1999 Honda Indy 300

1999 Surfers ParadiseRace details

Race 19 of 20 in the 1999 CART season

Map of the track

Date| 17 October, 1999
Official name| Honda Indy 300
Location| Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Queensland, Australia
Course| Temporary Street Circuit
2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance| 65 laps
181.675 mi / 292.370 km
Pole position
Driver| Dario Franchitti (Team Green)
Time| 1:31.703
Fastest lap
Driver| Max Papis (Team Rahal)
Time| 1:34.516 (on lap 44 of 65)
Podium
First| Dario Franchitti (Team Green)
Second| Max Papis (Team Rahal)
Third| Adrián Fernández (Patrick Racing)

Motor car race

The 1999 Honda Indy 300 was the nineteenth and penultimate round of the 1999 CART season, held on 17 October 1999 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.

## Qualifying results

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Pos  | Nat  | Name  | Team  | Car  | Time

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1  |  | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:31.703
2  |  | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | Reynard 99i Ford XD | 1:32.595
3  |  | Scott Pruett | Arciero-Wells Racing | Reynard 99i Toyota | 1:32.616
4  |  | Paul Tracy | Team Green | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:32.700
5  |  | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | Swift 010.c Ford XD | 1:32.899
6  |  | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chip Ganassi Racing | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:33.018
7  |  | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | Reynard 99i Ford XD | 1:33.072
8  |  | Tony Kanaan | Forsythe Championship Racing | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:33.233
9  |  | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | Reynard 99i Mercedes-Benz | 1:33.271
10  |  | Cristiano da Matta | Arciero-Wells Racing | Reynard 99i Toyota | 1:33.399
11  |  | Max Papis | Team Rahal | Reynard 99i Ford XD | 1:33.503
12  |  | Greg Moore | Forsythe Championship Racing | Reynard 99i Mercedes-Benz | 1:33.553
13  |  | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | Swift 010.c Ford XD | 1:33.577
14  |  | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:33.702
15  |  | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Championship Racing | Reynard 99i Mercedes-Benz | 1:33.781
16  |  | Hélio Castroneves | Hogan Racing | Lola B99/00 Mercedes-Benz | 1:33.869
17  |  | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:33.969
18  |  | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | Lola B99/00 Ford XD | 1:34.074
19  |  | Jan Magnussen | Patrick Racing | Reynard 99i Ford XD | 1:34.099
20  |  | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing | Reynard 99i Mercedes-Benz | 1:34.243
21  |  | Memo Gidley | Payton/Coyne Racing | Reynard 99i Ford XD | 1:34.309
22  |  | Robby Gordon | Team Gordon | Swift 010.c Toyota | 1:34.627
23  |  | Naoki Hattori | Walker Racing | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:34.847
24  |  | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | Reynard 99i Toyota | 1:35.640
25  |  | Andrea Montermini | All American Racers | Eagle 997 Toyota | 1:36.101
26  |  | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | Penske PC27B-99 Mercedes | 1:37.066
27  |  | Gualter Salles | Bettenhausen Motorsports | Reynard 99i Mercedes | 1:37.677

## Race

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Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points

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1  | 27  |  Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 65  | 1:58:40.726  | 1  | 22
2  | 7  |  Max Papis | Team Rahal | 65  | +2.6 secs  | 11  | 16
3  | 40  |  Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 65  | +7.4 secs  | 7  | 14
4  | 8  |  Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 65  | +10.4 secs  | 2  | 12
5  | 6  |  Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 65  | +10.4 secs  | 5  | 10
6  | 44  |  Tony Kanaan | Forsythe Championship Racing | 65  | +11.4 secs  | 8  | 8
7  | 26  |  Paul Tracy | Team Green | 65  | +11.7 secs  | 4  | 6
8  | 22  |  Robby Gordon | Team Gordon | 65  | +19.9 secs  | 22  | 5
9  | 24  |  Scott Pruett | Arciero-Wells Racing | 65  | +21.3 secs  | 3  | 4
10  | 16  |  Gualter Salles | Bettenhausen Motorsports | 65  | +26.1 secs  | 27  | 3
11  | 20  |  Jan Magnussen | Patrick Racing | 65  | +30.7 secs  | 19  | 2
12  | 19  |  Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 65  | +33.0 secs  | 18  | 1
13  | 25  |  Cristiano da Matta | Arciero-Wells Racing | 63  | Mechanical  | 10  |
14  | 71  |  Memo Gidley | Payton/Coyne Racing | 60  | Mechanical  | 21  |
15  | 36  |  Andrea Montermini | All American Racers | 60  | Mechanical  | 19  |
16  | 4  |  Juan Pablo Montoya | Chip Ganassi Racing | 48  | Contact  | 6  |
17  | 99  |  Greg Moore | Forsythe Championship Racing | 46  | Mechanical  | 12  |
18  | 12  |  Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 44  | Mechanical  | 17  |
19  | 18  |  Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing | 33  | Contact  | 23  |
20  | 15  |  Naoki Hattori | Walker Racing | 33  | Contact  | 20  |
21  | 9  |  Hélio Castroneves | Hogan Racing | 28  | Mechanical  | 16  |
22  | 2  |  Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 22  | Mechanical  | 26  |
23  | 10  |  Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 21  | Mechanical  | 24  |
24  | 33  |  Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Championship Racing | 20  | Contact  | 15  |
25  | 11  |  Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 3  | Fire  | 13  |
26  | 17  |  Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | 1  | Mechanical  | 9  |
27  | 5  |  Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 0  | Contact  | 14  |

## Notes

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* Average Speed 91.849 mph

## External links

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* Full Weekend Times & Results

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1999 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston | CART Indycar World Series
1999 season | Next race:
1999 Marlboro 500

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