1999 USAC Gold Crown Series (Johnsonverse)

The 1999 USAC Gold Crown Series presented by NTT season was the 44th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by USAC. The season consisted of 40 races. This season was highly competitive and parity was the order of the year.
Juan Pablo Montoya, in his first USAC season after two successful seasons in International Formula 3000, won the championship and the Rookie of the Year honors, the second driver to win both awards in the same season, after Nigel Mansell in 1993. The season ended in a tie, with Montoya and Dario Franchitti both having 212 championship points, though Montoya broke the tie-breaker due to having seven wins, over Franchitti's three.
Starting this season, the field at all races was 46, regardless of track, due to the massive amount of entries each race was getting, and improvements made by NASCAR to expand its own fields to 46 cars in the late 1990s.
In the Constructors' Cup, Mopar won for the eighth time since it entered Indycar, cementing it as the best chassis on the grid. The Manufacturers' Cup, meanwhile, was a fierce battle between Dodge and Offenhauser, with Dodge winning by only a single win; 1999 was Offenhauser's best year since 1986. The Indianapolis 500 also saw the first win for a Watson chassis since 1964.
== Safety issues ==
The season was marred by several high-profile incidents. 
At the VisionAire 500K at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Stan Wattles crashed after suffering a suspension failure. John Paul Jr. made contact with debris from Wattles' car, sending the latter's right rear wheel and tire assembly into the grandstands. Scott Harrington also spun in the incident. Three spectators were killed by the flying debris, while an additional eight suffered non-fatal injuries. Following the incident, the race was put under caution for 17 laps. Due to the fatalities, the race was abandoned after 79 of the scheduled 208 laps; Ray had been leading at the time of the stoppage. Track president Humpy Wheeler stated: "We've never done anything like this before. But it seemed like the right thing to do in respect to those who lost their lives up there." Driver Eddie Cheever Jr. agreed with the decision to stop the race, saying, "My teammates and I are just full of sorrow. Our thoughts and prayers are with the individuals and families. The decision to stop the race was the right one. We all leave Charlotte with extremely heavy hearts."
As a result of the race being abandoned, no official prize money or championship points were awarded. USAC instead paid each team and driver to cover the expenses occurred for the race. In the aftermath of the accident and a similar accident at the Michigan 500 in July 1998, several safety improvements were made to USAC racecars and the track. USAC added tethers to the wheels of their cars in an effort to prevent them from detaching, while Lowe's Motor Speedway raised the height of the track's catchfence from 15 to 21 feet; the wheel tethers were also adopted by all other open-wheel series, including Formula One, Formula Nippon, and the NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series. Unlike the FIA Code, which uses three laps (since then changed to three green flag laps as of 2022) to count as an official race, USAC, like NASCAR, requires a race to go to halfway (in this case, 105 laps) or force majeure to be an official race. As such, USAC does not currently recognize any records related to the event.
The G-Force GF99 chassis, which John Paul Jr. was running, was subject to scrutiny following the incident, but the car had passed pre-race inspection, and USAC stated that the incident could have occurred with any other chassis in the field, reminding the media that the 1998 incident at Michigan had involved a 1984 Ligier core rolling chassis with a 1997 Prost aerokit, not a 1997 G-Force core rolling chassis with a 1998 G-Force aerokit, like the media kept harping on about.
During practice at Laguna Seca, Gonzalo Rodríguez's Penske slammed into a concrete wall behind a tire barrier at the entry of the Corkscrew corner. Rodríguez was seriously injured, but survived; he wouldn't race again until 2001. Investigations into the crash showed that, had Rodríguez not been wearing the HANS device, he would have been killed.
