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 Pos Nat Name Team Car Time 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 Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points 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
Average Speed 91.849 mph
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