The 1999 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota was held on October 31, 1999, at Auto Club 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.
Montoya won the CART World Series championship after winning the tiebreaker from Franchitti, due to his number of wins (Picture shown from 2002).
Adrián Fernández won the final race of the year, but for the second time a fatal accident marred an event which he won.
Hélio Castroneves, seen here in 2009, finished 20th in the race. Castroneves began driving for Team Penske the following season, taking the place of the deceased Moore, and remained with the team for the next 20 years.
Auto Club Speedway was a 2.000 mi (3.219 km), D-shaped oval superspeedway in unincorporated San Bernardino County, California, near Fontana. It hosted National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) racing annually from 1997 until 2023. It was also previously used for open wheel racing events. The racetrack is located 47 mi (76 km) east of Los Angeles and is near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track is owned and operated by NASCAR. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstates 10 and 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.
Auto Club Speedway view from grandstand center
Main grandstand from pit road at Auto Club Speedway
