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.
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 finishers, with 1 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
Brian Stewart Racing4

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
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
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  • 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.