1999 IIHF World Championship, World Championship Group A, First Round
In each group, the top two nations advanced to the next round. Third place teams played a final round against each other to determine who escaped having to qualify for next year's tournament. Fourth place teams did not play further, they were automatically entered in qualifiers for next year's tournament.


1999 IIHF World Championship, World Championship Group A, First Round, Group 1
Italy was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.


1999 IIHF World Championship, World Championship Group A, First Round, Group 2
France was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.


1999 IIHF World Championship, World Championship Group A, First Round, Group 3
Japan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.


1999 IIHF World Championship, World Championship Group A, First Round, Group 4
Ukraine was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.


1999 IIHF World Championship, World Championship Group A, Final Round
Each playoff match up consisted of a two-game series. If tied, the two teams would play an overtime-style mini game (10 minutes in duration for the semi-finals and 20 minutes in the final) to determine the winner, and then a shoot-out if no scoring occurred. The only mini-game to go to a shoot-out was the Czech versus Canada tiebreaker, with a 4 to 3 Czech victory. Note that the mini-games show up as a game played in the players statistics. The exception was for the Bronze medal game which was just one game.


1999 IIHF World Championship, World Championship Group A, Consolation Round 9-12 Place
Latvia and Norway were relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.


1999 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Final standings
Places eleven through sixteen had to play in qualifying tournaments for entry into the 2000 tournament.


1999 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


1999 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Austria
Goalkeepers: Reinhard Divis, Claus Dalpiaz, Michael Suttnig. Defenders and Forwards: Andreas Puschnig, Christoph Brandner, Gerald Ressman, Richard Nassheim, Dieter Kalt, Matthias Trattnig, Dominic Lavoie, Normand Krumpschmid, Christian Perthaler, Christoph König, Martin Ulrich, Tom Searle, Raymond Podloski, Gerhard Unterluggauer, Mario Schaden, Herbert Hohenberger, Günther Lanzinger, Michael Guntner, Peter Kasper, André Lakos. Coach: Ron Kennedy.


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Belarus
Goalkeepers: Andrei Mezin, Leonid Fatikov. Defenders and Forwards: Andrei Kovalev, Vladimir Tsyplakov, Viktor Karachun, Oleg Antonenko, Vasili Pankov, Oleg Khmyl, Alexander Andrievsky, Dmitry Pankov, Alexei Kalyuzhny, Andrei Skabelka, Vadim Bekbulatov, Oleg Leontiev, Oleg Romanov, Alexander Galchenyuk, Yuri Krivokhizha, Igor Matushkin, Konstantin Koltsov, Alexander Zhurik, Vladimir Kopat, Oleg Mikulchik. Coach: Anatoli Varivonchik.


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Canada
Goalkeepers: Ron Tugnutt, Rick Tabaracci, Fred BrathwaiteDefenders: Doug Bodger, Rob Blake, Stéphane Quintal, Sean O'Donnell, Wade Redden, Bryan McCabe, Derek MorrisForwards: Adam Graves, Claude Lapointe, Ray Whitney, Cory Stillman, Shane Doan, Scott Walker, Scott Thornton, Chris Szysky, Jeff Friesen, Patrick Marleau, Rob Niedermayer, Brian Savage, Éric Dazé, Ryan SmythCoaches: Mike Johnston, Willie Desjardins, Dave King


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Czech Republic
Goalkeepers: Roman Čechmánek, Milan Hnilička, Martin Prusek. Defenders: František Kučera, Ladislav Benýšek, Libor Procházka, František Kaberle, Jiří Vykoukal, Pavel Kubina, Jaroslav Špaček. Forwards: Jan Hlaváč, David Výborný, Pavel Patera (C), Martin Procházka, Viktor Ujčík, David Moravec, Roman Meluzín, Tomáš Kucharčík, Tomáš Vlasák, Roman Šimíček, Jan Čaloun, Radek Dvořák, Martin Ručinský, Petr Sýkora . Coaches: Ivan Hlinka, Josef Augusta, Vladimír Martinec.


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Finland
Goalkeepers: Miikka Kiprusoff, Ari Sulander, Vesa Toskala . Defenders: Marko Kiprusoff, Petteri Nummelin, Kimmo Timonen, Aki-Petteri Berg, Kari Martikainen, Antti-Jussi Niemi, Toni Lydman, Jere Karalahti. Forwards: Teemu Selänne, Saku Koivu, Olli Jokinen, Raimo Helminen, Antti Törmänen, Ville Peltonen, Tomi Kallio, Mikko Eloranta, Toni Sihvonen, Juha Lind, Kimmo Rintanen, Marko Tuomainen. Coaches: Hannu Aravirta, Esko Nokelainen, Jari Kaarela.


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, France
Goalkeepers: Cristobal Huet, Francois Gravel. Defenders and Forwards: Arnaud Briand, Bob Ouellet, Serge Poudrier, Pierre Allard, Philippe Bozon, Denis Perez, Stéphane Barin, Maurice Rozenthal, Richard Aimonetto, Frank Guillemard, Laurent Meunier, François Rozenthal, Karl Dewolf, Anthony Mortas, Benoît Bachelet, Grégory Dubois, Jean-Christophe Filippin, Gerald Guennelon, Christian Pouget, Jean-Philippe Lemoine. Coach: Mikael Lundstrom


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Italy
Goalkeepers: Andrea Carpano, Jim Mazzoli, Bruno Campese. Defenders and Forwards: Chris Bartolone, Lucio Topatigh, Giuseppe Busillo, Mario Chitaroni, Maurizio Mansi, Georg Comploi, Roland Ramoser, Michael de Angelis, Gates Orlando, Dino Felicetti, Armando Chelodi, Giuseppe Ciccarello, Stefano Margoni, Michele Strazzabosco, Chad Biafore, Manuel de Toni, Larry Rucchin, Lino de Toni, Carlo Lorenzi, Giovanni Marchetti. Coach: Adolf Insam


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Japan
Goalkeepers: Shinichi Iwasaki, Dusty Imoo. Defenders and Forwards: Takahito Suzuki, Takeshi Yamanaka, Shin Yahata, Toshiyuki Sakai, Yujiro Nakajimaya, Junji Sakata, Yasunori Iwata, Chris Yule, Daniel Daikawa, Yoshikazu Kabayama, Tatsuki Katayama, Akihito Sugisawa, Akihito Isojima, Masaki Shirono, Hiroshi Matsuura, Hiroyuki Murakami, Kunio Tagaki, Masakazu Sato, Takayuki Kobori, Yutaka Kawaguchi. Coach: Steve Tsujiura


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Latvia
Goalkeepers: Artūrs Irbe, Andrejs Zinkovs, Juris Klodāns. Defenders and Forwards: Aigars Cipruss, Vjačeslavs Fanduļs, Aleksandrs Belavskis, Andrejs Maticins, Sergejs Žoltoks, Leonids Tambijevs, Aleksandrs Ņiživijs, Aleksandrs Semjonovs, Aleksandrs Kerčs, Sergejs Cudinovs, Kārlis Skrastiņš, Andrejs Ignatovičs, Harijs Vītoliņš, Mareks Jass, Atvars Tribuncovs, Normunds Sējējs, Oleg Znarok, Artis Ābols, Rodrigo Laviņš, Mihails Bogdanovs. Coach: Leonids Beresnevs


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Norway
Goalkeepers: Robert Schistad, Oivind Sorli, Bjoge Josefsen. Defenders and Forwards: Lars-Hakon Andersen, Per-Åge Skrøder, Tore Vikingstad, Mats Trygg, Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm, Svein Enok Nørstebø, Trond Magnussen, Tommy Jakobsen, Andre Hansen-Manskow, Sjur Robert Nilsen, Martin Knold, Marius Trygg, Anders Myrvold, Henrik Aaby, Morten Fjeld, Pål Johnsen, Carl Boe-Andersen, Geir Svendsberget, Ketil Wold, Bard Sorlie. Coach: Leif Boork.


