The 1999 Indy Racing League consisted of 10 races, held at 8 circuits across the United States of America. Greg Ray won the Drivers’ Championship.
1999 Races
Round | Date | Event | Circuit | Track Type | Winner | Car/Engine | Avg. Speed |
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1 | 24 January 1999 | Delphi Indy 200 | Walt Disney World Speedway | Oval | Eddie Cheever Jr. | Dallara/Oldsmobile | - |
2 | 28 March 1999 | MCI WorldCom Indy 200 | Phoenix Raceway | Oval | Scott Goodyear | G-Force/Oldsmobile | 102.856 |
3 | 30 May 1999 | 83rd Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Oval | Kenny Brack | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 153.176 |
4 | 12 June 1999 | Longhorn 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | Oval | Scott Goodyear | G-Force/Oldsmobile | 151.177 |
5 | 27 June 1999 | Radisson 200 | Pikes Peak International Raceway | Oval | Greg Ray | Dallara/Infiniti | 134.111 |
6 | 17 July 1999 | Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Oval | Scott Sharp | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 141.546 |
7 | 1 August 1999 | MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200 | Dover International Speedway | Oval | Greg Ray | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 114.258 |
8 | 29 August 1999 | Colorado Indy 200 | Pikes Peak International Raceway | Oval | Greg Ray | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 135.45 |
9 | 26 September 1999 | Vegas.com 500 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Oval | Sam Schmidt | G-Force/Oldsmobile | 124.936 |
10 | 17 October 1999 | Mall.com 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | Oval | Mark Dismore | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 135.246 |
1999 Driver Standings
Pos. | Driver | WDW | PHX | IND | TEX | PIK | ATL | DOV | PIK | LAS | TEX | Points |
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1 | Greg Ray | 11 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 55 | 9 | 51 | 55 | 9 | 38 | 293 |
2 | Kenny Brack | 8 | 6 | 52 | 17 | 26 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 43 | 14 | 256 |
3 | Mark Dismore | 28 | 28 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 52 | 240 |
4 | Davey Hamilton | 24 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 40 | 17 | 40 | 237 |
5 | Sam Schmidt | 3 | 22 | 1 | 35 | 40 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 53 | 8 | 233 |
6 | Buddy Lazier | 20 | 12 | 26 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 19 | 20 | 224 |
7 | Eddie Cheever Jr. | 50 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 222 |
8 | Scott Sharp | 37 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 11 | 220 |
9 | Scott Goodyear | 40 | 53 | 3 | 50 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 217 |
10 | Robby Unser | 15 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 209 |
11 | Jeff Ward | 35 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 206 |
12 | Billy Boat | 22 | 32 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 204 |
13 | Buzz Calkins | 13 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 30 | 24 | 15 | 30 | 24 | 201 |
14 | Scott Harrington | 5 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 28 | 165 |
15 | Stephan Gregoire | 14 | 20 | 0 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 162 |
16 | Robby McGehee | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 18 | 156 |
17 | John Hollansworth Jr. | 11 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 30 | 146 |
18 | Jaques Lazier | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 144 |
19 | Tyce Carlson | 18 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 139 |
20 | Eliseo Salazar | 0 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 137 |
21 | Donnie Beechler | 4 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 130 |
22 | Robbie Buhl | 10 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 114 |
23 | Raul Boesel | 31 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
24 | Jimmy Kite | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
25 | Steve Knapp | 26 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
26 | Ronnie Johncox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 59 |
27 | Johnny Unser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 57 |
28 | John Paul Jr. | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 39 |
29 | Roberto Moreno | 0 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
30 | Roberto Guerrero | 17 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
31 | Robby Gordon | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
32 | Andy Michner | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
33 | Tony Stewart | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
34 | Hideshi Matsuda | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
35 | Stan Wattles | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
36 | Marco Greco | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
37 | Brian Tyler | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
38 | Jeret Schroeder | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
39 | Jack Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
40 | Bobby Regester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
41 | Arie Luyendyk | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
42 | Doug Didero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
43 | Niclas Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
44 | Wim Eyckmans | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
45 | Gualter Salles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
46 | Sarah Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
47 | Willy T. Ribbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
48 | Jason Leffler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |