The 1999
Toyota Atlantic Championship
The Atlantic Championship is a formula race car series with races throughout North America. It has been called Champ Car Atlantics (after its former name), Toyota Atlantics (due to the series' previous history of using Toyota-powered engines) ...
season was contested over 12 rounds. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was
Anthony Lazzaro driving for
PPI Motorsports
PPI Motorsports was a race team which competed in CART, NASCAR and various off-road racing circuits. The team had one of the few remaining single car operations in NASCAR.
Early years
PPI stood for Precision Preparation, Inc., a company founded ...
. 19 different teams and 44 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize
Swift
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chassis and
Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
engines. This season also saw a C2-class running older
Ralt
Ralt was a manufacturer of single-seater racing cars, founded by ex-Jack Brabham associate Ron Tauranac after he sold out his interest in Brabham to Bernie Ecclestone. Ron and his brother had built some specials in Australia in the 1950s under t ...
chassis and
Toyota
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engines. In C2-class seven different drivers competed, but none of them for the whole season.
Calendar
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.
Note:
Race 8
Nicolas Rondet
Nicolas Rondet is a former Barber Dodge Pro Series and Atlantic Championship driver from Melle, Deux-Sèvres, France.
Career history
After he was born in France he grew up in Brazil and started karting. After a short career in karting and single ...
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.
Note:
No more competitors in C2-class. Four races without a single entry.
Complete overview
R22=retired, but classified NS=did not start
See also
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1999 CART season
The 1999 FedEx Championship Series season, the twenty-first in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 20 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 21 and concluding in Fontana, California on October 31. The season was marred ...
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1999 Indy Lights season
The 1999 CART PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. Oriol Servià was the series champion despite not winning a race.
Calendar
Race summaries
Homestead race
Held March 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mario Domínguez ...
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1999 Indy Racing League season
Greg Ray won his first and only Drivers' Championship while Kenny Bräck (pictured) finished second in the championship.
The 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League was highly competitive and parity was the order of the year. Team Menard had a very goo ...
External links
ChampCarStats.com
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Atlantic
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Atlantic Season, 1999
Atlantic Championship seasons
Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...