1999 Indy Lights season

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1999 Indy Lights season
PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship
Season
Races12
Start dateMarch 21
End dateOctober 30
Awards
Drivers' champion Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià
←  1998
2000  →

The 1999 CART PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. Oriol Servià was the series champion despite not winning a race. [1]

Contents

All teams used the Lola T97/20-Buick spec car.

The scoring system was 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first 12 (twelve) finishers, with 1 (one) extra point given to the driver who took pole-position, and another extra point given to the driver who led most laps in the race.

Team and driver chart

The following drivers and teams competed in the series:

TeamNo.DriversRound(s)
Brian Stewart Racing4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kenny Wilden [2] 7
5 Flag of the United States.svg David PookAll
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Rodolfo Lavín All
Conquest Racing 11 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Menninga All
21 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Giaffone All
40 Flag of Mexico.svg Rolando Quintanilla 12
Dorricott Racing30 Flag of the United States.svg Casey Mears All
31 Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter All
32 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià All
Forsythe Championship Racing 1 Flag of Brazil.svg Airton Daré All
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith All
Genoa Racing 61 Flag of the United States.svg Cory Witherill All
62 Flag of Brazil.svg Oswaldo Negri Jr. 2
Johansson Motorsports 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Collins All
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon All
Lucas Place Motorsports7 Flag of the United States.svg Geoff Boss All
8 Flag of the United States.svg Andy Boss All
PacWest Lights 17 Flag of the United States.svg Tony Renna 4–8, 12
Flag of France.svg Boris Derichebourg 9–11
18 Flag of France.svg Didier André All
Team KOOL Green 27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane All
Team México Quaker Herdez87 Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez All
88 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Higgins All
89 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Díaz 11

Schedule

Rd.DateTrackLocation
1March 21 O  Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida
2April 18 R  Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California
3May 2 O  Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania
4June 6 O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
5June 20 R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
6June 27 R  Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
7July 18 R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
8July 24 O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
9August 8 R  The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
10August 22 O  Chicago Motor Speedway Cicero, Illinois
11September 12 R  Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California
12October 30 O  California Speedway Fontana, California

Race results

RoundCircuit Pole position Fastest lap Most laps ledRace Winner
DriverTeam
1 Flag of the United States.svg Homestead-Miami Speedway Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez Team México Quaker Herdez
2 Flag of the United States.svg Long Beach Street Circuit Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Giaffone Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter Dorricott Racing
3 Flag of the United States.svg Nazareth Speedway Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià Flag of the United States.svg Casey Mears Flag of Brazil.svg Airton Daré Flag of Brazil.svg Airton Daré Forsythe Championship Racing
4 Flag of the United States.svg Milwaukee Mile Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Giaffone Flag of the United States.svg Tony Renna Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Higgins Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Higgins Team México Quaker Herdez
5 Flag of the United States.svg Portland International Raceway Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter Dorricott Racing
6 Flag of the United States.svg Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Flag of France.svg Didier André Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Higgins Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Higgins Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Higgins Team México Quaker Herdez
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Exhibition Place Flag of the United States.svg Geoff Boss Flag of the United States.svg Geoff Boss Flag of the United States.svg Geoff Boss Flag of the United States.svg Geoff Boss Lucas Place Motorsports
8 Flag of the United States.svg Michigan International Speedway Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane Flag of Mexico.svg Rodolfo Lavín Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter Dorricott Racing
9 Flag of the United States.svg The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Giaffone Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Higgins Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Higgins Team México Quaker Herdez
10 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Motor Speedway Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Johansson Motorsports
11 Flag of the United States.svg Laguna Seca Raceway Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith Flag of France.svg Didier André Flag of France.svg Didier André Flag of France.svg Didier André PacWest Lights
12 Flag of the United States.svg California Speedway Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane Flag of the United States.svg Casey Mears Flag of France.svg Didier André Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane Team KOOL Green

Race summaries

Homestead race

Held March 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mario Domínguez won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mario Domínguez
  2. Airton Daré
  3. Scott Dixon
  4. Andy Boss
  5. Casey Mears

Long Beach race

Held April 18 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Philipp Peter
  2. Scott Dixon
  3. Geoff Boss
  4. Didier André
  5. Casey Mears

