1999 - FedEx Championship Series - Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 Race Results

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1999 - Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 Race Results

Race Name - Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500
Date - 5/29/1999
Race Track - Atlanta Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 27
Laps Run - 236
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Juan Pablo Montoya / 182.778 mph
Cautions - 9 cautions for 71 laps
Average Race Speed - 123.513 mph
Lead Changes - 8 Leader(s) with 10 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Michael Andretti
Race Number - 6

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	11	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	180.135
2	3	Hlio Castroneves	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Lola	Mercedes	182.13
3	5	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	181.45
4	19	Roberto Moreno	Motorola/PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	178.065
5	13	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	179.972
6	6	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	181.436
7	14	Tony Kanaan	McDonalds Championship Racing	Reynard	Honda	179.675
8	16	PJ Jones	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	179.055
9	8	Christian Fittipaldi	Big Kmart	Swift	Ford	181.163
10	10	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	180.305
11	1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Reynard	Honda	182.778
12	24	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Lola	Mercedes	176.532
13	25	Richie Hearn	Budweiser	Swift	Ford	175.873
14	20	Scott Pruett	Pioneer/MCI WorldCom	Reynard	Toyota	178.03
15	26	Shigeaki Hattori	EPSON Bettenhausen	Reynard	Ford	173.609
16	23	Alex Barron	AAR Denso/Castrol	Eagle	Toyota	177.429
17	12	Cristiano da Matta	MCI WorldCom	Reynard	Toyota	180.007
18	21	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	177.76
19	2	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	182.195
20	22	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Honda	177.526
21	7	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Ford	181.263
22	4	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	181.522
23	17	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	178.461
24	27	Dennis Vitolo	Team NicoDerm	Reynard	Honda	166.424
25	15	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	179.062
26	18	Tarso Marques	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	178.134
27	9	Robby Gordon	Johns Manville/Panasonic	Swift	Toyota	181.084