A little over a month after the Rodríguez crash, Greg Moore crashed on lap 15 of the Marlboro 500 at Fontana. Following an early race rolling restart for a fourth-lap accident for Richie Hearn that entailed five slow laps behind the pace car to allow for Hearn's car to be cleared, on lap 10, Moore was 15th when he lost control of his car midway through turn two, possibly due to losing the slipstream of a car ahead of him. He attempted to regain control but left skid marks on the track as he spun almost 500 ft (150 m) down the circuit, and into the infield grass at more than 220 mph (350 km/h). Moore hit an access road lower than the damp grass he had gone across earlier, went sideways into the air for about 30 feet (9.1 m), barrel rolled and slammed into an immovable infield concrete barrier lacking a tire wall to absorb the impact at unabated speed at a 90-degree angle. The impact, registered at 154 g0 (1,510 m/s2) by the vehicle's black box, split the car in two, scattered a plethora of debris as the open-cockpit compartment seating the driver disintegrated. Moore's helmet struck the ground multiple times before the car rested upside down after spinning four times. He was extricated from it and administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation by circuit medics before being transported by helicopter to Loma Linda University Medical Center. Moore was pronounced dead at 13:21 Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00) with severe head and internal injuries. He was the first USAC fatality since Jeff Krosnoff at Toronto in 1996.
Johnson immediately investigated the crash, the primary focus being on how the safety cell introduced in 1983 had failed; no car had split in half in this fashion since Gordon Smiley's fatal crash at Indianapolis in 1982. It was ultimately determined that the force of the crash exceeded the g-force load that the safety cell was rated for, and that, since Moore's head had struck the wall, the crash was unsurvivable.
USAC repeated calls for some sort of cockpit protection, namely a cockpit canopy like those used on Le Mans Prototypes. Ultimately, all talk of cockpit protection went away until the death of Henry Surtees in 2009.
==Constructor and engine changes==
==Drivers and teams==
Team 	Chassis 	Engine 	Tyre	No 	Drivers
Marlboro Team Penske 	Penske PC-27B 	Chevrolet 	G 	2 	Al Unser Jr.
Marlboro Team Penske 	Penske PC-27B 	Chevrolet 	G 	3 	Gonzalo Rodríguez
Marlboro Team Penske 	Penske PC-27B 	Chevrolet 	G 	3 	Alex Barron
Chip Ganassi Racing 	Mopar M99 	Dodge 	F 	4 	Juan Pablo Montoya
Chip Ganassi Racing 	Mopar M99 	Dodge 	F 	12 	Jimmy Vasser
Walker Racing 	Reynard 99i 	Offenhauser	G 	5 	Gil de Ferran
Walker Racing 	Reynard 99i 	Offenhauser	G 	15 	Naoki Hattori
Newman/Haas Racing 	Swift 010.c 	Pontiac 	F 	6 	Michael Andretti
Newman/Haas Racing 	Swift 010.c 	Pontiac 	F 	11 	Christian Fittipaldi
Team Rahal 	Rahal RH-007 	Ford 	F 	7 	Max Papis
Team Rahal 	Rahal RH-007 	Ford 	F 	8 	Bryan Herta
Hogan Racing 	Lola B99/00 	Chevrolet 	F 	9 	Hélio Castroneves
Hogan Racing 	Lola B99/00 	Chevrolet 	F 	21 	Luiz Garcia Jr.
Della Penna Motorsports 	Swift 010.c 	Toyota 	F 	10 	Richie Hearn
Bettenhausen Racing 	Reynard 99i 	Chevrolet 	F 	16 	Shigeaki Hattori
PacWest Racing 	Reynard 99i 	Chevrolet 	F 	17 	Maurício Gugelmin
PacWest Racing 	Reynard 99i 	Chevrolet 	F 	18 	Mark Blundell
Payton/Coyne Racing 	Coyne DC-14 	Lincoln 	F 	19 	Michel Jourdain Jr.
