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2000 Indy Lights season

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2000 Indy Lights season
Dayton Indy Lights Championship
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 16
End dateOctober 29
Awards
Drivers' championNew Zealand Scott Dixon
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Indy Lights season (more commonly known as the 2000 CART Dayton Indy Lights Championship) was the 15th season of Indy Lights. The season consisted of 12 races with all of the races being supporter races for the 2000 CART season. The season would be dominated by Kiwi driver, Scott Dixon who captured six race victories to win the championship by nine points over American driver, Townsend Bell with Casey Mears coming in third.[1]

Team and driver chart

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The following drivers and teams competed in the series:

Team No. Drivers Round(s)
Brian Stewart Racing 8 France Soheil Ayari 1
9 United States Todd Snyder 1–6
10 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín All
Conquest Racing 11 United States Chris Menninga All
21 Brazil Felipe Giaffone All
40 Mexico Rolando Quintanilla All
Dorricott Racing 1 United States Townsend Bell All
2 United States Casey Mears All
3 Australia Jason Bright All
Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins 6
Genoa Racing 36 Argentina Waldemar Coronas 9
61 United States Cory Witherill 1–6, 10, 12
Lucas Motorsports 4 United States Geoff Boss All
5 United States Andy Boss All
Mexpro Racing 15 Mexico Rudy Junco Jr. All
16 Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins 7–9, 11–12
PacWest Lights 17 New Zealand Scott Dixon All
18 United States Tony Renna All
Team KOOL Green 26 United States Jeff Simmons All
27 United Kingdom Jonny Kane All
Team México Quaker Herdez 7 Mexico Mario Domínguez All
78 Mexico Luis Díaz 1–9, 11–12

Schedule

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Rd. Date Track Location
1 April 16  R  Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California
2 June 5  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
3 June 18  R  The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
4 June 25  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
5 July 22  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
6 July 30  O  Chicago Motor Speedway Cicero, Illinois
7 August 13  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
8 September 3  R  Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia
9 September 10  R  Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California
10 September 17  O  Gateway International Raceway Madison, Illinois
11 October 1  R  George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas
12 October 29  O  California Speedway Fontana, California

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 United States Long Beach Street Circuit United Kingdom Jonny Kane United Kingdom Jonny Kane United Kingdom Jonny Kane New Zealand Scott Dixon PacWest Lights
2 United States Milwaukee Mile New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon PacWest Lights
3 United States The Raceway at Belle Isle Park United Kingdom Jonny Kane United Kingdom Jonny Kane United Kingdom Jonny Kane United Kingdom Jonny Kane Team KOOL Green
4 United States Portland International Raceway United States Townsend Bell New Zealand Scott Dixon Australia Jason Bright Australia Jason Bright Dorricott Racing
5 United States Michigan International Speedway Brazil Felipe Giaffone Australia Jason Bright Brazil Felipe Giaffone Brazil Felipe Giaffone Conquest Racing
6 United States Chicago Motor Speedway United States Chris Menninga New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon PacWest Lights
7 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Australia Jason Bright United States Casey Mears United States Townsend Bell United States Townsend Bell Dorricott Racing
8 Canada Concord Pacific Place Brazil Felipe Giaffone New Zealand Scott Dixon Brazil Felipe Giaffone New Zealand Scott Dixon PacWest Lights
9 United States Laguna Seca Raceway United States Casey Mears New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon PacWest Lights
10 United States Gateway International Raceway United States Townsend Bell United States Townsend Bell United States Townsend Bell United States Townsend Bell Dorricott Racing
11 United States George R. Brown Convention Center United States Casey Mears United States Casey Mears United States Casey Mears United States Casey Mears Dorricott Racing
12 United States California Speedway Brazil Felipe Giaffone United States Cory Witherill New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon PacWest Lights

Race summaries

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Long Beach race

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Held April 16 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Jonny Kane won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 17- Scott Dixon
  2. 3- Jason Bright
  3. 21- Felipe Giaffone
  4. 26- Jeff Simmons
  5. 2- Casey Mears

Milwaukee race

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Held June 5 at The Milwaukee Mile. Scott Dixon won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 17- Scott Dixon
  2. 3- Jason Bright
  3. 7- Mario Domínguez
  4. 11- Chris Menninga
  5. 2- Casey Mears

Detroit race

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Held June 18 at Belle Isle Raceway. Jonny Kane won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 27- Jonny Kane
  2. 21- Felipe Giaffone
  3. 2- Casey Mears
  4. 17- Scott Dixon
  5. 7- Mario Domínguez

