# 1999 Honda Indy 300

The 1999 Honda Indy 300 was the nineteenth and penultimate round of the 1999 CART season, held on 17 October 1999 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Car | Time |
| 1 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:31.703 |
| 2 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | Reynard 99i Ford XD | 1:32.595 |
| 3 | Scott Pruett | Arciero-Wells Racing | Reynard 99i Toyota | 1:32.616 |
| 4 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:32.700 |
| 5 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | Swift 010.c Ford XD | 1:32.899 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chip Ganassi Racing | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:33.018 |
| 7 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | Reynard 99i Ford XD | 1:33.072 |
| 8 | Tony Kanaan | Forsythe Championship Racing | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:33.233 |
| 9 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | Reynard 99i Mercedes-Benz | 1:33.271 |
| 10 | Cristiano da Matta | Arciero-Wells Racing | Reynard 99i Toyota | 1:33.399 |
| 11 | Max Papis | Team Rahal | Reynard 99i Ford XD | 1:33.503 |
| 12 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Championship Racing | Reynard 99i Mercedes-Benz | 1:33.553 |
| 13 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | Swift 010.c Ford XD | 1:33.577 |
| 14 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:33.702 |
| 15 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Championship Racing | Reynard 99i Mercedes-Benz | 1:33.781 |
| 16 | Hélio Castroneves | Hogan Racing | Lola B99/00 Mercedes-Benz | 1:33.869 |
| 17 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:33.969 |
| 18 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | Lola B99/00 Ford XD | 1:34.074 |
| 19 | Jan Magnussen | Patrick Racing | Reynard 99i Ford XD | 1:34.099 |
| 20 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing | Reynard 99i Mercedes-Benz | 1:34.243 |
| 21 | Memo Gidley | Payton/Coyne Racing | Reynard 99i Ford XD | 1:34.309 |
| 22 | Robby Gordon | Team Gordon | Swift 010.c Toyota | 1:34.627 |
| 23 | Naoki Hattori | Walker Racing | Reynard 99i Honda | 1:34.847 |
| 24 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | Reynard 99i Toyota | 1:35.640 |
| 25 | Andrea Montermini | All American Racers | Eagle 997 Toyota | 1:36.101 |
| 26 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | Penske PC27B-99 Mercedes | 1:37.066 |
| 27 | Gualter Salles | Bettenhausen Motorsports | Reynard 99i Mercedes | 1:37.677 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 65 | 1:58:40.726 | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 7 | Max Papis | Team Rahal | 65 | +2.6 secs | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 65 | +7.4 secs | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 65 | +10.4 secs | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 65 | +10.4 secs | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 44 | Tony Kanaan | Forsythe Championship Racing | 65 | +11.4 secs | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 65 | +11.7 secs | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 22 | Robby Gordon | Team Gordon | 65 | +19.9 secs | 22 | 5 |
| 9 | 24 | Scott Pruett | Arciero-Wells Racing | 65 | +21.3 secs | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 16 | Gualter Salles | Bettenhausen Motorsports | 65 | +26.1 secs | 27 | 3 |
| 11 | 20 | Jan Magnussen | Patrick Racing | 65 | +30.7 secs | 19 | 2 |
| 12 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 65 | +33.0 secs | 18 | 1 |
| 13 | 25 | Cristiano da Matta | Arciero-Wells Racing | 63 | Mechanical | 10 | |
| 14 | 71 | Memo Gidley | Payton/Coyne Racing | 60 | Mechanical | 21 | |
| 15 | 36 | Andrea Montermini | All American Racers | 60 | Mechanical | 19 | |
| 16 | 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chip Ganassi Racing | 48 | Contact | 6 | |
| 17 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Championship Racing | 46 | Mechanical | 12 | |
| 18 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 44 | Mechanical | 17 | |
| 19 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing | 33 | Contact | 23 | |
| 20 | 15 | Naoki Hattori | Walker Racing | 33 | Contact | 20 | |
| 21 | 9 | Hélio Castroneves | Hogan Racing | 28 | Mechanical | 16 | |
| 22 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 22 | Mechanical | 26 | |
| 23 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 21 | Mechanical | 24 | |
| 24 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Championship Racing | 20 | Contact | 15 | |
| 25 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 3 | Fire | 13 | |
| 26 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | 1 | Mechanical | 9 | |
| 27 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 0 | Contact | 14 | |