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

TeamNo.DriversRounds
Abel Motorsports8Canada Parker ThompsonAll
51United States Jacob Abel1–5, 8–16
DEForce Racing6Mexico Moisés de la VaraAll
7United States Kory EndersAll
Exclusive Autosport68Singapore Danial FrostAll
90Russia Nikita LastochkinAll
91United States Parker Locke1–2
United States Phillippe Denes15–16
FatBoy Racing!83United States Charles Finelli1–12, 15–16
98United States Phillippe Denes1–11
BN Racing Jay Howard Driver Development27United Kingdom Matthew Round-Garrido13–16
JDL Racing9United States Jacob Loomis3–4, 6–7
Juncos Racing2United States Sting Ray RobbAll
10Sweden Rasmus LindhAll
Pserra Racing Jay Howard Driver Development11Canada Antonio Serravalle1–11
Pserra Racing RP Motorsport Racing13–16
RP Motorsport Racing5Italy Damiano Fioravanti1–2
Guatemala Ian Rodríguez3–4, 6–11
Russia Artem Petrov12–16
28United States Kyle KirkwoodAll
Turn 3 Motorsport3Canada Antoine Comeau10–16

Schedule

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

Race results

RoundRacePole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace Winner
DriverTeam
1St. Petersburg 1Canada Parker ThompsonCanada Parker ThompsonSweden Rasmus LindhCanada Parker ThompsonAbel Motorsports
2St. Petersburg 2Canada Parker ThompsonUnited States Kyle KirkwoodCanada Parker ThompsonCanada Parker ThompsonAbel Motorsports
3Indianapolis GP 1Sweden Rasmus LindhUnited States Kyle KirkwoodSweden Rasmus LindhSweden Rasmus LindhJuncos Racing
4Indianapolis GP 2Sweden Rasmus LindhUnited States Kyle KirkwoodSweden Rasmus LindhSweden Rasmus LindhJuncos Racing
5Dave Steele ClassicSingapore Danial FrostSingapore Danial FrostSingapore Danial FrostSingapore Danial FrostExclusive Autosport
6Road America 1Canada Parker ThompsonSweden Rasmus LindhUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodRP Motorsport Racing
7Road America 2Sweden Rasmus LindhSweden Rasmus LindhUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodRP Motorsport Racing
8Toronto 1United States Kyle KirkwoodGuatemala Ian RodríguezSingapore Danial FrostSingapore Danial FrostExclusive Autosport
9Toronto 2United States Kyle KirkwoodSweden Rasmus LindhUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodRP Motorsport Racing
10Mid-Ohio 1United States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodRP Motorsport Racing
11Mid-Ohio 2United States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodRP Motorsport Racing
12GatewaySweden Rasmus LindhUnited States Kory EndersUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodRP Motorsport Racing
13Portland 1United States Sting Ray RobbUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodRP Motorsport Racing
14Portland 2United States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodUnited States Kyle KirkwoodRP Motorsport Racing
15Laguna Seca 1United States Sting Ray RobbUnited States Sting Ray RobbUnited States Sting Ray RobbUnited States Kyle KirkwoodRP Motorsport Racing
16Laguna Seca 2Sweden Rasmus LindhSweden Rasmus LindhSweden Rasmus LindhSweden Rasmus LindhJuncos Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th
Points3025221917151413121110987654321
Points (O)4538332926232120181715141211986542
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.
PosDriverSTPIMSLORROATORMOHGMPPORLAGPoints
Pos Driver STP IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH GMP POR LAG Points 1 United States Kyle Kirkwood 14 2 2 13 4 1* 1* 8 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1 14 419 2 Sweden Rasmus Lindh 2* 4 1* 1* 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 2 5 3 3 1* 417 3 Canada Parker Thompson 1 1* 5 5 10 3 3 3 2 11 4 6 3 4 4 2 344 4 United States Sting Ray Robb 3 5 4 2 2 7 10 11 5 5 2 5 8 2 2* 6 323 5 Singapore Danial Frost 4 3 3 3 1* 11 12 1* 4 13 6 4 2 6 6 12 318 6 Russia Nikita Lastochkin 5 7 7 4 11 5 5 10 8 4 7 8 6 9 9 13 237 7 United States Kory Enders 13 10 8 10 6 9 9 7 9 DNS DNS 3 11 10 11 3 211 8 Mexico Moisés de la Vara 6 6 13 6 7 10 11 13 10 10 13 11 9 11 12 4 198 9 United States Jacob Abel 9 11 6 7 5 6 7 12 10 12 7 8 7 5 198 10 Canada Antonio Serravalle 7 13 9 9 12 DNS 8 4 13 7 9 4 7 10 8 188 11 United States Phillippe Denes 8 8 12 8 8 6 7 9 12 6 8 8 7 173 12 United States Charles Finelli 12 DNS 10 14 9 DNS DNS 12 11 8 12 10 13 11 133 13 Guatemala Ian Rodríguez 14 12 2 4 5 6 3 5 132 14 Canada Antoine Comeau 9 11 9 12 13 14 9 76 15 Russia Artem Petrov 7 10 5 5 15 72 16 United States Jacob Loomis 11 11 8 6 48 17 United Kingdom Matthew Round-Garrido 13 12 15 10 34 18 Italy Damiano Fioravanti 11 9 22 19 United States Parker Locke 10 12 20Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap (1 point) * Led most race laps (1 point) Not awarded if more than one driver leads most laps Rookie
1United States Kyle Kirkwood14221341*1*81*1*1*1*1*1*114419
2Sweden Rasmus Lindh2*41*1*342232325331*417
3Canada Parker Thompson11*5510333211463442344
4United States Sting Ray Robb35422710115525822*6323
5Singapore Danial Frost43331*11121*4136426612318
6Russia Nikita Lastochkin5774115510847869913237
7United States Kory Enders131081069979DNSDNS31110113211
8Mexico Moisés de la Vara66136710111310101311911124198
9United States Jacob Abel911675671210127875198
10Canada Antonio Serravalle7139912DNS84137947108188
11United States Phillippe Denes881288679126887173
12United States Charles Finelli12DNS10149DNSDNS1211812101311133
13Guatemala Ian Rodríguez1412245635132
14Canada Antoine Comeau9119121314976
15Russia Artem Petrov710551572
16United States Jacob Loomis11118648
17United Kingdom Matthew Round-Garrido1312151034
18Italy Damiano Fioravanti11922
19United States Parker Locke101220
Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished (Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn (Wth)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
BlankDid not participate
In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap (1 point) * Led most race laps (1 point) Not awarded if more than one driver leads most laps Rookie
In-line notation
BoldPole position (1 point)
ItalicsRan fastest race lap (1 point)
*Led most race laps (1 point) Not awarded if more than one driver leads most laps
Rookie

Teams' championship

Scoring system

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th+
Points221815121086421
  • Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
  • Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
PosTeamPoints
1Juncos Racing442
2RP Motorsport Racing362
3Abel Motorsports282
4Exclusive Autosport273
5DEForce Racing116
6Pserra Racing Jay Howard Driver Development105
7FatBoy Racing!73
8Turn 3 Motorsport31
9JDL Racing26
10BN Racing Jay Howard Driver Development16

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