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Mid-Season Recap
By Andrew Cutler July 9 2008
The first of the last Saturday's two Corning Duels at Watkins Glen marked the half-way point in the 2008 Firestone Indy Lights Series championship chase. It has been an interesting year so far, with five diffenrent winners & a handful of other drivers regularly in the hunt for race victories.

Britian's Dillon Battistini has the most wins, claiming victory at Homstead-Miami, Indianapolis & Iowa. American Richard Antinucci & Brazil's Raphael Matos each have two wins: the two of them splitting both "double header" weekends at St. Petersburg (FL) & Watkins Glen. The other two races, at Kansas & Milwaukee, were won by Americans J.R. Hildebrand & Bobby Wilson, respectively.

While they haven't found their way into Victory Lane just yet, Brazilian Ana Beatriz, Holland's Arie Luyendyk Jr. & American Jeff Simmons, a former IndyCar Series driver, have had several strong finishes so far, and are still well in the hunt for the season championship.

As it stands right now, Antinucci leads the chase with 307 points. Matos is 27 points back in 2nd. Battistini, who has had a copule of bad finishes, is 42 points back in 3rd. Luyendyk Jr., Hildebrand, Beatriz & Simmons are next in order, all within 100 points of Antinucci.

The next Firstone Indy Lights Series race is Saturday at Nashville TN. Most races are carried live via video streaming at:

http://www.indycar.com/

 

 

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