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词条 1999 Marlboro 500
释义

  1. Background

  2. Qualifying

  3. Qualification Results

  4. Race highlights

  5. Fatal accident on lap 9

  6. Legacy

  7. Race results

  8. Final standings

  9. References

  10. External links

{{American Championshp Car race report infobox|

Country = United States|

Race = Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota|

Image = Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) - Speedway.svg|

Caption = Track layout|

Date = October 31|

Year = 1999|

Official name = 1999 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota|

Race_No = 20|

Season_No = 20|

Series = CART|

Location = Auto Club Speedway
Fontana, California|

Course = Oval|

Course_mi = 2.029|

Course_km = 3.23|

Distance_laps = 250|

Distance_mi = 500|

Distance_km = 804.672|

Weather = Temperatures reaching up to {{convert|93.9|F|C}}; wind speeds approaching {{convert|11.1|mph|km/h}}[1]|

Pole_Driver = Scott Pruett|

Pole_Team = Arciero-Wells Racing|

Pole_Time = 31.030 (235.398 MPH)|

Pole_Country = USA|

Fast_Driver = Christian Fittipaldi|

Fast_Team = Newman/Haas Racing|

Fast_Time = 31.732 (230.190 MPH)|

Fast_Lap = 224|

Fast_Country = BRA|

First_Driver = Adrian Fernandez|

First_Team = Patrick Racing|

First_Country = MEX|

Second_Driver = Max Papis|

Second_Team = Team Rahal|

Second_Country= ITA|

Third_Driver = Christian Fittipaldi|

Third_Team = Newman/Haas Racing|

Third_Country = BRA|


}}

The 1999 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota was held on October 31, 1999, at Auto Club Speedway (then known as California Speedway) in Fontana, California as the final race of the 1999 CART World Series season. The race was marred by an accident involving Forsythe Racing driver Greg Moore in the early stages of the race, which resulted in the Canadian racer losing his life.

The race was broadcast on ESPN with Paul Page and Parker Johnstone as the commentators. Gary Gerould and Jon Beekhuis were in the pits.

Adrian Fernandez, driving the Tecate/Quaker State Ford for Patrick Racing, won the race. It was his second victory of 1999 following his earlier victory at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan and the fifth of his career. It was also the second time that Fernandez won a race where another driver was killed; he won the 1996 Molson Indy Toronto street course event that saw Jeff Krosnoff lose his life.

This marked the final Champ Car race for the Two Time Champion Al Unser Jr who moved to the Indy Race League, Scott Pruett, PJ Jones, Robby Gordon left the category to join NASCAR. Also Richie Hearn, Raul Boesel, Dennis Vitolo, Naoki Hattori along with Hogan Racing, All American Racers and Team Gordon. Also Goodyear made their last appearance in the category.

Background

The championship entering the race was still to be decided. The two contenders were Dario Franchitti, driver of the #27 Kool Cigarettes Honda for Team Green, and rookie Juan Pablo Montoya, driving the #4 Target Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing. Franchitti had just won the previous race at Surfers Paradise and held a nine-point lead in the season points standings over Montoya, who wrecked out and scored no points.[2]

Qualifying

Scott Pruett won the pole for the race, his final pole in the CART,[3] his only of the season and also for the team. His fastest lap had an average speed of 235.398 miles per hour. The championship contenders Montoya qualified 3rd and Franchitti in 8th.[3] Greg Moore was the only driver that did not make a qualifying run, thus starting at the rear of the field. Moore was not even certain to be in the race due to an accident in the paddock area the weekend before the race, where he was hit by a vehicle while riding his motor scooter. Moore suffered a broken hand in the incident and his team, Forsythe Racing, hired Roberto Moreno as an emergency backup driver if Moore could not run the entire race. After a medical consultation, and an in-car test, he was allowed to race using a hand brace and had the pain dulled with an injection of medicine.

