2019 Indy Pro 2000 Championship


The 2019 Indy Pro 2000 championship presented by Cooper Tires was the 21st season in series history. A 16-race schedule was announced on 25 September 2018, featuring five permanent road circuits and two street circuits on the NTT IndyCar Series hosting doubleheaders, and single races at the Dave Steele Classic and World Wide Technology Raceway, a flat intermediate oval. Following the departure of Mazda from the Road to Indy program, it was the first championship run under the new "Indy Pro 2000" name instead of the previous "Pro Mazda Championship."
American Kyle Kirkwood of RP Motorsport won nine of the sixteen races yet still found himself in a close fight for the championship with Swedish driver Rasmus Lindh of Juncos Racing. Lindh won only three times, but fifth or better in every race and only finished off the podium three times. Kirkwood only needed to start the final race to clinch the championship and was knocked out by an incident on the first lap of the final race, leaving the final points margin of victory a scant two points. Canadian Parker Thompson of Abel Motorsports won the opening doubleheader of the season but not again for the rest of the season and finished third in points, well back of Kirkwood and Lindh. Sting Ray Robb captured two poles but was winless and finished fourth in points while Singaporean driver Danial Frost won twice and finished fifth, rounding out the season's winners.
Juncos edged out RP for the Teams' championship by a significant margin despite Lindh losing out on the championship on the back of Robb's strong performance in their second car. RP's second car was piloted by three different drivers who tallied only two podium finishes between them.

Drivers and teams

Schedule

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 9 St. Petersburg 100Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida
2March 10 St. Petersburg 100Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida
3May 10 Grand Prix of IndianapolisIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana
4May 11 Grand Prix of IndianapolisIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana
5May 24 Dave Steele Carb Night ClassicLucas Oil Raceway ovalClermont, Indiana
6June 22 Mazda Grand Prix of Road AmericaRoad AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin
7June 23 Mazda Grand Prix of Road AmericaRoad AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin
8July 13 Grand Prix of TorontoExhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
9July 14 Grand Prix of TorontoExhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
10July 27 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
11July 28 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
12August 24 Cooper Tires Indy Pro 2000 Oval Challenge of St. LouisGateway Motorsports ParkMadison, Illinois
13August 31 Grand Prix of PortlandPortland International RacewayPortland, Oregon
14September 1 Grand Prix of PortlandPortland International RacewayPortland, Oregon
15September 21 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna SecaWeatherTech Raceway Laguna SecaMonterey, California
16September 22 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna SecaWeatherTech Raceway Laguna SecaMonterey, California

Race results

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

;Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Points3025221917151413121110987654321
Points 4538332926232120181715141211986542

;Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th+
Points221815121086421

PosTeamPoints
1Juncos Racing442
2RP Motorsport Racing362
3Abel Motorsports282
4Exclusive Autosport273
5DEForce Racing116
6Pserra Racing
Jay Howard Driver Development
105
7FatBoy Racing!73
8Turn 3 Motorsport31
9JDL Racing26
10BN Racing
Jay Howard Driver Development
16