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Russia
Goalkeepers: Andrei Tsarev, Yegor Podomatsky. Defenders: Sergei Bautin, Dmitri Bykov, Alexander Khavanov, Andrei Yakhanov, Andrei Markov, Artur Okťiabrev, Sergei Tertyshny, Vitali Vishnevskiy. Forwards: Maxim Afinogenov, Alexander Barkov, Ravil Gusmanov, Alexei Yashin, Valeri Karpov, Alexei Kudashov, Sergei Petrenko, Oleg Petrov, Alexander Prokopiev, Mikhail Sarmatin, Dmitri Subbotin, Maxim Sushinski. Coach: Alexander Yakushev.


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Slovakia
Goalkeepers: Miroslav Šimonovič, Igor Murín, Rastislav Rovnianek. Defenders: Radoslav Hecl, Zdeno Chára, Stanislav Jasečko, Vladimír Vlk, Ľubomír Višňovský, Ivan Droppa, Ľubomír Sekeráš, Daniel Babka. Forwards: René Pucher, Peter Pucher, Richard Kapuš, Ján Lipiansky, Zdeno Cíger, Marián Hossa, Ján Pardavý, Peter Bartoš, Richard Šechný, Ľubomír Kolník, Jozef Daňo, Žigmund Pálffy. Coach: Ján Šterbák .


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Sweden
Goalkeepers: Johan Hedberg, Petter Rönnquist, Tommy Salo. Defenders: Per Djoos, Anders Eriksson, Jan Huokko, Thomas Johansson, Kim Johnsson, Hans Jonsson, Jörgen Jönsson, Christer Olsson. Forwards: Daniel Alfredsson, Nichlas Falk, Jan Larsson, Jesper Mattsson, Ove Molin, Peter Nordström, Markus Näslund, Michael Nylander, Samuel Påhlsson, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Niklas Sundström. Coaches: Stefan Lundh, Sune Bergman, Stefan Lunner.


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Switzerland
Goalkeepers: Reto Pavoni, Pauli Jaks, David Aebischer. Defenders: Martin Steinegger, Patrik Sutter, Mark Streit, Benjamin Winkler, Philippe Marquis, Olivier Keller, Mathias Seger. Forwards: Mattia Baldi, Ivo Rüthemann, Patric Della Rossa, Reto von Arx, Gian-Marco Crameri, Martin Plüss, Patrick Fischer, Geoffrey Vauclair, Michel Zeiter, Marcel Jenni, Sandro Rizzi, Sandy Jeannin. Coach: Ralph Krüger.


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Ukraine
Goalkeepers: Yuri Shundrov, Olexander Vyukhin. Defenders and Forwards: Serhiy Klymentiev, Vitaliy Lytvynenko, Oleg Synkov, Olexander Savitsky, Vasyl Bobrovnikov, Alexander Godynyuk, Viktor Goncharenko, Kostiantyn Kasianchuk, Artyom Ostroushko, Roman Salnikov, Yuri Gunko, Danylo Didkovskiy, Valeri Shyriaiev, Vadym Shakhraychuk, Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk. Coach: Anatoli Bogdanov.


1999 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, United States
Goalkeepers: Parris Duffus, Tim Thomas. Defenders: Mike Mottau, Chris Tamer, Bret Hedican, Barry Richter, Dan Keczmer, Scott Lachance, Eric Weinrich. Forwards: Mike Knuble, Tom Bissett, Kelly Miller, Matt Cullen, David Emma, Darby Hendrickson, Tom Chorske, David Legwand, Ted Donato, Bryan Smolinski, Trent Klatt, Craig Johnson, Jay Pandolfo. Coach: Terry Murray.


1999 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 1999 IIHF World U18 Championships was the first of its kind, It was held between April 8 and 18, 1999, in Füssen and Kaufbeuren, Germany. It replaced the European Under 18 Championship at the top two levels (which had run since 1977), by including one nation, the United States. Below the top two levels (Groups A & B) two tiers of European divisions played, as well as two tiers of Asian divisions.


1999 IIHF World U18 Championships, Group B, Final-round, Final ranking
Belarus was promoted to Group A, and both Hungary and Great Britain were relegated to the European Division I, for 2000.


1999 IIHF World U18 Championships, European Championships Division I, Placing round
Latvia was promoted to Group B, and both Croatia and Yugoslavia were relegated to the European Division II, for 2000.


1999 IIHF World U18 Championships, European Championships Division II, Placing round
Spain was promoted to the European Division I for  2000.


1999 IIHF World U18 Championships, Asia-Oceania Division II, Finals
North Korea was promoted to Asia-Oceania Division I for 2000.


1999 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 1999 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XII held in Cebu, Philippines was the 12th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. Eric Grauffel of France became Open World Champion, Pavel Jasansky of the Czech Republic became Modified World Champion and Michael Voigt of the United States took the Standard World Champion title.


1999 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Open
The Open division had the largest match participation with 362 competitors (52.8 %).


1999 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Modified
The Modified division had the third largest match participation with 74 competitors (10.8 %).


1999 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Standard
The Standard division had the second largest match participation with 249 competitors (36.4 %).


1999 ITF Men's Circuit
The 1999 ITF Men's Circuit was the 1999 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit included satellite events and 228 'Futures' tournaments played year round across six continents, with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $15,000.


1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix
The 1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 8, 1999, on The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. The race marks the final career podium for Greg Moore, who finished third.


1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix, Report, Race
Championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya took his fifth pole of the season, and he dominated the early stages of the race, rapidly building a 6-second lead. Paul Tracy ran second early on, although it did not last for long as his teammate Dario Franchitti passed him. Franchitti was able to pull away from Tracy but had no answer for Montoya, whose lead was up to 10 seconds before a caution caused by a coming together between Robby Gordon and Jan Magnussen triggered the first round of pit stops, during with the top 3 remained unchanged.


1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix, Report, Race
Montoya continued to dominate once the green flag was brought out, although a miscommunication meant that he did not enter the pits when another caution period caused by Memo Gidley's car failure. The other drivers were all able to make their second stops and effectively gained a free pitstop on him. Montoya stayed out in an attempt to get as big a lead as possible once the track went green. He built a lead of 15 seconds before he made his pitstop, but rejoined only eighth, as Franchitti was handed the lead.


1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix, Report, Race
Franchitti, despite more caution periods, went on to win the race ahead of teammate Tracy in another Team Green 1-2, with Greg Moore taking the final spot on the podium. The win handed Franchitti the championship lead as well, as Montoya was taken out of the race by Hélio Castroneves after the latter misjudged a restart attempt.


1999 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 1999 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the fourth staging of the Icelandic Men's League Cup. It featured 36 teams.


1999 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The competition started on 11 March 1999  and concluded on 8 June 1999 with ÍA beating Fylkir 1-0 in the final.


1999 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 8 May 1999. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Althing, winning 26 of the 63 seats. The coalition government of the Independence Party and Progressive Party remained in office, with Davíð Oddsson continuing as Prime Minister.


1999 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1999 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Vandals, led by fifth-year head coach Chris Tormey, were members of the Big West Conference and went 7–4 overall and 4–2 in conference play.


