1999 CART season

1999 CART season
1999 CART season
FedEx Championship Series
Season
Races	20
Start date	March 21
End date	October 31
Awards
Drivers' champion	Juan Pablo Montoya
Constructors' Cup	Reynard
Manufacturers' Cup	Honda
Nations' Cup	Brazil
Rookie of the Year	Juan Pablo Montoya
	← 1998 2000 →

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 by the deaths of Gonzalo Rodríguez and Greg Moore, in addition to countless injuries that took several drivers out of championship contention.

Juan Pablo Montoya, in his first season at CART after two successful seasons in Formula 3000, won the championship in his first season, as well as Rookie of the Year honors, the second and final driver to win both awards in the same season, after Nigel Mansell in 1993. The season ended in a tie, with Montoya and Dario Franchitti both having 212 championship points, though Montoya broke the tie-breaker due to having seven wins, over Franchitti's three.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1999 CART Championship Series season.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Drivers	Races	Primary Sponsors
Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC27B	Mercedes	G	2	Tarso Marques	2-3	Marlboro
	Penske PC27B				Al Unser, Jr.	1, 4-5, 12, 18-20
	Lola B99/00				Al Unser, Jr.	6-11, 13-17
Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 99i	Honda	F	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	All	Target
Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 99i	Honda	F	12	Jimmy Vasser	All	Target
Walker Racing	Reynard 99i	Honda	G	5	Gil de Ferran	All	Valvoline
Newman/Haas Racing	Swift 010.c	Ford XD	F	6	Michael Andretti	All	Texaco-Havoline
				11	Christian Fittipaldi	1-12, 18-20	Big Kmart
				11	Roberto Moreno	13-17	Big Kmart
Team Rahal	Reynard 99i	Ford XD	F	7	Max Papis	All	Miller Lite
Team Rahal	Reynard 99i	Ford XD	F	8	Bryan Herta	All	Shell
Hogan Racing	Lola B99/00	Mercedes	F	9	Hélio Castroneves	All	Hogan Motor Leasing
Della Penna Motorsports	Swift 010.c	Toyota	F	10	Richie Hearn	1-5	Budweiser
Della Penna Motorsports	Reynard 99i	Toyota	F	10	Richie Hearn	6-20	Budweiser
PacWest Racing	Reynard 99i	Mercedes	F	17	Maurício Gugelmin	All	Hollywood Cigarettes
				18	Mark Blundell	1-4, 13-20	Motorola
				18	Roberto Moreno	5-12	Motorola
Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola B99/00	Ford XD	F	19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	All	Herdez
	Reynard 99i			34	Dennis Vitolo	1, 6-7, 12, 15, 20	NicoDerm
				34	Gualter Salles	3	Refrigicent
				71	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	1-3, 5, 8-10	Tang
					Dennis Vitolo	11	Tang
					Memo Gidley	13-14, 16-19	Herdez
Patrick Racing	Reynard 99i	Ford XD	F	40	Adrian Fernández	1-12, 17-20	Tecate Beer
				40	P. J. Jones	14-16	Tecate Beer
				20		1-2	Visteon
	Swift 010.c					3-12, 20
	Swift 010.c				Jan Magnussen	13
	Reynard 99i				Jan Magnussen	14-19
Team Gordon	Swift 010.c	Toyota	F	22	Robby Gordon	1-14, 19	Johns Manville
Team Gordon	Eagle 997	Toyota	F	22	Robby Gordon	15-18, 20	Johns Manville
Arciero-Wells Racing	Reynard 99i	Toyota	F	24	Scott Pruett	All	Pioneer
Arciero-Wells Racing	Reynard 99i	Toyota	F	25	Cristiano da Matta	All	MCI WorldCom
Team KOOL Green	Reynard 99i	Honda	F	26	Raul Boesel	1	KOOL
				26	Paul Tracy	2-20
				27	Dario Franchitti	All
Forsythe Racing	Reynard 99i	Mercedes	F	33	Patrick Carpentier	All	Player's
		Mercedes		99	Greg Moore	All	Player's
		Honda		44	Tony Kanaan	All	McDonald's
All American Racing	Eagle 997	Toyota	G	36	Alex Barron	1-7	Castrol
					Gualter Salles	8-14
					Raul Boesel	15, 20
					Andrea Montermini	16-19
Part Time Entries
Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC27B	Mercedes	G	3	Alex Barron	12, 20	Marlboro
	Penske PC27B				Tarso Marques	5-6, 8
	Lola B99/00				Tarso Marques	9
	Lola B99/00				Gonzalo Rodríguez	13, 17
Walker Racing	Reynard 99i	Honda	G	15	Naoki Hattori	1, 13-14, 16-20	Alpine
Walker Racing	Reynard 99i	Honda	G	15	Memo Gidley	8-11	Alpine
Bettenhausen Racing	Reynard 99i	Mercedes	F	16	Shigeaki Hattori	2-3, 6-8, 11, 15, 17	Epson
Bettenhausen Racing	Reynard 99i	Mercedes	F	16	Gualter Salles	5, 19	Epson
Hogan Racing	Lola B99/00	Mercedes	F	21	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	14, 16-17	Tang

