• Latest
  • Trending

McElrea crashes out of lead, Brabham takes unexpected Indy Lights win

February 28, 2022

Kostecki claims commanding Townsville win as Kiwi Payne just misses podium in Supercars Sprint opener

July 11, 2025

Kostecki claims pole as Kiwi contenders battle through tight Townsville qualifying

July 11, 2025
2023 VAILO Adelaide 500, Event 12 of the Repco Supercars Championship, Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. 24 Nov, 2023.

Celebration of life planned for Tim Miles as Supercars paddock pays tribute

July 11, 2025

Randle tops Practice 2 as Matt Payne leads Kiwi charge in Townsville

July 11, 2025

Ryan Wood tops Practice 1 as Brown crashes late in Townsville

July 11, 2025

Bewley to make street circuit debut in Townsville Porsche Sprint Challenge Round

July 11, 2025

Rally Debut: Liam Lawson gets a taste of WRC in 2025 Ford Puma Rally1 car at Goodwood

July 11, 2025

Motorsport Diary: Kiwis racing overseas this weekend

July 11, 2025

LIVE: Goodwood Festival of Speed – Watch Liam Lawson, Greg Murphy, Mad Mike & more

July 10, 2025

Top US team HMD Motorsports confirmed for Toyota FR Oceania Trophy

July 10, 2025

Jacob Douglas scores podium, Sebastian Manson battles back in USF Pro Championship at Mid-Ohio

July 10, 2025
Friday, July 11, 2025
VelocityNews
Subscribe
  • International
    • Formula 1
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • Formula E
    • Esports
    • Super GT
    • Super Formula
    • TCR
    • WEC
    • GT
    • Porsche Carrera Cup
    • BTCC
    • DTM
    • IMSA
    • IndyCar
    • Road to Indy
    • NASCAR
    • WRC
    • MotoGP
    • Motorcycle Racing
    • Historic Racing
  • New Zealand
    • Toyota Formula Regional
    • Toyota GR86 Championship
    • Rally
    • Speedway
    • Drifting
    • Formula Ford
    • Formula First
    • TCR NZ
    • TransTasman V8 Series
    • V8 Utes
    • GT New Zealand Championship
    • GTRNZ
    • Central Muscle Cars
    • Pirelli Porsche
    • Mazda Racing Series
    • NZ Endurance Championship
    • NIERDC
    • SIERDC
    • Pro8 South Island Series
    • SsangYong Utes
    • Kartsport
    • NZ Historic Racing
    • NZ General
  • Australia
    • Supercars
    • Super2
    • Australian V8 Touring Car Series
    • Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
    • Porsche Sprint Challenge
    • S5000
    • Australian GT
    • TCR AU
  • Features
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Profile
    • Race Cars
  • Circuit News
  • Velocity TV
  • Performance Cars
  • Jobs
    • Jobs
    • Post a Job
    • Job Dashboard
No Result
View All Result
VelocityNews
No Result
View All Result

McElrea crashes out of lead, Brabham takes unexpected Indy Lights win

by Zane Shackleton
February 28, 2022
in IndyCar, International, News
0

Hunter McElrea walks away from his first Indy Lights race with plenty of lessons learned after crashing out while leading in St Petersburg.

In Friday’s qualifying, the Kiwi sent an imposing statement to the rest of the field: his lack of experience doesn’t write him off as a championship contender.

Having scored pole, McElrea converted that advantage into a healthy, if not dominant, three-second lead by lap 13.

Unfortunately, that was where his race would end. McElrea’s Andretti Autosport racer lost control exiting the final corner and shunted into the outside wall.

A turn of events.

Leader @HunterMcElrea collides with the wall exiting Turn 14 on Lap 13 of the @GPSTPETE.

WATCH LIVE:
🦚: @PeacockTV – https://t.co/EgcgybvP0A#RoadToIndy // #TeamCooperTire pic.twitter.com/RWV5U4ybPU

— INDY NXT by Firestone (@INDYNXT) February 27, 2022

McElrea’s crash gifted the lead to teammate Christian Rasmussen, the reigning Indy Pro 2000 champion and another Lights rookie.

Rasmussen was pursued hard by series returnee Matt Brabham, but a rapid lap with two remaining bumped Rasmussen’s margin out to over three seconds.

However, with a sure victory only two laps up the road, Rasmussen grounded to a halt on the back straight.

His car had run dry, and there was no fuel left in the tank.

Brabham was handed his first Indy Lights victory since 2014.

The moment that sealed the race.@MattyBrabs overtakes a slowing @ChristianR_DK coming to the last lap of the @GPSTPETE.#RoadToIndy // #TeamCooperTire pic.twitter.com/5DtS8eJawL

— INDY NXT by Firestone (@INDYNXT) February 27, 2022

Even though two of their cars retired while in the lead, Andretti Autosport still had one of their drivers win.

“First thing’s first, absolute heartbreak for my teammate Christian,” Brabham said.

“He had me in the race. I couldn’t keep up. I can’t imagine how he’s feeling.

“But for me, especially after being away for so long and coming back and having success like that, it’s unbelievable. I’m speechless. I’m pretty emotional.”

Indy Lights has a small pause in the calendar before resuming at Barber Motorsport Park in May.

PosNameGap
1Matthew Brabham45 laps
2Benjamin Pedersen+2.4726s
3Linus Lundqvist+3.7179s
4Sting Ray Robb+4.6470s
5Danial Frost+9.6321s
6Manuel Sulaiman+14.4322s
7Ernie Francis Jr+38.8998s
8Antonio Serravalle+39.2926s
9Christian Bogle+40.4748s
10Jacob Abel+46.6426s
11Kyffin Simpson+1 lap
DNFChristian Rasmussen
DNFJames Roe Jr
DNFHunter McElrea

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact Us

© 2022 VelocityNews - Independent New Zealand and International Motorsport news.

No Result
View All Result
  • International
    • Formula 1
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • Formula E
    • Esports
    • Super GT
    • Super Formula
    • TCR
    • WEC
    • GT
    • Porsche Carrera Cup
    • BTCC
    • DTM
    • IMSA
    • IndyCar
    • Road to Indy
    • NASCAR
    • WRC
    • MotoGP
    • Motorcycle Racing
    • Historic Racing
  • New Zealand
    • Toyota Formula Regional
    • Toyota GR86 Championship
    • Rally
    • Speedway
    • Drifting
    • Formula Ford
    • Formula First
    • TCR NZ
    • TransTasman V8 Series
    • V8 Utes
    • GT New Zealand Championship
    • GTRNZ
    • Central Muscle Cars
    • Pirelli Porsche
    • Mazda Racing Series
    • NZ Endurance Championship
    • NIERDC
    • SIERDC
    • Pro8 South Island Series
    • SsangYong Utes
    • Kartsport
    • NZ Historic Racing
    • NZ General
  • Australia
    • Supercars
    • Super2
    • Australian V8 Touring Car Series
    • Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
    • Porsche Sprint Challenge
    • S5000
    • Australian GT
    • TCR AU
  • Features
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Profile
    • Race Cars
  • Circuit News
  • Velocity TV
  • Performance Cars
  • Jobs
    • Jobs
    • Post a Job
    • Job Dashboard

© 2022 VelocityNews - Independent New Zealand and International Motorsport news.