1999 Atlantic Championship

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1999 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 17th
End dateSeptember 26th
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Anthony Lazzaro
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The 1999 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 12 rounds. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Anthony Lazzaro driving for PPI Motorsports. 19 different teams and 44 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Swift chassis and Toyota engines. This season also saw a C2-class running older Ralt chassis and Toyota engines. In C2-class seven different drivers competed, but none of them for the whole season.

Calendar[]

Rnd Track Location Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winning Driver Pole Position Most Laps Lead Fastest Lap
1 Long Beach California April 17, 1999 37 2.9353632=108.6084384 km 0'55:00.743 118.455 km/h Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani Nicolas Rondet
2 Nazareth Pennsylvania May 1, 1999 60 1.5223978=91.343868 km 0'30:28.459 179.844 km/h Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro
3 Madison Illinois May 29, 1999 50 2.011625=100.58125 km 0'32:53.296 183.496 km/h Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro
4 Milwaukee Wisconsin June 5, 1999 60 1.6607976=99.647856 km 0'44:32.396 134.236 km/h Lee Bentham Anthony Lazzaro Lee Bentham
5 Montréal  Canada June 12, 1999 27 4.4207471=119.3601717 km 0'44:15.779 161.797 km/h Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani Buddy Rice
6 Elkhart Lake Wisconsin July 11, 1999 17 6.4372=109.4324 km 0'35:37.944 184.269 km/h Alexandre Tagliani Buddy Rice
7 Trois-Rivières  Canada August 1, 1999 45 2.4477453=110.1485385 km 0'53:56.942 122.503 km/h Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro
8 Lexington Ohio August 8, 1999 30 3.6337994=109.013982 km 0'40:13.032 162.638 km/h Anthony Lazzaro
9 Cicero Illinois August 21, 1999 60 1.6559697=99.358182 km 0'32:37.958 182.685 km/h Sam Hornish, Jr. Sam Hornish, Jr.
10 Vancouver  Canada September 5, 1999 33 2.8661633=94.5833889 km 0'57:35.599 98.536 km/h Will Langhorne Alexandre Tagliani Will Langhorne Alexandre Tagliani
11 Monterey California September 11, 1999 30 3.6016134=108.048402 km 0'43:34.707 148.764 km/h Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro
12 Houston Texas September 26, 1999 43 2.4574011=105.6682473 km 0'57:57.000 109.406 km/h Buddy Rice Anthony Lazzaro Buddy Rice

Final points standings[]

Driver[]

Main championship[]

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 point for 12th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were not able to score points in the main class.

Place Name Country Team Total Points United States United States United States United States Canada United States Canada United States United States Canada United States United States
1 Anthony Lazzaro  United States PPI Motorsports 197 16 22 22 11 14 12 22 15 16 8 22 17
2  Canada Shank Racing 150 1 16 4 16 12 10 16 21 14 16 12 12
3  Canada PPI Motorsports 121 - 14 6 - - 21 10 12 10 14 14 20
4 Alexandre Tagliani  Canada Forsythe Racing 118 21 - 14 - 22 15 12 16 5 3 - 10
5 Buddy Rice  United States 113 12 8 8 14 16 16 - - 10 12 16 1
6 Lee Bentham  Canada Forsythe Racing 71 14 4 - 21 5 5 - - 12 - 10 -
7 Sam Hornish, Jr.  United States Shank Racing 67 5 - 12 5 1 4 - 6 20 3 8 3
8 Will Langhorne  United States 60 4 - - - - 3 8 10 - 21 - 14
9  Canada Forsythe Racing 58 - 12 16 3 8 6 - 4 4 - -
5
10  Canada 49 6 10 1 6 3 - 5 5 - 10 3 -
11 Nicolas Rondet  France 40 - 6 10 12 - - 14 -2 - - - -
12 Alex Gurney  United States P-1 Racing 38 - 5 2 - 10 - 6 1 - - 6 8
Mike Conte  United States 38 - 3 5 8 4 - - 3 1 5 5 4
14 Rocky Moran, Jr.  United States 18 - - - - - - - 8 6 4 - -
15 David Besnard  Australia Hylton Motorsports 16 8 2 - - 6 - - - - - - -
 Japan Shank Racing 16 3 - - - 2 1 4 - 2 - 4 -
17  Canada 11 - - 3 1 - 2 - - 3 - 2 -
18 Elton Julian  United States 10 10 - - - - - - - - - - -
19 Tony Ave  United States 9 - 1 - - - 8 - - - - - -
Jean-François Dumoulin  Canada 9 - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - -
21  Italy 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 6
 United States 6 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - 2
23  India 4 - - - 4 - - - - - - - -
 United States 4 - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - -
25  Argentina 3 - - - - - - - 2 - - 1 -
26 John Brooks  United States 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - -
 United States 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1

Note:

Race 8 Nicolas Rondet had 2 points deduction due to taking unjustifiable risk.

C2-Class championship[]

Points system see above. But additional points only awarded for the fastest qualifier. No additional point awarded to the driver leading the most laps.