1999 Idaho Vandals football team
They played their home games at Martin Stadium on the campus of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, eight miles (13 km) west of their campus in Moscow, Idaho. Martin Stadium was used to satisfy NCAA attendance requirements for Division I-A status. The 16,000-seat Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, was not used for any Vandal football games this season. For the first time in thirty years, the Vandals did not play any games in the state of Idaho.


1999 Idaho Vandals football team
In the Battle of the Palouse with Washington State, the Vandals won for the first time since 1965, breaking a fourteen-game losing streak to the Cougars that lasted more than three decades.


1999 Idaho Vandals football team
Standout defensive lineman Mao Tosi missed the last two games due to a neck stinger; in the finale for the conference title, the Vandals were soundly defeated by rival Boise State in Pullman. This was the beginning of the current losing streak to the Broncos, which reached twelve games in 2010 before the series went on hiatus. Tosi was selected in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft and played two seasons with the Arizona Cardinals until a neck injury ended his playing career.


1999 Idaho Vandals football team
This was the final season for alumnus Tormey as head coach; in December, he left for Nevada,  which was moving to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). A few days later, former Vandal offensive lineman Tom Cable was hired for 2000.


1999 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
One Vandal senior was selected in the 2000 NFL Draft, which was seven rounds (254 selections).


1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner. The team earned a MicronPC Bowl berth, and defeated Virginia, 63–21.


1999 Illinois State Redbirds football team
The 1999 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Todd Berry and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. Illinois State was a member of the Gateway Football Conference. The Redbirds finished the season with an 11–3 record overall and a 6–0 record in conference play, making the team conference champions. The team received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship, where they defeated Colgate and Hofstra before losing to Georgia Southern in the semifinals. The team was ranked #3 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of Division I-AA.


1999 Imo State gubernatorial election
The 1999 Imo State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Achike Udenwa won the election, defeating the APP candidate.


1999 Imo State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Imo State is elected using the plurality voting system.


1999 Imo State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,627,939. Total number of votes cast was 799,248 while number of valid votes was 783,051. Rejected votes were 16,197.


1999 Independence Bowl
The 1999 Independence Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Oklahoma Sooners.


1999 Independence Bowl, Background
Ole Miss finished tied for 3rd in the SEC West while the Sooners finished tied for second in the Big 12 South under Bob Stoops in his first year with the program. This was Ole Miss' second straight Independence Bowl and Oklahoma's first bowl game since 1994.


1999 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Ole Miss took a 21-3 halftime lead on two touchdown passes from Romaro Miller (who went 12-of-17 for 158 yards in the first half, a contrast to his 6-of-11 in the second half) and a Deuce McAllister touchdown run of 80 yards. Oklahoma cut the lead in the third quarter on two touchdown passes from Josh Heupel to make it 21-18 going into the final quarter. Binkley made it 24-18 on a field goal with 11 minutes remaining. Oklahoma however scored on a Heupel touchdown pass to Quenton Griffin to make it 25-24 with 2:17 remaining.


1999 Independence Bowl, Game summary
But the Rebels had one last drive in them, and Les Binkley's 39 yard field goal won the game for the Rebels as the clock expired, giving Ole Miss their fourth straight bowl win. Oklahoma set the record for most passing yards in an Independence Bowl with 390 yards, as Heupel was named co-MVP, along with Tim Strickland, who had an interception for Ole Miss. McAllister went for 121 yards on 17 carries and 55 yards on 3 catches. In losing efforts, Quenton Griffin rushed for 86 yards on 12 carries and had 8 catches for 65 yards while Brandon Daniels caught six passes for 109 yards.


1999 Independence Bowl, Aftermath
While the Sooners have not returned to the Independence Bowl since this game, they have played in a bowl game at the end of each season since 1999, including four national championship games. The Rebels have returned to the Independence Bowl just once, in 2002.


1999 India-Pakistan field hockey test series
The 1999 Indo-Pak series (known as the Pepsi hockey series for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th series of bilateral field hockey matches between India and Pakistan.


1999 India-Pakistan field hockey test series
The series consisted of nine matches with India hosting the first leg of four matches and Pakistan hosting the second leg of five matches from 3 February 1999 to 24 February 1999.


1999 India-Pakistan field hockey test series, Background
India went into the series as Asian Games Champions having defeated South Korea in the final of the 1998 Asian Games in December last year. Pakistan had finished runner-ups in the 1998 Champions Trophy in Lahore a month before that.


1999 India-Pakistan field hockey test series, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 48 goals scored in 9 matches for an average of 5.33 goals per match


1999 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 1999, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. 1 member from Goa, 3 members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal were elected.


1999 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1999. They are members for the term 1999-2005 and retire in year 2005, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. The list is incomplete.


1999 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections
The following bye elections were held in the year 1999.


1999 Indian general election
General elections were held in India between 5 September and 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War. Results were announced on 6 October 1999.


1999 Indian general election
The elections saw the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party win a majority in the Lok Sabha, the first time since 1984 that a party or alliance had won an outright majority and the second since the 1977 elections that a non-Congress coalition had done so. The elections gave Atal Bihari Vajpayee the record of being the first non-Congress Prime Minister to serve a full five-year term. The decisive result also ended the political instability the country had seen since 1996. The Indian National Congress' 114 seat tally was its worst-ever performance in a general election until it surpassed by the 2014 results.


1999 Indian general election, Background, 1999 Lok Sabha vote of confidence
On 17 April 1999, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition government led by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee failed to win a confidence vote in the Lok Sabha (India's lower house) by a single vote due to the withdrawal of one of the government's coalition partners – the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The leader of the AIADMK, J. Jayalalithaa, had consistently threatened to withdraw support from the ruling coalition if certain demands were not met, in particular the sacking of the Tamil Nadu government, control of which she had lost three years prior. The BJP accused Jayalalithaa of making the demands in order to avoid standing trial for a series of corruption charges, and no agreement between the parties could be reached leading to the government's defeat.


1999 Indian general election, Background, 1999 Lok Sabha vote of confidence
Sonia Gandhi, as leader of the opposition and largest opposition party (Indian National Congress) was unable to form a coalition of parties large enough to secure a working majority in the Lok Sabha. Thus shortly after the no confidence motion, President K. R. Narayanan dissolved the Parliament and called fresh elections. Atal Bihari Vajpayee remained caretaker prime minister till the elections were held later that year.


1999 Indian general election, Campaign
The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) went into the election as the head of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a coalition of over 20 parties. Several other parties in the election not part of the NDA also committed themselves to supporting a BJP led government on matters of confidence. The main opposition league was led by Sonia Gandhi's Indian National Congress, the long-traditional center-left dominant party in India. The opposition coalition comprised far fewer parties, and its alliances were generally weaker than those of the NDA.


1999 Indian general election, Campaign
A so-called "third front" of left-wing, socialist and communist parties was also present, although this was not a strong electoral alliance so much as a loose grouping of parties that shared similar ideological viewpoints and had some inter-party co-operation. There were also nearly one thousand candidates of unaffiliated parties, independent candidates and parties who were unwilling to take part in coalitions that stood in the election.


1999 Indian general election, Campaign
The campaign coalesced around a few key issues. Sonia Gandhi was a relative newcomer to the INC (having been elected to the presidency in 1998) and her leadership had recently been challenged by Maharastrian INC leader Sharad Pawar, on the grounds of her Italian birth. This led to an underlying crisis within the INC that persisted during the election and was capitalised upon by the BJP, which contrasted the "videsi" (foreign) Gandhi versus the "swadesi" (home-grown) Vajpayee.


1999 Indian general election, Campaign
Another issue running in the BJP's favour was the generally positive view of Vajpayee's handling of the Kargil War, which had ended a few months earlier and had affirmed and strengthened the Indian position in Kashmir. During the past two years India had posted strong economic growth on the back of economic liberalisation and financial reforms, as well as a low rate of inflation and higher rate of industrial expansion. The BJP campaigned strongly on the back of these achievements, as well as cultivating some sympathy for the predicament which had led to the government's downfall.


1999 Indian general election, Campaign
Perhaps most decisive though in the BJP's campaign was the solid alliance it had cultivated and the relatively strong performance it was able to deliver on regional and local issues. The 1991, 1996, and 1998 elections saw a period of consistent growth for the BJP and its allies, based primarily on political expansions in terms of cultivating stronger and broader alliances with other previously unaffiliated parties; and regional expansion which had seen the NDA become competitive and even the largest vote takers in previously Congress dominated areas such as Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Assam. These final factors were to prove decisive in the election outcome of 1999.


1999 Indian general election, Campaign
The voting was conducted over five days. Elections were conducted in 146 seats on the Eastern coast of the country on 5 September, in 123 Central and Southern seats on 11 September, in 76 Northern and Upper-Central seats on 18 September, in 74 North Western seats on 25 September and in the 121 Western seats on 3 October. Despite some fears of voter fatigue, electoral turnout was comparable with previous elections at 59.99%. Over 5 million election officials conducted the election over 800,000 polling stations, with vote counting commencing on 6 October.


1999 Indian general election, Results
The results were decisively in favour of the BJP and the NDA, with the formal NDA picking up 269 seats, and a further 29 seats taken by the Telugu Desam Party, which gave support to the BJP-led government but was not strictly part of its alliance. The Congress party lost 23 seats, and its two key regional allies performed worse than expected, however it did regain ground in some states such as Uttar Pradesh (where it had been wiped out in 1998, not winning a single seat in the state). The leftist parties' fortunes continued to decline, with the Communist Party of India dropping to just four seats and losing its official status as a "national party".


1999 Indian general election, Results
The result for the Indian National Congress was the worst in nearly half a century, with party leader Sonia Gandhi calling upon the party to take a frank assessment of itself – "the result calls for introspection, frank assessment and determined action. We will attend to this in the coming days. In the meantime, we accept unhesitatingly the verdict of the people". For the BJP, this marked the first occasion where a non-INC party had secured a stable government coalition.


1999 Indian general election, Results
Previous non-INC governing coalitions had been formed in 1977, 1989 and 1996; however none of these administrations had been able to maintain a stable coagulation for more than a couple of years. One Senior BJP figure commented in the aftermath "It will certainly be a government of stability...I expect that Mr Vajpayee, with all his experience, will be able to handle our coalition partners."


1999 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
The 1999 Indian general election polls in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance and its ally Telugu Desam Party, which together won 36 out of 42 seats.


1999 Indian general election in Delhi
The 1999 Indian general election in Delhi, occurred for 7 seats in the state.


1999 Indian general election in Gujarat
Lok Sabha General elections were held in India between 5 September and 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War. For the first time, a united front of political parties managed to win a majority and form a non-INC National government that lasted a full term of five years, thus ending a period of political instability at the national level in the country that had been characterized by three general elections held in as many years. In Gujrat, BJP wins twenty seats while Congress wins six-seat out of a total of twenty-six seats.


1999 Indian general election in Haryana
The 1999 Indian general election in Haryana, occurred for 10 seats in the state.


1999 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
The 1999 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 13th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 4 seats and Bharatiya Janata Party won 2 seats.


1999 Indian general election in Kerala
The 1999 Indian general election was held to elect 20 members to the thirteenth Lok Sabha from Kerala. Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 11 seats, while the Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the remaining 9 seats. Both coalitions managed to win the same number of seats as in the previous election, held in the previous year. Turnout for the election was measured at 70.19% of the eligible population.


1999 Indian general election in Kerala, Alliances and parties
UDF is a Kerala legislative alliance formed by INC veteran K. Karunakaran. LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and the CPI, forming the Left Front in the national level. National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested in 19 seats.


1999 Indian general election in Maharashtra
The 1999 Indian general election in Maharashtra was held in three phases on 6, 7 and 8 September 1999.


1999 Indian general election in Maharashtra
These were held for 48 seats with the state going to polls in the first three phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA). UPA consisted of the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party whereas the NDA consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena.


1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu
The 1999 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which won 26 seats. After leaving the NDA, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, hoped to create some damage, but ended up losing 8 seats, compared to the 1998 Lok Sabha elections. This is also the first time that Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party, helping them have power at the national level for the next 5 years with the NDA, before they joined the UPA. The NDA, ended up losing 3 seats, compared to the election the year before, due to AIADMK leaving the NDA, but the seats were made up, because DMK left the united front and joined the NDA.


1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, Voting and results, Results by Alliance
†: Seat change represents seats won in terms of the current alliances, which is considerably different from the last election. ‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested. Sources: Election Commission of India


1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, List of Elected MPs
c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1998–1999)Exit Poll Source: NES Election 1999 Analysis


1999 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 1999 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Cam Cameron in his third year as head coach.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team
The 1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team represented Indiana University during the 1999 NCAA Division I soccer season, winning the Big Ten Conference regular season and tournament championships and the NCAA Championship. The team was coached by Jerry Yeagley and finished with a record of 21–3. The 1999 Hoosiers were led on offense by Aleksey Korol, Matt Fundenberger, and Yuri Lavrinenko. The defense was led by Nick Garcia, Dennis Fadeski, and T.J. Hannig. The Hoosiers played their home matches at Bill Armstrong Stadium, in Bloomington, Indiana.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team
The team's penultimate victory of the season came in the semifinals of the 1999 NCAA Soccer Tournament- also known as the College Cup. The Hoosiers defeated their rival, the UCLA Bruins, by a score of 3–2 in 4 overtimes. The match is considered one of the most exciting in college soccer history. Two days later, Indiana defeated Santa Clara University, 1–0 to capture the national championship.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team
The national championship was the 2nd consecutive championship for the Hoosiers, as they won the 1998 NCAA tournament, and it was the program's 5th overall national championship. The Big Ten title that the Hoosiers captured in 1999 was the 6th consecutive conference championship for the program and was the 8th Big Ten Conference title for Indiana in the 9 years that the Big Ten had hosted men's soccer.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Pre-Season
The Hoosiers entered 1999 as the defending national champions and ranked #1 in the NSCAA poll. However, early on the team felt the loss of Dema Kovalenko, Lazo Alavanja, and Gino DiGuardi from the 1998 championship team and struggled to find their form. The Hoosiers struggled in the preseason exhibition schedule, losing 2–3 to St. Louis, squeaking past IUPUI 1–0, and then drawing with Clemson 1-1.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Regular season
The early struggles continued into the early stages of the season, as the Hoosiers' quest to defending the crown that they'd won in 1998 began slowly. Aleksey Korol's goal lifted Indiana to a 1–0 season-opening win over fellow 1998 College Cup participant, Maryland, in front of 4,726 fans at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Indiana then dropped a 0-1 decision to St. Louis at home  and fell to Yale on the road, 1–2.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Regular season
The 1–2 record to start the season was a disappointment, but the Hoosiers responded and wouldn't lose again until the final regular season game of the year, stringing together 13 straight wins. The streak began with wins over Brown, Fresno State, TCU, Louisville and Michigan State.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Regular season
Penn State then visited Bloomington as the #1 ranked team in the nation. And in a highly exciting match, the Hoosiers prevailed 4–2. Pat Noonan, Fundenberger, Korol and Lavrinenko each found the net in the match, and the matchup proved to be the first of three huge meetings between the squads in 1999. The win ran the Hoosiers record to 7-2-0.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Regular season
Indiana's next 4 games against Butler, Evansville, Wisconsin and Northwestern were all shutout wins for the Hoosiers. IU then topped Kentucky and beat Ohio State to clinch the Regular Season Big Ten Championship with a 5-0 conference record. Indiana defeated Florida International for the Hoosiers' 13th straight win, and then dropped the final game of the regular season to James Madison. IU closed the regular season with a record of 14-3-0.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Big Ten Tournament
A first round bye awaited the team in the Big Ten tournament in East Lansing, Michigan. In the semifinals, Indiana defeated Northwestern, 2-0  to set up a matchup with familiar foe Penn State, for the Big Ten championship. In the final, the Nittany Lions gained a 1-goal advantage, but the Hoosiers battled back to force overtime on a goal by Korol. In the 2nd overtime period, Korol netted the golden-goal that won the Big Ten Championship for the Hoosiers. It was Indiana's 6th straight Big Ten Championship and the win extended the Hoosiers' undefeated streak against Big Ten opponents- that began in October, 1995- to 32 games (30-0-2).


