Winning Driver | Race Distance | Time of Race | Winning Speed | Starting Cars |
Lead Changes |
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Miles | Laps | ||||||||
2003 | May 17–18 a | Sat.–Sun. | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 55:02.1661 | 109.019 mph | 19 | 2 |
2004 | May 22 | Saturday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 42:16.4388 | 141.931 mph | 17 | 2 |
2005 | May 27 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 40:52.6390 | 146.780 mph | 18 | 7 |
2006 | May 26 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 32:29.3233 | 184.679 mph | 19 | 0 |
2007 | May 25 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 46:39.6029 | 128.590 mph | 24 | 0 |
2008 | May 24 b | Saturday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 39:46.9495 | 150.820 mph | 27 | 4 |
2009 | May 22 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 50:42.2548 | 118.333 mph | 22 | 9 |
2010 | May 28 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 39:55.4552 | 150.285 mph | 16 | 4 |
2011 | May 27 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 55:38.9881 | 107.817 mph | 18 | 6 |
2012 | May 25 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 40:09.1965 | 149.427 mph | 19 c | 3 |
2013 | May 24 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 36:48.6540 | 162.995 mph | 11 | 2 |
2014 | May 23 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 41:46.9680 | 143.600 mph | 11 | 9 |
2015 | May 22 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 33:21.2712 | 179.886 mph | 11 | 6 |
2016 | May 27 | Friday | ![]() |
100 | 40 | 41:08.6299 | 145.830 mph | 16 | 3 |
- a In 2003 the race started on Saturday May 17, but was halted by rain. It was completed the following day.
- b The 2008 race was scheduled for Friday May 23 but postponed one day due to rain.
- c In 2012, Anders Krohn qualified for the race, but was unable to start due to mechanical problems. He was credited with the 19th-place finish. Therefore, only 18 cars took the green flag.
Qualification results
Year | Date | Day | Pole Sitter / Fast Qualifier |
Pole 2-Lap Qualifying Time |
Pole Speed | Number of Qualifiers |
Slow Qualifier Speed |
Mean Qualifying Speed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | May 16 | Friday | ![]() |
1:35.4958 | 188.490 mph | 18 | 179.550 mph | 184.460 mph |
2004 | May 21 | Friday | ![]() |
1:35.1000 | 189.274 mph | 17 | 178.100 mph | 186.302 mph |
2005 | May 26 | Thursday | ![]() |
1:34.8018 | 189.870 mph | 17 | 168.816 mph | 184.892 mph |
2006 | May 25 | Thursday | ![]() |
1:36.5546 | 186.423 mph | 18 | 171.844 mph | 181.753 mph |
2007 | May 24 | Thursday | ![]() |
1:35.6271 | 188.231 mph | 24 | 183.436 mph | 186.052 mph |
2008 | May 22 | Thursday | ![]() |
1:35.5430 | 188.397 mph | 27 | 178.497 mph | 186.196 mph |
2009 | May 21 | Thursday | ![]() |
1:34.6485 | 190.177 mph | 22 | 185.269 mph | 187.749 mph |
2010 | May 27 | Thursday | ![]() |
1:35.7505 | 187.989 mph | 15 | 183.479 mph | 185.988 mph |
2011 | May 26 | Thursday | ![]() |
Grid set by entrant points due to rain. | ||||
2012 | May 24 | Thursday | ![]() |
1:35.9913 | 187.517 mph | 19 | 184.494 mph | 185.828 mph |
2013 | May 23 | Thursday | ![]() |
1:35.1160 | 189.243 mph | 11 | 185.967 mph | 187.412 mph |
2014 | May 22 | Thursday | ![]() |
1:35.8926 | 187.710 mph | 11 | 182.697 mph | 185.056 mph |
2015 | May 21 | Thursday | ![]() |
1:31.0545 | 197.684 mph | 12 | 194.404 mph | 195.909 mph |
2016 | May 26 | Thursday | ![]() |
Grid set by entrant points due to rain. |
Event records
Year | Driver | |||||
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Fastest race | 2006 | ![]() |
Time: 32:29.3233 | Speed: 184.679 mph | 100 Miles | 40 Laps |
Fastest qualification run | 2015 | ![]() |
