1999 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200
The 1999 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 was the eighth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 20, 1999, on the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon.
Race details | |
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Race 8 of 20 in the 1999 CART season | |
Portland International Raceway | |
Date | June 20, 1999 |
Official name | 1999 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 |
Location | Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon, United States |
Course | Permanent road course 1.967 mi / 3.17 km |
Distance | 98 laps 192.766 mi / 310.66 km |
Weather | Dry |
Pole position | |
Driver | Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 58.193 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing) |
Time | 59.749 (on lap 91 of 98) |
Podium | |
First | Gil de Ferran (Walker Racing) |
Second | Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Third | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) |
Report
Race
Searching for his first career win, Hélio Castro-Neves took the lead at the start by going around the outside of polesitter Juan Pablo Montoya in Turn 1. Castro-Neves and Montoya built a gap to the rest of the field and raced on their own in the first stint, with Montoya taking the lead at the first round of pit stops. Castro-Neves stayed with him until an electrical failure slowed him down and ultimately made him retire. This left Montoya with a big lead, but a caution due to Richie Hearn's spin erased it, and Montoya then threw away the lead entirely by spinning at the restart. Gil de Ferran took the lead, but Montoya soon passed him and regained it back, but a slower second pit stop handed the lead back to de Ferran, with Montoya third behind Paul Tracy. Montoya immediately took second from Tracy, with Dario Franchitti coming up to third. While Montoya, Franchitti, Tracy and others were conserving fuel, de Ferran went flat out and built up a big enough lead to make a third pit stop for fuel and come out in front of Montoya. He took his first win in three years, with Montoya holding off Franchitti for second.
Classification
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | Walker Racing | 98 | 1:47:44.560 | 3 | 20+1 | |
2 | 4 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 98 | +4.393 | 1 | 16+1 | |
3 | 27 | Team Green | 98 | +4.996 | 12 | 14 | |
4 | 40 | Patrick Racing | 98 | +13.568 | 5 | 12 | |
5 | 26 | Team Green | 98 | +20.293 | 6 | 10 | |
6 | 8 | Team Rahal | 98 | +27.931 | 4 | 8 | |
7 | 18 | PacWest Racing | 98 | +28.450 | 11 | 6 | |
8 | 7 | Team Rahal | 98 | +30.068 | 10 | 5 | |
9 | 33 | Forsythe Racing | 98 | +30.388 | 8 | 4 | |
10 | 6 | Newman-Haas Racing | 98 | +41.911 | 14 | 3 | |
11 | 25 | Arciero-Wells Racing | 98 | +41.917 | 15 | 2 | |
12 | 12 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 98 | +43.385 | 7 | 1 | |
13 | 99 | Forsythe Racing | 98 | +44.888 | 13 | ||
14 | 11 | Newman-Haas Racing | 98 | +52.044 | 9 | ||
15 | 44 | Forsythe Racing | 98 | +59.048 | 17 | ||
16 | 2 | Team Penske | 98 | +59.689 | 26 | ||
17 | 22 | Team Gordon | 98 | +59.973 | 20 | ||
18 | 3 | Team Penske | 97 | +1 Lap | 18 | ||
19 | 15 | Walker Racing | 97 | +1 Lap | 25 | ||
20 | 19 | Payton/Coyne Racing | 96 | +2 Laps | 24 | ||
21 | 20 | Patrick Racing | 95 | +3 Laps | 23 | ||
22 | 10 | Della Penna Motorsports | 95 | +3 Laps | 21 | ||
23 | 71 | Payton/Coyne Racing | 95 | +3 Laps | 27 | ||
24 | 24 | Arciero-Wells Racing | 43 | Engine | 19 | ||
25 | 17 | PacWest Racing | 42 | Turbo | 16 | ||
26 | 9 | Hogan Racing | 40 | Electrical | 2 | ||
27 | 36 | All American Racing | 10 | Engine | 22 | ||
28 | 16 | Bettenhausen Racing | 8 | Retired | 28 |
Caution flags
Laps | Cause |
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48-51 | Hearn (10) spin |
52-54 | Montoya (4) spin |
60-62 | Jones (20) spin |
Lap Leaders
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Point standings after race
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | 90 | |
2 | 85 | |
3 | 71 | |
4 | 69 | |
5 | 65 |