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, NCAA Tournament: Rounds 1-3
The opening round match would pit the #2 seeded Hoosiers against Kentucky at Bill Armstrong Stadium, and the match was tense throughout. Despite controlling the play, Indiana could not score in regulation or the 1st overtime period. But for the second straight game, Korol was the hero in the 2nd overtime and his goal gave Indiana a 1–0 victory and a trip to the 2nd round.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, NCAA Tournament: Rounds 1-3
In the Round of 16, the Hoosiers shutout Washington, 2–0 at home with goals from Korol and Mack. With a berth to the College Cup- soccer's version of the Final Four- on the line, the Hoosiers once again hosted Penn State. It was the third meeting between the teams in 1999, but it proved to be the most comfortable margin of victory for Indiana, as the Hoosiers prevailed 3–0. Pat Noonan opened the scoring, and Korol once again was unstoppable and scored 2 goals. The match was the 5th straight in which Korol had scored and the 8th time in 9 games. And the win propelled Indiana to its 13th trip to the College Cup in the program's history.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, College Cup
The Hoosiers were joined in the 1999 men's soccer College Cup by their long-time rival and semifinal opponent, UCLA, as well as Connecticut and Santa Clara. The UCLA Bruins had stunned Indiana in exactly the same stage of the 1997 College Cup in overtime, when the Hoosiers were 23–0 and bidding for an undefeated season. And just as 1997 provided a classic game, the 1999 matchup was even more dramatic. Two second-half goals by Noonan and Lavrinenko staked the Hoosiers to a seemingly comfortable 2–0 lead, but the Bruins came storming back to tie the match.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, College Cup
The Hoosiers surrendered their first goal of the NCAA tournament with 14 minutes left in the match, which cut their lead in half. The Bruins then knotted the match at 2–2 with 8 minutes remaining. The teams battled through the first three overtime periods, with UCLA having the better of the chances. The Bruins nearly ended the match in the third overtime when a header bounced off the post and out of the Hoosiers' goal. In the 142nd minute, and just 8 minutes from a penalty shootout, the Hoosiers finally broke through on a goal by Ryan Mack. Mack's left footed blast from the top of the 18-yard box ended the game and sent the Hoosiers to their 10th NCAA Championship match.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, College Cup
A fatigued Indiana squad faced off against Santa Clara, who also needed four overtimes in their semifinal match to defeat Connecticut, for the 1999 NCAA Championship. The early play between the two exhausted teams was slow and sloppy, but the Hoosiers began to gain control of the match midway through the first half and tallied the first goal in the 30th minute off of a quick counter-attack. Noonan stripped a Santa Clara attacker in Indiana's 18-yard box, and he then passed to Ryan Mack. Mack carried the ball into open space before passing off to Lavrinenko at the midfield stripe.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, College Cup
Lavrinenko dribbled through the Santa Clara midfield before passing the ball to Korol at the top of the Santa Clara box. With his back to the goal, Korol held the ball and drew several defenders. As Lavrinenko made a run off of the ball, Korol laid the ball off to the left side to the streaking Lavrinenko. Lavrinenko found himself in on goal from a bit of an angle, but was able to slide the ball underneath the onrushing Santa Clara goalkeeper for a 1–0 lead.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, College Cup
Santa Clara nearly equalized in the 39th minute, but Hoosiers goalkeeper TJ Hannig charged out of his goal and stopped a blast from 8 yards out. The save, however, deflected high into the air and was heading towards the open net, before defender John Swann leapt up and headed the ball over the crossbar. The second half saw Santa Clara begin to seize control of the play and put more pressure on the Indiana goal.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, College Cup
In the 70th minute, Indiana defender Nick Garcia made a play that will go down in College Cup lore. After a long throw-in by Santa Clara deep in Indiana's territory was flick-headed in the box, the ball fell perfectly for a Santa Clara attacker, who side-volleyed the ball towards goal. Hannig dove to save, but the ball got past him and was headed for the open net.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, College Cup
Seemingly out of nowhere, Garcia dove back into the goalmouth and got enough of his head on the ball to deflect the shot up and off of the crossbar to keep it out of the net. The close calls did not end there for the Hoosiers, as a Santa Clara attacker found himself wide open about 10 yards in front of the Indiana goal following a corner kick in the 73rd minute. But luckily for Indiana, the attacker sent his attempt wide of the net. From that moment on, Indiana clamped down defensively and closed out the 1–0 win for the 1999 National Championship. It was the fifth title in the program's history (along with 1982, '83, '88, '98) and the second time the Hoosiers had gone back-to-back.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Stats
Aleksey Korol finished the 1999 soccer season with 20 goals and 10 assists for a total of 50 points. He became the first Hoosiers soccer player to tally 50 points in a single season in a decade. His 1999 season put him at 4th on the all-time scoring list for Indiana Soccer, with 149 points. Matt Fundenberger was second on the team in 1999 with 30 points on 10 goals and 10 assists. Yuri Lavrinenko led the squad with 12 assists and added 7 goals, for a total of 26 points. His 12 assists pushed Lavrinenko to 2nd on Indiana's all time assist leaders, with 41 career assists. Ryan Mack added 19 points (5 goals, 9 assists), and Pat Noonan scored 18 points (7 goals, 4 assists) on the season.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Stats
On defense, Dennis Fadeski started all 24 matches at marking back, while Nick Garcia started each match at sweeper. The duo anchored the defense to 15 shutouts. Justin Tauber took over the defensive midfielder position for the 1999 season and started 22 matches.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Stats
In goal, TJ Hannig and Doug Warren split games throughout the regular season, before Hannig won the job permanently for the entire postseason. Hannig started 16 matches and posted a 14–2 record, with a 0.52 goals against average and 10.5 shutouts. Warren started 8 matches, posting a 7–1 record, with a 0.63 record and 4 shutouts.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Awards and honors
Aleksey Korol was named the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year in 1999, as well as a NSCAA 1st Team All American, and the 1999 SoccerAmerica National Player of the Year. He was also named to the Soccer America All-Decade Team for the 1990s. Korol was a finalist for the 1999 Hermann Trophy- given to the nation's top player, and finished 4th in the voting.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Awards and honors
Nick Garcia finished 2nd in the Hermann Trophy voting and was named the 1999 College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player. He was also named as a NSCAA 1st Team All American.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Awards and honors
Yuri Lavrinenko was named the 1999 College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive Player and was a 2nd Team All American.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Awards and honors
Head Coach Jerry Yeagley was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the 5th time, and also won his 5th NSCAA National Coach of the Year award.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Hoosiers in the Pros
The 1999 Hoosiers saw 3 players drafted in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft. Garcia was selected 2nd overall by the Kansas City Wizards and Korol was drafted 5th overall by the Dallas Burn. The Chicago Fire selected Lavrinenko in the 3rd round, with the 32nd pick overall.


