# 1999 Indy Lights season

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 |
| Brian Stewart Racing | 5 | David Pook | All |
| Brian Stewart Racing | 10 | Rodolfo Lavín | All |
| Conquest Racing | 11 | Chris Menninga | All |
| Conquest Racing | 21 | Felipe Giaffone | All |
| Conquest Racing | 40 | Rolando Quintanilla | 12 |
| Dorricott Racing | 30 | Casey Mears | All |
| Dorricott Racing | 31 | Philipp Peter | All |
| Dorricott Racing | 32 | Oriol Servià | All |
| Forsythe Championship Racing | 1 | Airton Daré | All |
| Forsythe Championship Racing | 6 | Guy Smith | All |
| Genoa Racing | 61 | Cory Witherill | All |
| Genoa Racing | 62 | Oswaldo Negri Jr. | 2 |
| Johansson Motorsports | 2 | Ben Collins | All |
| Johansson Motorsports | 3 | Scott Dixon | All |
| Lucas Place Motorsports | 7 | Geoff Boss | All |
| Lucas Place Motorsports | 8 | Andy Boss | All |
| PacWest Lights | 17 | Tony Renna | 4–8, 12 |
| PacWest Lights | 17 | Boris Derichebourg | 9–11 |
| PacWest Lights | 18 | Didier André | All |
| Team KOOL Green | 27 | Jonny Kane | All |
| Team México Quaker Herdez | 87 | Mario Domínguez | All |
| Team México Quaker Herdez | 88 | Derek Higgins | All |
| Team México Quaker Herdez | 89 | Luis Díaz | 11 |

## Schedule

| Rd. | Date | Track | Location |
| 1 | March 21 | O Homestead-Miami Speedway | Homestead, Florida |
| 2 | April 18 | R Long Beach Street Circuit | Long Beach, California |
| 3 | May 2 | O Nazareth Speedway | Nazareth, Pennsylvania |
| 4 | June 6 | O Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin |
| 5 | June 20 | R Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
| 6 | June 27 | R Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Cleveland, Ohio |
| 7 | July 18 | R Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario |
| 8 | July 24 | O Michigan International Speedway | Brooklyn, Michigan |
| 9 | August 8 | R The Raceway at Belle Isle Park | Detroit, Michigan |
| 10 | August 22 | O Chicago Motor Speedway | Cicero, Illinois |
| 11 | September 12 | R Laguna Seca Raceway | Monterey, California |
| 12 | October 30 | O California Speedway | Fontana, California |

## Race results

| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Race Winner | Race Winner |
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | 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
* 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 | 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) |
| Blank | Not competing |
In-line notation :
| Bold | Pole position (1 point) |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap |
| * | Led most race laps (1 point) |
| $^1$ | Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded |