Freedom 100

Freedom 100 presented by Allied Building Products
Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire

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 Freedom 100 presented by Allied Building Products 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.

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
Year	Date	Day	Winning Driver	Miles	Laps	Time of Race	Winning Speed	Starting Cars	Lead Changes
2003	May 17–18 ^a	Sat.-Sun.	Ed Carpenter	100	40	55:02.1661	109.019 mph	19	2
2004	May 22	Saturday	Thiago Medeiros	100	40	42:16.4388	141.931 mph	17	2
2005	May 27	Friday	Jaime Camara	100	40	40:52.6390	146.780 mph	18	7
2006	May 26	Friday	Wade Cunningham	100	40	32:29.3233	184.679 mph	19	0
2007	May 25	Friday	Alex Lloyd	100	40	46:39.6029	128.590 mph	24	0
2008	May 24 ^b	Saturday	Dillon Battistini	100	40	39:46.9495	150.820 mph	27	4
2009	May 22	Friday	Wade Cunningham	100	40	50:42.2548	118.333 mph	22	9
2010	May 28	Friday	Wade Cunningham	100	40	39:55.4552	150.285 mph	16	4
2011	May 27	Friday	Josef Newgarden	100	40	55:38.9881	107.817 mph	18	6
2012	May 25	Friday	Esteban Guerrieri	100	40	40:09.1965	149.427 mph	19 ^c	3
2013	May 24	Friday	Peter Dempsey	100	40	36:48.6540	162.995 mph	11	2
2014	May 23	Friday	Gabby Chaves	100	40	41:46.9680	143.600 mph	11	9
2015	May 22	Friday	Jack Harvey	100	40	33:21.2712	179.886 mph	11	6

^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	Ed Carpenter	1:35.4958	188.490 mph	18	179.550 mph	184.460 mph
2004	May 21	Friday	Thiago Medeiros	1:35.1000	189.274 mph	17	178.100 mph	186.302 mph
2005	May 26	Thursday	Jaime Camara	1:34.8018	189.870 mph	17	168.816 mph	184.892 mph
2006	May 25	Thursday	Wade Cunningham	1:36.5546	186.423 mph	18	171.844 mph	181.753 mph
2007	May 24	Thursday	Ken Losch	1:35.6271	188.231 mph	24	183.436 mph	186.052 mph
2008	May 22	Thursday	Dillon Battistini	1:35.5430	188.397 mph	27	178.497 mph	186.196 mph
2009	May 21	Thursday	Wade Cunningham	1:34.6485	190.177 mph	22	185.269 mph	187.749 mph
2010	May 27	Thursday	Pippa Mann	1:35.7505	187.989 mph	15	183.479 mph	185.988 mph
2011	May 26	Thursday	Bryan Clauson	Grid set by entrant points due to rain.
2012	May 24	Thursday	Gustavo Yacamán	1:35.9913	187.517 mph	19	184.494 mph	185.828 mph
2013	May 23	Thursday	Sage Karam	1:35.1160	189.243 mph	11	185.967 mph	187.412 mph
2014	May 22	Thursday	Luiz Razia	1:35.8926	187.710 mph	11	182.697 mph	185.056 mph
2015	May 21	Thursday	Ethan Ringel	1:31.0545	197.684 mph	12	194.404 mph	195.909 mph

