1999 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey

1999 Laguna Seca

Race details
Race 17 of 20 in the 1999 CART season
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Date	September 12, 1999
Official name	1999 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
Location	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
Course	Permanent road course 2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance	83 laps 185.754 mi / 298.966 km
Pole position
Driver	Bryan Herta  (Team Rahal)
Time	1:08.334
Fastest lap
Driver	Tony Kanaan  (Forsythe Racing)
Time	{{{Fast_Time}}} (on lap 1:10.662 [1] of 83)
Podium
First	Bryan Herta [2]  (Team Rahal)
Second	Roberto Moreno  (Newman Haas Racing)
Third	Max Papis  (Team Rahal)

The 1999 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventeenth round of the 1999 CART World Series season, held on September 12, 1999, at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. ^{[3] [4]} The event was marred when driver Gonzalo Rodríguez died after he was in a practice crash. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

The race's winner was American driver Bryan Herta ^{[9] [10]} which made 7 career Poles (and of which was his last). This was Herta's 2nd and final victory in CART. ^[5] Adrian Fernandez broke his wrist during the race but still managed to finish in 5th place. ^[11]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	83		1	20+1+1
2	11	Roberto Moreno	Newman Haas Racing	83		14	16
3	7	Max Papis	Team Rahal	83		3	14
4	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	83		11	12
5	40	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	83		7	10
6	5	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	83		9	8
7	24	Scott Pruett	Arciero-Wells Racing	83		8	6
8	26	Juan Pablo Montoya [12]	Chip Ganassi Racing	83		16	5
9	33	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	83		15	4
10	6	Michael Andretti	Newman Haas Racing	83		5	3
11	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	83		6	2
12	18	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing	83		20	1
13	71	Memo Gidley	Dale Coyne Racing	83		22
14	15	Naoki Hattori	Walker Racing	83		25
15	21	Luiz Garcia Jr.	Hogan Racing	82	+ 2 Lap	24
16	10	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	80	+ 3 Lap	26
17	20	Jan Magnussen	Patrick Racing	69	Transmission	23
18	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi	62	Water leak	13
19	22	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon Motorsports	56	Crash	18
20	19	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Dale Coyne Racing	53	Transmission	19
21	44	Tony Kanaan	Forsythe Racing	44	Transmission	2
22	25	Cristiano da Matta	Arciero-Wells Racing	40	Oil pressure	17
23	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	32	Transmission	4
24	36	Andrea Montermini	All American Racing	31	Crash	21
25	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	31	Crash	12
26	9	Helio Castroneves	Hogan Racing	29	Throttle cable	10
27	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	0	License revoked	27
WD	2	Al Unser Jr.	Team Penske		Withdrew due to death of teammate
WD	3	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Team Penske		Fatal practice accident

References

1. "1999 Monterey Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
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6. "Data Reveals Severity of Moore's Fatal Crash". Newspapers.com. The Town Talk. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
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8. "Crash kills CART rookie". Newspapers.com. Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
9. "Herta wins second straight Laguna race". Newspapers.com. The Signal. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
10. "Herta rolls to win". Newspapers.com. Statesman Journal. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
11. "Fernandez Finishes 5th despite fractured wrist". Newspapers.com. Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
12. "IndyCar on verge of returning to Laguna Seca". Monterey Herald. Monterey Herald. July 13, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.