Vautier Cruises In Milwaukee Lights Go

Tristan Vautier picked up his second Firestone Indy Lights Series victory of the year Friday at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wis. (Brett Moist Photo)

WEST ALLIS, Wis. – Tristan Vautier, who earlier in the day earned the pole position for the Firestone Indy Lights 100, held off Sebastian Saavedra by .337 of a second to provide Sam Schmidt Motorsports its 50th victory in the series.

The team has been in the series since its inception in 2002.

It was the second victory this season from the pole for Vautier, driving the No. 77 Mazda Road to Indy/SSM with Curb-Agajanian car.

Teammate Esteban Guerrieri, last year’s race winner who started sixth in the No. 11 Pistas Argentinas/SSM with Curb-Agajanian car, advanced to third place.

By virtue of the three bonus points for the pole (one) and leading the most laps (two), Vautier leaped Guerrieri for the points lead 241-238 heading to the Iowa Speedway next week.

Saavedra, who overtook Victor Carbone on the first lap for second, hung with Vautier following two restarts and closed on the final laps but couldn’t get a run to make the pass.

David Ostella, driving the No. 22 TMR-Global Precast-Xtreme Coil Drilling car, overtook Carlos Munoz in the No. 26 Team Dialy-Ser car for Andretti Autosport on the final lap for fourth. Victor Carbone finished sixth in the No. 3 Mav TV/Nevoni/SSM with Curb-Agajanian entry.

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