# 1999 Atlantic Championship

The 1999 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 12 rounds. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Anthony Lazzaro driving for PPI Motorsports. 19 different teams and 44 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Swift chassis and Toyota engines. This season also saw a C2-class running older Ralt chassis and Toyota engines. In C2-class seven different drivers competed, but none of them for the whole season.

## Calendar

| Rnd | Track | Location | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winning Driver | Pole Position | Most Laps Lead | Fastest Lap |
| 1 | Long Beach | California | April 17, 1999 | 37 | 2.9353632=108.6084384 km | 0'55:00.743 | 118.455 km/h | Alexandre Tagliani | Kenny Wilden | Alexandre Tagliani | Nicolas Rondet |
| 2 | Nazareth | Pennsylvania | May 1, 1999 | 60 | 1.5223978=91.343868 km | 0'30:28.459 | 179.844 km/h | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro |
| 3 | Madison | Illinois | May 29, 1999 | 50 | 2.011625=100.58125 km | 0'32:53.296 | 183.496 km/h | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro David Rutledge |
| 4 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | June 5, 1999 | 60 | 1.6607976=99.647856 km | 0'44:32.396 | 134.236 km/h | Lee Bentham | Anthony Lazzaro | Lee Bentham | David Rutledge |
| 5 | Montréal | Canada | June 12, 1999 | 27 | 4.4207471=119.3601717 km | 0'44:15.779 | 161.797 km/h | Alexandre Tagliani | Alexandre Tagliani | Alexandre Tagliani | Buddy Rice |
| 6 | Elkhart Lake | Wisconsin | July 11, 1999 | 17 | 6.4372=109.4324 km | 0'35:37.944 | 184.269 km/h | Andrew Bordin | Alexandre Tagliani | Andrew Bordin | Buddy Rice |
| 7 | Trois-Rivières | Canada | August 1, 1999 | 45 | 2.4477453=110.1485385 km | 0'53:56.942 | 122.503 km/h | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro |
| 8 | Lexington | Ohio | August 8, 1999 | 30 | 3.6337994=109.013982 km | 0'40:13.032 | 162.638 km/h | Kenny Wilden | Kenny Wilden | Anthony Lazzaro | Kenny Wilden |
| 9 | Cicero | Illinois | August 21, 1999 | 60 | 1.6559697=99.358182 km | 0'32:37.958 | 182.685 km/h | Sam Hornish Jr. | Andrew Bordin | Andrew Bordin | Sam Hornish Jr. |
| 10 | Vancouver | Canada | September 5, 1999 | 33 | 2.8661633=94.5833889 km | 0'57:35.599 | 98.536 km/h | Will Langhorne | Alexandre Tagliani | Will Langhorne | Alexandre Tagliani |
| 11 | Monterey | California | September 11, 1999 | 30 | 3.6016134=108.048402 km | 0'43:34.707 | 148.764 km/h | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Andrew Bordin |
| 12 | Houston | Texas | September 26, 1999 | 43 | 2.4574011=105.6682473 km | 0'57:57.000 | 109.406 km/h | Andrew Bordin | Buddy Rice | Anthony Lazzaro | Buddy Rice |

## Final points standings
### Driver
#### Main championship

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 point for 12th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were not able to score points in the main class.
| Place | Name | Country | Team | Total Points | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Anthony Lazzaro | United States | PPI Motorsports | 197 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 17 |
| 2 | Kenny Wilden | Canada | Shank Racing | 150 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Andrew Bordin | Canada | PPI Motorsports | 121 | - | 14 | 6 | - | - | 21 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | Alexandre Tagliani | Canada | Forsythe Racing | 118 | 21 | - | 14 | - | 22 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | - | 10 |
| 5 | Buddy Rice | United States | Lynx Racing | 113 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 16 | - | - | 10 | 12 | 16 | 1 |
| 6 | Lee Bentham | Canada | Forsythe Racing | 71 | 14 | 4 | - | 21 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 12 | - | 10 | - |
| 7 | Sam Hornish Jr. | United States | Shank Racing | 67 | 5 | - | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | 6 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 8 | Will Langhorne | United States | Active Motorsports | 60 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 10 | - | 21 | - | 14 |
| 9 | David Rutledge | Canada | Forsythe Racing | 58 | - | 12 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 6 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| 9 | David Rutledge | Canada | Binder Racing | 58 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 10 | Jean-Francois Veilleux | Canada | P-1 Racing | 49 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | 5 | 5 | - | 10 | 3 | - |
| 11 | Nicolas Rondet | France | World Speed Motorsports | 40 | - | 6 | 10 | 12 | - | - | 14 | -2 | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Alex Gurney | United States | P-1 Racing | 38 | - | 5 | 2 | - | 10 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 8 |
| | Mike Conte | United States | Lynx Racing | 38 | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 14 | Rocky Moran Jr. | United States | P-1 Racing | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| 15 | David Besnard | Australia | Hylton Motorsports | 16 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Masaoki Nagashima | Japan | Shank Racing | 16 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - |
| 17 | Cam Binder | Canada | Binder Racing | 11 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - |
| 18 | Elton Julian | United States | PDR Enterprises | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Tony Ave | United States | Olsson Engineering | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jean-François Dumoulin | Canada | Condor Motorsports | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| 21 | Rino Mastronardi | Italy | Condor Motorsports | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| | Bob Perona | United States | MediaOne Racing | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 23 | Imran Husain | India | Condor Motorsports | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tom Wieringa | United States | Olsson Engineering | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 25 | Mauro Fartuszek | Argentina | Condor Motorsports | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 26 | John Brooks | United States | BBGP Racing | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jim Lovett | United States | Active Motorsports | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Note:
Race 8 Nicolas Rondet had 2 points deduction due to taking unjustifiable risk.

#### C2-Class championship

Points system see above. But additional points only awarded for the fastest qualifier. No additional point awarded to the driver leading the most laps.
| Place | Name | Country | Team | Total Points | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Bob Siska | United States | RJS Motorsport | 109 | 14 | - | - | - | 12 | 14 | 21 | - | - | 16 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Brian Westerlund | Canada | Empire Racing | 80 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 16 | 16 | - | - | 15 | 16 | 1 |
| 3 | Joe Sposato | United States | Sposato MotorRacing | 63 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 21 | - |
| 4 | Joe Asturi | United States | Sage Motorsport | 56 | 12 | - | - | - | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Joe Asturi | United States | Velex Racing | 56 | | | | | | 12 | - | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Tom Jagerman | United States | Olsson Engineering | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 14 | - |
| 6 | Steve Forrer | United States | Forrer Racing | 30 | 16 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Romeo Kapudija | United States | Olsson Engineering | 21 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note:
No more competitors in C2-class. Four races without a single entry.

