The 1999 CART PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. Oriol Servià was the series champion despite not winning a race.
All teams used the Lola T97/20-Buick spec car.
The scoring system was 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first 12 (twelve) finishers, with 1 (one) extra point given to the driver who took pole-position, and another extra point given to the driver who led most laps in the race.
Team and driver chart The following drivers and teams competed in the series: TeamDriversRound(s)Brian Stewart Racing4 Kenny Wilden75 David PookAll10 Rodolfo LavínAllConquest Racing11 Chris MenningaAll21 Felipe GiaffoneAll40 Rolando Quintanilla12Dorricott Racing30 Casey MearsAll31 Philipp PeterAll32 Oriol ServiàAllForsythe Championship Racing1 Airton DaréAll6 Guy SmithAllGenoa Racing61 Cory WitherillAll62 Oswaldo Negri Jr.2Johansson Motorsports2 Ben CollinsAll3 Scott DixonAllLucas Place Motorsports7 Geoff BossAll8 Andy BossAllPacWest Lights17 Tony Renna4–8, 12 Boris Derichebourg9–1118 Didier AndréAllTeam KOOL Green27 Jonny KaneAllTeam México Quaker Herdez87 Mario DomínguezAll88 Derek HigginsAll89 Luis Díaz11
Schedule Rd.DateTrackLocation1March 21 Homestead-Miami SpeedwayHomestead, Florida2April 18 Long Beach Street CircuitLong Beach, California3May 2 Nazareth SpeedwayNazareth, Pennsylvania4June 6 Milwaukee MileWest Allis, Wisconsin5June 20 Portland International RacewayPortland, Oregon6June 27 Cleveland Burke Lakefront AirportCleveland, Ohio7July 18 Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario8July 24 Michigan International SpeedwayBrooklyn, Michigan9August 8 The Raceway at Belle Isle ParkDetroit, Michigan10August 22 Chicago Motor SpeedwayCicero, Illinois11September 12 Laguna Seca RacewayMonterey, California12October 30 California SpeedwayFontana, California
Race results RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace WinnerDriverTeam1 Homestead-Miami Speedway Mario Domínguez Mario Domínguez Mario Domínguez Mario DomínguezTeam México Quaker Herdez2 Long Beach Street Circuit Felipe Giaffone Felipe Giaffone Felipe Giaffone Philipp PeterDorricott Racing3 Nazareth Speedway Oriol Servià Casey Mears Airton Daré Airton DaréForsythe Championship Racing4 Milwaukee Mile Felipe Giaffone Tony Renna Derek Higgins Derek HigginsTeam México Quaker Herdez5 Portland International Raceway Oriol Servià Jonny Kane Philipp Peter Philipp PeterDorricott Racing6 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Didier André Derek Higgins Derek Higgins Derek HigginsTeam México Quaker Herdez7 Exhibition Place Geoff Boss Geoff Boss Geoff Boss Geoff BossLucas Place Motorsports8 Michigan International Speedway Jonny Kane Rodolfo Lavín Philipp Peter Philipp PeterDorricott Racing9 The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Oriol Servià Felipe Giaffone Derek Higgins Derek HigginsTeam México Quaker Herdez10 Chicago Motor Speedway Scott Dixon Guy Smith Scott Dixon Scott DixonJohansson Motorsports11 Laguna Seca Raceway Guy Smith Didier André Didier André Didier AndréPacWest Lights12 California Speedway Jonny Kane Casey Mears Didier André Jonny KaneTeam KOOL Green
Race summaries
Homestead race Held March 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mario Domínguez won the pole.
Top Five Results Mario Domínguez Airton Daré Scott Dixon Andy Boss Casey Mears
Long Beach race Held April 18 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.
Top Five Results Philipp Peter Scott Dixon Geoff Boss Didier André Casey Mears
Nazareth race Held May 2 at Nazareth Speedway. Oriol Servià won the pole.
Top Five Results Airton Daré Oriol Servià Casey Mears Scott Dixon Ben Collins
Milwaukee race Held June 6 at The Milwaukee Mile. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.
Top Five Results Derek Higgins Casey Mears Tony Renna Felipe Giaffone Oriol Servià
Portland race Held June 20 at Portland International Raceway. Oriol Servià won the pole.
Top Five Results Philipp Peter Oriol Servià Guy Smith Casey Mears Airton Daré
Cleveland race Held June 27 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Didier André won the pole.
Top Five Results Derek Higgins Oriol Servià Felipe Giaffone Philipp Peter Airton Daré
Toronto race Held July 18 at Exhibition Place. Geoff Boss won the pole.
Top Five Results Geoff Boss Oriol Servià Didier André Felipe Giaffone Jonny Kane
Michigan race Held July 24 at Michigan International Speedway. Jonny Kane won the pole.
Top Five Results Philipp Peter Casey Mears Felipe Giaffone Mario Domínguez Oriol Servià
Detroit race Held August 8 at Belle Isle Raceway. Oriol Servià won the pole.
Top Five Results Derek Higgins Oriol Servià Jonny Kane Felipe Giaffone Didier André
Chicago race Held August 22 at The Chicago Motor Speedway. Scott Dixon won the pole.
Top Five Results Scott Dixon Guy Smith Casey Mears Oriol Servià Mario Domínguez
Laguna Seca race Held September 12 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Guy Smith won the pole.
Top Five Results Didier André Scott Dixon Jonny Kane Guy Smith Casey Mears
Fontana race Held October 30 at The California Speedway. Jonny Kane won the pole.
Top Five Results Jonny Kane Ben Collins Didier André Cory Witherill Mario Domínguez
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.
Pos Driver HMS LBH NAZ MIL POR CLE TOR MIC DET CHI LAG FON Points 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 18 0PosDriverHMSLBHNAZMILPORCLETORMICDETCHILAGFON Points Color Result 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing
In-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race laps(1 point)1Qualifying cancelledno bonus point awarded Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.
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