1999 Miller Lite 200
# 1999 Miller Lite 200

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.

## 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

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chip Ganassi Racing | 83 | 1:42:03.808 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 83 | +10.927 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 83 | +12.313 | 1 | 14+1+1 |
| 4 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 83 | +14.728 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 7 | Max Papis | Team Rahal | 83 | +19.899 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 83 | +23.682 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 9 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Hogan Racing | 83 | +25.097 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 83 | +31.299 | 11 | 5 |
| 9 | 25 | Cristiano da Matta | Arciero-Wells Racing | 83 | +31.877 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 | 22 | Robby Gordon | Team Gordon | 83 | +32.822 | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 83 | +33.262 | 25 | 2 |
| 12 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 83 | +35.317 | 12 | 1 |
| 13 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing | 83 | +35.775 | 26 | |
| 14 | 20 | Jan Magnussen | Patrick Racing | 83 | +43.215 | 15 | |
| 15 | 40 | P. J. Jones | Patrick Racing | 83 | +43.694 | 21 | |
| 16 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | Newman-Haas Racing | 83 | +44.565 | 19 | |
| 17 | 24 | Scott Pruett | Arciero-Wells Racing | 82 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 18 | 36 | Gualter Salles | All American Racing | 82 | +1 Lap | 16 | |
| 19 | 15 | Naoki Hattori | Walker Racing | 82 | +1 Lap | 23 | |
| 20 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | 76 | Engine | 17 | |
| 21 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 72 | Engine | 2 | |
| 22 | 71 | Memo Gidley | Payton/Coyne Racing | 69 | Fire | 13 | |
| 23 | 44 | Tony Kanaan | Forsythe Racing | 58 | Fuel system | 4 | |
| 24 | 21 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | Hogan Racing | 56 | Clutch | 24 | |
| 25 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 54 | Contact | 22 | |
| 26 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 54 | Transmission | 18 | |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 60-65 | Garcia Jr. (21) spin |

## Lap Leaders

| Laps | Leader |
| - | - |
| 1-54 | Dario Franchitti |
| 55 | Paul Tracy |
| 56-83 | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| Driver | Laps led |
| Dario Franchitti | 54 |
| Juan Pablo Montoya | 28 |
| Paul Tracy | 1 |

## Point standings after race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Dario Franchitti | 152 |
| 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 151 |
| 3 | Michael Andretti | 124 |
| 4 | Paul Tracy | 122 |
| 5 | Christian Fittipaldi | 101 |
