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1999 CART FedEx Championship Series

Sports season

The 1999 FedEx Championship Series season was the twenty-first in the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) era of American open-wheel car racing. It 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 at the final round, in addition to various injuries that took several drivers out of championship contention.

Juan Pablo Montoya, in his first CART season after two successful seasons in International Formula 3000, won the championship and the 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. Mercedes-Benz scored their final pole and victory with Greg Moore at the season opener before they ended their participation in American open-wheel racing at the end of 2000.

Constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1999 CART Championship Series season. For the first time since 1987, Team Penske returned to chassis customer after the series of uncompetitiveness by switch to Lola B99/00 chassis despite partial races.

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

Schedule

Icon	Legend
	Oval/Speedway
	Road course
	Street circuit

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

Results

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race Winner	Race Time	Report	Driver	Team
United States Homestead	Canada Greg Moore	UK Dario Franchitti	Canada Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	Reynard	Mercedes	1:38:54	[Report](1999-marlboro-grand-prix-of-miami)
Japan Motegi	Brazil Gil de Ferran	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Mexico Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	1:46:01	[Report](1999-firestone-firehawk-500k)
United States Long Beach	Brazil Tony Kanaan	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	1:45:48	[Report](1999-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach)
United States Nazareth	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	1:46:13	[Report](1999-bosch-spark-plug-grand-prix)
Brazil Rio	Brazil Christian Fittipaldi	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	1:36:32	[Report](1999-grand-prix-telemar-rio-200)
United States Gateway	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	US Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift 010.c	Ford	2:25:35	[Report](1999-motorola-300)
United States Milwaukee	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Canada Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	Reynard	Honda	1:48:49	[Report](1999-miller-lite-225)
United States Portland	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	US Michael Andretti	Brazil Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	Reynard	Honda	1:47:44	[Report](1999-budweiser-g-i-joe-s-200)
US Cleveland	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Brazil Gil de Ferran	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	2:01:04	[Report](1999-medic-drug-grand-prix-of-cleveland)
US Road America	US Michael Andretti	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Brazil Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift 010.c	Ford	1:37:00	[Report](1999-texaco-havoline-200)
Canada Toronto	Brazil Gil de Ferran	UK Dario Franchitti	UK Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	Reynard	Honda	1:56:27	[Report](1999-molson-indy-toronto)
US U.S. 500	United States Jimmy Vasser	United States Jimmy Vasser	Brazil Tony Kanaan	Forsythe Racing	Reynard	Honda	2:41:42	[Report](1999-u-s-500-presented-by-toyota)
United States Belle Isle	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	UK Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	Reynard	Honda	2:02:24	[Report](1999-itt-automotive-detroit-grand-prix)
US Mid-Ohio	UK Dario Franchitti	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	1:42:08	[Report](1999-miller-lite-200)
US Chicago	Italy Max Papis	Brazil Roberto Moreno	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	1:53:38	[Report](1999-target-grand-prix-of-chicago)
Canada Vancouver	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	2:01:08	[Report](1999-molson-indy-vancouver)
US Laguna Seca	United States Bryan Herta	Brazil Tony Kanaan	United States Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	Reynard	Ford	1:49:20	[Report](1999-honda-grand-prix-of-monterey)
US Houston	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Canada Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	Reynard	Honda	1:55:31	[Report](1999-texaco-grand-prix-of-houston)
Australia Surfers Paradise	UK Dario Franchitti	Italy Max Papis	UK Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	Reynard	Honda	1:58:40	[Report](1999-honda-indy-300)
US Fontana	United States Scott Pruett	Brazil Christian Fittipaldi	Mexico Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	2:57:17	[Report](1999-marlboro-500)
NC	US Hawaiian Super Prix	Event cancelled

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top twelve classified drivers in every race, using the following system:

Positions	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	[Source](https://www.champcarstats.com/points.htm)