Time: 01:31.0545 | Speed: 197.684 mph | 5 Miles | 2 Laps |
Fastest qualifying lap | 2015 | ![]() |
Time: 00:45.4854 | Speed: 197.866 mph | 2.5 Miles | 1 Lap |
Fastest race lap | 2016 | ![]() |
Time: 00:45.4526 | Speed: 198.008 mph | 2.5 Miles | 1 Lap |
Most wins by a driver | 2006; 2009; 2010 | ![]() |
3 Wins | |||
Most starts by a driver | 2005 - 2010 | ![]() |
6 Starts | |||
Most participants | 2008 | 27 Starting Drivers |
Drivers
In the first eleven years that this race has been contested, 124 drivers have participated:
drivers who went on to race in the Indianapolis 500, after first participating in the Freedom 100. | |
drivers who had already driven in the Indianapolis 500, before participating in the Freedom 100. | |
drivers who attempted unsuccessfully to race in the Indianapolis 500 |
Driver | Nation | Starts | First | Latest | Best Finishing Position |
Best Finish Year |
Laps led |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mishael Abbott | ![]() |
2 | 2005 | 2006 | 11 | 2005 | 0 |
Cyndie Allemann | ![]() |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 26 | 2008 | 0 |
Scott Anderson | ![]() |
2 | 2014 | 2015 | 3 | 2015 | 0 |
Marco Andretti | ![]() |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 16 | 2005 | 0 |
Richard Antinucci | ![]() |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 2 | 2008 | 0 |
Chase Austin | ![]() |
4 | 2011 | 2014 | 8 | 2013 | 0 |
Rodrigo Barbosa | ![]() |
2 | 2009 | 2010 | 12 | 2010 | 0 |
Alexandre Baron | ![]() |
1 | 2014 | 2014 | 7 | 2014 | 0 |
Dillon Battistini | ![]() |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 1 | 2008 | 38 |
Matt Beardsley | ![]() |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 8 | 2004 | 0 |
Ana Beatriz Figueiredo | ![]() |
2 | 2008 | 2009 | 5 | 2008 | 0 |
Shelby Blackstock | ![]() |
1 | 2015 | 2015 | 8 | 2015 | 0 |
Matthew Brabham | ![]() |
1 | 2014 | 2014 | 2 | 2014 | 28 |
Jon Brownson | ![]() |
2 | 2007 | 2008 | 9 | 2007 | 0 |
Nick Bussell | ![]() |
2 | 2006 | 2006 | 10 | 2006 | 0 |
Jaime Camara | ![]() |
3 | 2005 | 2007 | 1 | 2005 | 33 |
Adrian Campos, Jr. | ![]() |
1 | 2010 | 2010 | 10 | 2010 | 0 |
Victor Carbone | ![]() |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 6 | 2012 | 25 |
Tyce Carlson | ![]() |
1 | 2006 | 2006 | 15 | 2006 | 0 |
Ed Carpenter | ![]() |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 1 | 2003 | 39 |
Cole Carter | ![]() |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 18 | 2005 | 0 |
Gabby Chaves | ![]() |
2 | 2013 | 2014 | 1 | 2014 | 6 |
James Chesson | ![]() |
1 | 2006 | 2006 | 18 | 2006 | 0 |
Marco Cioci | ![]() |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 9 | 2003 | 0 |
Dan Clarke | ![]() |
1 | 2010 | 2010 | 4 | 2010 | 0 |
Bryan Clauson | ![]() |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 5 | 2011 | 0 |
Wade Cunningham | ![]() |
6 | 2005 | 2010 | 1 | 2006; 2009; 2010 | 99 |
Paul Dana | ![]() |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 7 | 2003 | 0 |
James Davison | ![]() |
2 | 2008 | 2009 | 6 | 2009 | 1 |
Alon Day | ![]() |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 8 | 2012 | 0 |
Peter Dempsey | ![]() |
3 | 2011 | 2013 | 1 | 2013 | 1 |
Geoff Dodge | ![]() |
1 | 2006 | 2006 | 8 | 2006 | 0 |
Craig Dollansky | ![]() |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 17 | 2003 | 0 |
Pablo Donoso | ![]() |
2 | 2008 | 2009 | 9 | 2009 | 0 |
Jay Drake | ![]() |
2 | 2004 | 2005 | 3 | 2005 | 0 |
Armaan Ebrahim | ![]() |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 13 | 2012 | 0 |
RC Enerson | ![]() |
1 | 2015 | 2015 | 4 | 2015 | 0 |
Brandon Erwin | ![]() |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 11 | 2003 | 0 |
Duarte Ferreira | ![]() |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 13 | 2011 | 0 |
Chris Festa | ![]() |
