1999 Indy Lights season

1999 Indy Lights season
1999 Indy Lights season
PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship
Season
Races	12
Start date	March 21
End date	October 30
Awards
Drivers' champion	Oriol Servià

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

Team and driver chart

The following drivers and teams competed in the series:

Team	No.	Drivers	Round(s)
Brian Stewart Racing	4	Kenny Wilden[2]	7
	5	David Pook	All
	10	Rodolfo Lavín	All
Conquest Racing	11	Chris Menninga	All
	21	Felipe Giaffone	All
	40	Rolando Quintanilla	12
Dorricott Racing	30	Casey Mears	All
	31	Philipp Peter	All
	32	Oriol Servià	All
Forsythe Championship Racing	1	Airton Daré	All
Forsythe Championship Racing	6	Guy Smith	All
Genoa Racing	61	Cory Witherill	All
Genoa Racing	62	Oswaldo Negri Jr.	2
Johansson Motorsports	2	Ben Collins	All
Johansson Motorsports	3	Scott Dixon	All
Lucas Place Motorsports	7	Geoff Boss	All
Lucas Place Motorsports	8	Andy Boss	All
PacWest Lights	17	Tony Renna	4–8, 12
	17	Boris Derichebourg	9–11
	18	Didier André	All
Team KOOL Green	27	Jonny Kane	All
Team México Quaker Herdez	87	Mario Domínguez	All
	88	Derek Higgins	All
	89	Luis Díaz	11

Schedule

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

Race results

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner
Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Driver	Team
1	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Mario Domínguez	Mario Domínguez	Mario Domínguez	Mario Domínguez	Team México Quaker Herdez
2	Long Beach Street Circuit	Felipe Giaffone	Felipe Giaffone	Felipe Giaffone	Philipp Peter	Dorricott Racing
3	Nazareth Speedway	Oriol Servià	Casey Mears	Airton Daré	Airton Daré	Forsythe Championship Racing
4	Milwaukee Mile	Felipe Giaffone	Tony Renna	Derek Higgins	Derek Higgins	Team México Quaker Herdez
5	Portland International Raceway	Oriol Servià	Jonny Kane	Philipp Peter	Philipp Peter	Dorricott Racing
6	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Didier André	Derek Higgins	Derek Higgins	Derek Higgins	Team México Quaker Herdez
7	Exhibition Place	Geoff Boss	Geoff Boss	Geoff Boss	Geoff Boss	Lucas Place Motorsports
8	Michigan International Speedway	Jonny Kane	Rodolfo Lavín	Philipp Peter	Philipp Peter	Dorricott Racing
9	The Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Oriol Servià	Felipe Giaffone	Derek Higgins	Derek Higgins	Team México Quaker Herdez
10	Chicago Motor Speedway	Scott Dixon	Guy Smith	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon	Johansson Motorsports
11	Laguna Seca Raceway	Guy Smith	Didier André	Didier André	Didier André	PacWest Lights
12	California Speedway	Jonny Kane	Casey Mears	Didier André	Jonny Kane	Team KOOL Green

Race summaries

Homestead race

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

Top Five Results

Mario Domínguez
Airton Daré
Scott Dixon
Andy Boss
Casey Mears

Long Beach race

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

Top Five Results

Philipp Peter
Scott Dixon
Geoff Boss
Didier André
Casey Mears

Nazareth race

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

Top Five Results

Milwaukee race

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

Top Five Results

Derek Higgins
Casey Mears
Tony Renna
Felipe Giaffone
Oriol Servià

Portland race

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

Top Five Results

Philipp Peter
Oriol Servià
Guy Smith
Casey Mears
Airton Daré

Cleveland race

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

Top Five Results

Derek Higgins
Oriol Servià
Felipe Giaffone
Philipp Peter
Airton Daré

Toronto race

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

Top Five Results

Geoff Boss
Oriol Servià
Didier André
Felipe Giaffone
Jonny Kane

Michigan race

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

Top Five Results

Philipp Peter
Casey Mears
Felipe Giaffone
Mario Domínguez
Oriol Servià

Detroit race

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

Top Five Results

Derek Higgins
Oriol Servià
Jonny Kane
Felipe Giaffone
Didier André

Chicago race

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

Top Five Results

Laguna Seca race

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

Top Five Results

Didier André
Scott Dixon
Jonny Kane
Guy Smith
Casey Mears

Fontana race

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

Top Five Results

Jonny Kane
Ben Collins
Didier André
Cory Witherill
Mario Domínguez

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
An additional point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.

Pos	Driver	HMS	LBH	NAZ	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	DET	CHI	LAG	FON	Points
1	Oriol Servià	6	12	2	5	2	2	2	5	2	4	7	14	130
2	Casey Mears	5	5	3	2	4	8	8	2	9	3	5	13	116
3	Philipp Peter	13	1	8	11	1*	4	7	1*	8	12	8	10	101
4	Jonny Kane	7	16	12	9	6	18	5	7	3	9	3	1	89
5	Scott Dixon	3	2	4	15	11	14	18	16	7	1*	2	16	88
6	Felipe Giaffone	17	10*	18	4	10	3	4	3	4	8	18	20	78
7	Derek Higgins	DNS	19	11	1*	16	1*	12	11	1*	6	19	15	76
8	Didier André	14	4	16	13	17	17	3	12	5	13	1*	3*	74
9	Guy Smith	11	18	10	8	3	11	6	6	13	2	4	19	71
10	Airton Daré	2	17	1*	7	5	5	19	15	15	18	12	8	69
11	Mario Domínguez	1*	6	17	16	15	9	20	4	17	5	16	5	66
12	Geoff Boss	8	3	13	14	12	13	1	9	6	11	14	11	58
13	Ben Collins	10	11	5	18	8	6	16	18	18	7	15	2	50
14	Chris Menninga	9	8	6	12	7	10	10	13	19	10	6	7	47
15	Andy Boss	4	13	15	10	9	7	13	10	10	17	17	12	32
16	Tony Renna				3	14	19	14	Wth				6	22
17	Rodolfo Lavín	16	9	9	19	18	15	17	8	11	14	13	9	19
18	Cory Witherill	15	14	14	17	19	16	11	17	12	15	11	4	17
19	David Pook	12	15	7	6	13	12	15	14	14	16	20	17	16
20	Oswaldo Negri Jr.		7											6
21	Boris Derichebourg									16	DNS	9		4
22	Kenny Wilden							9						4
23	Luis Díaz											10		3
24	Rolando Quintanilla												18	0
Pos	Driver	HMS	LBH	NAZ	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	DET	CHI	LAG	FON	Points

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th–10th place
Dark Blue	Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple	Did not finish
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position (1 point)
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*	Led most race laps (1 point)
¹	Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded

Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

References

"Standings".
"Dayton Indy Lights Long Beach notes". us.motorsport.com. 12 April 2000. Retrieved 2023-04-10.

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[1] "Standings".

[2] "Dayton Indy Lights Long Beach notes". us.motorsport.com. 12 April 2000. Retrieved 2023-04-10.

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