The 1999 Miller Lite 225 Presented by Kmart was the seventh round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 6, 1999, on the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin.
Report
Race After taking his first career pole, Hélio Castro-NevesThe hyphen was dropped in 2000. led the early stages of the race but he then began to slow due to a boost failure and dropped back down the field and eventually retired. The lead went to Jimmy Vasser, but when he got stuck up behind traffic, he was passed by Dario Franchitti. Michael Andretti was charging up through the field and soon took the lead for himself, until he ran over a crew member at the first round of pit stops. The crew member suffered minor injuries, but Andretti lost two laps in getting his car restarted, and another lap due to the black flag. With Franchitti also penalized for running over an air hose and being sent to the back of the cars on the lead lap, Paul Tracy led, but before the stint was over, the Ganassi cars of Vasser and Juan Pablo Montoya both passed him. Montoya jumped Vasser at the next round of stops. They dominated most of the race after that, but Montoya had to pit for fuel with 15 laps left, and Vasser had to do the same 4 laps later. Tracy, helped by a caution period, was able to stretch his fuel and win ahead of Greg Moore, who was also able to do the same, and Gil de Ferran.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 225 1:48:49.169 6 20 2 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 225 +5.880 3 16 3 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 225 +6.456 16 14 4 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 225 +7.937 2 12 5 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 225 +9.929 18 10 6 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 225 +11.251 13 8 7 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 225 +12.578 4 6 8 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 225 +15.223 12 5 9 33 Patrick Carpentier* Forsythe Racing 224 +1 Lap 8 4 10 4 Juan Pablo Montoya* Chip Ganassi Racing 224 +1 Lap 5 3+1 11 25 Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 224 +1 Lap 7 2 12 18 Roberto Moreno PacWest Racing 223 +2 Laps 9 1 13 7 Max Papis Team Rahal 222 +3 Laps 17 14 36 Alex Barron All American Racing 222 +3 Laps 10 15 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 222 +3 Laps 11 16 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 222 +3 Laps 21 17 24 Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 222 +3 Laps 15 18 44 Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 221 +4 Laps 20 19 2 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 221 +4 Laps 22 20 20 P. J. Jones Patrick Racing 219 +6 Laps 14 21 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 219 +6 Laps 19 22 34 Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 212 +13 Laps 26 23 16 Shigeaki Hattori Bettenhausen Racing 118 Contact 24 24 22 Robby Gordon Team Gordon 83 Electrical 23 25 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 81 Handling 25 26 9 Hélio Castro-Neves Hogan Racing 30 Turbo boost 1 1 Notes – Patrick Carpentier and Juan Pablo Montoya were both penalized one lap for passing under yellow. This demoted Carpentier from 4th to 9th and Montoya from 6th to 10th.
Caution flags Laps Cause1 Field not aligned2-7 Jones (20) spin62-73 Debris on track121-130 Hattori (16) contact211-220 Moreno (18) spin
Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-14 Hélio Castro-Neves15-46 Jimmy Vasser47-49 Dario Franchitti50-65 Michael Andretti66-105 Paul Tracy106-124 Jimmy Vasser125-208 Juan Pablo Montoya 209-212 Jimmy Vasser213-225 Paul Tracy Driver Laps ledJuan Pablo Montoya 84Jimmy Vasser 55Paul Tracy 53Michael Andretti 16Hélio Castro-Neves 14Dario Franchitti 3
Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 73 2 Dario Franchitti 71 3 Greg Moore 69 4 Michael Andretti 61 5 Christian Fittipaldi 61
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