1999 Indy Lights season

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.

Calendar

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

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
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

Indy Lights seasons

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Indy Lights Series presented by Cooper Tire	2014 2015 2016

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