| 2000 Indy Lights season | |
|---|---|
| Dayton Indy Lights Championship | |
| Season | |
| Races | 12 |
| Start date | April 16 |
| End date | October 29 |
| Awards | |
| Drivers' champion | Scott Dixon |
| Chronology | |
| Previous season | Next season |
| 1999 | 2001 |
The 2000 CART Dayton Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. It was dominated by Scott Dixon who captured six victories on his way to the championship.
Contents |
| Race No | Track | State | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Most Leading Laps | Fastest Race Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Beach | California | April 16, 2000 | 38 | 3.167=120.350 km | 0'57:31.375 | 125.532 km/h | Scott Dixon | Jonny Kane | Jonny Kane | Jonny Kane |
| 2 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | June 5, 2000 | 100 | 1.6607976=166.07976 km | 0'53:21.168 | 186.772 km/h | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon |
| 3 | Detroit | Michigan | June 18, 2000 | 32 | 3.775=120.813 km | 0'51:11.355 | 161.735 km/h | Jonny Kane | Jonny Kane | Jonny Kane | Jonny Kane |
| 4 | Portland | Oregon | June 25, 2000 | 38 | 3.169=120.411 km | 0'43:54.942 | 164.512 km/h | Jason Bright | Townsend Bell | Jason Bright | Scott Dixon |
| 5 | Brooklyn | Michigan | July 22, 2000 | 50 | 3.2186=160.93 km | 0'40:51.222 | 236.351 km/h | Felipe Giaffone | Felipe Giaffone | Felipe Giaffone | Jason Bright |
| 6 | Cicero | Illinois | July 30, 2000 | 97 | 1.6559697=160.6290609 km | 0'49:20.619 | 195.319 km/h | Scott Dixon | Chris Menninga | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon |
| 7 | Lexington | Ohio | August 13, 2000 | 34 | 3.6337994=123.5491796 km | 0'51:38.571 | 143.543 km/h | Townsend Bell | Jason Bright | Townsend Bell | Casey Mears |
| 8 | Vancouver | British Columbia | September 3, 2000 | 42 | 2.8661633=120.3788586 km | 0'54:43.618 | 131.976 km/h | Scott Dixon | Felipe Giaffone | Felipe Giaffone | Scott Dixon |
| 9 | Monterey | California | September 10, 2000 | 34 | 3.6016134=122.454856 km | 0'51:11.041 | 161.735 km/h | Scott Dixon | Casey Mears | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon |
| 10 | Madison | Illinois | September 17, 2000 | 79 | 2.011625=160.93 km | 0'47:57.839 | 201.314 km/h | Townsend Bell | Townsend Bell | Townsend Bell | Townsend Bell |
| 11 | Houston | Texas | October 1, 2000 | 45 | 2.4574011=110.5830495 km | 1'00:01.256 | 110.544 km/h | Casey Mears | Casey Mears | Casey Mears | Casey Mears |
| 12 | Fontana | California | October 29, 2000 | 50 | 3.2186=141.6184 km | 0'33:08.441 | 256.395 km/h | Scott Dixon | Felipe Giaffone | Scott Dixon | Cory Witherill |
Held April 16 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Jonny Kane won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held June 5 at The Milwaukee Mile. Scott Dixon won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held June 18 at Belle Isle Raceway. Jonny Kane won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held June 25 at Portland International Raceway. Townsend Bell won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held July 22 at Michigan International Speedway. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held July 30 at The Chicago Motor Speedway. Chris Menninga won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held August 13 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Jason Bright won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held September 3 at Pacific Place. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held September 10 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Casey Mears won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held September 17 at The Gateway International Raceway. Townsend Bell won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held October 1 at The Houston Street Circuit. Casey Mears won the pole.
