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 Firestone Indy Lights Season 2011

Practice Edmonton, Canada

David Ostella says will be the key to winning his upcoming race in Edmonton: pushing his luck right up to the breaking point.
Whoever has the guts to drive the car is usually really quick, a kind of no-fear thing.
But it’s so easy to go that little bit over, and that’s when you spin or when you’re in the wall. So it’s going to be the guy that gets closest to that limit that’s going to take it, and every driver pushes for that.Practice Firestone Indy Lights Season 2011.

Firestone Indy Lights is the circuit just below IndyCar, a junior version of the North American series that will be returning to Edmonton July 22-24.And while the Indy Lights cars don’t exert the same horsepower as regular Indy cars, they will reach nearly the same top speeds — an estimated 192 mph compared to 220 mph in IndyCar. The races are run without pit stops.

Indy Lights drivers will have to ease off the accelerator in tighter turns, causing them to be jolted around more than IndyCar drivers, who often take corners full tilt, said Ostella.But it’s that very pull and thrust of the car that gets drivers hooked from the time they start driving go-karts all the way to IndyCar.
The Indy Lights series has essentially been around since 2002, but changed its name from the Indy Pro Series in 2008 to Firestone Indy Lights.Practice Firestone Indy Lights Season 2011.

Races will be held both on Saturday and Sunday, each a 45-minute sprint of about 44 laps. The races are expected to have about 32 cars in them.
The faster you go the more the car gets sucked to the ground,” Ostella said. The Indy Lights cars don’t have that same , so we don’t really get the same grip that they do.”The cars are nearly identical in size to their bigger brothers, but have fewer “gizmos,” said Ostella. Drivers shift gears using a sequential gear shift on the right side of the cockpit, rather than the more modern paddle shift with the gear shifter located on the steering wheel.Practice Firestone Indy Lights Season 2011.

Roger Bailey, executive director of Indy Lights, said they might be upgrading to a paddle shift in upcoming years, but for now the cost is too large.We’re not looking for the ultimate in technology, we’re looking for a cost-effective, high performance series that treats everybody the same,” he said.The circuit had to lower the number of races. Events sometimes failed to bring in enough revenue to both pay the purse and make a profit.
But up-and-coming drivers like Ostella have still profited from Indy Lights, even if that profit is mainly having first-hand interaction with the pros.Practice Firestone Indy Lights Season 2011.
Indy Lights and IndyCar travel together on the same circuit, so young drivers often get the chance to learn from the best on tour.

 

Ostella recently shared a pit spot at The Milwaukee 225 with Dario Franchitti, a driver who Ostella watched closely in his younger years.We had a little chat about the track and everything,” he said. “It was just awesome. It’s the guy I watched on TV and now I’m standing right beside him.Practice Firestone Indy Lights Season 2011.

Franchitti went on to win the event. Ostella placed seventh. An acceptable finish, he said. Still, he won’t be satisfied until he gets his first win.

The last 10 years have been hard for Indy Lights to stay afloat, said Ostella, especially during the 2008 recession.

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