Payton/Coyne Racing 	Coyne DC-14 	Lincoln 	F 	34 	Dennis Vitolo
Patrick Racing 	Prost AP99 	Ford 	F 	40 	Adrian Fernández
Patrick Racing 	Prost AP99 	Ford 	F 	20 	Jan Magnussen
Team Gordon 	Swift 010.c 	Toyota 	F 	22 	Robby Gordon
Arciero-Wells Racing 	Reynard 99i 	Toyota 	F 	24 	Scott Pruett
Arciero-Wells Racing 	Reynard 99i 	Toyota 	F 	25 	Cristiano da Matta
Team KOOL Green 	Reynard 99i 	Offenhauser	F 	26 	Paul Tracy
Team KOOL Green 	Reynard 99i 	Offenhauser	F 	27 	Dario Franchitti
Forsythe Racing 	GM 99C 	Oldsmobile 	F 	33 	Patrick Carpentier
Forsythe Racing 	GM 99C 	Oldsmobile 	F 	99 	Greg Moore
Forsythe Championship Racing	GM 99C 	Pontiac 	F 	44 	Tony Kanaan
All American Racing 	Eagle 99C 	Toyota 	G 	36 	Alex Barron
All American Racing 	Eagle 99C 	Toyota 	G 	36 	Andrea Montermini
Team Menard 	GM 99C 	Pontiac 	F 	102	Greg Ray
Team Menard 	GM 99C 	Pontiac 	F 	32 	P. J. Jones
Brant Motorsports 	Riley & Scott Mark VII	Oldsmobile 	G 	103	Raul Boesel
Panther Racing 	Toyota GR98 	Toyota 	G 	104	Scott Goodyear
Panther Racing 	Toyota GR98 	Toyota 	G 	144	Dave Steele
Treadway Racing 	GM 99C 	Chevrolet 	F 	105	Arie Luyendyk
Treadway Racing 	GM 99C 	Chevrolet 	F 	198	Sam Schmidt
Nienhouse Racing 	Riley & Scott Mark VII	Oldsmobile 	F/G 	106	Eliseo Salazar
Dick Simon Racing 	Lola T99/00 	Mercury 	F 	107	Stéphan Grégoire
Kelley Racing 	Mazda RX98 	Mazda 	G 	108	Scott Sharp
Kelley Racing 	Mazda RX98 	Mazda 	G 	128	Mark Dismore
Galles Racing 	Galmer 99 	Buick 	G 	109	Davey Hamilton
Byrd-Cunningham Racing 	G-Force GF99 	Buick 	F 	110	John Paul Jr.
A. J. Foyt Enterprises 	Watson 99 	Offenhauser	G 	111	Billy Boat
A. J. Foyt Enterprises 	Watson 99 	Offenhauser	G 	14 	Kenny Bräck
A. J. Foyt Enterprises 	Watson 99 	Offenhauser	G 	84 	Robbie Buhl
A. J. Foyt Enterprises 	Watson 99 	Offenhauser	G 	141	Marco Greco
Bradley Motorsports 	Riley & Scott Mark VII	Oldsmobile 	F 	112	Buzz Calkins
DR/Lazier Racing 	Mopar M99 	Chrysler 	G 	115	Jaques Lazier
Phoenix Racing 	Mopar M99 	Dodge 	F 	116	Marco Greco
Tri-Star Motorsports 	Mopar M99 	Chrysler 	G 	117	Dr. Jack Miller
Tri-Star Motorsports 	Mopar M99 	Chrysler 	G 	122	Gualter Salles
PDM Racing 	Courage C53 	Plymouth 	G 	118	Mike Borkowski
Metro Racing 	Riley & Scott Mark VII	Oldsmobile 	G 	119	Stan Wattles
Blueprint-Immke Racing 	Dallara IR-99 	Pontiac 	F 	120	Tyce Carlson
Blueprint-Immke Racing 	Dallara IR-99 	Pontiac 	F 	127	Niclas Jönsson
Pagan Racing 	Stacker 98B 	Oldsmobile 	G 	121	Jeff Ward
Barnhart Motorsports 	McLaren M45 	Oldsmobile 	G 	125	Christian Danner
Truscelli Team Racing 	Reynard 99i 	Lincoln 	G 	126	Bobby Regester
McCormack Motorsports 	Ford F-199 	Mercury 	F 	31 	Nick Firestone
McCormack Motorsports 	Ford F-199 	Mercury 	F 	130	Jimmy Kite
Coulson Racing 	G-Force GF99 	Oldsmobile 	F 	134	Jim Guthrie
ISM Racing 	GM 99C 	Chevrolet 	G 	35 	Steve Knapp
Team Xtreme 	Courage C53 	Buffalo 	F/G 	42 	John Hollansworth Jr.
