1999 Atlantic Championship

February 2025 1999 Toyota Atlantic Championship KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship 12 April 17th September 26th USA Anthony Lazzaro 1998 2000 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 Kenny Wilden 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 LazzaroDavid Rutledge 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 David Rutledge 5 Montréal 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 Andrew Bordin Alexandre Tagliani Andrew Bordin Buddy Rice 7 Trois-Rivières 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 Kenny Wilden Kenny Wilden Anthony Lazzaro Kenny Wilden 9 Cicero Illinois August 21, 1999 60 1.6559697=99.358182 km 0'32:37.958 182.685 km/h Sam Hornish Jr. Andrew Bordin Andrew Bordin Sam Hornish Jr. 10 Vancouver 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 Andrew Bordin 12 Houston Texas September 26, 1999 43 2.4574011=105.6682473 km 0'57:57.000 109.406 km/h Andrew Bordin 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 USA USA USA USA CAN USA CAN USA USA CAN USA USA 1 Anthony Lazzaro PPI Motorsports 197 16 22 22 11 14 12 22 15 16 8 22 17 2 Kenny Wilden Shank Racing 150 1 16 4 16 12 10 16 21 14 16 12 12 3 Andrew Bordin PPI Motorsports 121 - 14 6 - - 21 10 12 10 14 14 20 4 Alexandre Tagliani Forsythe Racing 118 21 - 14 - 22 15 12 16 5 3 - 10 5 Buddy Rice Lynx Racing 113 12 8 8 14 16 16 - - 10 12 16 1 6 Lee Bentham Forsythe Racing 71 14 4 - 21 5 5 - - 12 - 10 - 7 Sam Hornish Jr. Shank Racing 67 5 - 12 5 1 4 - 6 20 3 8 3 8 Will Langhorne Active Motorsports 60 4 - - - - 3 8 10 - 21 - 14 9 David Rutledge Forsythe Racing 58 - 12 16 3 8 6 - 4 4 - - Binder Racing 5 10 Jean-Francois Veilleux P-1 Racing 49 6 10 1 6 3 - 5 5 - 10 3 - 11 Nicolas Rondet World Speed Motorsports 40 - 6 10 12 - - 14 -2 - - - - 12 Alex Gurney P-1 Racing 38 - 5 2 - 10 - 6 1 - - 6 8 Mike Conte Lynx Racing 38 - 3 5 8 4 - - 3 1 5 5 4 14 Rocky Moran Jr. P-1 Racing 18 - - - - - - - 8 6 4 - - 15 David Besnard Hylton Motorsports 16 8 2 - - 6 - - - - - - - Masaoki Nagashima Shank Racing 16 3 - - - 2 1 4 - 2 - 4 - 17 Cam Binder Binder Racing 11 - - 3 1 - 2 - - 3 - 2 - 18 Elton Julian PDR Enterprises 10 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Tony Ave Olsson Engineering 9 - 1 - - - 8 - - - - - - Jean-François Dumoulin Condor Motorsports 9 - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 21 Rino Mastronardi Condor Motorsports 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 Bob Perona MediaOne Racing 6 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - 2 23 Imran Husain Condor Motorsports 4 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - Tom Wieringa Olsson Engineering 4 - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 25 Mauro Fartuszek Condor Motorsports 3 - - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - 26 John Brooks BBGP Racing 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - Jim Lovett Active Motorsports 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 USA USA USA USA CAN USA CAN USA USA CAN USA USA 1 Bob Siska RJS Motorsport 109 14 - - - 12 14 21 - - 16 12 20 2 Brian Westerlund Empire Racing 80 - - - - 16 16 16 - - 15 16 1 3 Joe Sposato Sposato MotorRacing 63 - - - - 21 21 - - - - 21 - 4 Joe Asturi Sage Motorsport 56 12 - - - 11 Velex Racing 12 - 21 - - - - 5 Tom Jagerman Olsson Engineering 34 - - - - - - - - - 20 14 - 6 Steve Forrer Forrer Racing 30 16 - - - 14 - - - - - - - 7 Romeo Kapudija Olsson Engineering 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 USA USA USA USA CAN USA CAN USA USA CAN USA USA 1 Anthony Lazzaro 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 Kenny Wilden 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 Andrew Bordin 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 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 Lynx Racing 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 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. 