Santi Urrutia held off Juan Piedrahita to win the Mazda St. Louis Indy Lights Oval Challenge at Gateway Motorsports Park. Colton Herta, son of former Indy drive Bryan Herta, came in third place.

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Juan Piedrahita captured the pole for the Mazda St. Louis Indy Lights Oval Challenge at Gateway Motorsports Park.

For Piedrahita, today’s race was almost his first victory in Indy Lights.

“I am heartbroken,” said Piedrahita. “My car was perfect, but so was his [Urrutia].”

Urrutia led 28 laps with an average speed of 121.399 miles an hour.

“The team has been competitive all year long,” said Urrutia. “I had to win to keep up in the championship.”

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Colton Herta, third place finisher. 

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