Portland race

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Held June 25 at Portland International Raceway. Townsend Bell won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 3- Jason Bright
  2. 1- Townsend Bell
  3. 26- Jeff Simmons
  4. 18- Tony Renna
  5. 11- Chris Menninga

Michigan race

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Held July 22 at Michigan International Speedway. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 21- Felipe Giaffone
  2. 2- Casey Mears
  3. 18- Tony Renna
  4. 1- Townsend Bell
  5. 9- Todd Snyder

Chicago race

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Held July 30 at The Chicago Motor Speedway. Chris Menninga won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 17- Scott Dixon
  2. 1- Townsend Bell
  3. 18- Tony Renna
  4. 21- Felipe Giaffone
  5. 10- Rodolfo Lavín, Jr.

Mid-Ohio race

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Held August 13 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Jason Bright won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 1- Townsend Bell
  2. 17- Scott Dixon
  3. 3- Jason Bright
  4. 18- Tony Renna
  5. 2- Casey Mears

Vancouver race

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Held September 3 at Pacific Place. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 17- Scott Dixon
  2. 21- Felipe Giaffone
  3. 26- Jeff Simmons
  4. 1- Townsend Bell
  5. 7- Mario Domínguez

Laguna Seca race

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Held September 10 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Casey Mears won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 17- Scott Dixon
  2. 1- Casey Mears
  3. 26- Jeff Simmons
  4. 18- Tony Renna
  5. 27- Jonny Kane

Gateway race

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Held September 17 at The Gateway International Raceway. Townsend Bell won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 1- Townsend Bell
  2. 2- Casey Mears
  3. 3- Jason Bright
  4. 18- Tony Renna
  5. 11- Chris Menninga

Houston race

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Held October 1 at The Houston Street Circuit. Casey Mears won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 2- Casey Mears
  2. 1- Townsend Bell
  3. 21- Felipe Giaffone
  4. 4- Geoff Boss
  5. 11- Chris Menninga

Fontana race

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Held October 29 at The California Speedway. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. 17- Scott Dixon
  2. 1- Townsend Bell
  3. 18- Tony Renna
  4. 2- Casey Mears
  5. 10- Rodolfo Lavín, Jr.

Championship standings

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Drivers' championship

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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 LBH
United States
MIL
United States
DET
United States
POR
United States
MIC
United States
CHI
United States
MDO
United States
VAN
Canada
LAG
United States
GAT
United States
HOU
United States
FON
United States
Points
1 New Zealand Scott Dixon 1 1* 4 11 14 1* 2 1 1* 15 15 1* 155
2 United States Townsend Bell 17 6 7 2 4 2 1* 4 18 1* 2 2 146
3 United States Casey Mears 5 5 3 7 2 10 5 8 2 2 1* 4 141
4 Brazil Felipe Giaffone 3 12 2 14 1* 4 13 2* 6 7 3 7 118
5 United States Tony Renna 9 17 17 4 3 3 4 6 4 4 10 3 105
6 Australia Jason Bright 2 2 18 1* 9 Wth 3 14 8 3 16 14 91
7 United States Jeff Simmons 4 7 9 3 15 7 6 3 3 14 11 6 88
8 Mexico Mario Domínguez 10 3 5 6 7 11 11 5 10 6 12 16 67
9 United States Chris Menninga 11 4 6 5 18 9 14 17 13 5 5 9 61
10 United Kingdom Jonny Kane 6* 16 1* 17 17 DNS 10 15 5 9 13 10 52
11 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín 7 8 13 12 16 5 17 10 16 8 6 5 48
12 United States Geoff Boss 8 11 11 9 6 12 8 11 12 12 4 DNS 43
13 Mexico Luis Díaz 12 10 14 8 12 6 16 12 7 7 15 31
14 Mexico Rudy Junco Jr. 18 9 12 10 13 8 15 9 11 11 17 8 26
15 United States Andy Boss 13 14 10 13 10 15 9 16 9 13 9 12 19
16 Mexico Rolando Quintanilla 14 Wth 16 16 8 17 12 13 17 10 8 11 16
17 United States Todd Snyder 15 15 8 18 5 16 15
18 Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins 13 7 7 14 14 17 12
19 United States Cory Witherill 19 13 15 15 11 14 DNS 13 2
20 Argentina Waldemar Coronas 15 0
21 France Soheil Ayari 16 0
Pos Driver LBH
United States
MIL
United States
DET
United States
POR
United States
MIC
United States
CHI
United States
MDO
United States
VAN
Canada
LAG
United States
GAT
United States
HOU
United States
FON
United States
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)
1 Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

References

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  1. ^ "Standings".