1999 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Explained

The 1999 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on May 2, 1999, on the Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

Report

Race

Juan Pablo Montoya followed up on his win in Long Beach by taking his first CART pole in Nazareth, beating Hélio Castro-Neves by the minute margin of one-thousandth of a second. Montoya led the early stages of the race until Castro-Neves passed him in traffic on lap 39, however, a quicker pitstop by Montoya's Ganassi team got Montoya back out in front again. Montoya led for the next 95 laps, but Castro-Neves stayed on his tail all the time, the duo being much quicker than anyone else. Castro-Neves again passed Montoya on lap 145, only for the pit stops to reverse the order. On the resulting restart, Castro-Neves was caught out and passed by P. J. Jones, and later while trying to get the place back, he spun and lost two laps, before eventually crashing out. Montoya cruised to victory ahead of Jones and Paul Tracy, which also gave him the championship lead.

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
14 Juan Pablo MontoyaChip Ganassi Racing2251:46:13.527120+1+1
220 P. J. JonesPatrick Racing225+5.103816
326 Paul TracyTeam Green225+5.880414
425 Cristiano da MattaArciero-Wells Racing225+6.3051712
540 Adrián FernándezPatrick Racing225+16.401910
66 Michael AndrettiNewman-Haas Racing225+16.719148
711 Christian FittipaldiNewman-Haas Racing225+20.624126
827 Dario FranchittiTeam Green225+21.83635
936 Alex BarronAll American Racing224+1 Lap184
1024 Scott PruettArciero-Wells Racing224+1 Lap213
1112 Jimmy VasserChip Ganassi Racing224+1 Lap112
1299 Greg MooreForsythe Racing224+1 Lap101
137 Max PapisTeam Rahal224+1 Lap7
1433 Patrick CarpentierForsythe Racing224+1 Lap6
155 Gil de FerranWalker Racing224+1 Lap13
1619 Michel Jourdain Jr.Payton/Coyne Racing224+1 Lap22
1718 Mark BlundellPacWest Racing223+2 Laps5
1817 Maurício GugelminPacWest Racing222+3 Laps15
1922 Robby GordonTeam Gordon220+5 Laps24
2010 Richie HearnDella Penna Motorsports212Oil Pressure19
219 Hélio Castro-NevesHogan Racing175Contact2
228 Bryan HertaTeam Rahal77Handling16
2344 Tony KanaanForsythe Racing51Engine20
242 Al Unser Jr.Team Penske44Contact23
WD34 Dennis VitoloPayton/Coyne RacingWithdrew
WD16 Shigeaki HattoriBettenhausen RacingWithdrew

Caution flags

Laps Cause
12-17 Tracy (26) spin
46-59 Unser Jr. (2) contact
146-154 Jones (20) spin
171-176 Castro-Neves (9) spin
179-199 Castro-Neves (9) contact

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader
1-38 Juan Pablo Montoya
39-49 Hélio Castro-Neves
50-144 Juan Pablo Montoya
145-148 Hélio Castro-Neves
149-225 Juan Pablo Montoya
 
Driver Laps led
210
15

Point standings after race

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PosDriverPoints
1 Juan Pablo Montoya45
2 Adrián Fernández43
3 Greg Moore40
4 Michael Andretti40
5 Dario Franchitti35