1999 CART season

1999 American Championship Car season
Series : CART
Champion : Juan Pablo Montoya
Previous: 1998	Next: 2000

The 1999 CART 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, in which it was marred by the deaths of Greg Moore and of Gonzalo Rodriguez. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion and Rookie of the Year was Juan Pablo Montoya.

Drivers and constructors[]

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

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Drivers	Races
Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC27B-99 Lola B99/00	Mercedes	G	2	Al Unser, Jr.	1, 4-20
				2	Tarso Marques	2-3
				3	Tarso Marques	5-6, 8-9
					Alex Barron	12, 20
					Gonzalo Rodríguez	13, 17
Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 99i	Honda	F	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	All
Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 99i	Honda	F	12	Jimmy Vasser	All
Walker Racing	Reynard 99i	Honda	G	5	Gil de Ferran	All
				15	Naoki Hattori	1, 13-14, 16-20
				15	Memo Gidley	8-11
Newman/Haas Racing	Swift 010.c	Ford XD	F	6	Michael Andretti	All
				11	Christian Fittipaldi	1-12, 18-20
				11	Roberto Moreno	13-17
Team Rahal	Reynard 99i	Ford XD	F	7	Max Papis	All
Team Rahal	Reynard 99i	Ford XD	F	8	Bryan Herta	All
Hogan Racing	Lola B99/00	Mercedes	F	9	Hélio Castroneves	All
Hogan Racing	Lola B99/00	Mercedes	F	21	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	14, 16-17
Della Penna Motorsports	Swift 010.c Reynard 99i	Toyota	F	10	Richie Hearn	All
Bettenhausen Racing	Reynard 99i	Mercedes	F	16	Shigeaki Hattori	2-3, 6-8, 11, 15, 17
Bettenhausen Racing	Reynard 99i	Mercedes	F	16	Gualter Salles	5, 19
PacWest Racing	Reynard 99i	Mercedes	F	17	Maurício Gugelmin	All
				18	Mark Blundell	1-4, 13-20
				18	Roberto Moreno	5-12
Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola B99/00	Ford XD	F	19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	All
	Reynard 99i			34	Dennis Vitolo	1, 6-7, 12, 15, 20
				34	Gualter Salles	3
				71	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	1-3, 5, 8-10
					Dennis Vitolo	11
					Memo Gidley	13-14, 16-19
Patrick Racing	Reynard 99i Swift 010.c	Ford XD	F	20	P. J. Jones	1-12, 20
				20	Jan Magnussen	13-19
				40	Adrian Fernández	1-12, 17-20
				40	P. J. Jones	14-16
Team Gordon	Reynard 98i Swift 010.c Eagle 997	Toyota	F	22	Robby Gordon	All
Arciero-Wells Racing	Reynard 99i	Toyota	F	24	Scott Pruett	All
Arciero-Wells Racing	Reynard 99i	Toyota	F	25	Cristiano da Matta	All
Team KOOL Green	Reynard 99i	Honda	F	26	Raul Boesel	1
				26	Paul Tracy	2-20
				27	Dario Franchitti	All
Forsythe Racing	Reynard 99i	Mercedes	F	33	Patrick Carpentier	All
		Honda		44	Tony Kanaan	All
		Mercedes		99	Greg Moore	All
All American Racing	Eagle 997	Toyota	G	36	Alex Barron	1-7
					Gualter Salles	8-14
					Raul Boesel	15, 20
					Andrea Montermini	16-19

Results[]

Races[]

Rnd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	March 21	Greg Moore	Dario Franchitti	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	Report
2	Firestone Firehawk 500K	Twin Ring Motegi	Motegi, Japan	April 9	Gil de Ferran	Hélio Castroneves	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	Report
3	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 18	Tony Kanaan	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
4	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	May 2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Hélio Castroneves	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
5	Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200	Autódromo de Jacarepaguá	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	May 15	Christian Fittipaldi	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
6	Motorola 300	Gateway International Raceway	Madison, Illinois	May 29	Juan Pablo Montoya	Hélio Castroneves	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
7	Miller Lite 225	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 6	Hélio Castroneves	Hélio Castroneves	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	Report
8	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	June 20	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael Andretti	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	Report
9	Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	June 27	Juan Pablo Montoya	Gil de Ferran	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
10	Texaco/Havoline 200	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	July 11	Michael Andretti	Hélio Castroneves	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
11	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	July 18	Gil de Ferran	Dario Franchitti	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	Report
12	U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	July 25	Jimmy Vasser	Jimmy Vasser	Tony Kanaan	Forsythe Racing	Report
13	ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix	The Raceway on Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	August 8	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	Report
14	Miller Lite 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 15	Dario Franchitti	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
15	Target Grand Prix of Chicago	Chicago Motor Speedway	Chicago, Illinois	August 22	Max Papis	Roberto Moreno	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
16	Molson Indy Vancouver	Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia	September 5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
17	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	September 12	Bryan Herta	Tony Kanaan	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	Report
18	Texaco Grand Prix of Houston	Streets of Houston	Houston, Texas	September 26	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	Report
19	Honda Indy 300	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia	October 17	Dario Franchitti	Max Papis	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	Report
20	Marlboro 500 presented by Toyota	California Speedway	Fontana, California	October 31	Scott Pruett	Christian Fittipaldi	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	Report
NC	Hawaiian Super Prix	Kalaeloa Airport	Kalaeloa, Hawaii	November 13	Event cancelled

Oval/Speedway

Road Course/Street Circuit

Non-championship race

Full Series Results[]

Final driver standings[]

Pos	Driver	MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIC	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN	LAG	HOU	SUR	FON	Pts
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	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	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		14	25		9	26		18	24												4
29	Memo Gidley								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													12				DNS¹				1
34	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	24	19	24		18			23	14	24				24	DNS	16	15	DNS			0
35	Naoki Hattori	25												16	19		27	14	22	20	19	0
36	Shigeaki Hattori	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 & 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 (DNP)
Blank	Not competing

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

Point Scoring System:

Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Bonus Points:

1 For Pole Position
1 For Leading The Most Laps Of The Race

Notes[]

¹ Gonzalo Rodriguez died in qualifying at Laguna Seca Raceway after his car flipped while trying to navigate the corkscrew. He was 27 years old.
² Greg Moore died in the season finale at California Speedway after an early crash. His car flipped over several times after a collision with the inside wall on the back straight. 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-28	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 5's	Top 10's	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	Dale Coyne Racing	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	S. Hattori	Bettenhausen Racing	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

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