Carlin Racing’s Ed Jones became the Indy Lights series’ first repeat winner this season, as he first lost, then won to opportunism on the penultimate lap. Jones, who had led from pole, albeit under pressure from fast-starting Dean Stoneman (Andretti Autosport) and Santiago Urrutia (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports), lost the lead for half a lap following a late-race restart. Stoneman dived down his inside at Turn 1, forcing Jones to hold out wide and allow Urrutia through into second. However, at the end of the back straight, Urrutia’s late outbraking attempt on Stoneman compromised the pair of them, sent them wide, and Jones earned his reprieve and held on to clinch victory by less than...
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