1999 in IRL

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1999 IRL IndyCar Series season
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The 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League season was highly competitive and parity was the order of the year. Team Menard had a very good season with their driver Greg Ray capturing 3 race wins in a row and the series championship. This was the last year before CART teams began to break ranks and jump to the IRL.

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[edit] Calendar

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 Walt Disney World Speedway Florida January 24, 1999 200 1.6093=321.86 km 1'41:14.800 190.738 km/h Eddie Cheever Scott Sharp Scott Sharp Scott Sharp
2 Phoenix International Raceway Arizona March 28, 1999 200 1.6093=321.86 km 1'56:40.052 165.527 km/h Scott Goodyear Greg Ray Scott Goodyear Scott Goodyear
Lowe's Motor Speedway North Carolina May 1, 1999 race abandoned
3 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indiana May 30, 1999 200 4.02325=804.65 km 3'15:51.182 245.506 km/h Kenny Bräck Arie Luyendyk Kenny Bräck Greg Ray
4 Texas Motor Speedway Texas June 12, 1999 208 2.41395=502.1016 km 2'00:06.816 250.813 km/h Scott Goodyear Mark Dismore Greg Ray Sam Schmidt
5 Pikes Peak International Raceway Colorado June 27, 1999 200 1.6093=321.86 km 1'29:28.676 215.825 km/h Greg Ray Greg Ray Greg Ray Mark Dismore
6 Atlanta Motor Speedway Georgia July 17, 1999 208 2.478322=515.490976 km 2'12:15.235 233.864 km/h Scott Sharp Billy Boat Scott Goodyear Jaques Lazier
7 Dover International Speedway Delaware August 1, 1999 200 1.6093=321.86 km 1'45:01.503 183.876 km/h Greg Ray Mark Dismore Mark Dismore Mark Dismore
8 Pikes Peak International Raceway Colorado August 29, 1999 200 1.6093=321.86 km 1'28:35.633 217.979 km/h Greg Ray Greg Ray Greg Ray Buddy Lazier
9 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Nevada September 26, 1999 208 2.41395=502.1016 km 2'29:50.204 201.059 km/h Sam Schmidt Sam Schmidt Kenny Bräck Tyce Carlson
10 Texas Motor Speedway Texas October 17, 1999 208 2.41395=502.1016 km 2'14:15.722 224.383 km/h Mark Dismore Greg Ray Scott Goodyear Scott Goodyear

[edit] Race summaries

[edit] TransWorld Diversified Services Indy 200

This race was held January 24 at Walt Disney World Speedway. Scott Sharp won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Eddie Cheever
  2. Scott Goodyear
  3. Jeff Ward
  4. Scott Sharp
  5. Raul Boesel
  6. Mark Dismore
  7. Steve Knapp
  8. Davey Hamilton
  9. Billy Boat
  10. Buddy Lazier

[edit] MCI WorldCom 200

This race was held March 28 at Phoenix International Raceway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Scott Goodyear
  2. Jeff Ward
  3. Robbie Buhl
  4. Billy Boat
  5. Scott Harrington
  6. Roberto Moreno
  7. Mark Dismore
  8. Scott Sharp
  9. Sam Schmidt
  10. Stephan Gregoire

[edit] Visionaire 500k

This race was held May 1 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.

With crowds estimated at 50,000, the track opened extra sections of track to accommodate the additional spectators. As reported on the radio broadcast, sections of Turn 1 and Turn 4, and the first eight rows of all open grandstands, were closed by the track for safety. At 8:50 PM during lap 59 of the race, Stan Wattles suffered a suspension failure that shot his car into the wall, shearing both right wheels off the car. John Paul, Jr.'s car subsequently hit the debris field and the contact sent Wattles' right rear wheel and tire assembly over the catch fence. Three spectators in the vicinity of the section which had been opened for the overflow crowd were killed from the flying tire debris. Scott Harrington spun to miss the debris field and the accident is often described as a 3-car crash, however, Harrington's car made no contact with the wall or other cars and was undamaged.[1]

Buddy Lazier was leading the race at the time of the caution. After he pitted to change tires because of a puncture, Greg Ray took over the lead during the long caution for the Lap 62 crash. Because of the safety helicopters and for the safety of all participants, the race was red flagged at 9:15 PM, after 79 laps. Shortly after the red flag period, track and series officials cancelled the remainder of the race.

Since the race had not reached the point in which it would have been deemed official (105 laps), the race was declared abandoned and all statistics were eliminated from official record. Spectators were offered ticket refunds, and participants were reimbursed entry fees and travel costs.