Team Xtreme 	Courage C53 	Buffalo 	F/G 	46 	Mike Groff
Mid America Motorsports 	Minardi M199 	Chrysler 	F 	143	Doug Didero
Sinden Racing 	Riley & Scott Mark VII	Infiniti 	F 	145	Robbie Buhl
Team Pelfrey 	Riley & Scott Mark VII	Dodge 	F 	48 	Sarah Fisher
Team Pelfrey 	Riley & Scott Mark VII	Dodge 	F 	81 	Robby Unser
Team Pelfrey 	Riley & Scott Mark VII	Dodge 	F 	90 	Lyn St. James
Cobb Racing 	Reynard 99i 	Infiniti 	F 	50 	Roberto Guerrero
Cobb Racing 	Reynard 99i 	Infiniti 	F 	196	Jeret Schroeder
Team Cheever 	Stacker 98B 	Pontiac 	G 	151	Eddie Cheever
Team Cheever 	Stacker 98B 	Pontiac 	G 	152	Wim Eyckmans
Beck Motorsports 	Mopar M99 	Plymouth 	F 	54 	Hideshi Matsuda
Conti Racing 	Lola B99/00 	Offenhauser	F 	55 	Robby McGehee
Harrington Motorsports 	Dallara IR-99 	Buffalo 	F 	166	Scott Harrington
Hemelgarn Racing 	Watson 99 	Offenhauser	G 	91 	Buddy Lazier
Hemelgarn Racing 	Watson 99 	Offenhauser	G 	92 	Johnny Unser
Cahill Racing 	Ford F-199 	Mercury 	F 	98 	Donnie Beechler
Joe Gibbs Racing 	GM 99C 	Pontiac 	G 	20 	Tony Stewart *
Vollstedt Racing 	Vollstedt 99 	Oldsmobile 	G 	52 	Keith Kauffman
Stacker & Associates 	Stacker 99B 	Buffalo 	F 	56 	Guido Daccò
Stacker & Associates 	Stacker 99B 	Buffalo 	F 	57 	Jason Leffler
Stacker & Associates 	Stacker 99B 	Buffalo 	F 	58 	Brian Till
Ferrari Racing 	Ferrari I99 	Ferrari 	G 	53 	Tarso Marques
Ferrari Racing 	Ferrari I99 	Ferrari 	G 	83 	Ronnie Johncox
Williams Indy Engineering 	Williams IW99 	Ford 	G 	49 	Mark Hotchkis
Williams Indy Engineering 	Williams IW99 	Ford 	G 	51 	Philipp Peter
McLaren-Yates Racing 	McLaren M45 	Ford 	F 	62 	Franck Fréon
McLaren-Yates Racing 	McLaren M45 	Ford 	F 	64 	Doug Boyer
Alain Prost Racing 	Prost AP99 	Offenhauser	F 	89 	Brian Tyler
Alain Prost Racing 	Prost AP99 	Offenhauser	F 	96 	Derek Higgins
British American Racing 	BAR 01 	Supertec 	G 	43 	David Kudrave
British American Racing 	BAR 01 	Supertec 	G 	45 	Ted Prappas
Minardi Indy 	Minardi M199 	Mercury 	G 	65 	Domenico Schiattarella
Minardi Indy 	Minardi M199 	Mercury 	G 	66 	Ross Bentley
GM Performance Racing 	GM 99C 	Chevrolet 	G 	13 	J. J. Yeley
GM Performance Racing 	GM 99C 	Chevrolet 	G 	113	Guy Smith
Ford-Roush Racing 	Ford F-199 	Ford 	G 	197	Willy T. Ribbs
Ford-Roush Racing 	Ford F-199 	Ford 	G 	199	Paul Jasper
Mopar Racing 	Mopar M99 	Dodge 	G 	60 	Jack Hewitt
Mopar Racing 	Mopar M99 	Dodge 	G 	69 	Roberto Moreno
Mopar Racing 	Mopar M99 	Dodge 	G 	80 	Steve Butler
Toyota Racing Development 	Toyota TR99 	Toyota 	G 	63 	Bruce Field
Toyota Racing Development 	Toyota TR99 	Toyota 	G 	154	Christian Danner
Nismo 	Nissan R99C 	Infiniti 	F 	37 	Lee Bentham
Nismo 	Nissan R99C 	Infiniti 	F 	38 	Allen May
MAZDASPEED 	Mazda RX99 	Mazda 	F 	39 	Memo Gidley
MAZDASPEED 	Mazda RX99 	Mazda 	F 	41 	Robbie Groff
MAZDASPEED 	Mazda RX99 	Wankel 	F 	142	Yannick Dalmas *
Courage Compétition 	Courage C53 	Nissan 	F 	73 	Andy Michner
Courage Compétition 	Courage C53 	Nissan 	F 	74 	Jérôme Policand
** Indianapolis 500 only
===Formula One entrants in Indianapolis 500===
All F1 entrants ran on Bridgestone tires.
Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis	Engine† 	No.	Driver 	Rounds
West McLaren Mercedes 	McLaren-Mercedes 	MP4/14 	Mercedes FO110H 	201	Mika Häkkinen 	All
West McLaren Mercedes 	McLaren-Mercedes 	MP4/14 	Mercedes FO110H 	202	David Coulthard 	All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	Ferrari 	F399 	Ferrari 048 	203	Michael Schumacher 	1–8, 15–16
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	Ferrari 	F399 	Ferrari 048 	204	Eddie Irvine 	All
Winfield Williams 	Williams-Supertec 	FW21 	Supertec FB01 	205	Alessandro Zanardi 	All
Winfield Williams 	Williams-Supertec 	FW21 	Supertec FB01 	206	Ralf Schumacher 	All
Benson and Hedges Jordan 	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	199 	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HD	207	Damon Hill 	All
Benson and Hedges Jordan 	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	199 	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HD	208	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton-Playlife 	B199 	Playlife FB01 	209	Giancarlo Fisichella 	All
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton-Playlife 	B199 	Playlife FB01 	210	Alexander Wurz 	All
Red Bull Sauber Petronas 	Sauber-Petronas 	C18 	Petronas SPE-03A 	211	Jean Alesi 	All
Red Bull Sauber Petronas 	Sauber-Petronas 	C18 	Petronas SPE-03A 	212	Pedro Diniz 	All
Repsol Arrows F1 Team 	Arrows 	A20 	Arrows T2-F1 	214	Pedro de la Rosa 	All
Repsol Arrows F1 Team 	Arrows 	A20 	Arrows T2-F1 	215	Toranosuke Takagi 	All
HSBC Stewart Ford 	Stewart-Ford 	SF3 	Ford CR-1 	216	Rubens Barrichello 	All
HSBC Stewart Ford 	Stewart-Ford 	SF3 	Ford CR-1 	217	Johnny Herbert 	All
Gauloises Prost Peugeot 	Prost-Peugeot 	AP02 	Peugeot A18 	218	Olivier Panis 	All
Gauloises Prost Peugeot 	Prost-Peugeot 	AP02 	Peugeot A18 	219	Jarno Trulli 	All
Fondmetal Minardi Team 	Minardi-Ford 	M01 	Ford VJM1 Zetec-R
Ford VJM2 Zetec-R	220	Luca Badoer 	1, 3–16
Fondmetal Minardi Team 	Minardi-Ford 	M01 	Ford VJM1 Zetec-R
Ford VJM2 Zetec-R	221	Marc Gené 	All
British American Racing 	BAR-Supertec 	01 	Supertec FB01 	222	Jacques Villeneuve 	All
British American Racing 	BAR-Supertec 	01 	Supertec FB01 	223	Mika Salo 	3–5
==Schedule==
Bold indicates Crown Jewel Race.
