1999 Miller Lite 200

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Flag of the United States.svg 1999 Mid-Ohio
Race details
Race 14 of 20 in the 1999 CART season
Mid-Ohio.svg
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
DateAugust 15, 1999
Official name 1999 Miller Lite 200
Location Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, Ohio, United States
CoursePermanent road course
2.258 mi / 3.634 km
Distance83 laps
187.414 mi / 301.622 km
WeatherDry
Pole position
Driver Dario Franchitti  (Team KOOL Green)
Time1:05.347
Fastest lap
Driver Juan Pablo Montoya  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:06.788 (on lap 76 of 83)
Podium
First Juan Pablo Montoya  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second Paul Tracy  (Team KOOL Green)
Third Dario Franchitti  (Team KOOL Green)

The 1999 Miller Lite 200 was the fourteenth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 15, 1999, at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

Contents

Report

Race

Dario Franchitti, the championship leader took his first pole of the season after the Saturday qualifying was washed out due to rain, which meant that the grid was decided by Friday qualifying times. Franchitti led away at the start followed by Bryan Herta, although Paul Tracy soon passed Herta and took second. The Team Green duo of Franchitti and Tracy then pulled away from the field, building a lead of 12 seconds. After the first round of pit stops, Franchitti and Tracy stayed 1-2, but Juan Pablo Montoya was up to third after a quick stop. He was 15 seconds behind the Team Green cars, but he was unfazed by that and set about closing it down, and did so rapidly such that the top three cars were nose to tail before the second round of pit stops. Franchitti pitted, handing Tracy the lead, but that did not last for long as he was immediately passed by Montoya. Montoya and Tracy both made their second pit stops and both joined ahead of Franchitti before a caution due to Luiz Garcia Jr.'s spin bunched the field up. Tracy and Franchitti were quicker than anyone else on the track, but both were absolutely no match for Montoya, who set a stunning pace in the final stint once the track went green, and won by over 10 seconds. Tracy finished second and Franchitti third, which was enough for him to keep his championship lead, although it was down to 1 point.

Classification

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
14 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 831:42:03.808820
226 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Green 83+10.927316
327 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Team Green 83+12.313114+1+1
412 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 83+14.728512
57 Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis Team Rahal 83+19.899910
65 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 83+23.68268
79 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castro-Neves Hogan Racing 83+25.09776
86 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 83+31.299115
925 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 83+31.877144
1022 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon Team Gordon 83+32.822103
1199 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 83+33.262252
1210 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 83+35.317121
1318 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 83+35.77526
1420 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Patrick Racing 83+43.21515
1540 Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Jones Patrick Racing 83+43.69421
1611 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Newman-Haas Racing 83+44.56519
1724 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 82+1 Lap20
1836 Flag of Brazil.svg Gualter Salles All American Racing 82+1 Lap16
1915 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori Walker Racing 82+1 Lap23
2017 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 76Engine17
218 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal 72Engine2
2271 Flag of the United States.svg Memo Gidley Payton/Coyne Racing 69Fire13
2344 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 58Fuel system4
2421 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Garcia Jr. Hogan Racing 56Clutch24
252 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 54Contact22
2619 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 54Transmission18

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Caution flags

LapsCause
60-65 Garcia Jr. (21) spin

Lap Leaders

LapsLeader
1-54 Dario Franchitti
55 Paul Tracy
56-83 Juan Pablo Montoya
 
DriverLaps led
Dario Franchitti 54
Juan Pablo Montoya 28
Paul Tracy 1

Point standings after race

PosDriverPoints
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti 152
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya 151
3 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti 124
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy 122
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi 101

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References

  1. "08/15/1999 race: Miller Lite 200 (CART) - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
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