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 Active Motorsports 16 9 - - - - - - 3 R22 9 10 6 6 11 5 - - 5 1 4 R25 4 3 9 David Rutledge Forsythe Racing 14 17 3 4 6 2 6 10 9 6 8 7 15 R24 12 9 13 9 9 21 - - Binder Racing 9 8 10 Jean-Francois Veilleux P-1 Racing 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 World Speed Motorsports 7 R21 11 7 5 5 5 4 8 R26 5 R25 7 3 4 R25 - - - - 9 17 8 R23 12 Alex Gurney 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 Lynx Racing 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. P-1 Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 R18 9 6 4 7 19 9 7 R21 17 R18 15 David Besnard Hylton Motorsports 9 6 19 11 - - - - 7 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Masaoki Nagashima 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 Cam Binder Binder Racing 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 PDR Enterprises 10 5 - - - - - - 10 R29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Tony Ave Olsson Engineering - - 12 12 - - - - - - 7 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - Jean-François Dumoulin Condor Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 10 20 17 - - 14 7 23 15 - - 21 Rino Mastronardi Condor Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 7 Bob Perona MediaOne Racing 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 Imran Husain Condor Motorsports 27 R28 - - - - 17 9 26 R27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tom Wieringa Olsson Engineering 25 20 - - - - 18 11 27 20 27 22 23 12 24 R23 17 R16 25 13 - - 27 R26 25 Mauro Fartuszek Condor Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 11 - - 11 R23 17 13 11 R22 26 John Brooks BBGP Racing 24 14 16 R17 15 13 19 R16 21 16 22 19 25 R22 - - - - - - - - 24 R24 Jim Lovett Active Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 19 24 19 21 12 - Dave Cutler P-1 Racing 23 R26 10 13 14 R15 13 R14 24 21 20 18 - - - - - - BBGP Racing 22 14 18 R22 Light House Racing 25 14 - Christophe Beauvais Super-Tec Racing - - - - - - - - 19 R28 17 16 19 14 19 19 - - - - 20 14 - - - Matt Sielsky BBGP Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 14 14 R14 - - - - - - - Sergei Szortkya J&J Racing - - - - - - - - 20 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eric Jensen Jensen Motorsports 22 15 - - - - - - 23 17 - - 24 16 - - - - - - - - - - - Peter MacLeod Hylton Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - 18 15 20 R23 16 R24 - - 16 R25 13 R26 19 R25 - Marcello Gaffoglio Condor Motorsports 20 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Scott Wood Hylton Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 R19 - Stephen Sardelli J&J Racing - - - - - - - - - - 25 23 - - 23 21 - - - - - - - - - Gary Peterson Intercar Motorsport 29 R27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C2-Class USA USA USA USA CAN USA CAN USA USA CAN USA USA 1 Bob Siska RJS Motorsport 26 R23 - - - - - - 25 R25 23 21 21 15 - - - - 23 15 22 R24 26 15 2 Brian Westerlund Empire Racing - - - - - - - - 30 19 24 20 22 R20 - - - - 18 R22 25 16 20 NS 3 Joe Sposato Sposato Motor Racing - - - - - - - - 13 13 21 17 - - - - - - - - 19 12 - - 4 Joe Asturi Sage Motorsport 28 R29 - - - - - - 28 R30 Velex Racing 26 24 - - 22 20 - - - - - - - - 5 Tom Jagerman Olsson Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 12 26 18 - - 6 Steve Forrer Forrer Racing 21 13 - - - - - - 22 R24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Romeo Kapudija Olsson Engineering 19 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - See also 1999 CART season 1999 Indy Lights season 1999 Indy Racing League season External links ChampCarStats.com Atlantic Atlantic Season, 1999 Category:Atlantic Championship seasons Atlantic