2000 Indy Lights season

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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]

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

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   Soheil Ayari 1
9   Todd Snyder 1–6
10   Rodolfo Lavín All
Conquest Racing 11   Chris Menninga All
21   Felipe Giaffone All
40   Rolando Quintanilla All
Dorricott Racing 1   Townsend Bell All
2   Casey Mears All
3   Jason Bright All
  Derek Higgins 6
Genoa Racing 36   Waldemar Coronas 9
61   Cory Witherill 1–6, 10, 12
Lucas Motorsports 4   Geoff Boss All
5   Andy Boss All
Mexpro Racing 15   Rudy Junco Jr. All
16   Derek Higgins 7–9, 11–12
PacWest Lights 17   Scott Dixon All
18   Tony Renna All
Team KOOL Green 26   Jeff Simmons All
27   Jonny Kane All
Team México Quaker Herdez 7   Mario Domínguez All
78   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   Long Beach Street Circuit   Jonny Kane   Jonny Kane   Jonny Kane   Scott Dixon PacWest Lights
2   Milwaukee Mile   Scott Dixon   Scott Dixon   Scott Dixon   Scott Dixon PacWest Lights
3   The Raceway at Belle Isle Park   Jonny Kane   Jonny Kane   Jonny Kane   Jonny Kane Team KOOL Green
4   Portland International Raceway   Townsend Bell   Scott Dixon   Jason Bright   Jason Bright Dorricott Racing
5   Michigan International Speedway   Felipe Giaffone   Jason Bright   Felipe Giaffone   Felipe Giaffone Conquest Racing
6   Chicago Motor Speedway   Chris Menninga   Scott Dixon   Scott Dixon   Scott Dixon PacWest Lights
7   Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   Jason Bright   Casey Mears   Townsend Bell   Townsend Bell Dorricott Racing
8   Concord Pacific Place   Felipe Giaffone   Scott Dixon   Felipe Giaffone   Scott Dixon PacWest Lights
9   Laguna Seca Raceway   Casey Mears   Scott Dixon   Scott Dixon   Scott Dixon PacWest Lights
10   Gateway International Raceway   Townsend Bell   Townsend Bell   Townsend Bell   Townsend Bell Dorricott Racing
11   George R. Brown Convention Center   Casey Mears   Casey Mears   Casey Mears   Casey Mears Dorricott Racing
12   California Speedway   Felipe Giaffone   Cory Witherill   Scott Dixon   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
 
MIL
 
DET
 
POR
 
MIC
 
CHI
 
MDO
 
VAN
 
LAG
 
GAT
 
HOU
 
FON
 
Points
1   Scott Dixon 1 1* 4 11 14 1* 2 1 1* 15 15 1* 155
2   Townsend Bell 17 6 7 2 4 2 1* 4 18 1* 2 2 146
3   Casey Mears 5 5 3 7 2 10 5 8 2 2 1* 4 141
4   Felipe Giaffone 3 12 2 14 1* 4 13 2* 6 7 3 7 118
5   Tony Renna 9 17 17 4 3 3 4 6 4 4 10 3 105
6   Jason Bright 2 2 18 1* 9 Wth 3 14 8 3 16 14 91
7   Jeff Simmons 4 7 9 3 15 7 6 3 3 14 11 6 88
8   Mario Domínguez 10 3 5 6 7 11 11 5 10 6 12 16 67
9   Chris Menninga 11 4 6 5 18 9 14 17 13 5 5 9 61
10   Jonny Kane 6* 16 1* 17 17 DNS 10 15 5 9 13 10 52
11   Rodolfo Lavín 7 8 13 12 16 5 17 10 16 8 6 5 48
12   Geoff Boss 8 11 11 9 6 12 8 11 12 12 4 DNS 43
13   Luis Díaz 12 10 14 8 12 6 16 12 7 7 15 31
14   Rudy Junco Jr. 18 9 12 10 13 8 15 9 11 11 17 8 26
15   Andy Boss 13 14 10 13 10 15 9 16 9 13 9 12 19
16   Rolando Quintanilla 14 Wth 16 16 8 17 12 13 17 10 8 11 16
17   Todd Snyder 15 15 8 18 5 16 15
18   Derek Higgins 13 7 7 14 14 17 12
19   Cory Witherill 19 13 15 15 11 14 DNS 13 2
20   Waldemar Coronas 15 0
21   Soheil Ayari 16 0
Pos Driver LBH
 
MIL
 
DET
 
POR
 
MIC
 
CHI
 
MDO
 
VAN
 
LAG
 
GAT
 
HOU
 
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)
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".