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1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 2 of 20 Saturday, April 10, 1999 at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway, Motegi City, Japan 201 laps on a 1.549 mile paved track (311.349 miles) Time of race: 1:46:01 Average speed: 176.195 mph Pole speed: 219 mph Cautions: 5 for 32 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1999 CART results   /   1999 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 40   Adrian Fernandez Tecate Beer / Quaker State   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 201 100000 running 153 21 2 1 5   Gil de Ferran Valvoline / Cummins   (Derrick Walker) Reynard / Honda 201 60000 running 25 17 3 7 11   Christian Fittipaldi Big Kmart   (Newman Haas Racing) Swift / Ford 201 50000 running 0 14 4 6 99   Greg Moore Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Mercedes 201 35000 running 0 12 5 5 6   Michael Andretti Kmart / Texaco-Havoline   (Newman Haas Racing) Swift / Ford 200 30000 running 0 10 6 17 44   Tony Kanaan McDonald's   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Honda 200 25000 running 0 8 7 2 17   Mauricio Gugelmin Hollywood Cigarettes / PacWest   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 200 22500 running 21 6 8 14 22   Robby Gordon Johns Manville / Panasonic   (Robby Gordon) Swift / Toyota 200 20000 running 0 5 9 18 9   Helio Castroneves Hogan Motor Leasing   (Hogan Racing) Lola / Mercedes 199 17500 running 0 4 10 21 10   Richie Hearn Budweiser   (Della Penna Motorsports) Swift / Toyota 198 16500 crash 0 3 11 10 26   Paul Tracy Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 198 15250 running 0 2 12 12 12   Jimmy Vasser Target   (Chip Ganassi) Reynard / Honda 198 14250 running 0 1 13 15 4   Juan Pablo Montoya Target   (Chip Ganassi) Reynard / Honda 197 13250 running 0   14 22 2   Tarso Marques Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Penske / Mercedes 197 12500 running 0   15 9 20   P.J. Jones Visteon   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 196 12000 running 0   16 3 7   Max Papis Miller Lite   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 196 11750 running 0   17 19 36   Alex Barron AAR Denso / Castrol   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Toyota 195 11500 running 0   18 26 19   Michel Jourdain, Jr. Herdez / Viva Mexico!   (Dale Coyne) Lola / Ford 188 11250 running 0   19 25 71   Luiz Garcia, Jr. Tang   (Dale Coyne) Reynard / Ford 184 11000 engine 0   20 24 16   Shigeaki Hattori Epson   (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.) Reynard / Mercedes 140 10750 clutch 0   21 20 24   Scott Pruett Pioneer / MCI WorldCom   (Arciero Wells Racing) Reynard / Toyota 106   fire 2   22 11 27   Dario Franchitti Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 91   crash 0   23 8 8   Bryan Herta Shell   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 84   electrical 0   24 16 18   Mark Blundell Motorola / PacWest   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 78   suspension 0   25 23 25   Cristiano da Matta MCI WorldCom   (Arciero Wells Racing) Reynard / Toyota 39   transmission 0   26 13 33   Patrick Carpentier Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Mercedes 10   fuel pressure 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mauricio Gugelmin 1 1 1   Gil de Ferran 2 26 25   Mauricio Gugelmin 27 46 20   Adrian Fernandez 47 50 4   Scott Pruett 51 52 2   Adrian Fernandez 53 201 149 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Greg Moore 34     2   Michael Andretti 26   -8   3   Gil de Ferran 25   -9   4   Adrian Fernandez 21   -13   5   Christian Fittipaldi 18   -16   6   Dario Franchitti 14   -20   7   Jimmy Vasser 13   -21   8   Max Papis 10   -24   9   Tony Kanaan 8   -26   9   Mauricio Gugelmin 8   -26   11   Patrick Carpentier 6   -28   12   Mark Blundell 5   -29   12   Robby Gordon 5   -29   14   Helio Castroneves 4   -30   15   Richie Hearn 3   -31   15   Juan Pablo Montoya 3   -31   17   Paul Tracy 2   -32   18   Bryan Herta 1   -33