Event records

	Year	Driver
Fastest race	2006	Wade Cunningham	Time: 32:29.3233	Speed: 184.679 mph	100 Miles	40 Laps
Fastest qualification run	2015	Ethan Ringel	Time: 01:31.0545	Speed: 197.684 mph	5 Miles	2 Laps
Fastest qualifying lap	2015	Ethan Ringel	Time: 00:45.4854	Speed: 197.866 mph	2.5 Miles	1 Lap
Fastest race lap	2015	Félix Serrallés	Time: 00:45.8310	Speed: 196.374 mph	2.5 Miles	1 Lap
Most wins by a driver	2006; 2009; 2010	Wade Cunningham	3 Wins
Most starts by a driver	2005 - 2010	Wade Cunningham	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
Abbott, MishaelMishael Abbott	USA	2	2005	2006	11	2005	0
Allemann, CyndieCyndie Allemann	Switzerland	1	2008	2008	26	2008	0
Anderson, ScottScott Anderson	USA	1	2014	2014	9	2014	0
Andretti, MarcoMarco Andretti	USA	1	2005	2005	16	2005	0
Antinucci, RichardRichard Antinucci	USA	1	2008	2008	2	2008	0
Austin, ChaseChase Austin	USA	4	2011	2014	8	2013	0
Barbosa, RodrigoRodrigo Barbosa	Brazil	2	2009	2010	12	2010	0
Baron, AlexandreAlexandre Baron	France	1	2014	2014	7	2014	0
Battistini, DillonDillon Battistini	United Kingdom	1	2008	2008	1	2008	38
Beardsley, MattMatt Beardsley	USA	2	2003	2004	8	2004	0
Figueiredo, Ana BeatrizAna Beatriz Figueiredo	Brazil	2	2008	2009	5	2008	0
Brabham, MatthewMatthew Brabham	USA	1	2014	2014	2	2014	28
Brownson, JonJon Brownson	USA	2	2007	2008	9	2007	0
Bussell, NickNick Bussell	USA	2	2006	2006	10	2006	0
Camara, JaimeJaime Camara	Brazil	3	2005	2007	1	2005	33
Campos, Jr., AdrianAdrian Campos, Jr.	Spain	1	2010	2010	10	2010	0
Carbone, VictorVictor Carbone	Brazil	2	2011	2012	6	2012	25
Carlson, TyceTyce Carlson	USA	1	2006	2006	15	2006	0
Carpenter, EdEd Carpenter	USA	1	2003	2003	1	2003	39
Carter, ColeCole Carter	USA	1	2005	2005	18	2005	0
Chaves, GabbyGabby Chaves	Colombia	2	2013	2014	1	2014	6
Chesson, JamesJames Chesson	USA	1	2006	2006	18	2006	0
Cioci, MarcoMarco Cioci	Italy	1	2003	2003	9	2003	0
Clarke, DanDan Clarke	United Kingdom	1	2010	2010	4	2010	0
Clauson, BryanBryan Clauson	USA	1	2011	2011	5	2011	0
Cunningham, WadeWade Cunningham	New Zealand	6	2005	2010	1	2006; 2009; 2010	99
Dana, PaulPaul Dana	USA	2	2003	2004	7	2003	0
Davison, JamesJames Davison	Australia	2	2008	2009	6	2009	1
Day, AlonAlon Day	Israel	1	2012	2012	8	2012	0
Dempsey, PeterPeter Dempsey	Ireland	3	2011	2013	1	2013	1
Dodge, GeoffGeoff Dodge	USA	1	2006	2006	8	2006	0
Dollansky, CraigCraig Dollansky	USA	1	2003	2003	17	2003	0
Donoso, PabloPablo Donoso	Chile	2	2008	2009	9	2009	0
Drake, JayJay Drake	USA	2	2004	2005	3	2005	0
Ebrahim, ArmaanArmaan Ebrahim	India	1	2012	2012	13	2012	0
Erwin, BrandonBrandon Erwin	USA	1	2003	2003	11	2003	0
Ferreira, DuarteDuarte Ferreira	Angola	1	2011	2011	13	2011	0
Festa, ChrisChris Festa	USA	4	2005	2008	2	2007	0
Fike, AaronAaron Fike	USA	1	2003	2003	6	2003	0
Fletcher, TaylorTaylor Fletcher	USA	2	2004	2005	9	2005	0
Garcia, Juan PabloJuan Pablo Garcia	Mexico	4	2011	2014	6	2014	0
Garcia, VictorVictor Garcia	Spain	1	2011	2011	3	2011	0
Giebler, PhilPhil Giebler	USA	2	2004	2006	5	2004	0
Gilbert, MickyMicky Gilbert	USA	2	2007	2008	15	2007	0
Gomez, LoganLogan Gomez	USA	2	2007	2008	7	2008	0
Goncalvez, JorgeJorge Goncalvez	Venezuela	3	2011	2013	6	2013	0
