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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
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The 1999 CART PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. Oriol Servià was the series champion despite not winning a race.

Team and driver chart

The following drivers and teams competed in the series:

Team	No.	Drivers	Round(s)
Brian Stewart Racing	4	Kenny Wilden	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

Race results

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner
					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

Homestead race

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Drivers' championship

Scoring system

• 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 Rolando Quintanilla 18 0 Pos Driver HMS LBH NAZ MIL POR CLE TOR MIC DET CHI LAG FON 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 not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps (1 point) Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

References

1. "Standings".
2. "Dayton Indy Lights Long Beach notes". us.motorsport.com. 12 April 2000. Retrieved 2023-04-10.

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• 1999 in formula racing