From the IRL radio broadcast, and consistent with the television broadcast on Speedvision, this was the leaderboard at the time of the abandonment of the race:

  1. Greg Ray
  2. Scott Goodyear
  3. Eddie Cheever
  4. Sam Schmidt
  5. Donnie Beechler
  6. Scott Sharp
  7. Buddy Lazier
  8. Mark Dismore
  9. Robby McGehee
  10. Kenny Brack

[edit] 83rd Indianapolis 500

The Indy 500 was held May 30 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Arie Luyendyk sat on pole.

Top ten results

  1. Kenny Bräck
  2. Jeff Ward
  3. Billy Boat
  4. Robby Gordon
  5. Robby McGehee
  6. Robbie Buhl
  7. Buddy Lazier
  8. Robby Unser
  9. Tony Stewart
  10. Hideshi Matsuda

[edit] Longhorn 500

This race was held June 12 at Texas Motor Speedway. Mark Dismore won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Scott Goodyear
  2. Greg Ray
  3. Sam Schmidt
  4. Stephan Gregoire
  5. Eliseo Salazar
  6. Robby Unser
  7. Davey Hamilton
  8. Mark Dismore
  9. Buzz Calkins
  10. Scott Sharp

[edit] Radisson 200

This race was held June 27 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Greg Ray
  2. Sam Schmidt
  3. Davey Hamilton
  4. Eddie Cheever
  5. Buddy Lazier
  6. Robby Unser
  7. Kenny Bräck
  8. Scott Sharp
  9. Jeff Ward
  10. Jaques Lazier

[edit] Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500

This race was held July 17 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Billy Boat won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Scott Sharp
  2. Robby Unser
  3. Kenny Bräck
  4. Eliseo Salazar
  5. Buzz Calkins
  6. Eddie Cheever
  7. Davey Hamilton
  8. Donnie Beechler
  9. Jimmy Kite
  10. Billy Boat

[edit] MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200

This race was held August 1 at Dover International Speedway. Mark Dismore won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Greg Ray
  2. Buddy Lazier
  3. Kenny Bräck
  4. Billy Boat
  5. Sam Schmidt
  6. Scott Harrington
  7. Jaques Lazier
  8. Buzz Calkins
  9. Robby McGehee
  10. Donnie Beechler

[edit] Colorado Indy 200

This race was held August 29 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Greg Ray
  2. Davey Hamilton
  3. Mark Dismore
  4. Buddy Lazier
  5. Sam Schmidt
  6. Scott Harrington
  7. Robby McGehee
  8. Jimmy Kite
  9. Robby Unser
  10. Kenny Bräck

[edit] Vegas.com 500

This race was held September 26 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Sam Schmidt won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Sam Schmidt
  2. Kenny Bräck
  3. Robbie Buhl
  4. Scott Sharp
  5. Buzz Calkins
  6. Robby McGehee
  7. Jaques Lazier
  8. Stephan Gregoire
  9. Tyce Carlson
  10. Jeff Ward

[edit] Mall.com 500

This race was held October 17 at Texas Motor Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Mark Dismore
  2. Davey Hamilton
  3. Greg Ray
  4. Eddie Cheever
  5. John Hollansworth, Jr.
  6. Scott Harrington
  7. Jaques Lazier
  8. Buzz Calkins
  9. Billy Boat
  10. Buddy Lazier

[edit] Final point standings

[edit] Driver

For every race points were awarded to all starters: 50 points to the winner, 40 for runner up, 35 for third place, 32 for fourth place, 30 for fifth place, 28 for sixth place, 26 seventh place, 24 eighth place, 22 for ninth place, 20 for tenth place, winding down to 1 points for 29th place. Every lower placed driver also was awarded with 1 point. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (3 points), the second best qualifier (2 points), the third best qualifier (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (2 point).

