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Tie-breaker

02. Apr 2020 
by Ziv Knoll
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Juan Pablo Montoya, in his first season in the American  CART series, after two successful seasons in Formula 3000, won the 1999 championship as well as Rookie of the Year honors.

The season ended in a tie, with Montoya (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) and Dario Franchitti (Kool Green Racing) both having 212 championship points, though Montoya broke the tie-breaker due to having seven wins, over Franchitti’s three.

Dario Franchitti: “The ’99 Reynard Honda was only slightly different than the ’98 model. This car in qualifying was like riding a firework!! This picture was taken at Surfers Paradise, one of my best races and one of my favourite tracks, pole by 9/10th and won. Montoya and I battled all season.”

Source: DR

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