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|rookie_of_year = Jack Harvey |most_popular = |freedom_winner = Gabby Chaves |previous = 2013 |next = 2015 }} The 2014 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 29th season of the Indy Lights series and the 13th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. It began March 30, 2014 in St. Petersburg.〔(Mazda Road to Indy 2014 Schedule Confirmed ), ''Andsersen Promotions PR'', October 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05〕 The 2014 season was the first promoted by Andersen Promotions, who also promotes the other steps on the Mazda Road to Indy. It was the final season for the Dallara IPS/Infiniti V8 chassis and engine package that debuted in 2002. A new chassis, to be built by Dallara, will be introduced for 2015〔(Dallara confirms new Indy Lights deal ), ''Racer'', October 31, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05〕 along with a AER turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. 2014 was also the first season with Cooper Tire as the sole tire supplier, replacing Firestone who had supplied tires to the series for its entire previous existence.〔DiZinno, Tony. (Cooper to replace Firestone as new Indy Lights tire from 2014 ), ''NBC Sports'', August 23, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05〕 Colombian-American Gabby Chaves, driving for Belardi Auto Racing captured the championship on the second tie-breaker over Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Jack Harvey. Early on, the season appeared to be a two-horse race between Chaves and Andretti Autosport's Zach Veach. However, a late-season charge by Harvey put him within striking distance of the championship. Harvey did not capture his first win until the tenth race of the season. However, Chaves managed a second-place finish in the final race of the season behind Harvey in first. Chaves and Harvey tied on points and on the first tie-breaker number of wins with four each. Chaves captured the championship by having five second-place finishes to Harvey's one.〔DiZinno, Tony. (Gabby Chaves wins 2014 Indy Lights title on second tiebreaker ), ''NBC Sports'', August 24, 2014, retrieved 2014-08-25〕 Despite a season of low car-counts where only eight drivers competed in all 14 races, six different drivers captured victories. In addition to Chaves, Harvey, and Veach, other winners included Matthew Brabham and Luiz Razia who each captured their first and only wins of the season on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and Belardi's Alexandre Baron – a race-winner in Toronto – who was in the championship hunt until reported visa issues forced him to leave the series.〔(Belardi's Chaves Scores Two Podiums at Mid-Ohio ), ''Indy Lights'', August 6, 2014, Retrieved 2014-08-25〕 ==Team and driver chart== * All drivers competed in Cooper Tire–shod Dallara chassis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014 Indy Lights season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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