4 | 2005 | 2008 | 2 | 2007 | 0 |
Aaron Fike | ![]() |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 6 | 2003 | 0 |
Taylor Fletcher | ![]() |
2 | 2004 | 2005 | 9 | 2005 | 0 |
Juan Pablo Garcia | ![]() |
4 | 2011 | 2014 | 6 | 2014 | 0 |
Victor Garcia | ![]() |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 3 | 2011 | 0 |
Phil Giebler | ![]() |
2 | 2004 | 2006 | 5 | 2004 | 0 |
Micky Gilbert | ![]() |
2 | 2007 | 2008 | 15 | 2007 | 0 |
Logan Gomez | ![]() |
2 | 2007 | 2008 | 7 | 2008 | 0 |
Jorge Goncalvez | ![]() |
3 | 2011 | 2013 | 6 | 2013 | 0 |
Travis Gregg | ![]() |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 2005 | 0 |
Mikael Grenier | ![]() |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 10 | 2011 | 0 |
Esteban Guerrieri | ![]() |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 1 | 2012 | 5 |
Sean Guthrie | ![]() |
3 | 2006 | 2008 | 11 | 2006 | 0 |
Matthew Hamilton | ![]() |
1 | 2006 | 2006 | 13 | 2006 | 0 |
Scott Harrington | ![]() |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 12 | 2003 | 0 |
Jack Harvey | ![]() |
1 | 2014 | 2015 | 1 | 2015 | 10 |
Jack Hawksworth | ![]() |
1 | 2013 | 2013 | 10 | 2013 | 0 |
Jon Herb | ![]() |
3 | 2004 | 2006 | 13 | 2005 | 1 |
Daniel Herrington | ![]() |
1 | 2009 | 2009 | 7 | 2009 | 0 |
J.R. Hildebrand | ![]() |
2 | 2008 | 2009 | 2 | 2009 | 23 |
James Hinchcliffe | ![]() |
2 | 2009 | 2010 | 3 | 2010 | 0 |
Jay Howard | ![]() |
2 | 2006 | 2009 | 2 | 2006 | 0 |
João Victor Horto | ![]() |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 7 | 2012 | 0 |
Imran Husain | ![]() |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 14 | 2005 | 0 |
Alistair Jackson | ![]() |
1 | 2009 | 2009 | 19 | 2009 | 0 |
Brad Jaeger | ![]() |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 21 | 2007 | 0 |
Shane Jantzi | ![]() |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 18 | 2007 | 0 |
Matt Jaskol | ![]() |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 7 | 2007 | 0 |
Ronnie Johncox | ![]() |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 8 | 2003 | 0 |
Ed Jones | ![]() |
1 | 2015 | 2015 | 10 | 2015 | 0 |
Ryan Justice | ![]() |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 13 | 2007 | 0 |
Kyle Kaiser | ![]() |
1 | 2015 | 2015 | 5 | 2015 | 0 |
Sage Karam | ![]() |
1 | 2013 | 2013 | 3 | 2013 | 12 |
Charlie Kimball | ![]() |
2 | 2009 | 2010 | 2 | 2010 | 2 |
Jonathan Klein | ![]() |
2 | 2006 | 2007 | 6 | 2006 | 0 |
Anders Krohn | ![]() |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 12 | 2011 | 7 |
Mike Larrison | ![]() |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 9 | 2012 | 0 |
Alex Lloyd | ![]() |
2 | 2006 | 2007 | 1 | 2007 | 40 |
Ken Losch | ![]() |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 24 | 2007 | 0 |
Arie Luyendyk Jr. | ![]() |
4 | 2003 | 2010 | 3 | 2004 | 0 |
Leonardo Maia | ![]() |
1 | 2004 | 2004 | 6 | 2004 | 0 |
Philip Major | ![]() |
1 | 2010 | 2010 | 6 | 2010 | 0 |
Pippa Mann | ![]() |
2 | 2009 | 2010 | 16 | 2010 | 0 |
Jesse Mason | ![]() |
2 | 2004 | 2009 | 8 | 2009 | 0 |
Raphael Matos | ![]() |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 10 | 2008 | 0 |
Thiago Medeiros | ![]() |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 1 | 2004 | 35 |
Zack Meyer | ![]() |
1 | 2014 | 2014 | 10 | 2014 | 0 |
Rusty Mitchell | ![]() |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 7 | 2011 | 0 |
Rocky Moran Jr. | ![]() |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 17 | 2005 | 0 |
Carlos Muñoz | ![]() |
2 | 2012 | 2013 | 2 | 2012 | 27 |
Hideki Mutoh | ![]() |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 5 | 2007 | 0 |
Josef Newgarden | ![]() |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 1 | 2011 | 30 |
Emerson Newton-John | ![]() |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 17 | 2012 | 0 |