Schedule

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Circuit	Location
1	March 21	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami	Homestead-Miami Speedway (O)	Homestead, Florida
2	April 10	Firestone Firehawk 500K	Twin Ring Motegi (O)	Motegi, Japan
3	April 18	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach (S)	Long Beach, California
4	May 2	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway (O)	Nazareth, Pennsylvania
5	May 15	Telemar Rio 200	Autódromo de Jacarepaguá (O)	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6	May 29	Motorola 300	Gateway International Raceway (O)	Madison, Illinois
7	June 6	Miller Lite 225	Milwaukee Mile (O)	West Allis, Wisconsin
8	June 20	Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200	Portland International Raceway (R)	Portland, Oregon
9	June 27	Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (S)	Cleveland, Ohio
10	July 11	Texaco/Havoline 200	Road America (R)	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
11	July 18	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place (S)	Toronto, Ontario
12	July 25	U.S 500	Michigan International Speedway (O)	Brooklyn, Michigan
13	August 8	Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix	The Raceway on Belle Isle Park (S)	Detroit, Michigan
14	August 15	Miller Lite 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (R)	Lexington, Ohio
15	August 22	Target Grand Prix of Chicago	Chicago Motor Speedway (O)	Chicago, Illinois
16	September 5	Molson Indy Vancouver	Streets of Vancouver (S)	Vancouver, British Columbia
17	September 12	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey	Laguna Seca Raceway (R)	Monterey, California
18	September 26	Texaco Grand Prix of Houston	Streets of Houston (S)	Houston, Texas
19	October 17	Honda Indy 300	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit (S)	Surfers Paradise, Australia
20	October 31	Marlboro 500	California Speedway (O)	Fontana, California

- Cleveland was scheduled for 211 miles, but was shortened due to the 2-hour time limit.

- Detroit was scheduled for 176 miles, but shortened due to the 2-hour time limit.

- Vancouver was scheduled for 160 miles, but shortened due to the 2-hour time limit.

Season summary

Race results

Rnd	Race Name	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Race time	Report
1	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami	Greg Moore	Dario Franchitti	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	1:38:54	Report
2	Firestone Firehawk 500	Gil de Ferran	Hélio Castroneves	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	1:46:01	Report
3	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Tony Kanaan	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:45:48	Report
4	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya	Hélio Castroneves	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:46:13	Report
5	Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200	Christian Fittipaldi	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:36:32	Report
6	Motorola 300	Juan Pablo Montoya	Hélio Castroneves	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	2:25:35	Report
7	Miller Lite 225	Hélio Castroneves	Hélio Castroneves	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	1:48:49	Report
8	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael Andretti	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	1:47:44	Report
9	Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland	Juan Pablo Montoya	Gil de Ferran	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	2:01:04	Report
10	Texaco/Havoline 200	Michael Andretti	Hélio Castroneves	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	1:37:00	Report
11	Molson Indy Toronto	Gil de Ferran	Dario Franchitti	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	1:56:27	Report
12	U.S. 500	Jimmy Vasser	Jimmy Vasser	Tony Kanaan	Forsythe Racing	2:41:42	Report
13	Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	2:02:24	Report
14	Miller Lite 200	Dario Franchitti	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:42:08	Report
15	Target Grand Prix of Chicago	Max Papis	Roberto Moreno	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:53:38	Report
16	Molson Indy Vancouver	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	2:01:08	Report
17	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey	Bryan Herta	Tony Kanaan	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	1:49:20	Report
18	Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	1:55:31	Report
19	Honda Indy 300	Dario Franchitti	Max Papis	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	1:58:40	Report
20	Marlboro 500	Scott Pruett	Christian Fittipaldi	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	2:57:17	Report
NC	Hawaiian Super Prix	Event cancelled

(R) Dedicated road course, (O) Oval/Speedway, (S) Temporary street circuit

Non-championship race

Final driver standings

Pos	Driver	MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MCH	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN	LAG	HOU	SUR	FON	Pts
1	Juan Pablo Montoya RY	10	13	1	1*	1*	11	10*	2	1*	13*	22	2	17*	1	1*	1*	8	25	16	4	212
2	Dario Franchitti	3	22	2	8	2	3	7	3	25	18	1*	5	1	3*	2	10	25	2	1*	10	212
3	Paul Tracy		11	21	3	15	19	1	5	4	11	2	3	2	2	23	18	4	1*	7	18	161
4	Michael Andretti	2	5	7	6	26	1*	15	10	3	2	26	4	4	8	22	14	10	3	5	21	151
5	Max Papis	5	16	9	13	4	5	13	8	16	5	5	7*	26	5	4	23	3	4	2	2*	150
6	Adrián Fernández	20	1*	4	5	20	21	5	4	19	3	6	6	DNS				5	12	3	1	140
7	Christian Fittipaldi	9	3	5	7	3	9	6	14	12	1	3	8						7	25	3	121
8	Gil de Ferran	6	2	6	15	10	25	3	1*	2	14	19	24	22	6	13	26	6	17	27	9	108
9	Jimmy Vasser	4	12	10	11	27	10	4	12	23	23	8	9	5	4	3	3	18	20	18	5	104
10	Greg Moore †	1*	4	8	12	8	6	2	13	18	4	20	23	3	11	26	20	23	16	17	26²	97
11	Tony Kanaan	21	6	22*	23	5	7	18	15	22	6	17	1	6	23	11	9	21	9	6	8	85
12	Bryan Herta	12	23	3	22	13	23	25	6	6	15	15	20	9	21	8	24	1*	5	4	14	84
13	Patrick Carpentier	7	26	17	14	6	22	9	9	7	22	11	10	23		6	2	9	19	24	25	61
14	Roberto Moreno					11	4	12	7	8	19	4	19	14	16	9	15	2				58
15	Hélio Castroneves	17	9	19	21	25	2	26	26	26	16	27	25	7	7	5	8	26	26	21	20	48
16	Maurício Gugelmin	11	7	14	18	22	18	8	25	21	12	14	22	24	20	19	4	11	6	26	6	44
17	P. J. Jones	13	15	12	2	7	8	20	21	15	17	10	16		15	7	21				12	38
18	Cristiano da Matta R	14	25	20	4	21	17	11	11	20	21	24	17	19	9	14	5	22	11	13	23	32
19	Scott Pruett	22	21	15	10	24	14	17	24	17	25	7	14	8	17	20	13	7	10	9	22	28
20	Robby Gordon	19	8	16	19	14	27	24	17	9	8	13	26	25	10	10	22	19	21	8	11	27
21	Al Unser, Jr.	26			24	12	12	19	16	5	9	9	13	15	25	25	25	Wth	15	22	7	26
22	Richie Hearn	23	10	11	20	19	13	21	22	10	10	16	12	13	12	16	6	16	8	23	27	26
23	Mark Blundell	8	24	13	17									10	13	21	19	12	24	19	16	9
24	Jan Magnussen													18	14	24	7	17	13	11		8
25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	18	18	18	16	16	20	16	20	27	7	21	21	21	26	18	17	20	18	12	13	7
26	Gualter Salles			27		17			27	13	20	25	15	11	18					10		5
27	Alex Barron	15	17	23	9	23	16	14					18								24	4
28	Tarso Marques R		14	25		9	26		18	24												4
29	Memo Gidley R								19	11	26	12		20	22		12	13	14	14		4
30	Dennis Vitolo	16			Wth		24	22				18	11			15					15	2
31	Andrea Montermini																11	24	23	15		2
32	Raul Boesel	27														12					17	1
33	Gonzalo Rodriguez † R													12				DNS¹				1
34	Luiz Garcia, Jr. R	24	19	24		18			23	14	24				24	DNS	16	15	DNS			0
35	Naoki Hattori R	25												16	19		27	14	22	20	19	0
36	Shigeaki Hattori R	DNS	20	26	Wth		15	23	28			23				17		Wth				0
Pos	Driver	MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIC	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN	LAG	HOU	SUR	FON	Pts

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th-6th place
Light Blue	7th-12th place
Dark Blue	Finished (Outside Top 12)
Purple	Did not finish
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*	Led most race laps
RY	Rookie of the Year
R	Rookie

Note:

¹ Gonzalo Rodriguez died in qualifying at Laguna Seca Raceway after his car crashed into a barrier and flipped while trying to navigate the track's corkscrew turn, suffering a fatal basilar skull fracture. He was 27 years old.
² Greg Moore died in the season finale at California Speedway after a crash in the early laps. His car lost control coming off Turn 2, flipped over, impacted the inside wall, and flipped several more times. Greg suffered fatal head and internal injuries from the violent accident. He was 24 years old.

Nation's Cup

Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup.

Pos	Country	MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIC	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN	LAG	HOU	SUR	FON	Pts
1	Brazil	6	2	5	4	3	2	3	1	2	1	3	1	6	6	5	4	2	6	6	3	264
2	United States	2	5	3	2	7	1	4	6	3	2	7	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	4	5	258
3	Canada	1	4	8	3	6	6	1	5	4	4	2	3	2	2	6	2	4	1	7	18	245
4	Scotland	3	22	2	8	2	3	7	3	25	18	1	5	1	3	2	10	25	2	1	10	207
5	Colombia	10	13	1	1	1	11	10	2	1	13	22	2	17	1	1	1	8	25	16	4	197
6	Italy	5	16	9	13	4	5	13	8	16	5	5	7	26	5	4	11	3	4	2	2	149
7	Mexico	18	1	4	5	16	20	5	4	19	3	6	6	21	26	18	17	5	12	3	1	139
8	England	8	24	13	17									10	13	21	19	12	24	19	16	9
9	Denmark													18	14	24	7	17	13	11		8
10	Uruguay													12				DNS				1
11	Japan	25	20	26	Wth		15	23	28			23		16	19	17	27	14	22	20	19	0
Pos	Country	MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIC	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN	LAG	HOU	SUR	FON	Pts

Chassis Constructor's Cup

Pos	Chassis	Pts
1	Reynard 99I/98I	424
2	Swift 010.c	241
3	Lola T9900	69
4	Eagle 997	13
5	Penske PC-27B-99	10
Pos	Chassis	Pts

Engine Manufacturer's Cup

Pos	Engine	Pts
1	Honda	383
2	Ford XB	301
3	Mercedes	193
4	Toyota	80
Pos	Engine	Pts

Driver Breakdown

Pos	Driver	Team	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles	Points
1	Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	20	7	9	10	13	7	212
2	Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	20	3	11	12	16	2	212
3	Tracy	Team KOOL Green	20	2	7	10	11	0	161
4	Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	20	1	5	9	14	1	151
5	Papis	Team Rahal	20	0	3	11	14	1	150
6	Fernandez	Patrick Racing	16	2	4	9	11	0	140
7	Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	15	1	5	6	12	0	121
8	de Ferran	Walker Racing	20	1	4	4	10	2	108
9	Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	20	0	2	7	11	1	104
10	Moore	Forsythe Racing	20	1	3	5	8	1	97
11	Kanaan	Forsythe Racing Team Rahal	20	1	1	2	10	1	85
12	Herta	Team Rahal	20	1	2	4	8	1	84
13	Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	19	0	1	1	9	0	61
14	Moreno	Newman-Haas Racing Patrick Racing PacWest Racing	13	0	1	3	6	0	58
15	Castroneves	Bettenhausen Racing	20	0	1	2	6	1	48
16	Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	20	0	0	1	5	0	44
17	Jones	All American Racing Patrick Racing	16	0	1	4	5	0	38
18	da Matta	Newman-Haas Racing Arciero-Wells Racing PPI Motorsports	20	0	0	2	3	0	32
19	Pruett	Arciero-Wells Racing PPI Motorsports	20	0	0	0	6	1	28
20	Gordon	Team Gordon	20	0	0	0	6	0	27
21	Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	20	0	0	0	5	0	26
21	Unser Jr.	Marlboro Team Penske	17	0	0	1	4	0	26
23	Blundell	PacWest Racing	12	0	0	0	2	0	9
24	Magnussen	Patrick Racing	7	0	0	0	1	0	8
25	Jourdain Jr.	Dale Coyne Racing	20	0	0	0	1	0	7
26	Salles	All American Racing Bettenhausen Racing	10	0	0	0	1	0	5
27	Barron	All American Racing Marlboro Team Penske	9	0	0	0	1	0	4
27	Marques	Marlboro Team Penske	6	0	0	0	1	0	4
27	Gidley	Dale Coyne Racing Bettenhausen Racing Walker Racing	10	0	0	0	0	0	4
30	Vitolo	Dale Coyne Racing	7	0	0	0	0	0	2
30	Montermini	All American Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
32	Boesel	All American Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Rodriguez	Marlboro Team Penske	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	Garcia Jr.	Dale Coyne Racing Hogan Racing	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	N. Hattori	Walker Racing	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	S. Hattori	Bettenhausen Racing	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

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