No.	Race title 	Track 	Track type 	Date
1 	TransWorld Diversified Services Indy 200 	Walt Disney World Speedway, Bay Lake, Florida 	Intermediate oval 	January 24
2 	Firestone Indy 500K 	Calder Park Thunderdome, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 	Intermediate oval 	Februrary 7
3 	Gilroy Garlic 500 	San Jose Motorplex, Gilroy, California 	Superspeedway (restricted) 	February 21
4 	Pennzoil 200 	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia 	Short oval 	February 28
5 	Motorola 300 	Gateway International Raceway, Madison, Illinois 	Intermediate oval 	March 7
6 	Lola Cars 200 	Mallory Park, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 	One-mile oval 	March 14
7 	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota 	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida 	Intermediate oval 	March 21
8 	MCI WorldCom 200 	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Arizona 	One-mile oval 	March 28
9 	Mopar 200 	Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, California 	Superspeedway (unrestricted)	April 4
10 	Firestone Firehawk 500K 	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Kanto 	Intermediate oval 	April 10
11 	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 	Streets of Long Beach, California 	Street course 	April 18
12 	VisionAire 500K 	Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina 	Intermediate oval 	April 24
13 	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota 	Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth, Pennsylvania 	One-mile oval 	May 2
14 	Indianapolis 500 	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana 	Superspeedway (unrestricted)	May 30
15 	Miller Lite 225 Presented by Kmart 	Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin 	One-mile oval 	June 6
16 	Longhorn 500 	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas 	Intermediate oval 	June 12
17 	Texaco/Havoline Presents the Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200 	Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon 	Road course 	June 20
18 	Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by Firstar	Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, Ohio 	Road course 	June 27
19 	U.S. 500 	San Jose Motorplex, Gilroy, California 	Superspeedway (restricted) 	July 4
20 	The Chicago Tribune Presents the Texaco/Havoline 200 	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 	Road course 	July 11
21 	Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia 	Intermediate oval 	July 17
22 	Michigan 500 	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan 	Superspeedway (unrestricted)	July 25
23 	MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200 	Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, Delaware 	One-mile oval 	August 1
24 	Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit 	The Raceway on Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan 	Street course 	August 8
25 	Miller Lite 200 	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio 	Road course 	August 15
26 	Target Grand Prix of Chicago Presented by Energizer 	Chicago Motor Speedway, Cicero, Illinois 	One-mile oval 	August 22
27 	Colorado Indy 200 	Pikes Peak International Raceway, Fountain, Colorado 	Intermediate oval 	August 29
28 	California 500 	Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, California 	Superspeedway (unrestricted)	September 5
29 	Molson Indy Toronto 	Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 	Street course 	September 12
30 	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Shell 300 	Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, California 	Road course 	September 19
31 	Vegas.com 500 	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada 	Intermediate oval 	September 26
32 	Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston 	George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas 	Street course 	October 3
33 	Coca-Cola 400 	Denver International Speedway, Denver, Colorado 	Superspeedway (restricted) 	October 10
34 	Dodge Indy 300 	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia	Street course 	October 17
35 	Molson 400 	Fuji Speedway, Fuji, Kanto 	Superspeedway (restricted) 	October 23
36 	Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota 	California Speedway, Fontana, California 	Superspeedway (unrestricted)	October 31
37 	Telemar Rio 200 	Autódromo de Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janiero, Brazil 	Intermediate oval 	November 7
38 	Alitalia 200 	Imola Circuit, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy 	Road course 	November 14