Gregg, TravisTravis Gregg	USA	1	2005	2005	6	2005	0
Grenier, MikaelMikael Grenier	Canada	1	2011	2011	10	2011	0
Guerrieri, EstebanEsteban Guerrieri	Argentina	2	2011	2012	1	2012	5
Guthrie, SeanSean Guthrie	USA	3	2006	2008	11	2006	0
Hamilton, MatthewMatthew Hamilton	New Zealand	1	2006	2006	13	2006	0
Harrington, ScottScott Harrington	USA	1	2003	2003	12	2003	0
Harvey, JackJack Harvey	United Kingdom	1	2014	2014	5	2014	0
Hawksworth, JackJack Hawksworth	United Kingdom	1	2013	2013	10	2013	0
Herb, JonJon Herb	USA	3	2004	2006	13	2005	1
Herrington, DanielDaniel Herrington	USA	1	2009	2009	7	2009	0
Hildebrand, J.R.J.R. Hildebrand	USA	2	2008	2009	2	2009	23
Hinchcliffe, JamesJames Hinchcliffe	Canada	2	2009	2010	3	2010	0
Howard, JayJay Howard	United Kingdom	2	2006	2009	2	2006	0
Horto, João VictorJoão Victor Horto	Brazil	1	2012	2012	7	2012	0
Husain, ImranImran Husain	India	1	2005	2005	14	2005	0
Jackson, AlistairAlistair Jackson	United Kingdom	1	2009	2009	19	2009	0
Jaeger, BradBrad Jaeger	USA	1	2007	2007	21	2007	0
Jantzi, ShaneShane Jantzi	Canada	1	2007	2007	18	2007	0
Jaskol, MattMatt Jaskol	USA	1	2007	2007	7	2007	0
Johncox, RonnieRonnie Johncox	USA	1	2003	2003	8	2003	0
Justice, RyanRyan Justice	USA	1	2007	2007	13	2007	0
Karam, SageSage Karam	USA	1	2013	2013	3	2013	12
Kimball, CharlieCharlie Kimball	USA	2	2009	2010	2	2010	2
Klein, JonathanJonathan Klein	USA	2	2006	2007	6	2006	0
Krohn, AndersAnders Krohn	Norway	2	2011	2012	12	2011	7
Larrison, MikeMike Larrison	USA	1	2012	2012	9	2012	0
Lloyd, AlexAlex Lloyd	United Kingdom	2	2006	2007	1	2007	40
Losch, KenKen Losch	Canada	1	2007	2007	24	2007	0
Luyendyk Jr., ArieArie Luyendyk Jr.	Netherlands	4	2003	2010	3	2004	0
Maia, LeonardoLeonardo Maia	Brazil	1	2004	2004	6	2004	0
Major, PhilipPhilip Major	Canada	1	2010	2010	6	2010	0
Mann, PippaPippa Mann	United Kingdom	2	2009	2010	16	2010	0
Mason, JesseJesse Mason	Canada	2	2004	2009	8	2009	0
Matos, RaphaelRaphael Matos	Brazil	1	2008	2008	10	2008	0
Medeiros, ThiagoThiago Medeiros	Brazil	2	2003	2004	1	2004	35
Meyer, ZackZack Meyer	Canada	1	2014	2014	10	2014	0
Mitchell, RustyRusty Mitchell	USA	1	2011	2011	7	2011	0
Moran Jr., RockyRocky Moran Jr.	USA	1	2005	2005	17	2005	0
Muñoz, CarlosCarlos Muñoz	Colombia	2	2012	2013	2	2012	27
Mutoh, HidekiHideki Mutoh	Japan	1	2007	2007	5	2007	0
Newgarden, JosefJosef Newgarden	USA	1	2011	2011	1	2011	30
Newton-John, EmersonEmerson Newton-John	USA	1	2012	2012	17	2012	0
O'Gara, KyleKyle O'Gara	USA	1	2013	2013	11	2013	0
Olson, MarkMark Olson	USA	1	2008	2008	25	2008	0
Ostella, DavidDavid Ostella	Canada	2	2011	2012	8	2011	0
Pecorari, RobbieRobbie Pecorari	USA	2	2007	2008	4	2008	0
Peterson, GaryGary Peterson	USA	2	2003	2004	13	2004	0
Piedrahita, JuanJuan Piedrahita	Colombia	1	2014	2014	8	2014	0
Plowman, MartinMartin Plowman	United Kingdom	2	2009	2010	5	2010	0
Pollard, BradBrad Pollard	USA	1	2004	2004	11	2004	0
Potekhen, MikeMike Potekhen	USA	3	2007	2009	6	2007	0
Prendeville, AndrewAndrew Prendeville	USA	3	2007	2009	4	2007	0
Quintanilla, RolandoRolando Quintanilla	Mexico	2	2003	2004	10	2003	0
Quiroga, GermanGerman Quiroga	Mexico	1	2005	2005	10	2005	0
Razia, LuizLuiz Razia	Brazil	1	2014	2014	4	2014	5
Reid, JonnyJonny Reid	New Zealand	1	2008	2008	20	2008	0
Roe, BillyBilly Roe	USA	2	2003	2004	9	2004	0
Romancini, MarioMario Romancini	Brazil	1	2009	2009	3	2009	0
Roth, MartyMarty Roth	Canada	2	2004	2005	5	2005	0
Saavedra, SebastianSebastian Saavedra	Colombia	3	2009	2012	5	2009; 2012	3
Scarallo, JoeyJoey Scarallo	Australia	1	2007	2007	20	2007	0
Sherman, BrentBrent Sherman	USA	1	2008	2008	16	2008	0
Simmons, JeffJeff Simmons	USA	5	2003	2010	2	2004	5
Simpson, JimmyJimmy Simpson	USA	1	2013	2013	7	2013	0
Simpson, StephenStephen Simpson	South Africa	1	2007	2007	14	2007	0
Slotten, JakeJake Slotten	USA	1	2008	2008	23	2008	0
Strous, JuniorJunior Strous	Netherlands	1	2009	2009	10	2009	0
Summerton, JonathanJonathan Summerton	USA	1	2009	2009	12	2009	0
Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	United Kingdom	1	2003	2003	3	2003	1
Unser III, AlAl Unser III	USA	3	2005	2008	4	2005	0
Urlin, JonathanJonathan Urlin	USA	1	2003	2003	5	2003	0
Van Blankers, BrettBrett Van Blankers	Canada	1	2006	2006	14	2006	0
Vautier, TristanTristan Vautier	France	1	2012	2012	3	2012	11
Veach, ZachZach Veach	USA	2	2013	2014	3	2014	1
Vernay, Jean-KarlJean-Karl Vernay	France	1	2010	2010	13	2010	0
Wagner, BrandonBrandon Wagner	USA	4	2009	2012	8	2010	0
Webb, OliverOliver Webb	United Kingdom	1	2012	2012	15	2012	0
Wieringa, TomTom Wieringa	USA	3	2006	2008	12	2006	0
Williams, MarcMarc Williams	New Zealand	2	2007	2008	15	2008	0
Wilson, BobbyBobby Wilson	USA	3	2006	2008	6	2008	0
Wilson, StefanStefan Wilson	United Kingdom	2	2010	2011	4	2011	1
Winslow, JamesJames Winslow	United Kingdom	1	2011	2011	17	2011	0
Witherill, CoryCory Witherill	USA	2	2003	2004	2	2003	0
Wood, TomTom Wood	Canada	3	2003	2006	9	2006	0
Yacaman, GustavoGustavo Yacaman	Colombia	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	Marty Roth	16	24
2004	Jeff Simmons	2	16
2005	Marty Roth	5	31
2008	Jeff Simmons	8	28
2010	Sebastian Saavedra	9	23
2012	Sebastian Saavedra	5	26
2013	Carlos Muñoz	4	2

Sources

References

↑ 1979 Mini-Indy Series IRP at ChampCarStats.com
↑ "Firestone Freedom 100 To Feature Firestone Indy Lights May 23 At IMS". name. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
↑ "Guerrieri charges from back to win Freedom 100". name. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
↑ Marot, Michael. Indianapolis Motor Speedway With Historic Final Lap, Huffington Post, May 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-05-24

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Radio	Bill Slater Sid Collins Paul Page Lou Palmer Bob Jenkins Mike King Donald Davidson

Television	Jim McKay Jackie Stewart Chris Schenkel Chris Economaki Sam Posey Jack Arute Jim Lampley Paul Page Bob Jenkins Todd Harris Marty Reid Allen Bestwick

Other	Tom Carnegie Robin Miller Ron McQueeney

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Month of May	Mini-Marathon Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indy Lights road course Freedom 100 (Indy Lights oval)

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Other	U.S. Grand Prix Red Bull Grand Prix Triple Crown of Motorsport Brickyard Grand Prix Brickyard Sports Car Challenge IROC at Indy

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