1999 Indy Lights season

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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

<- 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]

## Team and driver chart

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The following drivers and teams competed in the series:

Team  | No. | Drivers  | Round(s)

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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
6  |  Guy Smith | All
Genoa Racing | 61  |  Cory Witherill | All
62  |  Oswaldo Negri Jr. | 2
Johansson Motorsports | 2  |  Ben Collins | All
3  |  Scott Dixon | All
Lucas Place Motorsports  | 7  |  Geoff Boss | All
8  |  Andy Boss | All
PacWest Lights | 17  |  Tony Renna | 4–8, 12
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

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Rd.  | Date  | Track  | Location

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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

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Round  | Circuit  | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led  | Race Winner

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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

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### Homestead race

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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### Drivers' championship

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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.

| Pos  | Driver  | HMS
| LBH
| NAZ
| MIL
| POR
| CLE
| TOR
| MIC
| DET
| CHI
| LAG
| FON
| Points

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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

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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

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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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