1999 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Hoosiers in the Pros
In addition, nine other players from the 1999 National Champions would later go on to play professional soccer either in Major League Soccer or USL A-League (now known as USL First Division): Doug Warren, TJ Hannig, John Swann, Phil Presser, Dennis Fadeski, Ryan Mack, Pat Noonan, Matt Fundenberger, Matt Reiswerg.


1999 Indianapolis 500
The 83rd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Sunday, May 30, 1999. The race was sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and was part of the 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League season.


1999 Indianapolis 500
In the closing laps, race leader Robby Gordon ran out of fuel within sight of the white flag. Kenny Bräck took the lead with just over one lap to go and won for car owner A. J. Foyt. The race victory represented the long-awaited "fifth" Indy 500 win for A. J. Foyt, who had previously won a record four times as a driver (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977). It was also one of the most-successful races for A. J. Foyt Enterprises, with Bräck the winner, and team cars Billy Boat third, and Robbie Buhl sixth.


1999 Indianapolis 500
Popular veteran and two-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk announced his plans to retire at the end of the event. He won the pole position and was a factor most of the first half. After leading 63 laps, however, he crashed while leading after he tangled with a backmarker. Luyendyk would later retract his retirement plans, and made a brief return to Indy from 2001–2003.


1999 Indianapolis 500
As of 2020, this stands as the 29th and final Indy victory for Goodyear tires.


1999 Indianapolis 500
As of 2021 this stands as the oldest Indianapolis 500 with all 33 starters still living.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Background, Continuing split from CART
The ongoing IRL/CART split continued into its fourth year. For the third year in a row, no major teams from the CART series entered at Indianapolis. The CART series raced on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend at the Motorola 300 at Gateway near St. Louis. However, the 1999 race would end up being the final year that the CART teams stayed away. In 2000, Ganassi would return, and in subsequent years other would as well.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Background, Continuing split from CART
Two regular CART drivers attempted to race at both Gateway and Indy in the same weekend. Robby Gordon, who was running his own team full-time in CART, entered in both the Saturday CART event at Gateway and at Sunday's Indianapolis 500. Gordon's association to full-time IRL team John Menard was a critical piece in having a competitive Indy 500 attempt. Also attempting the open wheel "double duty" was veteran Roberto Moreno. Moreno had been racing regularly in CART since 1996, and had competed at Indy previously in 1986.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Background, Continuing split from CART
After missing the IRL opener at Walt Disney World, Moreno ran IRL races in 1999 at Phoenix, Charlotte (canceled), and the Indy 500 with Truscelli Racing. At the same time, Moreno was picked up in early May by PacWest Racing in CART to fill in for the injured Mark Blundell and raced for them for eight rounds. As such, Moreno became slated for an unexpected double duty weekend. Then Moreno was hired for the next six CART races at Newman-Haas racing to fill in for the injured Christian Fittipaldi. Neither driver raced again in the IRL during the 1999 season.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Background, Double Duty
For the third time, a driver attempted the Indy/Charlotte "Double Duty". Tony Stewart, who switched full-time to NASCAR for 1999, also entered a car at Indy. With backing from his regular sponsor The Home Depot and support from his car owner Joe Gibbs, Stewart was attempting to become the first driver to complete the entire 1,100 in one day. Previous attempts by John Andretti (1994) and Robby Gordon (1997) did not see either driver complete the full distance. He succeeded in completing both races, finishing ninth in this race and fourth at Charlotte.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Background, Team and driver changes
Team Menard saw the biggest offseason changes, with 1997 season champion Tony Stewart departing for NASCAR. Greg Ray was hired to fill the vacancy. Robbie Buhl also left Menard and joined Foyt Racing for Indy.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Background, Team and driver changes
At Treadway Racing, Arie Luyendyk returned for what was planned to be his final race.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race schedule
* Includes days where trackactivity was significantlylimited due to rain


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Rookie Orientation & Open Testing
For the second year in a row, practice and qualifying during the month of May was trimmed down to a compressed "two week" schedule. In addition, for the second time, an open test was conducted in early April, which also included the annual rookie orientation program.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Rookie Orientation & Open Testing
Rookie orientation was scheduled for April 8–9, while open testing was scheduled for April 10–13. Ten drivers took laps during rookie orientation, with nine passing all four phases. Jeret Schroeder (216.596 mph) turned the fastest lap of the session on Saturday April 10. All track activity on Thursday April 9 was rained out.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Rookie Orientation & Open Testing
During the veteran's open test, Greg Ray turned the fastest lap of the week at 227.072 mph. Tyce Carlson was second at 225.683 mph.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Opening Day – Saturday May 15
Opening day for the month of May was held Saturday May 15 under sunny skies and temperatures in the high 70s. Stéphan Grégoire, in a car owned by Dick Simon was the first car out of the garage, and the first car on the track, continuing a tradition held by Simon-owned entries.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Opening Day – Saturday May 15
Greg Ray (225.887 mph) ran the fastest lap of the day. No serious incidents were reported, but Ray, Mike Groff, Robby Unser, Donnie Beechler, and Scott Harrington all brought out yellow flags for blown engines or mechanical failures.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Sunday May 16
About a half-hour into the session, Billy Boat spun and crashed in turn 1. He was uninjured, and returned to the track in a back-up car later in the afternoon.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Sunday May 16
After racing at Richmond the previous night, Tony Stewart arrived at the Speedway and took his first laps of the month on Sunday. He was 7th-best lap of the day at 222.091 mph.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Sunday May 16
Greg Ray once again led the speed chart at 225.124 mph.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Monday May 17
The day started with Robby Gordon on the track for the first time during the month. A few minutes later, Mike Borkowski crashed heavily in turn 2 at 11:57 a.m. He climbed from the car uninjured.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Monday May 17
Scott Harrington crashed in turn three, and Billy Boat had his second crash in two days. Both drivers were cleared to drive.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Monday May 17
At 3:46 p.m., rain began to fall, closing the track early for the day. Greg Ray once more led the speed chart (224.843 mph).


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Tuesday May 18
Overnight rain and moisture kept the track closed until 2:00 p.m. Another shower closed it again until almost 4 o'clock. A brief practice session still saw 37 drivers take to the track, and over 1,400 laps completed. Scott Goodyear (223.842 mph) finally bumped Greg Ray off the top of the speed chart.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Wednesday May 19
Rookie Dave Steele crashed hard into the outside wall in turn 1 at 11:33 a.m., suffering a concussion, and was forced to sit out the remainder of the month. About an hour later, Greg Ray blew an engine, and Tyce Carlson who was behind him, slid in the oil laid down by Ray's engine. Carlson spun and tapped the outside wall in the south chute, but the car only suffered minor damage.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Wednesday May 19
The third crash of the day involved Mark Dismore. He hit the wall twice between turns 1 and 2, but was not injured.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Wednesday May 19
With just 30 minutes left in the day, Tony Stewart completed a lap of 226.683 mph, the fastest lap thus far for the month.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Thursday May 20
Crashes were suffered by Johnny Unser and Tony Stewart. Both drivers were uninjured. Greg Ray was back on top of the speed chart at 227.192 mph, fastest of the month.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, "Fast" Friday May 21
The final full day of practice saw Greg Ray (227.175 mph) once again top the speed chart. However, Arie Luyendyk (226.131 mph) was close behind in second.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Practice, "Fast" Friday May 21
John Paul, Jr. was injured in a crash around 1:30 p.m., and he was sidelined for the month with a severe back contusion. Also crashing was Mike Borkowski, his second wreck of the week.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 22
Time trials opened at 12:00 p.m., with overcast skies and temperatures in the mid-60s. The early attention focused on Tony Stewart, and his busy qualifying schedule. Stewart's attempt at "Double Duty" meant that he was due in Charlotte later that afternoon for The Winston all-star race, and had a tight window in which to qualify at Indy. Stewart was the second car in line to make a qualifying attempt, but settled for a disappointing 220.653 mph run. Minutes later, Stewart was escorted to the airport and departed for Concord, North Carolina. The slow qualifying speed put Stewart in a somewhat precarious situation that left him vulnerable to possibly being bumped before day's end.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 22
At 12:50 p.m., Billy Boat crashed for the third time of the month. On his warmup lap, he spun on cold tires in turn 2, and hit the wall on the backstretch. Minutes later, Robbie Buhl crashed on his warmup lap as well.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 22
At 1:17 p.m., Kenny Brack (222.650 mph) took over the provisional pole position with eight cars in the field. At 1:30 p.m., Arie Luyendyk took to the track, attempting to qualify for what was to be his final Indy 500. His four-lap average of 225.179 mph secured him the pole position, and was a track record for normally-aspirated engines.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 22
The next two hours saw heavy activity, and by 3:30 p.m., the field was filled to 25 cars. The last car with a likely shot at the pole was Greg Ray. After a lap of 225.643 mph (which tied Luyendyk's fastest single lap), Ray ended up second with a four-lap average of 225.073 mph, just 0.075 seconds behind Luyendyk's time.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 22
After a brief down period, activity picked up in the final hour. After crashing earlier in the day, Billy Boat put his car on the outside of the front row. His four-lap average of 223.469 mph was third-fastest. One car, later, Robby Gordon qualified 4th at 223.066 mph.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 22
As time trials closed for the day at 6 o'clock, Scott Harrington completed his run, filling the field to a full 33 cars. It was the first time since 1983 that the field had been completely filled in one afternoon, and was accomplished despite a one-hour rain delay. Tony Stewart's early run held on to put him in 24th starting position.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 22
Luyendyk's pole position was the third of his career (1993, 1997), and his fifth front row start.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 22
Later that night, Tony Stewart won the Winston Open and finished second in The Winston.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump Day - Sunday May 23
The second and final day of qualifying opened with rain in the forecast and about 5-6 drivers looking to bump their way into the field. During morning practice, Lyn St. James blew an engine and crashed in turn 4. She entered the day on the bubble, and if she was bumped she would have been done for the day.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump Day - Sunday May 23
Time trials began at 12 noon, with Raul Boesel easily bumping his way into the field. He was followed by Johnny Unser who went even faster. Robbie Buhl, however, was having trouble all weekend. After crashing the day before, he blew his engine on his warm up lap, and the team feverishly started installing a new motor.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump Day - Sunday May 23
Andy Michner spun on his first qualifying attempt, but did not make any contact. He waved off his second attempt after being too slow. Rain was entering the area, and threatened to wash out the rest of the day. At 1:48 p.m., Mike Groff (220.066 mph) bumped his way into the field. However, he found himself on the bubble.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump Day - Sunday May 23
At 1:58 p.m., Foyt Racing had hastily put together a car for Robbie Buhl and put it in the qualifying line. The car had spare pieces from other machines, and the car number was taped on with black electrical tape. Buhl's run of 220.115 mph barely bumped out Groff, despite sprinkles falling during the last two laps. Seconds after the checkered flag, heavy rain began to fall, all but securing Buhl's spot in the race.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump Day - Sunday May 23
The track closed for the day due to rain with Stéphan Grégoire waiting in line. It was the first time an entry associated with Dick Simon failed to qualify since 1982.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Carb Day - Thursday May 27
The final practice session saw Sam Schmidt (222.458 mph) on top of the speed chart. Scott Goodyear blew an engine, and Jimmy Kite stalled with clutch problems, but no serious incidents were reported.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Carb Day - Thursday May 27
Robby Gordon skipped the session and was at Gateway for the CART Motorola 300. Greg Ray shook down his car for a few laps. Roberto Moreno, who was also participating at Gateway, did practice for about an hour, then departed for St. Louis. Both drivers came back Sunday for race day.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Carb Day - Thursday May 27
Tony Stewart returned to the track after his busy weekend. He took part in pole qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600 on Wednesday night, but did not make the top 20 there. He planned on 'standing on his time' at Charlotte and remaining in Indianapolis for the rest of the day. Since Stewart was expected to miss the mandatory NASCAR pre-race drivers meeting, he was poised to start last on the grid at Charlotte regardless of his qualifying speed.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Carb Day - Thursday May 27
Later in the afternoon, Galles Racing won the Coors Indy Pit Stop Challenge with driver Davey Hamilton.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
Medal of Honor winners were honored during the pre-race ceremonies, coinciding with the unveiling of the Medal of Honor Memorial in Indianapolis. The national anthem was performed by gospel singer CeCe Winans.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
Polesitter Arie Luyendyk jumped out to the early lead, holding the point for the first 32 laps. The first caution flag flew on Lap 9 when Eliseo Salazar got loose coming off turn 2 and slammed into the inside wall.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Pit incident
During the first caution, several cars pitted. In the north section of the pits, Jimmy Kite's car touched the left rear wheel of Jeret Schroeder, sending Kite into the pit box of Robby McGehee. The collision knocked out a few members of McGehee's crew, including crew chief Steve Fried, of Mentor, Ohio, who was working on the right front tire. Fried was initially was listed in critical condition at Methodist Hospital, but later in the race, he was reported as awake and alert. Kite's car suffered extensive internal damage and spent most of the race in the garage for repairs, before retiring late due to engine trouble.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
Arie Luyendyk and Greg Ray took turns at the point for nearly all of the first 60 laps. Luyendyk relinquished his lead after making a pit stop on lap 33, and Ray led the next lap before he came in for service. Sam Schmidt inherited the lead until the cars of Roberto Guerrero and Hideshi Matsuda stalled on the track, bringing out a yellow flag. Schmidt and several others pitted under the caution, allowing Luyendyk to retake the lead. Kenny Bräck, the reigning champion of the Indy Racing League, driving for 4-time Indianapolis 500 winner A. J. Foyt, took the lead for the first time on lap 60 after passing Ray in turn 2.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
Sam Schmidt brought out the yellow when he backed into the wall in turn 1 on lap 63. Luyendyk regained the lead following pit stops, but was passed by Bräck shortly after the restart. On lap 84, Ray returned to the lead by passing Brack. Steve Knapp backed into the turn 1 wall to bring out the 4th caution on lap 94. Shortly after the restart on lap 100, Scott Goodyear, another of the prerace favorites, stopped in turn 2 with engine problems  to bring out another yellow flag.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
Arie Luyendyk was leading on lap 118 when he approached the lapped car of Tyce Carlson going into in turn 3. Luyendyk tried to overtake Carlson on the inside of the corner, but grazed the left rear wheel, slid backwards and into the turn 3 wall, bringing out the race's 6th caution. With Luyendyk out of the picture, Greg Ray took over the lead. As Ray completed his pit stop, he moved toward the far lane, unaware that Mark Dismore, who was coming in for his pit stop, was already occupying that lane. Both cars collided and slid into the vacant pit box of Scott Sharp, which was adjacent to Dismore's pit. Dismore continued on, but Ray suffered serious front suspension damage and dropped out of the race.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
Defending Indy 500 champion Eddie Cheever led the field for the restart on lap 124, but was passed by Kenny Bräck and Jeff Ward at the drop of the green. Brack stretched his advantage to as much as 5 seconds. Meanwhile, Tony Stewart had fallen back considerably due to handling problems and made an unscheduled pit stop. Cheever's day suddenly ended on lap 140 due to an engine problem. Bräck made a green-flag stop on lap 150, and Ward grabbed the lead for 2 laps until he pitted, putting Bräck out in front again.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
With less than 40 laps left, Bräck and Ward continued to run 1-2. Bräck's teammate at A.J. Foyt Racing, Billy Boat moved up to 3rd place; Mark Dismore was hanging in 4th place despite the pit road mishap on the last yellow flag; and rookie Robby McGehee, despite concerns about the health of his crew chief after the early pit road incident, was in 5th. Also in contention was Team Menard driver Robby Gordon. With teammate Greg Ray already out of the race after the mishap with Dismore, Gordon was left to carry the banner for owner John Menard, who was making his 20th appearance at Indy.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Conclusion
On Lap 163, the caution came out again for Jimmy Kite's stalled car. During the caution, Robby Gordon's team took a gamble, bringing Gordon into the pits and topping off the fuel tank in the hopes he would have enough fuel to last the final 35 laps. On lap 169, Mark Dismore brushed the wall off turn 2. The right-front wheel separated and bounced across the track on the backstretch, bringing out the final caution of the race. After many of the leaders came in under caution for their expected final stops, Gordon shuffled to the lead at the restart.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Conclusion
As the laps wound down, with 20 to go, Gordon began to build a comfortable lead, while his crew began reminding him that he was OK on fuel. Behind him, with 12 laps remaining, Bräck made a move around Ward for 2nd place and began narrowing the deficit as Gordon struggled to keep fuel in the car. By lap 198, the lead was less than 3 seconds.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Conclusion
With 2 laps left, the lapped car of Robbie Buhl separated those of Gordon and Bräck. Bräck was now 1.5 seconds behind Gordon as they approached turn 3. Heading into turn 4, Gordon's machine began slowing down as he veered into pit road, out of fuel. Bräck assumed the lead position on the main straightaway, and completed the final 2 laps for the win.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Conclusion
Brack's victory marked the fifth overall Indy 500 victory for A.J. Foyt - Four as a driver (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977) and one as an owner (1999). Brack, who led the most laps in the race (66), took the lead for good at the end of lap 199, which equalled the official record at the time for the latest lead change. However, unofficially, it was in fact the latest lead change in Indy history (until 2006), with Brack assuming the lead approximately 2.8 miles to the checkered flag.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Post-race notes
In the engine battle between the Oldsmobile Aurora and the Nissan Infiniti, Aurora dominated the race, leading 196 of 200 laps. The top 15 starters used Auroras. Eddie Cheever performed the best of the Infiniti powerplants, leading the 4 laps not led by Aurora. Jeret Schroeder was the top finisher among Infiniti-powered cars, finishing 15th after dropping out late in the race.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Post-race notes
Chilean driver Eliseo Salazar, who crashed out of the race in the opening laps, was awarded with the Scott Brayton trophy, awarded to the driver best exemplifying the character and racing spirit of the late driver Scott Brayton.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Post-race notes
Scott Sharp, who qualified on the outside of the second row, suffered a humiliating gaffe when his pit crew neglected to remove the protective air blocks from the radiator inlets. The car pulled away from the grid with the air blocks still inserted, precipitating a swift and uncontrollable overheating condition. Though the crew was able to get the car back out on the track, the damage was done, and the car dropped out short of the halfway point with transmission and engine failure. The incident prompted some teams across the grid to pay more attention to pre-race checklists and affix fluorescent "warning strips" or brightly-colored flags to the air blocks and other similar devices to avoid similar failures in the future.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Post-race notes
Linda Conti, the team manager for 5th place Robby McGehee, is believed to have been the first female team manager in Indy 500 history.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Results
W  = former Indianapolis 500 winner;  R  = Indianapolis 500 rookie


