1999 - FedEx Championship Series - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy.

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1999 - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

Race Name - Indianapolis 500
Date - 4/18/1999
Race Track - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 27
Laps Run - 85
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Tony Kanaan / 107.454 mph
Cautions - 5 cautions for 19 laps
Average Race Speed - 87.915 mph
Lead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 3 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Tony Kanaan
Race Number - 3

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Reynard	Honda	106.966
2	2	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	107.412
3	3	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	107.154
4	6	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Ford	106.642
5	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Big Kmart	Swift	Ford	106.175
6	7	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	106.568
7	13	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	105.917
8	8	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	106.378
9	4	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	107.044
10	9	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	106.259
11	24	Richie Hearn	Budweiser	Swift	Ford	104.148
12	15	PJ Jones	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	105.77
13	12	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	105.988
14	14	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	105.853
15	20	Scott Pruett	Pioneer/MCI WorldCom	Reynard	Toyota	104.846
16	21	Robby Gordon	Johns Manville/Panasonic	Swift	Toyota	104.776
17	17	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	105.273
18	23	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Honda	104.349
19	18	Hlio Castroneves	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Lola	Mercedes	105.248
20	16	Cristiano da Matta	MCI WorldCom	Reynard	Toyota	105.673
21	10	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	106.18
22	1	Tony Kanaan	McDonalds Championship Racing	Reynard	Honda	107.454
23	22	Alex Barron	AAR Denso/Castrol	Eagle	Toyota	104.526
24	27	Luiz Garcia Jr	The Tang Car	Reynard	Honda	100.325
25	19	Tarso Marques	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	105.133
26	26	Shigeaki Hattori	EPSON Bettenhausen	Reynard	Ford	103.208
27	25	Gualter Salles	Refrigicent	Reynard	Ford	103.643