Place Name Country Team Total Points United States United States United States United States Canada United States Canada United States United States Canada United States United States
1  United States 109 14 - - - 12 14 21 - - 16 12 20
2  Canada Empire Racing 80 - - - - 16 16 16 - - 15 16 1
3 Joe Sposato  United States 63 - - - - 21 21 - - - - 21 -
4  United States 56 12 - - - 11
12 - 21 - - - -
5  United States 34 - - - - - - - - - 20 14 -
6  United States 30 16 - - - 14 - - - - - - -
7 Romeo Kapudija  United States 21 21 - - - - - - - - - - -

Note:

No more competitors in C2-class. Four races without a single entry.

Complete overview[]

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R22=retired, but classified NS=did not start

Place Name Country Team United States United States United States United States Canada United States Canada United States United States Canada United States United States
1 Anthony Lazzaro  United States PPI Motorsports 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 3 4 4 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 6 1 1 2 2
2  Canada Shank Racing 1 18 6 2 10 9 3 2 5 4 10 5 3 2 1 1 5 3 4 2 11 4 5 4
3  Canada PPI Motorsports 4 R22 4 3 2 7 4 R19 4 15 2 1 8 5 2 4 1 6 8 3 3 3 3 1
4 Alexandre Tagliani  Canada Forsythe Racing 2 1 2 R16 3 3 2 R18 1 1 1 3 2 4 5 2 9 8 1 11 2 R23 6 5
5 Buddy Rice  United States 5 4 8 6 4 6 10 3 6 2 3 2 4 R21 7 R16 7 5 2 4 5 2 1 16
6 Lee Bentham  Canada Forsythe Racing 6 3 13 9 - - 8 1 14 8 6 8 5 R25 6 18 10 4 7 R24 10 5 10 13
7 Sam Hornish, Jr.  United States Shank Racing 13 8 5 R18 7 4 7 8 17 12 13 9 13 R19 10 7 2 1 15 10 6 6 13 10
8 Will Langhorne  United States 16 9 - - - - - - 3 R22 9 10 6 6 11 5 - - 5 1 4 R25 4 3
9  Canada Forsythe Racing 14 17 3 4 6 2 6 10 9 6 8 7 15 R24 12 9 13 9 9 21 - -
9 8
10  Canada 12 7 7 5 11 12 16 7 16 10 14 R27 14 8 13 8 16 R17 10 5 16 10 14 R20
11 Nicolas Rondet  France 7 R21 11 7 5 5 5 4 8 R26 5 R25 7 3 4 R25 - - - - 9 17 8 R23
12 Alex Gurney  United States Team Green 8 R25 9 8 8 11 11 R13 11 5 11 R26 11 7 8 12 6 13 6 R17 8 7 7 6
Mike Conte  United States 15 R24 15 10 16 8 9 6 12 9 15 14 9 17 17 10 15 12 13 8 14 8 15 9
14 Rocky Moran, Jr.  United States - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 R18 9 6 4 7 19 9 7 R21 17 R18
15 David Besnard  Australia Hylton Motorsports 9 6 19 11 - - - - 7 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Japan Shank Racing 17 10 14 15 9 R14 14 15 29 11 16 12 17 9 14 15 8 11 17 R20 12 9 18 R21
17  Canada 11 19 17 14 12 10 12 R12 15 18 12 11 10 13 15 13 12 10 12 16 15 11 16 R17
18 Elton Julian  United States 10 5 - - - - - - 10 R29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 Tony Ave  United States - - 12 12 - - - - - - 7 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jean-François Dumoulin  Canada - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 10 20 17 - - 14 7 23 15 - -
21  Italy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 7
 United States 18 12 18 R19 13 R16 15 R17 18 23 19 13 16 11 18 R22 11 R15 20 R18 21 R20 22 11
23  India 27 R28 - - - - 17 9 26 R27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 United States 25 20 - - - - 18 11 27 20 27 22 23 12 24 R23 17 R16 25 13 - - 27 R26
25  Argentina - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 11 - - 11 R23 17 13 11 R22
26 John Brooks  United States 24 14 16 R17 15 13 19 R16 21 16 22 19 25 R22 - - - - - - - - 24 R24
 United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 19 24 19 21 12
- Dave Cutler  United States 23 R26 10 13 14 R15 13 R14 24 21 20 18 - - - - - -
22 14 18 R22
25 14
-  Canada - - - - - - - - 19 R28 17 16 19 14 19 19 - - - - 20 14 - -
- Matt Sielsky  United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 14 14 R14 - - - - - -
-  United States - - - - - - - - 20 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Eric Jensen  Canada Jensen Motorsports 22 15 - - - - - - 23 17 - - 24 16 - - - - - - - - - -
-  United States Hylton Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - 18 15 20 R23 16 R24 - - 16 R25 13 R26 19 R25
-  Brazil 20 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-  United States Hylton Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 R19
-  United States - - - - - - - - - - 25 23 - - 23 21 - - - - - - - -
- Gary Peterson  United States 29 R27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
C2-Class United States United States United States United States Canada United States Canada United States United States Canada United States United States
1  United States 26 R23 - - - - - - 25 R25 23 21 21 15 - - - - 23 15 22 R24 26 15
2  Canada Empire Racing - - - - - - - - 30 19 24 20 22 R20 - - - - 18 R22 25 16 20 NS
3 Joe Sposato  United States - - - - - - - - 13 13 21 17 - - - - - - - - 19 12 - -
4  United States 28 R29 - - - - - - 28 R30
26 24 - - 22 20 - - - - - - - -
5  United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 12 26 18 - -
6  United States 21 13 - - - - - - 22 R24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 Romeo Kapudija  United States 19 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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