1999 Texaco/Havoline 200

1999 Road America

Race details
Race 10 of 20 in the 1999 CART season
Road America
Date	July 11, 1999
Official name	1999 Texaco/Havoline 200
Location	Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States
Course	Permanent road course 4.048 mi / 6.515 km
Distance	55 laps 222.64 mi / 358.325 km
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Time	1:40.206
Fastest lap
Driver	Hélio Castro-Neves (Hogan Racing)
Time	1:41.984 (on lap 24 of 55)
Podium
First	Christian Fittipaldi (Newman-Haas Racing)
Second	Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Third	Adrián Fernández (Patrick Racing)

The 1999 Texaco/Havoline 200 was the tenth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 11, 1999, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

Report

Race

The race was red-flagged on the first lap as the start saw six drivers being taken out in two separate incidents at different locations of the track. The race was restarted entirely, with the drivers involved being in their spare cars. Michael Andretti got a jump on the others from pole, but Juan Pablo Montoya simply drove around him at the first corner and took the lead. Andretti ran second early on, but he lost the spot to teammate Christian Fittipaldi at the first round of pitstops. Andretti wasted no time in passing his teammate for second, with Adrián Fernández doing the same soon after and then attacking Andretti. That did not work out as Adrián Fernández spun and dropped back to fifth. By now, Montoya had a 12-second lead, but he started suffering from gearbox problems and started to lose time. Fittipaldi got the better of Andretti on the second pit stop as well, and kept the place this time, before closing Montoya down. He closed to within 1.5 seconds to Montoya, but the latter was able to nurse the car and maintain the gap. The third round of stops changed nothing, and Montoya was able to keep Fittipaldi at arm's length and nurse the car, but the gearbox broke entirely with seven laps left. Fittipaldi was handed the lead and took his first career win ahead of teammate Andretti, with Fernández completing the podium.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	55	1:37:00.799	4	20
2	6	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	55	+1.060	1	16+1
3	40	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	55	+17.427	5	14
4	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	55	+19.397	8	12
5	7	Max Papis	Team Rahal	55	+34.493	14	10
6	44	Tony Kanaan	Forsythe Racing	55	+58.434	10	8
7	19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	54	+1 Lap	18	6
8	22	Robby Gordon	Team Gordon	54	+1 Lap	23	5
9	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Team Penske	54	+1 Lap	19	4
10	10	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	54	+1 Lap	24	3
11	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	54	+1 Lap	9	2
12	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	54	+1 Lap	13	1
13	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	49	Transmission	2	1
14	5	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	41	Engine	3
15	8	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	41	Electrical	12
16	9	Hélio Castro-Neves	Hogan Racing	38	Suspension	20
17	20	P. J. Jones	Patrick Racing	36	Contact	21
18	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	34	Turbo	7
19	18	Roberto Moreno	PacWest Racing	31	Engine	16
20	36	Gualter Salles	All American Racing	31	Engine	25
21	25	Cristiano da Matta	Arciero-Wells Racing	19	Transmission	11
22	33	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	17	Engine	17
23	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	15	Spun off	6
24	71	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	13	Engine	26
25	24	Scott Pruett	Arciero-Wells Racing	6	Engine	22
26	15	Memo Gidley	Walker Racing	3	Engine	15

Caution flags

No cautions.

Lap Leaders

Point standings after race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	113
2	Michael Andretti	95
3	Gil de Ferran	87
4	Dario Franchitti	85
5	Christian Fittipaldi	82

References