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Total Points Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States
1 Greg Ray Flag of the United States United States Team Menard Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 293 11 12 11 42 55 9 51 55 9 38
2 Kenny Bräck Flag of Sweden Sweden A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 256 8 6 52 17 26 35 35 20
A. J. Foyt Enterprises G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 43 14
3 Mark Dismore Flag of the United States United States Kelley Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 240 28 28 14 27 10 13 20 36 12 52
4 Davey Hamilton Flag of the United States United States Galles Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 237 24
Barnhart Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 3
Galles Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 19 26 35 26 7 40 17 40
5 Sam Schmidt Flag of the United States United States Treadway Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 233 3 22 1 35 40 9 30 32 53 8
6 Buddy Lazier Flag of the United States United States Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 224 20 12 26 16 30 9 40 32 19 20
7 Eddie Cheever Flag of the United States United States Team Cheever Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 222 50 13
Team Cheever Dallara Nissan Infiniti 12 14 32 28 9 19 13 32
8 Scott Sharp Flag of the United States United States Kelley Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 220 37 24 2 22 24 50 10 8 32 11
9 Scott Goodyear Flag of Canada Canada Panther Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 217 40 53 3 50 18 16 13 9 5 10
10 Robby Unser Flag of the United States United States Team Pelfrey Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 209 15 4 24 28 28 40 18 22 14 16
11 Jeff Ward Flag of the United States United States ISM Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 206 35
Pagan Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 40 40 12 22 4 17 7 20 9
12 Billy Boat Flag of the United States United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 204 22 32 36 6 6 23 32 17 8 22
13 Buzz Calkins Flag of the United States United States Bradley Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 201 13 11 22 16 30 24 15 30 24
Bradley Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 16
14 Scott Harrington Flag of the United States United States Harrington Motorsports Dallara Nissan Infiniti 165 5 30 -
Harrington Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 4 11 15 28 28 16 28
15 Stéphane Grégoire Flag of France France Dick Simon Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 162 14 20 - 32 19 6 16 16 24 15
16 Robby McGehee Flag of the United States United States Conti Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 156 - - 30 11 5 16 22 26 28 18
17 John Hollansworth, Jr. Flag of the United States United States TeamXtreme Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 146 11 15 17 10 16 11 11 14 11 30
18 Jaques Lazier Flag of the United States United States DR Motorsports G-Force Nissan Infiniti 144 - 2 -
Truscelli Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 8 20 18 26 18 26 26
19 Tyce Carlson Flag of the United States United States Blueprint-Immke Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 139 18 7 16 10 7 10 19 13 22 17
20 Eliseo Salazar Flag of Chile Chile Nienhouse Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 137 - 10 1 30 10 32 12 11 18 13
21 Donnie Beechler Flag of the United States United States Cahill Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 130 4 19 1 13 8 24 20 10 12 19
22 Robbie Buhl Flag of the United States United States Sinden Racing Dallara Nissan Infiniti 114 10 35
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 28 - - - - -
Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 35 6
23 Raul Boesel Flag of Brazil Brazil McCormack Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 98 31 11
Brant Racing Riley & Scott Oldsmobile Aurora 18 7 12 19 - - - -
24 Jimmy Kite Flag of the United States United States McCormack Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 86 - - 6 5 15 22 14 24 - -
25 Steve Knapp Flag of the United States United States PDM Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 69 26
ISM Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 5 4 18 13 3 - - - -
26 Ronnie Johncox Flag of the United States United States Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 59 - - - 19 - 5 10 6 15 4
27 Johnny Unser Flag of the United States United States Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 57 - - 1 15 17 17 - - 7 -
28 John Paul, Jr. Flag of the United States United States Byrd-Cunningham Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 39 19 8 - - - - - - -
McCormack Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 12
29 Roberto Moreno Flag of Brazil Brazil Truscelli Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 38 - 28 10 - - - - - - -
30 Roberto Guerrero Flag of Colombia Colombia Cobb Racing G-Force Nissan Infiniti 36 17 14 5 - - - - - - -
31 Robby Gordon Flag of the United States United States Team Menard Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 32 - - 32 - - - - - - -
32 Andy Michner Flag of the United States United States Brant Racing Riley & Scott Oldsmobile Aurora 29 12 17 - - - - - - - -
33 Tony Stewart Flag of the United States United States Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 22 - - 22 - - - - - - -
34 Hideshi Matsuda Flag of Japan Japan Beck Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 20 - - 20 - - - - - - -
35 Stan Wattles Flag of the United States United States Metro Racing Riley & Scott Oldsmobile Aurora 19 6 -
Metro Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 13 - - - - - - -
36 Marco Greco Flag of Brazil Brazil Phoenix Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 18 - 18 - - - - - - - -
37 Brian Tyler Flag of the United States United States Truscelli Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 16 16 - - - - - - - - -
38 Jeret Schroeder Flag of the United States United States Cobb Racing G-Force Nissan Infiniti 15 - - 15 - - - - - - -
39 Jack Miller Flag of the United States United States Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 13 - - 1 - - 12 - - - -
40 Bobby Regester Flag of the United States United States Truscelli Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 12 - - - - - - - 12 - -
41 Arie Luyendyk Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Treadway Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 11 - - 11 - - - - - - -
42 Doug Didero Flag of Canada Canada Mid America Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 10 - - - - - - - - - 10
43 Niclas Jönsson Flag of Sweden Sweden Blueprint Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 9 - - - - - - - - 6 3
44 Gualter Salles Flag of Brazil Brazil Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 7 7 - - - - - - - - -
Wim Eyckmans Flag of Belgium Belgium Team Cheever Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 7 - - 7 - - - - - - -
46 Sarah Fisher Flag of the United States United States Team Pelfrey Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 5 - - - - - - - - - 5
47 Willy T. Ribbs Flag of the United States United States McCormack Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 4 - - - - - - - - 4 -
48 Jason Leffler Flag of the United States United States Treadway Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 2 2 - - - - - - - - -

No points (did not qualify):

[edit] References

  1. ^ Preliminary Charlotte Crash Details Outlined, The Auto Channel, May 15, 1999