Qualification Results

  • The championship contenders are in bold
{{col-start}}{{col-2}}
St Car Driver Time Speed (mph)
1 24USA}} Scott Pruett 31.030 235.398
2 7ITA}} Max Papis 31.143 234.544
3 4COL}} Juan Pablo Montoya 31.182 234.251
4 12USA}} Jimmy Vasser 31.207 234.063
5 8USA}} Bryan Herta 31.227 233.913
6 6USA}} Michael Andretti 31.315 233.256
7 33CAN}} Patrick Carpentier 31.319 233.226
8 27GB}} Dario Franchitti 31.326 233.174
9 11BRA}} Christian Fittipaldi 31.351 232.988
10 2USA}} Al Unser Jr. 31.363 232.899
11 44BRA}} Tony Kanaan 31.371 232.839
12 5BRA}} Gil de Ferran 31.388 232.713
13 40MEX}} Adrian Fernandez 31.412 232.535
14 3USA}} Alex Barron 31.429 232.410
15 22USA}} Robby Gordon 31.432 232.387
16 25BRA}} Cristiano da Matta 31.435 232.365
17 17BRA}} Maurício Gugelmin 31.462 232.166
18 18GB}} Mark Blundell 31.500 231.886
19 26CAN}} Paul Tracy 31.612 231.064
20 9BRA}} Hélio Castroneves 31.635 230.896
21 10USA}} Richie Hearn 31.713 230.328
22 15Japan}} Naoki Hattori 31.831 229.474
23 20USA}} P.J. Jones 31.385 229.446
24 34USA}} Dennis Vitolo 32.020 228.120
25 36BRA}} Raul Boesel 32.159 227.134
26 19MEX}} Michel Jourdain Jr. 32.250 226.493
27 99CAN}} Greg Moore No Time No Speed

Race highlights

Pruett led the way in his final CART appearance, but he would not held the lead for long as he dropped back and fell out of the race later on, while Michael Andretti took control at the start. Two laps later, Richie Hearn in his final CART race, spun in turn and struck the inside wall; he would walk away. Alex Barron crashed out of the event on the 27th lap; that was the final accident of the event. After leading all but nine of the first seventy-one laps, Andretti's car suffered a fire during his second pit stop, which dropped him out of contention. Dario Franchitti, who was in a championship battle with Juan Pablo Montoya, also had difficulties on pit road; he fell off the pace when his first pit stop led to an improperly fitted right rear wheel, and the replacement tires had incorrect pressure.[4] Raul Boesel, who was running his 3rd race of the season, fell out with an engine blown as he completed 164 laps, this race turned out to be his last of his 173 starts, leaving him with the most starts to never win a CART race. Max Papis led the Marlboro 500 for 111 laps, but was forced to make a pit stop near the end for fuel. Adrián Fernández would take the lead and held him off to get the win after successfully stretching his fuel supply to avoid a late pit stop. Fernandez finished the race approximately seven seconds in front of Papis.[4]

Juan Pablo Montoya and Franchitti ended up in a tie with 212 points. Franchitti had scored more podiums but Montoya won the title by having the most wins with seven to Franchitti's three. The championship was also Chip Ganassi Racing its fourth straight title with three drivers (also including Jimmy Vasser in 1996 and Alex Zanardi in 1997–1998). The finale, however, would be marred by tragedy as Greg Moore was killed on the 9th lap of the race. For Fernandez, it was his second win that was marred by tragedy. He won his first CART win at Toronto three years prior to Moore's death, a race in which Jeff Krosnoff was killed. Fernandez responded, "It's so hard. Greg was such a good friend of ours.[5] We've been racing for a while and shared so many good moments on and off the track."

Fatal accident on lap 9

On lap 9, Moore lost control of his car and crashed in the same area[6] in turn two where Hearn had already crashed six laps earlier and where Jimmy Vasser had crashed in practice. The two earlier incidents were significantly different than Moore's, however. Vasser and Hearn had both been exiting pit road when they crashed, and thus were not traveling at high rates of speed when they spun out onto the grass.

Moore was not as fortunate. Entering the turn at full racing speed (well over 200 miles per hour), Moore also lost control and began to spin out. However, as he was spinning, the rear wheels of the #99 car clipped an access road and turned immediately sideways. The car struck the inside retaining wall cockpit side first. Moore's car broke into numerous pieces almost immediately as a result of the impact and the engine was ripped from the car as it tumbled over and over in the infield. The vehicle was almost completely destroyed in the accident and what was left of the cockpit came to rest upside down several yards away from the impact site. Moore's condition was immediately a concern;[5] Ultimately, he had to be extricated from the remains of his vehicle and was eventually airlifted to a local hospital from the track. Moore had stopped breathing on impact, having hit the wall almost head first.