Kyle O'Gara | ![]() |
1 | 2013 | 2013 | 11 | 2013 | 0 |
Mark Olson | ![]() |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 25 | 2008 | 0 |
David Ostella | ![]() |
2 | 2011 | 2012 | 8 | 2011 | 0 |
Robbie Pecorari | ![]() |
2 | 2007 | 2008 | 4 | 2008 | 0 |
Gary Peterson | ![]() |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 13 | 2004 | 0 |
Juan Piedrahita | ![]() |
2 | 2014 | 2015 | 7 | 2015 | 0 |
Spencer Pigot | ![]() |
1 | 2015 | 2015 | 9 | 2015 | 0 |
Martin Plowman | ![]() |
2 | 2009 | 2010 | 5 | 2010 | 0 |
Brad Pollard | ![]() |
1 | 2004 | 2004 | 11 | 2004 | 0 |
Mike Potekhen | ![]() |
3 | 2007 | 2009 | 6 | 2007 | 0 |
Andrew Prendeville | ![]() |
3 | 2007 | 2009 | 4 | 2007 | 0 |
Rolando Quintanilla | ![]() |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 10 | 2003 | 0 |
German Quiroga | ![]() |
1 | 2005 | 2005 | 10 | 2005 | 0 |
Sean Rayhall | ![]() |
1 | 2015 | 2015 | 6 | 2015 | 0 |
Luiz Razia | ![]() |
1 | 2014 | 2014 | 4 | 2014 | 5 |
Jonny Reid | ![]() |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 20 | 2008 | 0 |
Ethan Ringel | ![]() |
1 | 2015 | 2015 | 2 | 2015 | 30 |
Billy Roe | ![]() |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 9 | 2004 | 0 |
Mario Romancini | ![]() |
1 | 2009 | 2009 | 3 | 2009 | 0 |
Marty Roth | ![]() |
2 | 2004 | 2005 | 5 | 2005 | 0 |
Sebastian Saavedra | ![]() |
3 | 2009 | 2012 | 5 | 2009; 2012 | 3 |
Joey Scarallo | ![]() |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 20 | 2007 | 0 |
Félix Serrallés | ![]() |
1 | 2015 | 2015 | 11 | 2015 | 0 |
Brent Sherman | ![]() |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 16 | 2008 | 0 |
Jeff Simmons | ![]() |
5 | 2003 | 2010 | 2 | 2004 | 5 |
Jimmy Simpson | ![]() |
1 | 2013 | 2013 | 7 | 2013 | 0 |
Stephen Simpson | ![]() |
1 | 2007 | 2007 | 14 | 2007 | 0 |
Jake Slotten | ![]() |
1 | 2008 | 2008 | 23 | 2008 | 0 |
Junior Strous | ![]() |
1 | 2009 | 2009 | 10 | 2009 | 0 |
Jonathan Summerton | ![]() |
1 | 2009 | 2009 | 12 | 2009 | 0 |
Mark Taylor | ![]() |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 3 | 2003 | 1 |
Al Unser III | ![]() |
3 | 2005 | 2008 | 4 | 2005 | 0 |
Jonathan Urlin | ![]() |
1 | 2003 | 2003 | 5 | 2003 | 0 |
Brett Van Blankers | ![]() |
1 | 2006 | 2006 | 14 | 2006 | 0 |
Tristan Vautier | ![]() |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 3 | 2012 | 11 |
Zach Veach | ![]() |
2 | 2013 | 2014 | 3 | 2014 | 1 |
Jean-Karl Vernay | ![]() |
1 | 2010 | 2010 | 13 | 2010 | 0 |
Brandon Wagner | ![]() |
4 | 2009 | 2012 | 8 | 2010 | 0 |
Oliver Webb | ![]() |
1 | 2012 | 2012 | 15 | 2012 | 0 |
Tom Wieringa | ![]() |
3 | 2006 | 2008 | 12 | 2006 | 0 |
Marc Williams | ![]() |
2 | 2007 | 2008 | 15 | 2008 | 0 |
Bobby Wilson | ![]() |
3 | 2006 | 2008 | 6 | 2008 | 0 |
Stefan Wilson | ![]() |
2 | 2010 | 2011 | 4 | 2011 | 1 |
James Winslow | ![]() |
1 | 2011 | 2011 | 17 | 2011 | 0 |
Cory Witherill | ![]() |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | 2 | 2003 | 0 |
Tom Wood | ![]() |
3 | 2003 | 2006 | 9 | 2006 | 0 |
Gustavo Yacaman | ![]() |
4 | 2009 | 2012 | 4 | 2012 | 1 |
Freedom 100 and Indianapolis 500 "Double"
Since the Freedom 100 began in 2003, seven different drivers have competed both in this race and in the Indianapolis 500, during the same month.
Year | Driver | Freedom 100 Finish |
Indianapolis 500 finish |
2004 | ![]() |
16 | 24 |
2004 | ![]() |
2 | 16 |
2005 | ![]() |
5 | 31 |
2008 | ![]() |
8 | 28 |
2010 | ![]() |
9 | 23 |
2012 | ![]() |
5 | 26 |
2013 | ![]() |
4 | 2 |
Sources
References
- ↑ 1979 Mini-Indy Series IRP at ChampCarStats.com
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Marot, Michael. Indianapolis Motor Speedway With Historic Final Lap, Huffington Post, May 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-05-24