1999 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey


1999 Laguna Seca
Race details
Race 17 of 20 in the 1999 CART season
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
DateSeptember 12, 1999
Official name1999 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
LocationMazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Monterey, California
CoursePermanent road course
2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance83 laps
185.754 mi / 298.966 km
Pole position
Driver Bryan Herta (Team Rahal)
Time1:08.334
Fastest lap
Driver Tony Kanaan (Forsythe Racing)
Time1:10.662 (on lap ? of 83)
Podium
First Bryan Herta (Team Rahal)
Second Roberto Moreno (Newman Haas Racing)
Third Max Papis (Team Rahal)

The 1999 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventeenth round of the 1999 CART World Series season, held on September 12, 1999, at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The event was marred when driver Gonzalo Rodríguez died after he was in a practice crash.

The race's winner was American driver Bryan Herta which made 7 career Poles (and of which was his last). This was Herta's 2nd and final victory in CART. Adrian Fernandez broke his wrist during the race but still managed to finish in 5th place.