2000 Indy Lights season

The 2000 Indy Light 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
Races	12
Start date	April 16
End date	October 29
Awards
Drivers' champion	Scott Dixon

Calendar

Race No	Track	State	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Most Leading Laps	Fastest Race Lap
1	Long Beach	California	April 16, 2000	38	3.167=120.350 km	0'57:31.375	125.532 km/h	Scott Dixon	Jonny Kane	Jonny Kane	Jonny Kane
2	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	June 5, 2000	100	1.6607976=166.07976 km	0'53:21.168	186.772 km/h	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon
3	Detroit	Michigan	June 18, 2000	32	3.775=120.813 km	0'51:11.355	161.735 km/h	Jonny Kane	Jonny Kane	Jonny Kane	Jonny Kane
4	Portland	Oregon	June 25, 2000	38	3.169=120.411 km	0'43:54.942	164.512 km/h	Jason Bright	Townsend Bell	Jason Bright	Scott Dixon
5	Brooklyn	Michigan	July 22, 2000	50	3.2186=160.93 km	0'40:51.222	236.351 km/h	Felipe Giaffone	Felipe Giaffone	Felipe Giaffone	Jason Bright
6	Cicero	Illinois	July 30, 2000	97	1.6559697=160.6290609 km	0'49:20.619	195.319 km/h	Scott Dixon	Chris Menninga	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon
7	Lexington	Ohio	August 13, 2000	34	3.6337994=123.5491796 km	0'51:38.571	143.543 km/h	Townsend Bell	Jason Bright	Townsend Bell	Casey Mears
8	Vancouver	British Columbia	September 3, 2000	42	2.8661633=120.3788586 km	0'54:43.618	131.976 km/h	Scott Dixon	Felipe Giaffone	Felipe Giaffone	Scott Dixon
9	Monterey	California	September 10, 2000	34	3.6016134=122.454856 km	0'51:11.041	161.735 km/h	Scott Dixon	Casey Mears	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon
10	Madison	Illinois	September 17, 2000	79	2.011625=160.93 km	0'47:57.839	201.314 km/h	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell
11	Houston	Texas	October 1, 2000	45	2.4574011=110.5830495 km	1'00:01.256	110.544 km/h	Casey Mears	Casey Mears	Casey Mears	Casey Mears
12	Fontana	California	October 29, 2000	50	3.2186=141.6184 km	0'33:08.441	256.395 km/h	Scott Dixon	Felipe Giaffone	Scott Dixon	Cory Witherill

Race summaries

Long Beach race

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Final points standings

Driver

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 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).

Place	Name	Country	Team	Total Points
1	Scott Dixon	New Zealand	PacWest Lights	155	20	22	12	2	-	21	16	20	21	-	-	21
2	Townsend Bell	United States	Dorricott Racing	146	-	8	6	17	12	16	21	12	-	22	16	16
3	Casey Mears	United States	Dorricott Racing	141	10	10	14	6	16	3	10	5	17	16	22	12
4	Felipe Giaffone	Brazil	Conquest Racing	118	14	1	16	-	22	12	-	18	8	6	14	7
5	Tony Renna	United States	PacWest Lights	105	4	-	-	12	14	14	12	8	12	12	3	14
6	Jason Bright	Australia	Dorricott Racing	91	16	16	-	21	4	-	15	-	5	14	-	-
7	Jeff Simmons	United States	Team KOOL Green	88	12	6	4	14	-	6	8	14	14	-	2	8
8	Mario Domínguez	Mexico	Team Mexico Quaker Herdez	67	3	14	10	8	6	2	2	10	3	8	1	-
9	Chris Menninga	United States	Conquest Racing	61	2	12	8	10	-	5	-	-	-	10	10	4
10	Jonny Kane	United Kingdom	Team KOOL Green	52	10	-	22	-	-	-	3	-	10	4	-	3
11	Rodolfo Lavín, Jr.	Mexico	Brian Stewart Racing	48	6	5	-	1	-	10	-	3	-	5	8	10
12	Geoff Boss	United States	Lucas Motorsports	43	5	2	2	4	8	1	5	2	1	1	12	-
13	Luis Díaz	Mexico	Team Mexico Quaker Herdez	31	1	3	-	5	1	8	-	1	6	-	6	-
14	Rudy Junco, Jr.	Mexico	Mexpro Racing	26	-	4	1	3	-	5	-	4	2	2	-	5
15	Andy Boss	United States	Lucas Motorsports	19	-	-	3	-	3	-	4	-	4	-	4	1
16	Rolando Quintanilla	Mexico	Conquest Racing	16	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	-	-	3	5	2
17	Todd Snyder	United States	Brian Stewart Racing	15	-	-	5	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	Derek Higgins	Ireland	Mexpro Racing	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-
19	Cory Witherill	United States	Genoa Racing	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R15=retired, but classified NS=did not start NT=no time set in qualifying

