1999 Motorola 300
# 1999 Motorola 300

The 1999 Motorola 300 was the sixth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on May 29, 1999, on the Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

## Report

### Race

Juan Pablo Montoya, looking for a record-equalling fourth consecutive series win, led from pole in the early stages of the race from Paul Tracy. After a caution caused due to a crash by Tarso Marques, the leaders came in for stops, and Roberto Moreno led on an alternate pit strategy. Moreno led for a period of time and then pitted, handing Tracy the lead ahead of Michael Andretti, although the second period of stops reversed the order, whereas Montoya lost a lap and dropped out of contention after a fuel miscalculation. Andretti led until another caution came after Tracy and teammate Dario Franchitti collided while battling for second. This led to another round of stops from certain drivers, including Andretti, whereas Hélio Castro-Neves stayed out and took the lead. Castro-Neves led comfortably till lap 189 when the final round of pit stops took place. Castro-Neves, being on older tires and having his last pit stop well back had to put on new tires and more fuel, as did all behind him. Andretti and others who pitted on lap 152, did not have to put on new tires, and also required less fuel, resulting in a much faster stop. This meant that Andretti led after the stops, with Moreno up to second, and P. J. Jones in third. Both Castro-Neves and Franchitti took advantage of the newer tires to pass everyone in front of them and move up to second and third behind Andretti. Andretti, however, was able to hold them off and take his first win in over a year, with Castro-Neves settling for second and Franchitti third.

## Classification

### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 236 | 2:25:35.829 | 11 | 20+1 |
| 2 | 9 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Hogan Racing | 236 | +0.329 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 236 | +1.047 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | 18 | Roberto Moreno | PacWest Racing | 236 | +5.735 | 19 | 12 |
| 5 | 7 | Max Papis | Team Rahal | 236 | +10.977 | 13 | 10 |
| 6 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 236 | +11.203 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 44 | Tony Kanaan | Forsythe Racing | 236 | +16.851 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 20 | P. J. Jones | Patrick Racing | 236 | +25.769 | 16 | 5 |
| 9 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 236 | +25.981 | 8 | 4 |
| 10 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 236 | +26.531 | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chip Ganassi Racing | 236 | +27.305 | 1 | 2+1 |
| 12 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 235 | +1 Lap | 24 | 1 |
| 13 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 234 | +2 Laps | 25 | |
| 14 | 24 | Scott Pruett | Arciero-Wells Racing | 234 | +2 Laps | 20 | |
| 15 | 16 | Shigeaki Hattori | Bettenhausen Racing | 229 | +7 Laps | 26 | |
| 16 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 212 | Electrical | 23 | |
| 17 | 25 | Cristiano da Matta | Arciero-Wells Racing | 185 | Engine | 12 | |
| 18 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | 161 | Fuel Pressure | 21 | |
| 19 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 147 | Contact | 2 | |
| 20 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 141 | Electrical | 22 | |
| 21 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 132 | Clutch | 7 | |
| 22 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 114 | Contact | 4 | |
| 23 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 113 | Contact | 17 | |
| 24 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | Payton/Coyne Racing | 62 | Handling | 27 | |
| 25 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 36 | Pit incident | 15 | |
| 26 | 3 | Tarso Marques | Team Penske | 31 | Contact | 18 | |
| 27 | 22 | Robby Gordon | Team Gordon | 10 | Contact | 9 | |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 1 | Field not aligned |
| 12-26 | Gordon (22) contact |
| 33-44 | Marques (3) contact |
| 107-115 | Gugelmin (17) stopped on track |
| 116-130 | Carpentier (33), Herta (8) contact |
| 149-159 | Tracy (26), Franchitti (27) contact |
| 186-193 | da Matta (25) engine blow-up |

## Lap Leaders

| Laps | Leader |
| - | - |
| 1-36 | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 37-74 | Roberto Moreno |
| 75-85 | Al Unser Jr. |
| 86-89 | Roberto Moreno |
| 90-102 | Paul Tracy |
| 103-104 | Michael Andretti |
| 105 | Patrick Carpentier |
| 106-109 | Greg Moore |
| 110-151 | Michael Andretti |
| 152-189 | Hélio Castro-Neves |
| 190-236 | Michael Andretti |
| Driver | Laps led |
| Michael Andretti | 91 |
| Roberto Moreno | 42 |
| Hélio Castro-Neves | 38 |
| Juan Pablo Montoya | 36 |
| Paul Tracy | 13 |
| Al Unser Jr. | 11 |
| Greg Moore | 4 |
| Patrick Carpentier | 1 |

## Point standings after race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 69 |
| 2 | Dario Franchitti | 65 |
| 3 | Michael Andretti | 61 |
| 4 | Greg Moore | 53 |
| 5 | Christian Fittipaldi | 53 |