Top Five Results
Held October 29 at The California Speedway. Felipe Giaffone 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 | Scott Dixon | New Zealand | PacWest Lights | 155 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 2 | - | 21 | 16 | 20 | 21 | - | - | 21 |
| 2 | Townsend Bell | United States | Dorricott Racing | 146 | - | 8 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 12 | - | 22 | 16 | 16 |
| 3 | Casey Mears | United States | Dorricott Racing | 141 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 12 |
| 4 | Felipe Giaffone | Brazil | Conquest Racing | 118 | 14 | 1 | 16 | - | 22 | 12 | - | 18 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| 5 | Tony Renna | United States | PacWest Lights | 105 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Jason Bright | Australia | Dorricott Racing | 91 | 16 | 16 | - | 21 | 4 | - | 15 | - | 5 | 14 | - | - |
| 7 | Jeff Simmons | United States | Team KOOL Green | 88 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 14 | - | 6 | 8 | 14 | 14 | - | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Mario Domínguez | Mexico | Team Mexico Quaker Herdez | 67 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 9 | Chris Menninga | United States | Conquest Racing | 61 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | Jonny Kane | United Kingdom | Team KOOL Green | 52 | 10 | - | 22 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 10 | 4 | - | 3 |
| 11 | Rodolfo Lavín, Jr. | Mexico | Brian Stewart Racing | 48 | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 10 | - | 3 | - | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 12 | Geoff Boss | United States | Lucas Motorsports | 43 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | - |
| 13 | Luis Díaz | Mexico | Team Mexico Quaker Herdez | 31 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 8 | - | 1 | 6 | - | 6 | - |
| 14 | Rudy Junco, Jr. | Mexico | Mexpro Racing | 26 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 |
| 15 | Andy Boss | United States | Lucas Motorsports | 19 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | Rolando Quintanilla | Mexico | Conquest Racing | 16 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 17 | Todd Snyder | United States | Brian Stewart Racing | 15 | - | - | 5 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Derek Higgins | Ireland | Mexpro Racing | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Cory Witherill | United States | Genoa Racing | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
| second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
R15=retired, but classified NS=did not start NT=no time set in qualifying
| Place | Name | Country | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Scott Dixon | New Zealand | PacWest Lights | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | R15 | 6 | R15 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Townsend Bell | United States | Dorricott Racing | 10 | R17 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | R18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| 3 | Casey Mears | United States | Dorricott Racing | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | R10 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Felipe Giaffone | Brazil | Conquest Racing | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Tony Renna | United States | PacWest Lights | 12 | 9 | 4 | R17 | 11 | R17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Jason Bright | Australia | Dorricott Racing | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | R18 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | NT | - | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | R16 | 10 | 14 |
| 7 | Jeff Simmons | United States | Team KOOL Green | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | R14 | 8 | R11 | 13 | 6 |
| 8 | Mario Domínguez | Mexico | Team Mexico Quaker Herdez | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 9 | R12 | 18 | 16 |
| 9 | Chris Menninga | United States | Conquest Racing | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | R18 | 1 | R9 | 13 | 14 | 13 | R17 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Jonny Kane | United Kingdom | Team KOOL Green | 1 | 6 | 9 | R16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | R17 | 7 | R17 | 9 | NS | 3 | 10 | 4 | R15 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | R13 | 14 | 10 |
| 11 | Rodolfo Lavín, Jr. | Mexico | Brian Stewart Racing | 15 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 15 | R17 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | Geoff Boss | United States | Lucas Motorsports | 16 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 15 | NS |
| 13 | Luis Díaz | Mexico | Team Mexico Quaker Herdez | 14 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 11 | R16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 16 | 7 | 17 | 15 |
| 14 | Rudy Junco, Jr. | Mexico | Mexpro Racing | 11 | R18 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | R17 | 8 | 8 |
| 15 | Andy Boss | United States | Lucas Motorsports | 9 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 10 | R16 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 12 | R9 | 11 | 12 |
| 16 | Rolando Quintanilla | Mexico | Conquest Racing | 18 | 14 | NT | - | 17 | R16 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 14 | R17 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 17 | R8 | 6 | 11 |
| 17 | Todd Snyder | United States | Brian Stewart Racing | 8 | R15 | 12 | R15 | 13 | 8 | 15 | R18 | 8 | 5 | 12 | R16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Derek Higgins | Ireland | Dorricott Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Mexpro Racing | 14 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 14 | - | - | 3 | R14 | 5 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | Cory Witherill | United States | Genoa Racing | 19 | R19 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | NS | - | - | 12 | 13 |
| - | Waldemar Coronas | Argentina | Genoa Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Soheil Ayari | France | Brian Stewart Racing | 13 | R16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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