• Lloyd re-writing record book: Alex Lloyd is re-writing the Indy Pro Series record book by starting the season with six wins in the first eight races. Below is a look at some of his milestones:
• 8 career victories: Lloyd became the winningest driver in Indy Pro Series history with his eighth career victory at Iowa Speedway on June 23. Lloyd has won eight times in 17 starts. He won two of nine last year with AFS Racing and is six for eight this season with Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Thiago Medeiros, Jeff Simmons and Mark Taylor each won seven Indy Pro Series races.
Dominant streaks
Lloyd: Won 8 of 17 starts, including 6 of 8 to start the 2007 season.
Medeiros: Won 4 consecutive races in 2004 and 5 of 6 from the final race of 2003 through the first five races of 2004.
Simmons: Won 5 of 8 races from Milwaukee 2005 through Homestead 2006.
Taylor: Won 7 of 11 careers starts in 2003.
• More milestones ahead: Lloyd can reach two more milestones during the Corning Twin 100s. With one more victory, Lloyd will tie Mark Taylor for the most victories, 7, in a season. Lloyd needs a top-five finish in Race 1 to set the Indy Pro Series record for most consecutive top-five finishes. He enters the weekend tied with Wade Cunningham and Jeff Simmons with 11 consecutive top-five finishes.
• Five consecutive victories: Lloyd is the first Indy Racing League driver to record five consecutive victories, which he did to start the season. Thiago Medeiros held the mark with four straight wins in the Indy Pro Series in 2004. Dan Wheldon and Kenny Brack share the IndyCar Series record with three consecutive wins. Notable all-time winning streaks include:
10 – Richard Petty (1967), NASCAR Nextel Cup
9 – Alberto Ascari (1952-53), World Driving Championship (now F1)
8 – Patrick Carpentier (1996), Atlantics
7 – A. J. Foyt (1964), Indy car
5 – Greg Moore (1995), Indy Lights
• Indy history: Lloyd is the first driver in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to win on both the oval and the road course. Lloyd’s first Indy Pro Series victory came last July at the Liberty Challenge when he passed Graham Rahal with two laps to go. Earlier this season (May 25), Lloyd led all 40 laps of the Freedom 100 to win on the oval.
• Can Hardley continue domination at The Glen? Kenn Hardley Racing drivers have won the two previous Indy Pro Series races at Watkins Glen. Jeff Simmons, now driving for Rahal Letterman Racing in the IndyCar Series, won the inaugural event in 2005, beating Marco Andretti by 0.6316 of a second. Bobby Wilson, now driving for Brian Stewart Racing, won last year’s race. This year, Stephen Simpson, a rookie with experience driving in A1GP competition, will drive the No. 24 Kenn Hardley Racing car. Simpson’s best finish this year has been a fourth on the streets of St. Petersburg.
• Wilson eyes repeat: Bobby Wilson becomes the first Indy Pro Series driver to defend his title at Watkins Glen. Wilson won in the rain last year while driving for Kenn Hardley Racing. This year, he returns in the No. 1 car of Brian Stewart Racing. Wilson won the series’ most recent road course race, the Liberty Challenge at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• Halfway home: The Corning Twin 100s mark the start of the second half of the 2007 season. The final eight races include five races on road courses and three races on ovals. After watching Alex Lloyd dominate the first half of the season, who will step up to challenge him in the second half?
• Doubleheader format adds to intrigue: The Corning Twin 100s will be the fifth doubleheader weekend in Indy Pro Series history. The series has raced on back-to-back days at St. Petersburg (2006 and 2007), Infineon (2006) and Indianapolis (2007). All cars participate in a qualifying session to determine the starting order for Race 1. Following the first race, the winner will participate in a blind draw to determine how many cars will be inverted for the start of the second race – 0, 4, 6 or 8. In previous doubleheader events, the top-six finishers from the first race were inverted for the second race. In the races at St. Petersburg, Raphael Matos (2006) and Alex Lloyd (’07) were able to move up from sixth to first in the second race to sweep the weekend. At Infineon, Race 1 winner Wade Cunningham finished fourth in Race 2.
• Alternating schedule: For the remainder of the 2007 season, Indy Pro Series teams and drivers will alternate racing on ovals and road courses. The stretch began at Milwaukee on June 2 and continues through the end of the season. On June 16-17, the Indy Pro Series competed on the 13-turn, 2.605-mile road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The schedule continued with Iowa (oval), Watkins Glen (road course), Nashville (oval), Mid-Ohio (rc), Kentucky (oval), Infineon (rc) and Chicagoland (oval).
• IndyCar Series influence: Four of the top IndyCar Series teams are fielding cars in the Indy Pro Series this season, including two for the first time. Andretti Green Racing returns for its third season in the series while Panther Racing returns for the first time since its championship-winning campaign in 2003. Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing enter the Indy Pro Series for the first time.
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