1999 CART season
1999 CART season | |
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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 |
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 fatal accidents of Gonzalo Rodríguez during practice for the Laguna Seca round and Greg Moore during the Marlboro 500 in Fontana, 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.
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 |
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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 |
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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 | 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 | |||||
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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 | |||
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 | |||
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 |
Final driver standings[]
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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 |
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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 | Wth | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Media[]
In the United States, CART continued its coverage on ESPN, but the broadcast booth changed voices. Paul Page handled lap-by-lap commentary, taking over for Bob Varsha, who had departed for Speed Channel. Newly-retired racer Parker Johnstone joined him with color commentary. During his suspension from the first race of the season, Paul Tracy joined Page and Johnstone in the booth. Jon Beekhuis and Gary Gerould were pit reporters.
See also[]
- 1999 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
- 1999 Indianapolis 500
- 1999 Indy Racing League
- 1999 Indy Lights season
References[]
- 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.
- "Standings after California". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- Champ Car seasons
- 1999 in motorsport
- 1999 in CART