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

1999 CART season
FedEx Championship Series
Season
Races20
Start dateMarch 21
End dateOctober 31
Awards
Drivers' champion Juan Pablo Montoya
Constructors' Cup Reynard
Manufacturers' Cup Honda
Nations' Cup Brazil
Rookie of the Year Juan Pablo Montoya

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.

With Al Unser Jr. running his final season in the series, 1999 was the last year in which the Al Unser name was on the CART grid. Also, this was the first season without Bobby Rahal on the grid.

Constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1999 CART Championship Series season.[1][2][3]

Team Chassis Engine Tyre No Drivers Races Primary Sponsors
Marlboro Team Penske Penske PC-27B Mercedes IC 108E3 G 2 Al Unser Jr. 1, 4–5, 12, 18–20 Marlboro
Lola B99/00 6–11, 13–17
Penske PC-27B Tarso Marques 2–3
3 5–6, 8
Lola B99/00 9
Gonzalo Rodríguez 13, 17
Penske PC-27B Alex Barron 12, 20
Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 99i Honda HRS F 4 Juan Pablo Montoya All Target
12 Jimmy Vasser All
Walker Racing Reynard 99i Honda HRS G 5 Gil de Ferran All Valvoline
15 Naoki Hattori 1, 13–14, 16–20 Alpine
Memo Gidley 8–11
Newman/Haas Racing Swift 010.c Ford-Cosworth XD F 6 Michael Andretti All Texaco-Havoline
11 Christian Fittipaldi 1–12, 18–20 Big Kmart
Roberto Moreno 13–17
Team Rahal Reynard 99i Ford-Cosworth XD F 7 Max Papis All Miller Lite
8 Bryan Herta All Shell
Hogan Racing Lola B99/00 Mercedes IC 108E3 F 9 Hélio Castroneves All Hogan Motor Leasing
21 Luiz Garcia Jr. 14, 16–17 Tang
Della Penna Motorsports Swift 010.c Toyota RV8D F 10 Richie Hearn 1–5 Budweiser
Reynard 99i 6–20
Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 99i Mercedes IC 108E3 F 16 Shigeaki Hattori 2–3, 6–8, 11, 15, 17 Epson
Gualter Salles 5, 19
PacWest Racing Reynard 99i Mercedes IC 108E3 F 17 Maurício Gugelmin All Hollywood Cigarettes
18 Mark Blundell 1–4, 13–20 Motorola
Roberto Moreno 5–12
Payton/Coyne Racing Lola B99/00 Ford-Cosworth XD F 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. All Herdez
Reynard 99i 34 Dennis Vitolo 1, 6–7, 12, 15, 20 NicoDerm
Gualter Salles 3 Refrigicent
71 Luiz Garcia Jr. 1–3, 5, 8–10 Tang
Dennis Vitolo 11
Memo Gidley 13–14, 16–19 Herdez
Patrick Racing Reynard 99i Ford-Cosworth XD F 40 Adrian Fernández 1–12, 17–20 Tecate Beer
P. J. Jones 14–16
20 1–2 Visteon
Swift 010.c 3–12, 20
Jan Magnussen 13
Reynard 99i 14–19
Team Gordon Swift 010.c Toyota RV8D F 22 Robby Gordon 1–14, 19 Johns Manville
Eagle 997 15–18, 20
Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 99i Toyota RV8D F 24 Scott Pruett All Pioneer
25 Cristiano da Matta All MCI WorldCom
Team KOOL Green Reynard 99i Honda HRS F 26 Raul Boesel 1 KOOL
Paul Tracy 2–20
27 Dario Franchitti All
Forsythe Racing Reynard 99i Mercedes IC 108E3 F 33 Patrick Carpentier All Player's
99 Greg Moore All
Forsythe Championship Racing Honda HRS F 44 Tony Kanaan All McDonald's
All American Racing Eagle 997 Toyota RV8D G 36 Alex Barron 1–7 Castrol
Gualter Salles 8–14
Raul Boesel 15, 20
Andrea Montermini 16–19

Season summary

Schedule
Rnd Date Race Name Circuit Location
1 March 21 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami  O  Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida
2 April 10 Firestone Firehawk 500K  O  Twin Ring Motegi Motegi, Japan
3 April 18 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach  S  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
4 May 2 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix  O  Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania
5 May 15 Telemar Rio 200  O  Autódromo de Jacarepaguá Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6 May 29 Motorola 300  O  Gateway International Raceway Madison, Illinois
7 June 6 Miller Lite 225  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
8 June 20 Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
9 June 27 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland  S  Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
10 July 11 Texaco/Havoline 200  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
11 July 18 Molson Indy Toronto  S  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
12 July 25 U.S. 500  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
13 August 8 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix  S  The Raceway on Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
14 August 15 Miller Lite 200  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
15 August 22 Target Grand Prix of Chicago  O  Chicago Motor Speedway Chicago, Illinois
16 September 5 Molson Indy Vancouver  S  Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia
17 September 12 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey  R  Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California
18 September 26 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston  S  George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas
19 October 17 Honda Indy 300  S  Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Australia
20 October 31 Marlboro 500  O  California Speedway 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 was shortened due to the 2-hour time limit.
– Vancouver was scheduled for 160 miles, but was shortened due to the 2-hour time limit.
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Dedicated road course
 S  Temporary street circuit

Race results
Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Race Winner Race Time Report
Driver Team Chassis Engine
1 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Greg Moore Dario Franchitti Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard Mercedes 1:38:54 Report
2 Firestone Firehawk 500 Gil de Ferran Hélio Castroneves Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Reynard Ford 1:46:01 Report
3 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Tony Kanaan Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 1:45:48 Report
4 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Juan Pablo Montoya Hélio Castroneves Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 1:46:13 Report
5 Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200 Christian Fittipaldi Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 1:36:32 Report
6 Motorola 300 Juan Pablo Montoya Hélio Castroneves Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Swift 010.c Ford 2:25:35 Report
7 Miller Lite 225 Hélio Castroneves Hélio Castroneves Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green Reynard Honda 1:48:49 Report
8 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 Juan Pablo Montoya Michael Andretti Gil de Ferran Walker Racing Reynard Honda 1:47:44 Report
9 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland Juan Pablo Montoya Gil de Ferran Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 2:01:04 Report
10 Texaco/Havoline 200 Michael Andretti Hélio Castroneves Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing Swift 010.c Ford 1:37:00 Report
11 Molson Indy Toronto Gil de Ferran Dario Franchitti Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green Reynard Honda 1:56:27 Report
12 U.S. 500 Jimmy Vasser Jimmy Vasser Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing Reynard Honda 2:41:42 Report
13 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green Reynard Honda 2:02:24 Report
14 Miller Lite 200 Dario Franchitti Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 1:42:08 Report
15 Target Grand Prix of Chicago Max Papis Roberto Moreno Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 1:53:38 Report
16 Molson Indy Vancouver Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 2:01:08 Report
17 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Bryan Herta Tony Kanaan Bryan Herta Team Rahal Reynard Ford 1:49:20 Report
18 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green Reynard Honda 1:55:31 Report
19 Honda Indy 300 Dario Franchitti Max Papis Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green Reynard Honda 1:58:40 Report
20 Marlboro 500 Scott Pruett Christian Fittipaldi Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Reynard Ford 2:57:17 Report
NC Hawaiian Super Prix Event cancelled
  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 Rodríguez †  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)
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 Rodríguez 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 28 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 Wins
1 Reynard 99I/98I 424 18
2 Swift 010.c 241 2
3 Lola T9900 69 0
4 Eagle 997 13 0
5 Penske PC-27B-99 10 0

Engine Manufacturer's Cup
Pos Engine Pts Wins
1 Honda 383 14
2 Ford XB 301 5
3 Mercedes 193 1
4 Toyota 80 0

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 Rodríguez 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

See also

References
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  2. https://us.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-mercedes-benz-to-run-ic108e-phase-iii-engine/1737671/
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  • Åberg, Andreas. "CART FedEx Champ Car World Series 1999". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  • "1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
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