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1999 Molson Indy Vancouver

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{{Infobox American championship car race report

|Country = CAN

|Race = Molson Indy Vancouver

|Image = Grand Prix of Vancouver 1999-2004.png

|Caption =

|Date = September 5

|Year = 1999

|Series = CART

|Official name = 1999 Molson Indy Vancouver

|Race_No = 16

|Season_No = 20

|Location = Concord Pacific Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

|Course = Temporary Street Course

|Course_mi = 1.780

|Course_km = 2.865

|Distance_laps = 74 (shortened from 90)

|Distance_mi = 131.72

|Distance_km = 212.01

|Weather = Cloudy and wet with temperatures reaching up to {{convert|18.8|C|F}}{{cite web|url=https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/BC/Vancouver/1999-09-05 |title=1999 Molson Indy Vancouver weather information |publisher=Old Farmers' Almanac|accessdate=2018-08-31}}

|Pole_Driver = {{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Pablo Montoya

|Pole_Team = Chip Ganassi Racing

|Pole_Time = 1:00.641

|Pole_Country = Colombia

|Fast_Driver = {{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Pablo Montoya

|Fast_Team = Chip Ganassi Racing

|Fast_Time =

|Fast_Lap =

|Fast_Country =

|First_Driver = {{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Pablo Montoya

|First_Team = Chip Ganassi Racing

|First_Country = Colombia

|Second_Driver = {{flagicon|Canada}} Patrick Carpentier

|Second_Team = Forsythe Racing

|Second_Country = Canada

|Third_Driver = {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Vasser

|Third_Team = Chip Ganassi Racing

|Third_Country = USA

}}

The 1999 Molson Indy Vancouver was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on September 5, 1999, at Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the 16th round of the 1999 CART season. Juan Pablo Montoya won the race from pole position and led nearly every lap en route to his seventh win of the season, followed by Patrick Carpentier and Jimmy Vasser.

Despite leading all but one lap during the race, Montoya was hampered by the wet racetrack and the pace of his championship rival Dario Franchitti; at one point, both drivers touched on track, spinning Franchitti out and ending his chances at winning the race. The race also saw multiple crashes as drivers struggled to navigate around the soaking wet racetrack.

Qualifying

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
colspan=6|September 4, 1999 - Qualifying Speeds
RankDriverTimeLeaderSpeed (mph)Team
1

|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Pablo Montoya (R)

|1:00.641

|—

|105.730

|Chip Ganassi Racing

2

|{{flagicon|USA}} P. J. Jones

|1:00.877

| +0.236

|105.321

|Patrick Racing

3

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Paul Tracy

|1:00.913

| +0.272

|105.258

|Team Green

4

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Dario Franchitti

|1:00.952

| +0.311

|105.191

|Team Green

5

|{{flagicon|UK}} Mark Blundell

|1:00.957

| +0.316

|105.191

|PacWest Racing

6

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Roberto Moreno

|1:00.976

| +0.335

|105.150

|Newman-Haas Racing

7

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Gil de Ferran

|1:00.999

| +0.358

|105.110

|Walker Racing

8

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Andretti

|1:01.160

| +0.358

|104.833

|Newman-Haas Racing

9

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Greg Moore

|1:01.467

| +0.826

|104.310

|Forsythe Racing

10

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Maurício Gugelmin

|1:01.483

| +0.842

|104.282

|PacWest Racing

11

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Patrick Carpentier

|1:01.483

| +0.842

|104.282

|Forsythe Racing

12

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Max Papis

|1:01.503

| +0.862

|104.249

|Team Rahal

13

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Herta

|1:01.588

| +0.947

|104.105

|Team Rahal

14

|{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Pruett

|1:01.784

| +1.143

|103.774

|Arciero-Wells Racing

15

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Tony Kanaan

|1:01.817

| +1.176

|103.719

|Forsythe Racing

16

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Vasser

|1:01.855

| +1.214

|103.655

|Chip Ganassi Racing

17

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Cristiano da Matta (R)

|1:01.976

| +1.335

|103.453

|Arciero-Wells Racing

18

|{{flagicon|Mexico}} Michel Jourdain Jr.

|1:02.092

| +1.451

|103.260

|Dale Coyne Racing

19

|{{flagicon|USA}} Robby Gordon

|1:02.104

| +1.463

|103.240

|Team Gordon

20

|{{flagicon|USA}} Memo Gidley (R)

|1:02.337

| +1.696

|102.854

|Dale Coyne Racing

21

|{{flagicon|Denmark}} Jan Magnussen

|1:02.420

| +1.779

|102.717

|Patrick Racing

22

|{{flagicon|USA}} Richie Hearn

|1:02.522

| +1.881

|102.550

|Della Penna Motorsports

23

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Naoki Hattori (R)

|1:02.647

| +2.006

|102.345

|Walker Racing

24

|{{flagicon|USA}} Al Unser Jr.