## Complete overview

| first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
| second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
R22=retired, but classified NS=did not start
| Place | Name | Country | Team | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Anthony Lazzaro | United States | PPI Motorsports | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Kenny Wilden | Canada | Shank Racing | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Andrew Bordin | Canada | PPI Motorsports | 4 | R22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | R19 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Alexandre Tagliani | Canada | Forsythe Racing | 2 | 1 | 2 | R16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | R18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | R23 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | Buddy Rice | United States | Lynx Racing | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | R21 | 7 | R16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Lee Bentham | Canada | Forsythe Racing | 6 | 3 | 13 | 9 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | R25 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 7 | R24 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 | Sam Hornish Jr. | United States | Shank Racing | 13 | 8 | 5 | R18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 13 | R19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
| 8 | Will Langhorne | United States | Active Motorsports | 16 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | R22 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 4 | R25 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | David Rutledge | Canada | Forsythe Racing | 14 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | R24 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 21 | - | - | | |
| 9 | David Rutledge | Canada | Binder Racing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Jean-Francois Veilleux | Canada | P-1 Racing | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 14 | R27 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 16 | R17 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 14 | R20 |
| 11 | Nicolas Rondet | France | World Speed Motorsports | 7 | R21 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | R26 | 5 | R25 | 7 | 3 | 4 | R25 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 17 | 8 | R23 |
| 12 | Alex Gurney | United States | Team Green | 8 | R25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | R13 | 11 | 5 | 11 | R26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 6 | R17 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| | Mike Conte | United States | Lynx Racing | 15 | R24 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 9 |
| 14 | Rocky Moran Jr. | United States | P-1 Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | R18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 7 | R21 | 17 | R18 |
| 15 | David Besnard | Australia | Hylton Motorsports | 9 | 6 | 19 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Masaoki Nagashima | Japan | Shank Racing | 17 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 9 | R14 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 17 | R20 | 12 | 9 | 18 | R21 |
| 17 | Cam Binder | Canada | Binder Racing | 11 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | R12 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 16 | R17 |
| 18 | Elton Julian | United States | PDR Enterprises | 10 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | R29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Tony Ave | United States | Olsson Engineering | - | - | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jean-François Dumoulin | Canada | Condor Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 10 | 20 | 17 | - | - | 14 | 7 | 23 | 15 | - | - |
| 21 | Rino Mastronardi | Italy | Condor Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 7 |
| | Bob Perona | United States | MediaOne Racing | 18 | 12 | 18 | R19 | 13 | R16 | 15 | R17 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 18 | R22 | 11 | R15 | 20 | R18 | 21 | R20 | 22 | 11 |
| 23 | Imran Husain | India | Condor Motorsports | 27 | R28 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 9 | 26 | R27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tom Wieringa | United States | Olsson Engineering | 25 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 11 | 27 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 24 | R23 | 17 | R16 | 25 | 13 | - | - | 27 | R26 |
| 25 | Mauro Fartuszek | Argentina | Condor Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 11 | - | - | 11 | R23 | 17 | 13 | 11 | R22 |
| 26 | John Brooks | United States | BBGP Racing | 24 | 14 | 16 | R17 | 15 | 13 | 19 | R16 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 25 | R22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | R24 |
| | Jim Lovett | United States | Active Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 12 |
| - | Dave Cutler | United States | P-1 Racing | 23 | R26 | 10 | 13 | 14 | R15 | 13 | R14 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | |
| - | Dave Cutler | United States | BBGP Racing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 14 | 18 | R22 | | |
| - | Dave Cutler | United States | Light House Racing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | 14 |
| - | Christophe Beauvais | Canada | Super-Tec Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | R28 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 14 | - | - |
| - | Matt Sielsky | United States | BBGP Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 14 | 14 | R14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Sergei Szortkya | United States | J&J Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Eric Jensen | Canada | Jensen Motorsports | 22 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 17 | - | - | 24 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Peter MacLeod | United States | Hylton Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 15 | 20 | R23 | 16 | R24 | - | - | 16 | R25 | 13 | R26 | 19 | R25 |
| - | Marcello Gaffoglio | Brazil | Condor Motorsports | 20 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Scott Wood | United States | Hylton Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | R19 |
| - | Stephen Sardelli | United States | J&J Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 23 | - | - | 23 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Gary Peterson | United States | Intercar Motorsport | 29 | R27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C2-Class | C2-Class | C2-Class | C2-Class | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Bob Siska | United States | RJS Motorsport | 26 | R23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | R25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 15 | 22 | R24 | 26 | 15 |
| 2 | Brian Westerlund | Canada | Empire Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 22 | R20 | - | - | - | - | 18 | R22 | 25 | 16 | 20 | NS |
| 3 | Joe Sposato | United States | Sposato Motor Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | 21 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 12 | - | - |
| 4 | Joe Asturi | United States | Sage Motorsport | 28 | R29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | R30 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Joe Asturi | United States | Velex Racing | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | 24 | - | - | 22 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Tom Jagerman | United States | Olsson Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 12 | 26 | 18 | - | - |
| 6 | Steve Forrer | United States | Forrer Racing | 21 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | R24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Romeo Kapudija | United States | Olsson Engineering | 19 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |