Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires is an American
developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by
IndyCar. The series ran from 1986 to 2001 as part of
CART, first as the
American Racing Series then as the
Dayton Indy Lights. The IndyCar sanctioned series was founded in
2002 as the
Infiniti Pro Series with the moniker Indy Lights returning in 2008 when CART and IndyCar unified.