1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix

March 2026 January 2025 USA Detroit Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle 1998-2001.svg The Raceway on Belle Isle August 8 1999 1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix 13 20 CART The Raceway on Belle Isle ParkDetroit, Michigan, Detroit, United States Temporary street circuit 2.346 3.776 71 166.566 268.096 Dry with temperatures reaching up to 77 F C; wind speeds up to 17.6 mph km/hhttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/MI/Detroit/1999-08-08 1998 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2018-09-03 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 1:13.585 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 1:15.701 49 Colombia Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green UK Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Canada The 1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 8, 1999, on The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. The race marks the 17th and final career podium for Greg Moore, who finished third. Report Race Championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya took his fifth pole of the season, and he dominated the early stages of the race, rapidly building a 6-second lead. Paul Tracy ran second early on, although it did not last for long as his teammate Dario Franchitti passed him. Franchitti was able to pull away from Tracy but had no answer for Montoya, whose lead was up to 10 seconds before a caution caused by a coming together between Robby Gordon and Jan Magnussen triggered the first round of pit stops, with the top three remained unchanged. Montoya continued to dominate once the green flag was brought out, although a miscommunication meant that he did not enter the pits when another caution period caused by Memo Gidley's car failure. The other drivers were all able to make their second stops and effectively gained a free pitstop on him. Montoya stayed out in an attempt to get as big a lead as possible once the track went green. He built a lead of 15 seconds before he made his pitstop, but rejoined only eighth, as Franchitti was handed the lead. Franchitti, despite more caution periods, went on to win the race ahead of teammate Tracy in another Team Green 1-2, with Greg Moore taking the final spot on the podium. The win handed Franchitti the championship lead as well, as Montoya was taken out of the race by Hélio Castroneves after the latter misjudged a restart attempt. Classification Qualifying August 7, 1999 - Qualifying Speeds Grid Driver Team Lap Time Leader Speed (mph)1COL Juan Pablo MontoyaChip Ganassi Racing1:13,585114,7732CAN Paul TracyTeam Green1:13.611 +0.026114,7333BRA Gil de FerranWalker Racing1:13.789 +0.204114,4564SCO Dario FranchittiTeam Green1:13.792 +0.207114,4515BRA Roberto MorenoNewman-Haas Racing1:13.865 +0.280114,3386BRA Tony KanaanForysthe Championship Racing1:13.958 +0.373114,1957CAN Greg MooreForsythe Racing1:14.020 +0.435114,0998USA Michael AndrettiNewman-Haas Racing1:14.039 +0.454114,0709CAN Patrick CarpentierForsythe Racing1:14.090 +0.505113,99110ITA Max PapisTeam Rahal1:14.215 +0.630113,79911USA Bryan HertaTeam Rahal1:14.222 +0.637113,78812USA Jimmy VasserChip Ganassi Racing 1:14.355 +0.770113,58513BRA Mauricio GugelminPacWest Racing Group1:14.530 +0.945113,38114BRA Cristiano da MattaArciero-Wells Racing1:14.753 +1.168112,98015GBR Mark BlundellPacWest Racing Group1:14.877 +1.292112,79316URU Gonzalo RodriguezTeam Penske1:15.034 +1.449112,55717USA Scott PruettArciero-Wells Racing1:15.059 +1.474112,51918BRA Helio CastronevesHogan Racing1:15.095 +1.510112,46619USA Robby GordonTeam Gordon1:15.101 +1.516112,45720USA Al Unser Jr.Team Penske1:15.495 +1.910111,87021USA Richie HearnDella Penna Motorsports1:15.650 +2.065111,64022 DNK Jan MagnussenPatrick Racing1:15.749 +2.164111,49523MEX Michel Jourdain Jr.Payton-Coyne Racing1:15.807 +2.222111,40924USA Memo GidleyPayton-Coyne Racing1:16.372 +2.787110,58525BRA Gualter SallesAll-American Racers1:16.452 +2.867110,46926JPN Naoki HattoriWalker Racing1:17.005 +3.420109,679Source:Saturday Qualifying Results Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 GBR Dario Franchitti Team Green 71 2:02:24.662 4 20 2 26 CAN Paul Tracy Team Green 71 +0.135 2 16 3 99 CAN Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 71 +0.530 7 14 4 6 USA Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 71 +1.471 8 12 5 12 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 71 +2.594 12 10 6 44 BRA Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 71 +3.652 6 8 7 9 BRA Hélio Castro-Neves Hogan Racing 71 +4.802 18 6 8 24 USA Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 71 +6.750 17 5 9 8 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal 71 +7.211 11 4 10 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 71 +8.230 15 3 11 36 BRA Gualter Salles All American Racing 71 +9.220 25 2 12 3 URU Gonzalo Rodríguez Team Penske 71 +14.473 16 1 13 10 USA Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 71 +15.831 21 14 11 BRA Roberto Moreno Newman-Haas Racing 70 +1 Lap 5 15 2 USA Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 70 +1 Lap 20 16 15 JPN Naoki Hattori Walker Racing 70 +1 Lap 26 17 4 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 68 Contact 1 1+1 18 20 DEN Jan Magnussen Patrick Racing 68 +3 Laps 22 19 25 BRA Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 65 Contact 14 20 71 USA Memo Gidley Payton/Coyne Racing 42 Transmission 24 21 19 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 41 Transmission 23 22 5 BRA Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 32 Contact 3 23 33 CAN Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 27 Contact 9 24 17 BRA Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 27 Contact 13 25 22 USA Robby Gordon Team Gordon 23 Contact 19 26 7 ITA Max Papis Team Rahal 0 Contact 10 DNS 40 MEX Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Injury Caution flags Laps Cause2-3 Carpentier (33), Papis (7) contact24-27 Gordon (22), Magnussen (20) contact29-33 Carpentier (33), Gugelmin (17) contact34-35 de Ferran (5) contact45-46 Gidley (71) stopped on course64-65 Moreno (11), Montoya (4) contact67-69 da Matta (25) contact, Unser Jr. (2) spin70-71 Montoya (4), Castro-Neves (9) contact Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-58 Juan Pablo Montoya 59-71 Dario Franchitti Driver Laps ledJuan Pablo Montoya 58Dario Franchitti 13 Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 UK Dario Franchitti 136 2 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 131 3 USA Michael Andretti 119 4 CAN Paul Tracy 106 5 BRA Christian Fittipaldi 101 References Detroit Grand Prix 1999 1999 U.S. 500Presented by Toyota 1999 Miller Lite 200 1998 ITT AutomotiveDetroit Grand Prix 2000 Tenneco AutomotiveGrand Prix of Detroit Detroit Grand Prix ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix Category:Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar) ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix