| 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 |
| 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.
Contents |
| Race No | Track | State | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Most Leading Laps | Fastest Race Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Held March 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mario Domínguez won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held April 18 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held May 2 at Nazareth Speedway. Oriol Servià won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held June 6 at The Milwaukee Mile. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held June 20 at Portland International Raceway. Oriol Servià won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held June 27 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Didier André won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held July 18 at Exhibition Place. Geoff Boss won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held July 24 at Michigan International Speedway. Jonny Kane won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held August 8 at Belle Isle Raceway. Oriol Servià won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held August 22 at The Chicago Motor Speedway. Scott Dixon won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held September 12 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Guy Smith won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held October 30 at The California Speedway. Jonny Kane won the pole.
Top Five Results
For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).
| Place | Name | Country | Team | Total Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oriol Servià | Spain | Dorricott Racing | 130 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 6 | - |
| 2 | Casey Mears | United States | Dorricott Racing | 116 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 10 | - |
| 3 | Philipp Peter | Austria | Dorricott Racing | 101 | - | 20 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Jonny Kane | United Kingdom | Team KOOL Green | 89 | 6 | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | - | 10 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| 5 | Scott Dixon | New Zealand | Johansson Motorsports | 88 | 14 | 16 | 12 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | 22 | 16 | - |
| 6 | Felipe Giaffone | Brazil | Conquest Racing | 78 | - | 5 | - | 13 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | - | - |
| 7 | Derek Higgins | Ireland | Team Mexico Quaker Herdez | 76 | - | - | 2 | 21 | - | 21 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | - | - |
| 8 | Didier André | France | PacWest Lights | 74 | - | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 1 | 10 | - | 21 | 15 |
| 9 | Guy Smith | United Kingdom | Forsythe Championship Racing | 71 | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 8 | - | 16 | 13 | - |
| 10 | Airton Daré | Brazil | Forsythe Championship Racing | 69 | 16 | - | 21 | 6 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Mario Domínguez | Mexico | Team Mexico Quaker Herdez | 66 | 22 | 8 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 12 | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| 12 | Geoff Boss | United States | Lucas Place Motorsports | 58 | 5 | 14 | - | - | 1 | - | 22 | 4 | 8 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 13 | Ben Collins | United Kingdom | Johansson Motorsports | 50 | 3 | 2 | 10 | - | 5 | 8 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 16 |
| 14 | Chris Menninga | United States | Conquest Racing | 47 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 15 | Andy Boss | United States | Lucas Place Motorsports | 32 | 12 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| 16 | Tony Renna | United States | PacWest Lights | 22 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 17 | Rodolfo Lavín, Jr. | Mexico | Brian Stewart Racing | 19 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| 18 | Cory Witherill | United States | Genoa Racing | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 12 |
| 19 | David Pook | United States | Brian Stewart Racing | 16 | 1 | - | 6 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Oswaldo Negri, Jr. | Brazil | Genoa Racing | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | Kenny Wilden | Canada | ? | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boris Derichebourg | France | PacWest Lights | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | |
| 23 | Luis Díaz | Mexico | Team Mexico Quaker Herdez | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
| second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
R12=retired, but classified NS=did not start NT=no time set in qualifying
| Place | Name | Country | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Oriol Servià | Spain | Dorricott Racing | 7 | 6 | 9 | R12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Casey Mears | United States | Dorricott Racing | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Philipp Peter | Austria | Dorricott Racing | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Jonny Kane | United Kingdom | Team KOOL Green | 10 | 7 | 7 | R16 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | R18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Scott Dixon | New Zealand | Johansson Motorsports | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | R15 | 11 | R11 | 10 | 14 | 18 | R18 | 5 | R16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Felipe Giaffone | Brazil | Conquest Racing | 5 | R17 | 1 | R10 | 4 | R18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | R10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 9 | R18 | 20 | R20 |
| 7 | Derek Higgins | Ireland | Team Mexico Quaker Herdez | - | NS | 6 | R19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 8 | R16 | 4 | 1 | 8 | R12 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | R19 | 14 | 15 |
| 8 | Didier André | France | PacWest Lights | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 4 | R17 | 1 | R17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| 9 | Guy Smith | United Kingdom | Forsythe Championship Racing | 4 | 11 | 2 | R18 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | R19 |
| 10 | Airton Daré | Brazil | Forsythe Championship Racing | 2 | 2 | 5 | R17 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | R19 | 14 | R15 | 12 | R15 | 11 | R18 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| 11 | Mario Domínguez | Mexico | Team Mexico Quaker Herdez | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | R17 | 7 | R16 | 17 | R15 | 17 | 9 | 6 | R20 | 16 | 4 | 16 | R17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | R16 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | Geoff Boss | United States | Lucas Place Motorsports | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 6 | R12 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | R14 | 15 | 11 |
| 13 | Ben Collins | United Kingdom | Johansson Motorsports | 6 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 12 | R18 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 15 | R16 | 11 | R18 | 18 | R18 | 5 | 7 | 18 | R15 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | Chris Menninga | United States | Conquest Racing | 11 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 11 | R19 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 15 | Andy Boss | United States | Lucas Place Motorsports | 8 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 13 | R13 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | R17 | 13 | R17 | 18 | 12 |
| 16 | Tony Renna | United States | PacWest Lights | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | R14 | 8 | R19 | 11 | R14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 |
| 17 | Rodolfo Lavín, Jr. | Mexico | Brian Stewart Racing | 14 | R16 | 13 | R9 | 16 | 9 | 10 | R19 | 19 | R18 | 18 | 15 | 14 | R17 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
| 18 | Cory Witherill | United States | Genoa Racing | 17 | 15 | 19 | R14 | 15 | 14 | 5 | R17 | 18 | R19 | 19 | R16 | 20 | 11 | 18 | R17 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 4 |
| 19 | David Pook | United States | Brian Stewart Racing | 13 | 12 | 15 | R15 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 13 | R13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | R15 | 7 | R14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | R16 | 16 | R20 | 10 | R17 |
| 20 | Oswaldo Negri, Jr. | Brazil | Genoa Racing | - | - | 14 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | Kenny Wilden | Canada | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boris Derichebourg | France | PacWest Lights | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | R16 | NT | - | 17 | 9 | - | - | |
| 23 | Luis Díaz | Mexico | Team Mexico Quaker Herdez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 | - | - |
| - | Rolando Quintanilla | Mexico | Conquest Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | R18 |
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