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	Scott Dixon	New Zealand	PacWest Lights	2	1	1	1	4	4	8	11	13	14	2	1	8	2	2	1	2	1	2	R15	6	R15	2	1
2	Townsend Bell	United States	Dorricott Racing	10	R17	8	6	12	7	1	2	9	4	5	2	2	1	5	4	12	R18	1	1	2	2	16	2
3	Casey Mears	United States	Dorricott Racing	6	5	3	5	2	3	7	7	4	2	3	R10	5	5	12	8	1	2	7	2	1	1	3	4
4	Felipe Giaffone	Brazil	Conquest Racing	4	3	10	12	3	2	5	14	1	1	7	4	4	13	1	2	5	6	6	7	7	3	1	7
5	Tony Renna	United States	PacWest Lights	12	9	4	R17	11	R17	4	4	3	3	6	3	7	4	8	6	4	4	8	4	14	10	4	3
6	Jason Bright	Australia	Dorricott Racing	3	2	2	2	5	R18	2	1	5	9	NT	-	1	3	9	14	9	8	4	3	5	R16	10	14
7	Jeff Simmons	United States	Team KOOL Green	5	4	12	7	9	9	6	3	12	15	4	7	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	R14	8	R11	13	6
8	Mario Domínguez	Mexico	Team Mexico Quaker Herdez	7	10	5	3	6	5	11	6	18	7	8	11	10	11	6	5	11	10	13	6	9	R12	18	16
9	Chris Menninga	United States	Conquest Racing	17	11	6	4	7	6	10	5	2	R18	1	R9	13	14	13	R17	8	13	5	5	11	5	9	9
10	Jonny Kane	United Kingdom	Team KOOL Green	1	6	9	R16	1	1	3	R17	7	R17	9	NS	3	10	4	R15	7	5	14	9	4	R13	14	10
11	Rodolfo Lavín, Jr.	Mexico	Brian Stewart Racing	15	7	13	8	16	13	13	12	6	16	10	5	15	R17	15	10	16	16	12	8	13	6	7	5
12	Geoff Boss	United States	Lucas Motorsports	16	8	16	11	15	11	12	9	15	6	17	12	12	8	16	11	13	12	16	12	10	4	15	NS
13	Luis Díaz	Mexico	Team Mexico Quaker Herdez	14	12	15	10	8	14	9	8	17	12	13	6	11	R16	7	12	6	7	-	-	16	7	17	15
14	Rudy Junco, Jr.	Mexico	Mexpro Racing	11	R18	11	9	14	12	16	10	14	13	15	8	17	15	14	9	15	11	10	11	15	R17	8	8
15	Andy Boss	United States	Lucas Motorsports	9	13	17	14	10	10	14	13	11	10	18	15	9	9	10	R16	14	9	15	13	12	R9	11	12
16	Rolando Quintanilla	Mexico	Conquest Racing	18	14	NT	-	17	R16	18	16	10	8	14	R17	16	12	17	13	18	17	11	10	17	R8	6	11
17	Todd Snyder	United States	Brian Stewart Racing	8	R15	12	R15	13	8	15	R18	8	5	12	R16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	Derek Higgins	Ireland	Dorricott Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13
			Mexpro Racing													14	7	11	7	10	14	-	-	3	R14	5	17
19	Cory Witherill	United States	Genoa Racing	19	R19	14	13	18	15	17	15	16	11	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	NS	-	-	12	13
-	Waldemar Coronas	Argentina	Genoa Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Soheil Ayari	France	Brian Stewart Racing	13	R16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

1. https://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/2000/IL