The 1999 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 was the eighth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 20, 1999, on the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon.
Gil de Ferran was the winner.
Report
Race Searching for his first career win, Hélio Castro-Neves took the lead at the start by going around the outside of polesitter Juan Pablo Montoya in Turn 1. Castro-Neves and Montoya built a gap to the rest of the field and raced on their own in the first stint, with Montoya taking the lead at the first round of pit stops. Castro-Neves stayed with him until an electrical failure slowed him down and ultimately made him retire. This left Montoya with a big lead, but a caution due to Richie Hearn's spin erased it, and Montoya then threw away the lead entirely by spinning at the restart. Gil de Ferran took the lead, but Montoya soon passed him and regained it back, but a slower second pit stop handed the lead back to de Ferran, with Montoya third behind Paul Tracy. Montoya immediately took a second from Tracy, with Dario Franchitti coming up to third. While Montoya, Franchitti, Tracy, and others were conserving fuel, de Ferran went flat out and built up a big enough lead to make a third pit stop for fuel and come out in front of Montoya. He took his first win in three years, with Montoya holding off Franchitti for the second.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 98 1:47:44.560 3 20+1 2 4 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 98 +4.393 1 16+1 3 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 98 +4.996 12 14 4 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 98 +13.568 5 12 5 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 98 +20.293 6 10 6 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 98 +27.931 4 8 7 18 Roberto Moreno PacWest Racing 98 +28.450 11 6 8 7 Max Papis Team Rahal 98 +30.068 10 5 9 33 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 98 +30.388 8 4 10 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 98 +41.911 14 3 11 25 Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 98 +41.917 15 2 12 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 98 +43.385 7 1 13 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 98 +44.888 13 14 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 98 +52.044 9 15 44 Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 98 +59.048 17 16 2 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 98 +59.689 26 17 22 Robby Gordon Team Gordon 98 +59.973 20 18 3 Tarso Marques Team Penske 97 +1 Lap 18 19 15 Memo Gidley Walker Racing 97 +1 Lap 25 20 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 96 +2 Laps 24 21 20 P. J. Jones Patrick Racing 95 +3 Laps 23 22 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 95 +3 Laps 21 23 71 Luiz Garcia Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 95 +3 Laps 27 24 24 Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 43 Engine 19 25 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 42 Turbo 16 26 9 Hélio Castro-Neves Hogan Racing 40 Electrical 2 27 36 Gualter Salles All American Racing 10 Engine 22 28 16 Shigeaki Hattori Bettenhausen Racing 8 Retired 28
Caution flags Laps Cause48-51 Hearn (10) spin52-54 Montoya (4) spin60-62 Jones (20) spin
Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-30 Hélio Castro-Neves31-50 Juan Pablo Montoya 51-54 Gil de Ferran55-59 Juan Pablo Montoya 60-98 Gil de Ferran Driver Laps ledGil de Ferran 43Hélio Castro-Neves 30Juan Pablo Montoya 25
Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 90 2 Dario Franchitti 85 3 Gil de Ferran 71 4 Greg Moore 69 5 Adrián Fernández 65
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