39 	Alabama 500K 	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama 	Superspeedway (restricted) 	November 21
40 	Florida Citrus Growers 500 	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida 	Superspeedway (restricted) 	November 28
==Results==
No.	Race title 	Pole position 	Winner 	Team 	Chassis/Manufacturer
1 	TransWorld Diversified Services Indy 200 	Scott Sharp 	Eddie Cheever 	Team Cheever 	Stacker/Pontiac
2 	Firestone Indy 500K 	Gil de Ferran 	Jason Leffler 	Stacker & Associates 	Stacker/Buffalo
3 	Gilroy Garlic 500 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Keith Kauffman 	Vollstedt Racing 	Vollstedt/Oldsmobile
4 	Pennzoil 200 	Al Unser Jr. 	Buddy Lazier 	Hemelgarn Racing 	Watson/Offenhauser
5 	Motorola 300 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Michael Andretti 	Newman/Haas Racing 	Swift/Pontiac
6 	Lola Cars 200 	Arie Luyendyk 	Steve Butler 	Mopar Racing 	Mopar/Dodge
7 	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota 	Greg Moore 	Greg Moore 	Forsythe Racing 	GM/Oldsmobile
8 	MCI WorldCom 200 	Greg Ray 	Scott Goodyear 	Panther Racing 	Toyota/Toyota
9 	Mopar 200 	Keith Kauffman 	Jason Leffler 	Stacker & Associates 	Stacker/Buffalo
10 	Firestone Firehawk 500K 	Gil de Ferran 	Adrian Fernández 	Patrick Racing 	Prost/Ford
11 	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 	Tony Kanaan 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Mopar/Dodge
12 	VisionAire 500K 	Greg Ray 	Race cancelled after 79 laps due to the death of three spectators	Race cancelled after 79 laps due to the death of three spectators	Race cancelled after 79 laps due to the death of three spectators
13 	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Mopar/Dodge
14 	Indianapolis 500 	Arie Luyendyk 	Kenny Bräck 	A. J. Foyt Enterprises 	Watson/Offenhauser
15 	Miller Lite 225 Presented by Kmart 	Hélio Castroneves 	Paul Tracy 	Team KOOL Green 	Reynard/Offenhauser
16 	Longhorn 500 	Mark Dismore 	Scott Goodyear 	Panther Racing 	Toyota/Toyota
17 	Texaco/Havoline Presents the Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Gil de Ferran 	Walker Racing 	Reynard/Offenhauser
18 	Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by Firstar	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Mopar/Dodge
19 	U.S. 500 	Dario Franchitti 	Jack Hewitt 	Mopar Racing 	Mopar/Dodge
20 	The Chicago Tribune Presents the Texaco/Havoline 200 	Michael Andretti 	Christian Fittipaldi 	Newman/Haas Racing 	Swift/Pontiac
21 	Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 	Billy Boat 	Scott Sharp 	Kelley Racing 	Mazda/Mazda
22 	Michigan 500 	Jimmy Vasser 	Tony Kanaan 	Forsythe Racing 	GM/Oldsmobile
23 	MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200 	Mark Dismore 	Greg Ray 	Team Menard 	GM/Pontiac
24 	Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Dario Franchitti 	Team KOOL Green 	Reynard/Offenhauser
25 	Miller Lite 200 	Dario Franchitti 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Mopar/Dodge
26 	Target Grand Prix of Chicago Presented by Energizer 	Max Papis 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Mopar/Dodge
27 	Colorado Indy 200 	Greg Ray 	Greg Ray 	Team Menard 	GM/Pontiac
28 	California 500 	Jason Leffler 	Paul Jasper 	Ford-Roush Racing 	Ford/Ford
29 	Molson Indy Toronto 	Gil de Ferran 	Dario Franchitti 	Team KOOL Green 	Reynard/Offenhauser
30 	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Shell 300 	Bryan Herta 	Bryan Herta 	Team Rahal 	Rahal/Ford
31 	Vegas.com 500 	Sam Schmidt 	Sam Schmidt 	Treadway Racing 	GM/Chevrolet
32 	Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston 	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Paul Tracy 	Team KOOL Green 	Reynard/Offenhauser
33 	Coca-Cola 400 	Willy T. Ribbs 	Jack Hewitt 	Mopar Racing 	Mopar/Dodge
34 	Dodge Indy 300 	Dario Franchitti 	Dario Franchitti 	Team KOOL Green 	Reynard/Offenhauser
35 	Molson 400 	Jason Leffler 	Al Unser Jr. 	Marlboro Team Penske 	Penske/Chevrolet
36 	Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota 	Scott Pruett 	Adrian Fernández 	Patrick Racing 	Prost/Ford
37 	Telemar Rio 200 	Christian Fittipaldi	Juan Pablo Montoya 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Mopar/Dodge
38 	Alitalia 200 	Tarso Marques 	Tarso Marques 	Ferrari Racing 	Ferrari/Ferrari
39 	Alabama 500K 	Michael Andretti 	Jack Hewitt 	Mopar Racing 	Mopar/Dodge
40 	Florida Citrus Growers 500 	Andy Michner 	Robbie Buhl 	A. J. Foyt Enterprises 	Watson/Offenhauser
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