1999 Indy Lights season
1999 Indy Lights season | |
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PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship | |
Season | |
Races | 12 |
Start date | March 21 |
End date | October 30 |
Awards | |
Drivers' champion | Oriol Servià |
Chronology | |
Previous season | Next season |
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.
Calendar
Race No | Track | State | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Most Leading Laps | Fastest Race Lap |
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1 | Homestead | Florida | March 21, 1999 | 67 | 2.41395=161.73465 km | 0'36:56.920 | 262.637 km/h | Mario Domínguez | Mario Domínguez | Mario Domínguez | Mario Domínguez |
2 | Long Beach | California | April 18, 1999 | 41 | 2.9353632=120.349891 km | 0'51:22.270 | 140.565 km/h | Philipp Peter | Felipe Giaffone | Felipe Giaffone | Felipe Giaffone |
3 | Nazareth | Pennsylvania | May 2, 1999 | 100 | 1.5223978=152.23978 km | 0'46:29.029 | 196.507 km/h | Airton Daré | Oriol Servià | Airton Daré | Casey Mears |
4 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | June 6, 1999 | 97 | 1.6607976=161.0973672 km | 0'59:48.353 | 161.620 km/h | Derek Higgins | Felipe Giaffone | Derek Higgins | Tony Renna |
5 | Portland | Oregon | June 20, 1999 | 38 | 3.169=120.411 km | 0'55:42.214 | 129.698 km/h | Philipp Peter | Oriol Servià | Philipp Peter | Jonny Kane |
6 | Cleveland | Ohio | June 27, 1999 | 36 | 3.3891858=122.0106888 km | 0'45:03.045 | 162.498 km/h | Derek Higgins | Didier André | Derek Higgins | Derek Higgins |
7 | Toronto | Canada | July 18, 1999 | 43 | 2.825=121.475 km | 0'59:14.033 | 123.046 km/h | Geoff Boss | Geoff Boss | Geoff Boss | Geoff Boss |
8 | Brooklyn | Michigan | July 24, 1999 | 50 | 3.2186=160.93 km | 0'37:52.586 | 254.929 km/h | Philipp Peter | Jonny Kane | Philipp Peter | Rodolfo Lavín, Jr. |
9 | Detroit | Michigan | August 8, 1999 | 32 | 3.775=120.813 km | 0'56:58.424 | 127.230 km/h | Derek Higgins | Oriol Servià | Derek Higgins | Felipe Giaffone |
10 | Cicero | Illinois | August 22, 1999 | 97 | 1.6559697=160.6290609 km | 0'50:46.736 | 189.798 km/h | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Guy Smith |
11 | Monterey | California | September 12, 1999 | 34 | 3.6016134=122.454856 km | 0'49:46.824 | 147.594 km/h | Didier André | Guy Smith | Didier André | Didier André |
12 | Fontana | California | October 30, 1999 | 50 | 3.2186=141.6184 km | 0'46:51.509 | 181.335 km/h | Jonny Kane | Jonny Kane | Didier André | Casey Mears |
Race summaries
Homestead race
Held March 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mario Domínguez won the pole.
Top Five Results
Long Beach race
Held April 18 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.
Top Five Results
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
Portland race
Held June 20 at Portland International Raceway. Oriol Servià won the pole.
Top Five Results
Cleveland race
Held June 27 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Didier André won the pole.
Top Five Results
Toronto race
Held July 18 at Exhibition Place. Geoff Boss won the pole.
Top Five Results
Michigan race
Held July 24 at Michigan International Speedway. Jonny Kane won the pole.
Top Five Results
Detroit race
Held August 8 at Belle Isle Raceway. Oriol Servià won the pole.
Top Five Results
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
Fontana race
Held October 30 at The California Speedway. Jonny Kane won the pole.
Top Five Results
Championship standings
Drivers' championship
- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th |
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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.
- Driver standings
Pos | Driver | HMS |
LBH |
NAZ |
MIL |
POR |
CLE |
TOR |
MIC |
DET |
CHI |
LAG |
FON |
Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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 | |||||||||||
Rolando Quintanilla | 18 | 0 |