The 1999 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland was the ninth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 27, 1999, at the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio.
Report Race Pole Sitter and championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya led the early stages of the race until it was struck by a heavy rain shower on lap 33. Multiple cars crashed into the wall or spun, and the race ran under caution while the rain stopped, with Montoya leading from Paul Tracy and Gil de Ferran. When the race went green, de Ferran passed Tracy and then Montoya to take the lead. After the drivers changed to slick tires, Montoya came back at de Ferran and passed him on a restart on lap 69. He was able to pull away and win, the race being stopped on the 2-hour time limit. De Ferran finished second, and Michael Andretti third after a slow second pitstop for Tracy.
Classification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 90 2:01:04.277 1 20+1+1 2 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 90 +10.604 2 16 3 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 90 +12.697 3 14 4 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 90 +17.849 8 12 5 2 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 90 +19.209 14 10 6 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 90 +19.754 4 8 7 33 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 90 +20.596 6 6 8 18 Roberto Moreno PacWest Racing 90 +23.702 5 5 9 22 Robby Gordon Team Gordon 89 +1 Lap 24 4 10 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 88 +2 Laps 25 3 11 15 Memo Gidley Walker Racing 88 +2 Laps 21 2 12 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 88 +2 Laps 11 1 13 36 Gualter Salles All American Racing 88 +2 Laps 26 14 71 Luiz Garcia Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 87 +3 Laps 27 15 20 P. J. Jones Patrick Racing 86 +4 Laps 16 16 7 Max Papis Team Rahal 86 +4 Laps 22 17 24 Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 70 Engine 18 18 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 64 Exhaust 7 19 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 63 Contact 12 20 25 Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 37 Suspension 13 21 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 34 Contact 9 22 44 Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 33 Contact 19 23 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 33 Contact 15 24 3 Tarso Marques Team Penske 32 Contact 23 25 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 19 Throttle 10 26 9 Hélio Castro-Neves Hogan Racing 19 Linkage 17 27 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 2 Transmission 20
Caution flags Laps Cause35-50 Kanaan (44) contact, Vasser (12) contact, Marques (3) contact, Heavy rain66-69 Fernández (40) contact
Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-30 Juan Pablo Montoya 31 Roberto Moreno 32 Juan Pablo Montoya 33-34 Roberto Moreno 35-57 Juan Pablo Montoya 58-61 Gil de Ferran62 Paul Tracy 63 Michael Andretti 64-68 Gil de Ferran69-90 Juan Pablo Montoya Driver Laps ledJuan Pablo Montoya 76Gil de Ferran 9Roberto Moreno 3Michael Andretti 1Paul Tracy 1
Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 112 2 Gil de Ferran 87 3 Dario Franchitti 85 4 Michael Andretti 78 5 Greg Moore 69
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