The 1999 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventeenth round of the 1999 CART World Series season, held on September 12, 1999, at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The event was marred when driver Gonzalo Rodríguez died after he was in a practice crash.
The race's winner was American driver Bryan Herta which made 7 career Poles (and of which was his last). This was Herta's 2nd and final victory in CART. Adrian Fernandez broke his wrist during the race but still managed to finish in 5th place.
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 83 1 20+1+1 2 11 Roberto Moreno Newman Haas Racing 83 14 16 3 7 Max Papis Team Rahal 83 3 14 4 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 83 11 12 5 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 83 7 10 6 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 83 9 8 7 24 Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 83 8 6 8 26 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 83 16 5 9 33 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 83 15 4 10 6 Michael Andretti Newman Haas Racing 83 5 3 11 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 83 6 2 12 18 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 83 20 1 13 71 Memo Gidley Dale Coyne Racing 83 22 14 15 Naoki Hattori Walker Racing 83 25 15 21 Luiz Garcia Jr. Hogan Racing 82 + 2 Lap 24 16 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 80 + 3 Lap 26 17 20 Jan Magnussen Patrick Racing 69 Transmission 23 18 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi 62 Water leak 13 19 22 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports 56 Crash 18 20 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. Dale Coyne Racing 53 Transmission 19 21 44 Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 44 Transmission 2 22 25 Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 40 Oil pressure 17 23 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 32 Transmission 4 24 36 Andrea MonterminiAll American Racing 31 Crash 21 25 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 31 Crash 12 26 9 Helio Castroneves Hogan Racing 29 Throttle cable 10 27 16 Shigeaki Hattori Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 0 License revoked 27WD 2 Al Unser Jr. Team PenskeWithdrew due to death of teammateWD3 Gonzalo Rodríguez Team PenskeFatal practice accident
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