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CART: Grand Prix of Long Beach Provisional Qualifying

17 April 1999

LONG BEACH, CA: Following are the qualifying results for the first round of qualifying at the CART Grand Prix of Long Beach. Qualifying will resume Saturday. The race will be held Sunday. Results include starting position, (car number), driver, chassis-engine, and qualifying speed:

1. (27) Dario Franchitti, Honda Reynard, 106.244.
2. (4) Juan Montoya, Honda Reynard, 105.985.
3. (8) Bryan Herta, Ford Reynard, 105.588.
4. (44) Tony Kanaan, Honda Reyanard, 105.346.
5. (7) Max Papis, Ford Reynard, 105.293.
6. (40) Adrian Fernanez, Ford Swift, 105.173.
7. (12) Jimmy Vasser, Honda Reynard, 105.039.
8. (11) Christian Fittipaldi, Ford Swift, 104.804.
9. (6) Michael Andretti, Ford Swift, 104.737.
10. (26) Paul Tracy, Honda Reynard, 104.676.
11. (33) Patrick Carpentier, Mercedes Reynard, 104.629.
12. (99) Greg Moore, Mercedes Reynard, 104.547.
13. (18) Mark Blundell, Mercedes Reynard, 104.494.
14. (20) P.J. Jones, Ford Swift, 104.335.
15. (5) Gil de Ferran, Honda Reynard, 104.301.
16. (24) Scott Pruett, Toyota Reynard, 104.214.
17. (25) Cristiano da Matta, Toyota Reynard, 104.103.
18. (2) Tarso Marques, Mercedes Penske, 103.923.
29. (17) Mauricio Gugelmin, Mercedes Reynard, 103.586.
20. (10) Richie Hearn, Toyota Swift, 103.138.
21. (19) Michel Jourdain Jr., Ford Lola, 102.941.
22. (9) Helio Casto-Neves, Mercedes Lola, 102.666.
23. (36) Alex Barron, Toyota Eagle, 102.376.
24. (34) Gualter Salles, Ford Lola, 102.349.
25. (71) Luiz Garcia Jr., Ford Reynard, 94.216.
26. (16) Shigeaki Hattori, Mercedes Reynard, 91.018.
27. (22) Robby Gordon, Toyota Reynard, speed disallowed

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