Final driver standings

Pos	Driver	[HOM](1999-marlboro-grand-prix-of-miami) US	[MOT](1999-firestone-firehawk-500k) Japan	[LBH](1999-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach) US	[NAZ](1999-bosch-spark-plug-grand-prix) US	[RIO](1999-grand-prix-telemar-rio-200) Brazil	[GTW](1999-motorola-300) US	[MIL](1999-miller-lite-225) US	[POR](1999-budweiser-g-i-joe-s-200) US	[CLE](1999-medic-drug-grand-prix-of-cleveland) US	[ROA](1999-texaco-havoline-200) US	[TOR](1999-molson-indy-toronto) Canada	[MCH](1999-u-s-500-presented-by-toyota) US	[BEL](1999-itt-automotive-detroit-grand-prix) US	[MOH](1999-miller-lite-200) US	CMS US	[VAN](1999-molson-indy-vancouver) Canada	LAG US	HOU US	[SUR](1999-honda-indy-300) Australia
	10	13	1	1*	1*	11	10*	2	1*	13*	22	2	*17**	1	1*	*1**	8	*25*	16	4
UK Dario Franchitti	3	22	2	8	2	3	7	3	25	18	1*	5	1	3*	2	10	25	2	1*	10
Canada Paul Tracy		11	21	3	15	19	1	5	4	11	2	3	2	2	23	18	4	1*	7	18
US Michael Andretti	2	5	7	6	26	1*	15	10	3	2	26	4	4	8	22	14	10	3	5	21
Italy Max Papis	5	16	9	13	4	5	13	8	16	5	5	7*	26	5	4	23	3	4	2	2*
Mexico Adrián Fernández	20	1*	4	5	20	21	5	4	19	3	6	6	Wth				5	12	3	1
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi	9	3	5	7	3	9	6	14	12	1	3	8						7	25	3
Brazil Gil de Ferran	6	2	6	15	10	25	3	1*	2	14	19	24	22	6	13	26	6	17	27	9
US Jimmy Vasser	4	12	10	11	27	10	4	12	23	23	8	*9*	5	4	3	3	18	20	18	5
Canada Greg Moore †	1*	4	8	12	8	6	2	13	18	4	20	23	3	11	26	20	23	16	17	262
Brazil Tony Kanaan	21	6	22*	23	5	7	18	15	22	6	17	1	6	23	11	9	21	9	6	8
US Bryan Herta	12	23	3	22	13	23	25	6	6	15	15	20	9	21	8	24	1*	5	4	14
Canada Patrick Carpentier	7	26	17	14	6	22	9	9	7	22	11	10	23		6	2	9	19	24	25
Brazil Roberto Moreno					11	4	12	7	8	19	4	19	14	16	9	15	2
Brazil Hélio Castroneves	17	9	19	21	25	2	*26*	26	26	16	27	25	7	7	5	8	26	26	21	20
Brazil Maurício Gugelmin	11	7	14	18	22	18	8	25	21	12	14	22	24	20	19	4	11	6	26	6
US P. J. Jones	13	15	12	2	7	8	20	21	15	17	10	16		15	7	21				12
Brazil Cristiano da Matta	14	25	20	4	21	17	11	11	20	21	24	17	19	9	14	5	22	11	13	23
US Scott Pruett	22	21	15	10	24	14	17	24	17	25	7	14	8	17	20	13	7	10	9	22
US Robby Gordon	19	8	16	19	14	27	24	17	9	8	13	26	25	10	10	22	19	21	8	11
US Al Unser Jr.	26			24	12	12	19	16	5	9	9	13	15	25	25	25	DNS	15	22	7
US Richie Hearn	23	10	11	20	19	13	21	22	10	10	16	12	13	12	16	6	16	8	23	27
UK Mark Blundell	8	24	13	17									10	13	21	19	12	24	19	16
Denmark Jan Magnussen													18	14	24	7	17	13	11
Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr.	18	18	18	16	16	20	16	20	27	7	21	21	21	26	18	17	20	18	12	13
Brazil Gualter Salles			27		17			27	13	20	25	15	11	18					10
US Alex Barron	15	17	23	9	23	16	14					18								24
Brazil Tarso Marques		14	25		9	26		18	24
USA Memo Gidley								19	11	26	12		20	22		12	13	14	14
US Dennis Vitolo	16			DNS		24	22				18	11			15					15
Italy Andrea Montermini																11	24	23	15
Brazil Raul Boesel	27														12					17
Uruguay Gonzalo Rodríguez †													12				DNS1
Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr.	24	19	24		18			23	14	24				24	DNS	16	15
Japan Naoki Hattori	25												16	19		27	14	22	20	19
Japan Shigeaki Hattori	Wth	20	26	Wth		15	23	28			23				17		DNS

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

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Note:

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.
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. Moore suffered fatal head and internal injuries from the accident. He was 24 years old.

Nations' Cup

Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup.

Pos	Country	HOM US	MOT Japan	LBH US	NAZ US	RIO Brazil	GTW US	MIL US	POR US	CLE US	ROA US	[TOR](1999-molson-indy-toronto) Canada	MIS US	BEL US	MOH US	CMS US	VAN Canada	LAG US	HOU US	[SUR](1999-honda-indy-300) Australia
Brazil Brazil	6	2	5	4	3	2	3	1	2	1	3	1	6	6	5	4	2	6	6	3
US United States	2	5	3	2	7	1	4	6	3	2	7	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	4	5
Canada Canada	1	4	8	3	6	6	1	5	4	4	2	3	2	2	6	2	4	1	7	18
Scotland Scotland	3	22	2	8	2	3	7	3	25	18	1	5	1	3	2	10	25	2	1	10
Colombia Colombia	10	13	1	1	1	11	10	2	1	13	22	2	17	1	1	1	8	25	16	4
Italy Italy	5	16	9	13	4	5	13	8	16	5	5	7	26	5	4	11	3	4	2	2
Mexico Mexico	18	1	4	5	16	20	5	4	19	3	6	6	21	26	18	17	5	12	3	1
England England	8	24	13	17									10	13	21	19	12	24	19	16
Denmark Denmark													18	14	24	7	17	13	11
Uruguay Uruguay													12				Wth
Japan Japan	25	20	26	Wth		15	23	28			23		16	19	17	27	14	22	20	19

[[Chassis]] Constructors' Cup

Pos	Chassis	Pts	Wins	1	424	18	2	241	2	3	69	0	4	13	0	5	10	0
GBR Reynard 99I/98I
USA Swift 010.c
GBR Lola T9900
USA Eagle 997
USA Penske PC-27B-99

[[Engine]] Manufacturers' Cup

Pos	Engine	Pts	Wins	1	383	14	2	301	5	3	193	1	4	80	0
Japan Honda
USA Ford XB
GER Mercedes
Japan Toyota

Driver Breakdown

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

References

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