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A Father's Inspiration Helps Charlie Kimball Race With Diabetes

Oil pressure reading? Water temperature gauge? RPM indicator? Check. Blood glucose monitor? That's right. Peer into the cockpit of Indy Lights championship contender Charlie Kimball's race car and located on the steering wheel -- alongside the conventional digital readouts that give feedback on the car's performance --...

Indy Lights News From the Web

05/26/12 Indy Lights accident adds to disappointing month for... Source: Journal and Courier - Lafayette IN Brandon Wagner has experienced highs in his racing career but his favorite track has been unkind to the Lafayette native.
05/07/12 Peter Dempsey returns to Indy Lights Source: Racer.com Younessi Racing has signed Ireland-native Peter Dempsey to drive for the team beginning with the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway later this month.
05/04/12 Indy Lights drivers sharpen up at Iowa Speedway Source: The Newton Daily News - Newton IA The buzz of engines returned to Iowa Speedway on Thursday as five Firestone Indy Lights drivers were in town for testing in preparation for a big weekend in Indianapolis on May 25.
04/14/12 Sebastian Saavedra saves his best for last in Indy... Source: Press-Telegram - Long Beach CA Tires were lying all over the race track, and there were just seconds left in Saturday's Firestone Indy Lights series 45-minute qualifying session.

Background on Indy Lights

Firestone Indy Lights is a developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar. Previously, another series named Indy Lights filled the same role for CART and ran from 1986 to 1993 as the American Racing Series and Dayton Indy Lights from 1991 to 2001. The IndyCar sanctioned current series was founded in 2002 as the Infiniti Pro Series as a way to introduce new talent to IndyCar and coincided with Infiniti's departure from IndyCar's premier IndyCar Series.

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