| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 20 of 20 in the 1999 CART season | |
_-_Speedway.svg) Track layout | |
| Date | October 31, 1999 |
| Official name | 1999 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota |
| Location | Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California |
| Course | Oval 2.029 mi / 3.23 km |
| Distance | 250 laps 500 mi / 804.672 km |
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 93.9 °F (34.4 °C); wind speeds approaching 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1] |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Scott Pruett (Arciero-Wells Racing) |
| Time | 31.030 (235.398 MPH) |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Christian Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing) |
| Time | 31.732 (230.190 MPH) (on lap 224 of 250) |
| Podium | |
| First | Adrian Fernandez (Patrick Racing) |
| Second | Max Papis (Team Rahal) |
| Third | Christian Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing) |
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 showdown of the 1999 CART World Series season. The race was marred by an accident in the early stages of the race which killed Forsythe Racing driver Greg Moore.
The race was broadcast on ESPN with Paul Page doing play-by-play and Parker Johnstone as the color commentator. 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 where Jeff Krosnoff and a track worker died.
- ^ "Weather of the 1999 Marlboro 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2013.