2000 Indy Lights season

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.

2000 Indy Lights season
Dayton Indy Lights Championship
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 16
End date	October 29
Awards
Drivers' champion	Scott Dixon

Team and driver chart

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

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

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

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.

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

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.