1999 Molson Indy Vancouver
The 1999 Molson Indy Vancouver was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on September 5, 1999, at Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the 16th round of the 1999 CART season. Juan Pablo Montoya won the race from pole position and led nearly every lap en route to his seventh win of the season, followed by Patrick Carpentier and Jimmy Vasser.
| Race details | |
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| Race 16 of 20 in the 1999 CART season | |
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| Date | September 5, 1999 |
| Official name | 1999 Molson Indy Vancouver |
| Location | Concord Pacific Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Course | Temporary Street Course 1.780 mi / 2.865 km |
| Distance | 74 (shortened from 90) laps 131.72 mi / 212.01 km |
| Weather | Cloudy and wet with temperatures reaching up to 18.8 °C (65.8 °F)[1] |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 1:00.641 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | (on lap of 74 (shortened from 90)) |
| Podium | |
| First | Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Patrick Carpentier (Forsythe Racing) |
| Third |  Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Despite leading all but one lap during the race, Montoya was hampered by the wet racetrack and the pace of his championship rival Dario Franchitti; at one point, both drivers touched on track, spinning Franchitti out and ending his chances at winning the race. The race also saw multiple crashes as drivers struggled to navigate around the soaking wet racetrack.
Qualifying
| September 4, 1999 - Qualifying Speeds | |||||
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| Rank | Driver | Time | Leader | Speed (mph) | Team |
| 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya (R) |
1:00.641 | — | 105.730 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2 | P.J. Jones |
1:00.877 | +0.236 | 105.321 | Patrick Racing |
| 3 | Paul Tracy |
1:00.913 | +0.272 | 105.258 | Team Green |
| 4 |  Dario Franchitti |
1:00.952 | +0.311 | 105.191 | Team Green |
| 5 |  Mark Blundell |
1:00.957 | +0.316 | 105.191 | PacWest Racing |
| 6 |  Roberto Moreno |
1:00.976 | +0.335 | 105.150 | Newman-Haas Racing |
| 7 | Gil de Ferran |
1:00.999 | +0.358 | 105.110 | Walker Racing |
| 8 | Michael Andretti |
1:01.160 | +0.358 | 104.833 | Newman-Haas Racing |
| 9 | Greg Moore |
1:01.467 | +0.826 | 104.310 | Forsythe Racing |
| 10 | Maurício Gugelmin |
1:01.483 | +0.842 | 104.282 | PacWest Racing |
| 11 | Patrick Carpentier |
1:01.483 | +0.842 | 104.282 | Forsythe Racing |
| 12 |  Max Papis |
1:01.503 | +0.862 | 104.249 | Team Rahal |
| 13 | Bryan Herta |
1:01.588 | +0.947 | 104.105 | Team Rahal |
| 14 | Scott Pruett |
1:01.784 | +1.143 | 103.774 | Arciero-Wells Racing |
| 15 | Tony Kanaan |
1:01.817 | +1.176 | 103.719 | Forsythe Racing |
| 16 | Jimmy Vasser |
1:01.855 | +1.214 | 103.655 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 17 | Cristiano da Matta (R) |
1:01.976 | +1.335 | 103.453 | Arciero-Wells Racing |
| 18 |  Michel Jourdain, Jr. |
1:02.092 | +1.451 | 103.260 | Dale Coyne Racing |
| 19 | Robby Gordon |
1:02.104 | +1.463 | 103.240 | Team Gordon |
| 20 | Memo Gidley (R) |
1:02.337 | +1.696 | 102.854 | Dale Coyne Racing |
| 21 |  Jan Magnussen |
1:02.420 | +1.779 | 102.717 | Patrick Racing |
| 22 | Richie Hearn |
1:02.522 | +1.881 | 102.550 | Della Penna Motorsports |
| 23 |  Naoki Hattori (R) |
1:02.647 | +2.006 | 102.345 | Walker Racing |
| 24 | Al Unser, Jr. |
1:02.822 | +2.181 | 102.060 | Team Penske |
| 25 | Andrea Montermini |
1:03.306 | +2.665 | 101.279 | All American Racing |
| 26 | Luiz Garcia, Jr. (R) |
1:03.844 | +3.203 | 100.426 | Hogan Racing |
| 27 | Hélio Castroneves |
No time | No speed | Hogan Racing | |
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Race
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 2 among 2 drivers
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Standings after the race
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References
- "1999 Molson Indy Vancouver weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- "1999 Molson Indy Vancouver". Champcar.com. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- "1999 Molson Indy Vancouver Race Results". Racing-reference.info. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- Championship Auto Racing Teams (March 2001). "CART FedEx Championship Series - 2001 Rule Book". Archived from the original on 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2017-05-22.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
| Previous race: 1999 Target Grand Prix of Chicago |
CART Indycar World Series 1999 season |
Next race: 1999 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey |
| Previous race: 1998 Molson Indy Vancouver |
Molson Indy Vancouver | Next race: 2000 Molson Indy Vancouver |
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