Moore was just 24 years old when he died and was the second driver to die in the season; Penske Racing driver Gonzalo Rodríguez had been killed in a practice crash at Laguna Seca Raceway just three races earlier.[7] Moore was also the last driver to die in a CART FedEx Championship Series event before the reunion with the IndyCar Series and it was not until 2006 that another open wheel driver lost his life in an accident (Paul Dana).

The drivers were not informed of Moore's death until the race concluded. There were no post race ceremonies for Fernandez's victory or Montoya's championship; instead, a prayer service for Moore was conducted by the track's chaplain and the flags in victory lane were flown at half staff.

An investigation of the fatal crash said the fatal head injury was caused because the car had flown into the wall with Moore's head smashing into the barrier first in a specific angle. The investigation confirmed that had the car hit the wall differently than Greg's head hitting the wall first, Moore would have survived.

This event was to be Moore's last with Forsythe Racing, as he was signed to fill an open seat at Penske for 2000 and was to team with Gil de Ferran of Walker Racing, who signed on to replace Al Unser, Jr. in the Penske stable.[6] Moore was replaced by Hogan Racing's Hélio Castroneves, whose team was shutting down; Castroneves drove for Penske in the CART and IndyCar series until 2017, when he joined the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series; his initial signing with Penske, however, caused tax issues that would later be resolved in 2009.

For safety reasons, International Speedway Corporation paved over the runoff area that Moore had his accident in and later paved over the entire backstretch.

Legacy

Moore would end up finishing in 10th in the final points standings but soon after his death, the number 99 would be retired by CART in honor of him. Fellow drivers paid tribute to this day, including Dario Franchitti who was one of Moore's best friends, when he won at Vancouver in 2002. Franchitti did so again he won the 2009 IndyCar Series title and the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where Moore won his final CART victory in the same year of his death. Max Papis to this day still wears red gloves in honor of Moore who wore red gloves during his career.

Race results

{{col-start}}{{col-2}}
Pos St Car Driver Team Laps Led Margin/Retired Status Points
1 13 40MEX}} Adrian Fernandez Patrick Racing 250 10 2hr 57min 17sec Running 20
2 2 7ITA}} Max Papis Team Rahal 250 112 +7.634 sec Running 17
3 9 11BRA}} Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 250 37 +8.843 sec Running 14
4 3 4COL}} Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 250 13 +14.316 sec Running 12
5 4 12USA}} Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 250 0 +20.706 sec Running 10
6 17 17BRA}} Maurício Gugelmin PacWest 250 2 +44.196 sec Running 8
7 10 2USA}} Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 249 0 +1 lap Flagged 6
8 11 44BRA}} Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 249 0 +1 lap Flagged 5
9 12 5BRA}} Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 249 0 +1 lap Flagged 4
10 8 27GB}} Dario Franchitti Team Green 248 0 +2 laps Flagged 3
11 15 22USA}} Robby Gordon Team Gordon 247 0 +3 laps Flagged 2
12 23 20USA}} P.J. Jones Patrick Racing 246 0 +4 laps Flagged 1
13 26 19MEX}} Michel Jourdain Jr. Dale Coyne Racing 236 5 Engine OUT
14 5 8USA}} Bryan Herta Team Rahal 235 0 +15 laps Flagged
15 24 34USA}} Dennis Vitolo Dale Coyne Racing 235 0 +15 laps Flagged
16 18 18GB}} Mark Blundell PacWest 193 0 Electrical OUT
17 25 36BRA}} Raul Boesel All American Racing 164 0 Engine OUT
18 19 26CAN}} Paul Tracy Team Green 141 9 Electrical OUT
19 2 15Japan}} Naoki Hattori Walker Racing 124 0 Electrical OUT
20 19 9BRA}} Hélio Castroneves Hogan Racing 111 0 Engine OUT
21 6 6USA}} Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 71 62 Oil Fire OUT
22 1 24USA}} Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 48 0 Engine OUT 1‡
23 16 25BRA}} Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 32 0 Engine OUT
24 14 3USA}} Alex Barron Team Penske 27 0 Crash OUT
25 7 33CAN}} Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 21 0 Electrical OUT
26 27 99CAN}} Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 9 0 Fatal Accident OUT
27 21 10USA}} Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 3 0 Crash OUT
  • ‡ - Denotes Pole Sitter and earns one point

Final standings

Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti ended up tied with 212 points each, Montoya winning the tiebreaker due to his higher number of wins that season with seven.[8] This rare occurrence would happen again in IndyCar in 2006 as another Ganassi Racing driver, Dan Wheldon, and Penske Racing's Sam Hornish Jr. had 475 points each and Hornish Jr. won the tiebreaker with the most wins at the end.[9] In 2015, Montoya (driving for Penske) would lose the IndyCar championship in a tiebreaker to his former team with Scott Dixon clinching his fourth title after winning at Sonoma Raceway to earn a series-leading third win of the season. This also happened previously in the 1996 Indy Racing League season, when Buzz Calkins and Scott Sharp were tied with 246 points. But on that occasion, they were co-champions and only held three events.

{{col-start}}{{col-2}}
Pos Driver Points
1COL}} Juan Pablo Montoya212
2UK}} Dario Franchitti212
3CAN}} Paul Tracy161
4USA}} Michael Andretti151
5ITA}} Max Papis150
6MEX}} Adrian Fernandez140
7BRA}} Christian Fittipaldi121
8BRA}} Gil de Ferran108
9USA}} Jimmy Vasser104
10CAN}} Greg Moore97

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Fontana/1999-10-31 |title=Weather of the 1999 Marlboro 500 |publisher=The Old Farmers' Almanac |accessdate=2013-06-24 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6HntgQZPq?url=http://m.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Fontana/1999-10-31 |archivedate=2013-07-02 |deadurl=no |df= }}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Papis hoping to win|work=Boca Raton News|agency=Associated Press|date=October 30, 1999|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4c4PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KY4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6344,3500246&dq=marlboro+500&hl=en|accessdate=November 12, 2009}}
3. ^1 {{cite news|title=Pruitt gives Toyota first pole|work=Boca Raton News|agency=Associated Press|date=October 31, 1999|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4s4PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KY4DDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4052,3704989&dq=marlboro+500+scott+pruitt&hl=en|accessdate=November 22, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
4. ^1 {{cite web|last=Sproule|first=Marc|title=Fernandez and Montoya the Victors on a Very Difficult Day|publisher=Championship Auto Racing Teams|date=October 31, 1999|url=http://www.cart.com/R00/99newsarchive/CAR19991031QPNEWS00001WFC.html|accessdate=November 13, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000822122231/http://www.cart.com/R00/99newsarchive/CAR19991031QPNEWS00001WFC.html |archivedate=August 22, 2000}}
5. ^1 {{cite news|title=ESPN.com — Auto Racing; Moore, 24, killed in horrifying CART crash|work=ESPN.com|date=November 3, 1999|url=http://espn.go.com/auto/cart/news/1999/1031/144448.html|accessdate=December 9, 2009}}
6. ^1 {{cite web|title=CART driver Greg Moore killed in crash|publisher=CNN Sports Illustrated|date=October 31, 1999|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/nascar/news/1999/10/31/news.moorecrash.html|accessdate=November 12, 2009}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=Plus: Auto Racing — Marlboro 500; Driver Killed In Early Crash|work=The New York Times|date=November 1, 1999|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/01/sports/plus-auto-racing-marlboro-500-driver-killed-in-early-crash.html|accessdate=November 12, 2009}}
8. ^{{cite journal|last=Hinton|first=Ed|title=Wheels Of Fortune|journal=Sports Illustrated|date=November 8, 1999|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1017578/index.htm|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Hornish Jr. wins tiebreak to take IRL title|publisher=NBC Sports. Associated Press|date=September 10, 2006|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/14772023/|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}

External links

  • 1999 Marlboro 500 Results
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20091212120856/http://speedcenter.com/races99/20fontana/index.html CART Fontana 1999]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110607233531/http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/ch199920.pdf Race results on Motorsport.com]
  • 10 Years Later: Remembering Greg Moore
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tl-6oqN0i4 Greg Moore's Fatal Crash Live]
  • Greg Moore: What Might Have Been
{{CART World Series race report|
 Name_of_race = Marlboro 500 | Year_of_race = 1999 | Previous_race_in_season = 1999 Honda Indy 300 | Next_race_in_season = 2000 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami presented by Toyota   | Previous_year's_race = 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota | Next_year's_race = 2000 Marlboro 500

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