Nazareth race

Held May 2 at Nazareth Speedway. Oriol Servià won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Airton Daré
  2. Oriol Servià
  3. Casey Mears
  4. Scott Dixon
  5. Ben Collins

Milwaukee race

Held June 6 at The Milwaukee Mile. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Derek Higgins
  2. Casey Mears
  3. Tony Renna
  4. Felipe Giaffone
  5. Oriol Servià

Portland race

Held June 20 at Portland International Raceway. Oriol Servià won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Philipp Peter
  2. Oriol Servià
  3. Guy Smith
  4. Casey Mears
  5. Airton Daré

Cleveland race

Held June 27 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Didier André won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Derek Higgins
  2. Oriol Servià
  3. Felipe Giaffone
  4. Philipp Peter
  5. Airton Daré

Toronto race

Held July 18 at Exhibition Place. Geoff Boss won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Geoff Boss
  2. Oriol Servià
  3. Didier André
  4. Felipe Giaffone
  5. Jonny Kane

Michigan race

Held July 24 at Michigan International Speedway. Jonny Kane won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Philipp Peter
  2. Casey Mears
  3. Felipe Giaffone
  4. Mario Domínguez
  5. Oriol Servià

Detroit race

Held August 8 at Belle Isle Raceway. Oriol Servià won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Derek Higgins
  2. Oriol Servià
  3. Jonny Kane
  4. Felipe Giaffone
  5. Didier André

Chicago race

Held August 22 at The Chicago Motor Speedway. Scott Dixon won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Scott Dixon
  2. Guy Smith
  3. Casey Mears
  4. Oriol Servià
  5. Mario Domínguez

Laguna Seca race

Held September 12 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Guy Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Didier André
  2. Scott Dixon
  3. Jonny Kane
  4. Guy Smith
  5. Casey Mears

Fontana race

Held October 30 at The California Speedway. Jonny Kane won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Jonny Kane
  2. Ben Collins
  3. Didier André
  4. Cory Witherill
  5. Mario Domínguez

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th 
Points20161412108654321
PosDriver HMS
Flag of the United States.svg 		LBH
Flag of the United States.svg 		NAZ
Flag of the United States.svg 		MIL
Flag of the United States.svg 		POR
Flag of the United States.svg 		CLE
Flag of the United States.svg 		TOR
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 		MIC
Flag of the United States.svg 		DET
Flag of the United States.svg 		CHI
Flag of the United States.svg 		LAG
Flag of the United States.svg 		FON
Flag of the United States.svg 		Points
1 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià 61225222524714130
2 Flag of the United States.svg Casey Mears 5532488293513116
3 Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter 1318111*471*812810101
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane 71612961857393189
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon 324151114181671*21688
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Giaffone 1710*1841034348182078
7 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Higgins DNS19111*161*12111*6191576
8 Flag of France.svg Didier André 144161317173125131*3*74
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith 11181083116613241971
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Airton Daré 2171*7551915151812869
11 Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez 1*6171615920417516566
12 Flag of the United States.svg Geoff Boss 831314121319611141158
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Collins 101151886161818715250
14 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Menninga 98612710101319106747
15 Flag of the United States.svg Andy Boss 41315109713101017171232
16 Flag of the United States.svg Tony Renna 3141914Wth622
17 Flag of Mexico.svg Rodolfo Lavín 1699191815178111413919
18 Flag of the United States.svg Cory Witherill 1514141719161117121511417
19 Flag of the United States.svg David Pook121576131215141416201716
20 Flag of Brazil.svg Oswaldo Negri Jr. 76
21 Flag of France.svg Boris Derichebourg 16DNS94
22 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kenny Wilden94
23 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Díaz 103
24 Flag of Mexico.svg Rolando Quintanilla 180
PosDriver HMS
Flag of the United States.svg 		LBH
Flag of the United States.svg 		NAZ
Flag of the United States.svg 		MIL
Flag of the United States.svg 		POR
Flag of the United States.svg 		CLE
Flag of the United States.svg 		TOR
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 		MIC
Flag of the United States.svg 		DET
Flag of the United States.svg 		CHI
Flag of the United States.svg 		LAG
Flag of the United States.svg 		FON
Flag of the United States.svg 		Points
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
(1 point)
1Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

References

  1. ↑ "Standings".
  2. ↑ "Dayton Indy Lights Long Beach notes". us.motorsport.com. April 12, 2000. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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