|1:02.822

| +2.181

|102.060

|Team Penske

25

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Andrea Montermini

|1:03.306

| +2.665

|101.279

|All American Racing

26

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Luiz Garcia Jr. (R)

|1:03.844

| +3.203

|100.426

|Hogan Racing

27

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Hélio Castroneves

|colspan=2 align=center|No time

|No speed

|Hogan Racing

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Race

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/retiredGridPoints
1

|4

|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Pablo Montoya (R)

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|74

|2:01:08.183

|1

|22{{ref|1|1}}

2

|33

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Patrick Carpentier

|Forsythe Racing

|74

| +7.585

|11

|16

3

|12

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Vasser

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|74

| +7.964

|16

|14

4

|17

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Maurício Gugelmin

|PacWest Racing

|74

| +13.043

|10

|12

5

|25

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Cristiano da Matta (R)

|Arciero-Wells Racing

|74

| +14.001

|17

|10

6

|10

|{{flagicon|USA}} Richie Hearn

|Della Penna Motorsports

|74

| +14.292

|22

|8

7

|20

|{{flagicon|Denmark}} Jan Magnussen

|Patrick Racing

|74

| +15.243

|21

|6

8

|9

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Hélio Castroneves

|Hogan Racing

|74

| +15.317

|27

|5

9

|44

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Tony Kanaan

|Forsythe Racing

|74

| +16.665

|15

|4

10

|27

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Dario Franchitti

|Team Green

|74

| +19.017

|4

|3

11

|36

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Andrea Montermini

|All American Racing

|74

| +34.018

|25

|2

12

|71

|{{flagicon|USA}} Memo Gidley (R)

|Dale Coyne Racing

|74

| +35.667

|20

|1

13

|24

|{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Pruett

|Arciero-Wells Racing

|74

| +39.281

|14

|—

14

|6

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Andretti

|Newman-Haas Racing

|73

| +1 Lap

|8

|—

15

|11

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Roberto Moreno

|Newman-Haas Racing

|71

| +4 Laps

|6

|—

16

|21

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Luiz Garcia Jr. (R)

|Hogan Racing

|71

| +4 Laps

|26

|—

17

|19

|{{flagicon|Mexico}} Michel Jourdain Jr.

|Dale Coyne Racing

|64

|Contact

|18

|—

18

|26

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Paul Tracy

|Team Green

|59

|Contact

|3

|—

19

|18

|{{flagicon|UK}} Mark Blundell

|PacWest Racing

|59

|Contact

|5

|—

20

|99

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Greg Moore

|Forsythe Racing

|52

|Contact

|9

|—

21

|40

|{{flagicon|USA}} P. J. Jones

|Patrick Racing

|49

|Contact

|2

|—

22

|22

|{{flagicon|USA}} Robby Gordon

|Team Gordon

|41

|Contact

|19

|—

23

|7

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Max Papis

|Team Rahal

|39

|Contact

|12

|—

24

|8

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Herta

|Team Rahal

|35

|Contact

|13

|—

25

|2

|{{flagicon|USA}} Al Unser Jr.

|Team Penske

|12

|Contact

|24

|—

26

|5

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Gil de Ferran

|Walker Racing

|12

|Contact

|7

|—

27

|15

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Naoki Hattori (R)

|Walker Racing

|4

|Brakes

|23

|—

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  • {{ref|1|1}}– Includes two bonus points for leading the most laps and being the fastest qualifier.{{Cite web|url=http://pdfsr.com/pdf/cart-2001-rule-book-electronic-version-1 |title=CART FedEx Championship Series - 2001 Rule Book |last=Championship Auto Racing Teams |first= |date=March 2001 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528174124/http://pdfsr.com/pdf/cart-2001-rule-book-electronic-version-1 |archive-date=2016-05-28 |url-status=bot: unknown |access-date=2017-05-22 |df= }}

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 2 among 2 drivers

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{{col-break}}

class="wikitable"

!colspan=2|Lap Leaders

Laps

! Leader

1–35Juan Pablo Montoya
36Paul Tracy
36-74Juan Pablo Montoya

{{col-break}}

class="wikitable"

!colspan=2|Total laps led

Leader

! Laps

Juan Pablo Montoya73
Paul Tracy1

{{col-end}}

Standings after the race

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;Drivers' standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos

!+/-

!Driver

!Points

1

|align="left"| 10px

|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Pablo Montoya

|align="right"|194

2

|align="left"| 10px

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Dario Franchitti

|align="right"|171

3

|align="left"| 10px

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Andretti

|align="right"|124

4

|align="left"| 10px

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Paul Tracy

|align="right"|122

5

|align="left"| 10px

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Christian Fittipaldi

|align="right"|101

{{col-end}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{CART World Series race report|

Name_of_race = Molson Indy Vancouver |

Year_of_race = 1999 |

Previous_race_in_season = 1999 Target Grand Prix of Chicago |

Next_race_in_season = 1999 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey |

Previous_year's_race = 1998 Molson Indy Vancouver |

Next_year's_race = 2000 Molson Indy Vancouver |

}}

Vancouver Grand Prix, 1999

Category:Indy Vancouver

Molson Indy Vancouver

Category:1999 in sports in British Columbia

Category:1990s in Vancouver

Category:September 1999 sports events in North America