Indy Lights Edition- Milwaukee: First Impressions

I sat down to listen to the Lights race and a few things came to mind. Mind as well do a first impressions page for it.

1. There is  big gap from the top to the bottom. Sam Schmidt Motorsports and Andretti Autosports have got the field cover by far and I can not wait for a new car. In junior formula racing, I believe the drivers should be the key factor and I feel that currently in Lights the car has been developed to the point where unless you are with one of the two top teams you don't have a great shot.

2. Lights need more teams. Six teams fielded the 13 cars. Schmidt, Andretti, Belardi Auto Racing, Fan Force United, Team Moore Racing and Jeffery Mark Motorsport. Bryan Herta Autosport is gone from Lights, the Juncos guys are gone. 2007-2009 were some good years for Lights and teams such as Guthrie Racing, Anderson Racing who had a partnership with Rahal-Letterman, Panther Racing, Walker Racing, Vision Racing and Brian Stewart Racing are all gone. Those three season produced drivers Alex Lloyd, Hideki Mutoh, Wade Cunningham, Dillion Battisini, Richard Antinucci, Raphael Matos, Ana Beatriz, J.R. Hildebrand, Sebastian Saavedra, James Hinchcliffe, Mario Romancini, Charlie Kimball, Pippa Mann and Martin Plowman and those are only the guys who got a shot in IndyCar. Some of those drivers deserve a better shot at IndyCar than just one race or two. A few other talented drivers still have not gotten a shot at IndyCar and most probably never will. A few of those guys are James Davison, Jonathan Summerton, Daniel Herrington, Logan Gomez and Robbie Pecorari. Lights fields have to be in the 25-30 range to show off more young talent and the IndyCar teams need more involvment in Lights, whether that is running a car of their own or creating an alliance with another team.

3. Bring double file restarts to Lights. If these drivers are eventually moving up to IndyCar than have them run double file restarts at the tracks that IndyCar runs double file restarts. It would make the race a little more interesting as well.

4. The crowd in this picture tweeted by Justin Wilson doesn't look too bad for a Lights race on a Friday evening. I hope tomorrow's race is a great draw and Milwaukee IndyFest is a massive success.