La Temporada de 1999 de la IRL (Pep Boys Indy Racing League),la temporada de 1999 fue quizás de momento, la temporada más competitiva finalizando el milenio, y por la paridad de fin de año. Equipo de Menard tuvo una temporada muy buena con su conductor Greg Ray, capturando tres victorias en fila y el campeonato de la serie. Este fue el último año antes de CART y sus equipos comenzaran a romper filas y comenzaran algunos de estos a ir a la IRL y otros permaneciesen en CART.
Calendario
Rd. | Fecha | Nombre oficial | Circuito | Ciudad |
1 | 24 de enero | TransWorld Diversified Services Indy 200 | Walt Disney World Speedway | Bay Lake, Florida |
2 | 28 de marzo | MCI WorldCom 200 | Phoenix International Raceway | Avondale, Arizona |
3 | 1 de mayo | VisionAire 500K | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Concord, Carolina del Norte |
4 | 30 de mayo | Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana |
5 | 12 de junio | Longhorn 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth, Texas |
6 | 27 de junio | Radisson 200 | Pikes Peak International Raceway | Fountain, Colorado |
7 | 17 de julio | Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Hampton, Georgia |
8 | 1 de agosto | MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200 | Dover International Speedway | Dover, Delaware |
9 | 29 de agosto | Colorado Indy 200 | Pikes Peak International Raceway | Fountain, Colorado |
10 | 26 de septiembre | Vegas.com 500 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Las Vegas, Nevada |
11 | 17 de octubre | Mall.com 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth, Texas |
Resultados
Clasificaciones
Campeonato de Pilotos
Pos. | Piloto | WDW | PHX | CLT | INDY | TXS | PIK | ATL | DOV | PIK | LSV | TXS | Puntos | 1 | Greg Ray | 21 | 21 | C | 21 | 2* | 1* | 23 | 1 | 1* | 21 | 3 | 293 | 2 | Kenny Bräck | 22 | 24 | C | 1* | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2* | 16 | 256 | 3 | Mark Dismore | 6 | 7 | C | 16 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 15* | 3 | 20 | 1 | 240 | 4 | Davey Hamilton | 8 | 27 | C | 11 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 237 | 5 | Sam Schmidt | 27 | 9 | C | 30 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 233 | 6 | Buddy Lazier | 10 | 18 | C | 7 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 224 | 7 | Eddie Cheever | 1 | 17 | C | 18 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 222 | 8 | Scott Sharp | 4* | 8 | C | 28 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 220 | 9 | Scott Goodyear | 2 | 1* | C | 27 | 1 | 12 | 16* | 17 | 21 | 25 | 23* | 217 | 10 | Robby Unser | 15 | 26 | C | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 209 | 11 | Jeff Ward | 3 | 2 | C | 2 | 18 | 9 | 26 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 21 | 206 | 12 | Billy Boat | 9 | 4 | C | 3 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 204 | 13 | Buzz Calkins | 17 | 14 | C | 19 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 201 | 14 | Scott Harrington RY | 25 | 5 | C | DNQ | DNS | 19 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 165 | 15 | Stéphan Grégoire | 16 | 10 | C | DNQ | 4 | 11 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 162 | 16 | Robby McGehee R | | | C | 5 | 19 | Wth | 14 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 156 | 17 | John Hollansworth Jr. R | 19 | 15 | C | 13 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 146 | 18 | Jaques Lazier R | | DNS | | DNQ | 22 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 144 | 19 | Tyce Carlson | 12 | 23 | C | 14 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 139 | 20 | Eliseo Salazar | DNQ | 20 | C | 33 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 137 | 21 | Donnie Beechler | 26 | 11 | C | 29 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 130 | 22 | Robbie Buhl | 20 | 3 | C | 6 | | | | | | 3 | 24 | 114 | 23 | Raul Boesel | 5 | 19 | C | 12 | 23 | 18 | 11 | | | | | 98 | 24 | Jimmy Kite | | | | 24 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 8 | | | 86 | 25 | Steve Knapp | 7 | 25 | DNQ | 26 | 12 | 17 | 27 | | | | | 69 | 26 | Ronnie Johncox R | | | | | 11 | | 25 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 26 | 59 | 27 | Johnny Unser | | | C | 32 | 15 | 13 | 13 | | | 23 | | 57 | 28 | John Paul Jr. | 11 | 22 | C | Wth | | | | | | | 18 | 39 | 29 | Roberto Moreno | | 6 | C | 20 | | | | | | | | 38 | 30 | Roberto Guerrero | 13 | 16 | | 25 | | | | | | | | 36 | 31 | Robby Gordon | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | 32 | 32 | Andy Michner | 18 | 13 | C | DNQ | | | | | | | | 29 | 33 | Tony Stewart | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | 22 | 34 | Hideshi Matsuda | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 20 | 35 | Stan Wattles | 24 | | C | 17 | | | | | | | | 19 | 36 | Marco Greco | | 12 | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 18 | 37 | Brian Tyler | 14 | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 16 | 38 | Jeret Schroeder R | | | | 15 | | | | | | | | 15 | 39 | Dr. Jack Miller | | | | 31 | | | 18 | | | | | 13 | 40 | Bobby Regester R | | | | | | | | | 18 | | | 12 | 41 | Arie Luyendyk | | | | 22 | | | | | | | | 11 | 42 | Doug Didero R | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 10 | 43 | Niclas Jönsson R | | | | | | | | | | 24 | DNS | 9 | 44 | Gualter Salles | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 45 | Wim Eyckmans R | | | | 23 | | | | | | | | 7 | 46 | Sarah Fisher R | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | 5 | 47 | Willy T. Ribbs | | | | | | | | | | 26 | | 4 | 48 | Jason Leffler R | 28 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | – | Mike Borkowski | | | C | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 | – | Nick Firestone | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 | – | Mike Groff | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 | – | Jim Guthrie | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 | – | Lyn St. James | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 | – | Dave Steele | | | | Wth | | | | | | | | 0 | Pos. | Piloto | WDW | PHX | CLT | INDY | TXS | PIK | ATL | DOV | PIK | LSV | TXS | Puntos | | Color | Resultado | Oro | Ganador | Plata | 2.º lugar | Bronce | 3.er lugar | Verde | 4.º y 5.º lugar (top 5) | Celeste | 6.º a 10.º lugar (top 10) | Azul | Finalizó (afuera del top 10) | Violeta | No terminó | Rojo | DNQ - No se clasificó | Marrón | Wth - Retirado | Negro | DSQ - Descalificado | Blanco | DNS - No empezó | C - Carrera cancelada | Estado | Resultado | Negrita | Pole position | Cursiva | Vuelta rápida | L | Lideró al menos una vuelta de la carrera | * | Quien lideró más vueltas en la carrera | RY | Novato del Año | R | Novato | |
Véase también
Referencias
- Datos: Q340048