1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix
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| Race details | |
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| Race 13 of 20 in the 1999 CART season | |
The Raceway on Belle Isle
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| Date | August 8, 1999 |
| Official name | 1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix |
| Location | The Raceway on Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, United States |
| Course | Temporary street circuit 2.346 mi / 3.776 km |
| Distance | 71 laps 166.566 mi / 268.096 km |
| Weather | Dry |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 1:13.585 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 1:15.701 (on lap 49 of 71) |
| Podium | |
| First | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) |
| Second | Paul Tracy (Team KOOL Green) |
| Third | Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing) |
The 1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 8, 1999 on The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan.
Contents
Report
Race
Championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya took his fifth pole of the season, and he dominated the early stages of the race, rapidly building a 6-second lead. Paul Tracy ran second early on, although it did not last for long as his teammate Dario Franchitti passed him. Franchitti was able to pull away from Tracy, but had no answer for Montoya, whose lead was up to 10 seconds before a caution caused by a coming together between Robby Gordon and Jan Magnussen triggered the first round of pitstops, during with the top 3 remained unchanged. Montoya continued to dominate once the green flag was brought out, although a miscommunication meant that he did not enter the pits when another caution period caused by Memo Gidley's car failing. The other drivers were all able to make their second stops, and effectively gained a free pitstop on him. Montoya stayed out in an attempt to get as big a lead as possible once the track went green. He built a lead of 15 seconds before he made his pistop, but rejoined only eighth, as Franchitti was handed the lead. Franchitti, despite more caution periods went on to win the race ahead of teammate Tracy in another Team Green 1-2, with Greg Moore taking the final spot on the podium. The win handed Franchitti the championship lead as well, as Montoya was taken out of the race by Hélio Castro-Neves after the latter misjudged a restart attempt.
Classification
Race
Caution flags
| Laps | Cause |
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| 2-3 | Carpentier (33), Papis (7) contact |
| 24-27 | Gordon (22), Magnussen (20) contact |
| 29-33 | Carpentier (33), Gugelmin (17) contact |
| 34-35 | de Ferran (5) contact |
| 45-46 | Gidley (71) stopped on course |
| 64-65 | Moreno (11), Montoya (4) contact |
| 67-69 | da Matta (25) contact, Unser, Jr. (2) spin |
| 70-71 | Montoya (4), Castro-Neves (9) contact |
Lap Leaders
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Point standings after race
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 |  Dario Franchitti |
136 |
| 2 |  Juan Pablo Montoya |
131 |
| 3 |  Michael Andretti |
119 |
| 4 |  Paul Tracy |
106 |
| 5 |  Christian Fittipaldi |
101 |
References
| Previous race: 1999 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota |
CART Indycar World Series 1999 season |
Next race: 1999 Miller Lite 200 |
| Previous race: 1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix |
Detroit Grand Prix | Next race: 2000 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit |
