1999 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami

August 2023 United States Marlboro Grand Prix Miami Homestead-Miami Speedway track map--Speedway.svg Homestead-Miami Speedway March 21 1999 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami 1 20 CART Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida, United States Permanent oval course 1.5 2.4 150 225 360 Dry Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 24.886 Canada Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 26.825 149 UK Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Canada Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing USA Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green UK The 1999 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami was the first and opening round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held March 21, 1999, on the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Report Report The race was less than a lap old when Naoki Hattori and Al Unser Jr. crashed in turns 1 and 2, collecting Raul Boesel. Boesel was substituting for Paul Tracy, who was suspended for the race due to multiple rough-driving incidents during the 1998 season.https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/mar/19/suspension-sidelines-tracy-for-carts-season-opener/ Suspension sidelines Tracy for CART's season opener - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper 19 March 1999 Boesel was unhurt, but Unser and Hattori both suffered leg injuries. Richie Hearn dropped out of the race due to suspension problems. In an interview with ABC pit reporter Gary Gerould, Hearn noted he and the team had been having problems with the car all weekend, deciding to retire as to not impede other drivers. Scott Pruett crashed in turns one and two to bring out the second yellow flag on lap 81. He was trying to pass Mauricio Gugelmin for 16th place, but lost control and spun into the wall, though he was unhurt in the crash. Several drivers took advantage of the caution to make pit stops. Helio Castro-Neves inherited the lead when they did not pit under caution. Patrick Carpentier and Robby Gordon served drive-through penalties for not using the access road to properly enter the pits during the caution. For Gordon, it was insult added to injury, since he dealt with mechanical problems during the race, already several laps down. He later retired from the race after the third caution. The third caution came out on lap 111, when Adrian Fernandez crashed in turn four. Despite a strong start and race, Fernandez's engine blew, and he slid into the turn four wall. Castroneves pitted from the lead, ceding the lead back to Moore. Greg Moore won the opening race of the season from pole, leading 96 out of the 150 laps,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58457034/greg-moore-march-22-1999-the-palm/ Millan Jorge Moore is better at Grand Prix March 22, 1999 The Palm Beach Post March 10, 2022 1C Newspapers.com winning comfortably ahead of Michael Andretti and Dario Franchitti before a crowd of roughly 40,000.Skip Wood. Andretti stall opens door for Moore. USA Today; McLean, Virginia. 22 Mar 1999: 14C. 408814669. Moore capitalized on a mistake Andretti made in the pits. Andretti had won the race the previous two years, but accidentally shut off his engine during his pit stop under the 2nd caution.CART: Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami. The Washington Post; Washington, D.C. 22 Mar 1999: D04. 408444450. It would turn out to be Moore's final pole and win. Coincidentally it was also Mercedes Benz final pole and win before they left the sport altogether at the end of the 2000 season. Shigeaki Hattori crashed during practice on Friday, the impact measured at 140 Gs. Although he was removed from the car by track personnel, he only suffered a concussion and, despite withdrawing from the race, was at the track during the race on Sunday.Wood 1999 This was the first Champ Car race since the 1993 Indianapolis 500 without 3-time champion Bobby Rahal, who retired after the 1998 season. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Team Speed 1 99 CAN Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 217.279 2 40 MEX Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 216.861 3 33 CAN Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 215.701 4 9 BRA Hélio Castro-Neves Hogan Racing 215.581 5 6 USA Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 215.358 6 25 BRA Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 214.631 7 27 GBR Dario Franchitti Team Green 215.554 8 4 COL Juan Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 213.850 9 12 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 213.774 10 17 BRA Mauricio Gugelmin PacWest Racing 213.757 11 8 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal 213.757 12 15 JPN Naoki Hattori Walker Racing 213.479 13 18 GBR Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 213.184 14 2 USA Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 212.731 15 7 ITA Max Papis Team Rahal 212.656 16 11 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 212.439 17 44 BRA Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 211.566 18 22 USA Robby Gordon Team Gordon 211.533 19 10 USA Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 210.201 20 31 BRA Raul Boesel Team Green 208.877 21 20 USA P. J. Jones Patrick Racing 208.531 22 24 USA Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 206.484 23 36 USA Alex Barron All American Racers 206.429 24 71 BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 196.020 25 5 BRA Gil de Ferran Walker Racing No Time 26 34 USA Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing No Time 27 19 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing No TimeWithdrew 16 JPN Shigeaki Hattori Bettenhausen Racing Crash during practice https://www.theautochannel.com/news/date/19990320/news020729.html CART: Greg Moore Grabs Pole for Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 CAN Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 150 1:38:54.535 1 20+1+1 2 6 USA Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 150 +1.110 5 16 3 27 GBR Dario Franchitti Team Green 150 +2.146 7 14 4 12 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 150 +9.178 9 12 5 7 ITA Max Papis Team Rahal 150 +21.411 15 10 6 5 BRA Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 150 +21.700 24 8 7 33 CAN Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 150 +21.922 3 6 8 18 GBR Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 150 +24.862 13 5 9 11 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 150 +25.467 16 4 10 4 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 149 +1 Lap 8 3 11 17 BRA Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 149 +1 Lap 10 2 12 8 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal 149 +1 Lap 11 1 13 20 USA P. J. Jones Patrick Racing 149 +1 Lap 19 14 25 BRA Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 148 +2 Laps 6 15 36 USA Alex Barron All American Racers 148 +2 Laps 23 16 34 USA Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 142 +8 Laps 26 17 9 BRA Hélio Castroneves Hogan Racing 138 Electrical 4 18 19 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 136 +14 Laps 27 19 22 USA Robby Gordon Team Gordon 112 Engine 18 20 40 MEX Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 110 Contact 2 21 44 BRA Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 98 Fuel system 17 22 24 USA Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 79 Contact 22 23 10 USA Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 36 Suspension 19 24 71 BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 1 Contact 25 25 15 JPN Naoki Hattori Walker Racing 0 Contact 12 26 2 USA Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 0 Contact 14 27 26 BRA Raul Boesel Team Green 0 Contact 20 DNS 16 JPN Shigeaki Hattori Bettenhausen Racing Injury 1999 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota http://www.champcarstats.com/races/199901.htm Champ Car Stats 9 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120927043623/http://www.champcarstats.com/races/199901.htm 27 September 2012 live Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=8412 Ultimate Racing History 9 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121010072130/http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=8412 10 October 2012 live Caution flags Laps Cause2-17 Hattori (15), Unser Jr. (2), Hearn (10), Boesel (26), Garcia Jr. (71) contact 82-92 Pruett (24) contact111-121 Fernández (40) contact Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-59 Greg Moore60 Patrick Carpentier61-62 Adrián Fernández63-64 Michael Andretti65-66 Gil de Ferran67-84 Dario Franchitti85-113 Hélio Castroneves114-150 Greg Moore Driver Laps ledGreg Moore 96Hélio Castroneves 29Dario Franchitti 18Michael Andretti 2Gil de Ferran 2Adrián Fernández 2Patrick Carpentier 1 Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 CAN Greg Moore 22 2 USA Michael Andretti 16 3 UK Dario Franchitti 14 4 USA Jimmy Vasser 12 5 ITA Max Papis 10 References CART CART FedEx Championship Series Grand Prix of Miami 1999 none 1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K 1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami 2000 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Category:Homestead–Miami Indy 300 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami