1999 - FedEx Championship Series - Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit Race Results

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1999 - Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit Race Results

Race Name - Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit
Date - 8/8/1999
Race Track - The Raceway at Belle Isle
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 71
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Juan Pablo Montoya / 114.773 mph
Cautions - 8 cautions for 23 laps
Average Race Speed - 81.643 mph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 1 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Juan Pablo Montoya
Race Number - 13

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	4	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	114.451
2	2	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	114.733
3	7	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	114.099
4	8	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	114.07
5	12	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	113.585
6	6	Tony Kanaan	McDonalds Championship Racing	Reynard	Honda	114.195
7	18	Hlio Castroneves	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Lola	Mercedes	112.466
8	17	Scott Pruett	Pioneer/MCI WorldCom	Reynard	Toyota	112.519
9	11	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	113.788
10	15	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	112.793
11	25	Gualter Salles	AAR Denso/Castrol	Eagle	Toyota	110.469
12	16	Gonzalo Rodrguez	Marlboro	Lola	Mercedes	112.557
13	21	Richie Hearn	Budweiser	Swift	Ford	111.64
14	5	Roberto Moreno	Big Kmart	Swift	Ford	114.338
15	20	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Lola	Mercedes	111.87
16	26	Naoki Hattori	Alpine	Reynard	Honda	109.676
17	1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Reynard	Honda	114.773
18	22	Jan Magnussen	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	111.495
19	14	Cristiano da Matta	MCI WorldCom	Reynard	Toyota	112.98
20	24	Memo Gidley	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Honda	110.585
21	23	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Honda	111.409
22	3	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	114.456
23	9	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	113.991
24	13	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	113.318
25	19	Robby Gordon	Johns Manville/Panasonic	Swift	Toyota	112.457
26	10	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	113.799
27	27	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Ford