1999 Indy Lights season

1999 Indy Lights season
PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship
Season
Races12
Start dateMarch 21
End dateOctober 30
Awards
Drivers' championSpain 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]

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:

Team No. Drivers Round(s)
Brian Stewart Racing 4 Canada Kenny Wilden[2] 7
5 United States David Pook All
10 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín All
Conquest Racing 11 United States Chris Menninga All
21 Brazil Felipe Giaffone All
40 Mexico Rolando Quintanilla 12
Dorricott Racing 30 United States Casey Mears All
31 Austria Philipp Peter All
32 Spain Oriol Servià All
Forsythe Championship Racing 1 Brazil Airton Daré All
6 United Kingdom Guy Smith All
Genoa Racing 61 United States Cory Witherill All
62 Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr. 2
Johansson Motorsports 2 United Kingdom Ben Collins All
3 New Zealand Scott Dixon All
Lucas Place Motorsports 7 United States Geoff Boss All
8 United States Andy Boss All
PacWest Lights 17 United States Tony Renna 4–8, 12
France Boris Derichebourg 9–11
18 France Didier André All
Team KOOL Green 27 United Kingdom Jonny Kane All
Team México Quaker Herdez 87 Mexico Mario Domínguez All
88 Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins All
89 Mexico 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
Driver Team
1 United States Homestead-Miami Speedway Mexico Mario Domínguez Mexico Mario Domínguez Mexico Mario Domínguez Mexico Mario Domínguez Team México Quaker Herdez
2 United States Long Beach Street Circuit Brazil Felipe Giaffone Brazil Felipe Giaffone Brazil Felipe Giaffone Austria Philipp Peter Dorricott Racing
3 United States Nazareth Speedway Spain Oriol Servià United States Casey Mears Brazil Airton Daré Brazil Airton Daré Forsythe Championship Racing
4 United States Milwaukee Mile Brazil Felipe Giaffone United States Tony Renna Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins Team México Quaker Herdez
5 United States Portland International Raceway Spain Oriol Servià United Kingdom Jonny Kane Austria Philipp Peter Austria Philipp Peter Dorricott Racing
6 United States Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport France Didier André Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins Team México Quaker Herdez
7 Canada Exhibition Place United States Geoff Boss United States Geoff Boss United States Geoff Boss United States Geoff Boss Lucas Place Motorsports
8 United States Michigan International Speedway United Kingdom Jonny Kane Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Austria Philipp Peter Austria Philipp Peter Dorricott Racing
9 United States The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Spain Oriol Servià Brazil Felipe Giaffone Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins Team México Quaker Herdez
10 United States Chicago Motor Speedway New Zealand Scott Dixon United Kingdom Guy Smith New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon Johansson Motorsports
11 United States Laguna Seca Raceway United Kingdom Guy Smith France Didier André France Didier André France Didier André PacWest Lights
12 United States California Speedway United Kingdom Jonny Kane United States Casey Mears France Didier André United Kingdom 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 
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
United States 		LBH
United States 		NAZ
United States 		MIL
United States 		POR
United States 		CLE
United States 		TOR
Canada 		MIC
United States 		DET
United States 		CHI
United States 		LAG
United States 		FON
United States 		Points
1 Spain Oriol Servià 6 12 2 5 2 2 2 5 2 4 7 14 130
2 United States Casey Mears 5 5 3 2 4 8 8 2 9 3 5 13 116
3 Austria Philipp Peter 13 1 8 11 1* 4 7 1* 8 12 8 10 101
4 United Kingdom Jonny Kane 7 16 12 9 6 18 5 7 3 9 3 1 89
5 New Zealand Scott Dixon 3 2 4 15 11 14 18 16 7 1* 2 16 88
6 Brazil Felipe Giaffone 17 10* 18 4 10 3 4 3 4 8 18 20 78
7 Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins DNS 19 11 1* 16 1* 12 11 1* 6 19 15 76
8 France Didier André 14 4 16 13 17 17 3 12 5 13 1* 3* 74
9 United Kingdom Guy Smith 11 18 10 8 3 11 6 6 13 2 4 19 71
10 Brazil Airton Daré 2 17 1* 7 5 5 19 15 15 18 12 8 69
11 Mexico Mario Domínguez 1* 6 17 16 15 9 20 4 17 5 16 5 66
12 United States Geoff Boss 8 3 13 14 12 13 1 9 6 11 14 11 58
13 United Kingdom Ben Collins 10 11 5 18 8 6 16 18 18 7 15 2 50
14 United States Chris Menninga 9 8 6 12 7 10 10 13 19 10 6 7 47
15 United States Andy Boss 4 13 15 10 9 7 13 10 10 17 17 12 32
16 United States Tony Renna 3 14 19 14 Wth 6 22
17 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín 16 9 9 19 18 15 17 8 11 14 13 9 19
18 United States Cory Witherill 15 14 14 17 19 16 11 17 12 15 11 4 17
19 United States David Pook 12 15 7 6 13 12 15 14 14 16 20 17 16
20 Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr. 7 6
21 France Boris Derichebourg 16 DNS 9 4
22 Canada Kenny Wilden 9 4
23 Mexico Luis Díaz 10 3
24 Mexico Rolando Quintanilla 18 0
Pos Driver HMS
United States 		LBH
United States 		NAZ
United States 		MIL
United States 		POR
United States 		CLE
United States 		TOR
Canada 		MIC
United States 		DET
United States 		CHI
United States 		LAG
United States 		FON
United States 		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)
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

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