1999 Indianapolis 500, Sports Illustrated controversy
On May 1, 1999, at the VisionAire 500K at Lowe's Motor Speedway three spectators were killed, and eight others (two of whom were children) were injured when a piece of debris went into the grandstands. On the 61st lap, Stan Wattles crashed in turn four, shearing off both right-side wheels. The car of John Paul, Jr. struck one of the wheels, propelling it into the stands. A witness claimed a wheel with suspension pieces flew into the seats. The incident occurred two weeks before the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was scheduled to open for practice.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Sports Illustrated controversy
In the May 10, 1999, edition of Sports Illustrated, Ed Hinton penned an article reporting the tragedy, and discussed the general topic of safety in motorsports. The magazine's editors in New York published the article accompanied by an AP photograph taken at the scene. The photo featured a security guard standing next to two dead bodies in the grandstands covered with bloody sheets, and blood covering the steps.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Sports Illustrated controversy
In the week following the magazine's release, IMS/IRL president Tony George issued a letter stating his extreme displeasure with the article and the photo, describing that it was insensitive and inappropriate, and declared that Hinton was to be denied credentials to the 1999 Indianapolis 500 and future events at the track. Immediately after word of the ban spread, press and media response was very negative. The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit News, Los Angeles Times, and several other newspapers announced they were all boycotting the event, citing censorship. In addition, they came to the defense of Hinton, because he wrote only the text in the article, and did not know about the photograph until after the edition was published.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Sports Illustrated controversy
A few days later, the controversy reached a boiling point, and George backed down and retracted the ban. He issued Hinton his credentials, and most of the reporters (some reluctantly) returned to cover the race. However, the Hinton/censorship incident stayed in the news for a long time, and caused friction between the media and the still-fledgling league.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Sports Illustrated controversy
Due to the tragedy at Charlotte, the league adopted wheel tethers in time for the 1999 Indy 500 to prevent tires from flying off cars during crashes and potentially injuring spectators and drivers.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The race was carried live on the Indy Racing Radio Network. Mike King was named the new chief announcer, and became the fifth person to serve as Voice of the 500. Previous chief announcer Bob Jenkins left the radio to take over the announcing role on ABC-TV. The broadcast was heard on 556 affiliates.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The broadcasting booth for the 1999 race was located in a makeshift manner, temporarily installed in the then under-construction Pagoda. Booth announcers King, Rutherford, and others were situated in an elevator shaft, with no access to the ground or restrooms while the race was underway.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Gary Lee departed, and was replaced in turn three by Kevin O'Neal, a reporter from The Indianapolis Star and announcer from the Indianapolis Speedrome. It was O'Neal's only appearance on the network. Chris Denari also made his network debut.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
With King as the new chief announcer, a trend returned to the broadcasts starting in 1999, not seen since the days of Sid Collins. King began to interview booth guests (celebrities, politicians, and sponsor representatives), whether live in-person, or pre-recorded. For 1999, the limitations of the booth precluded live interviews, but John F. Fielder of BorgWarner was featured in a pre-recorded segment.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Chief Announcer: Mike KingDriver expert: Johnny RutherfordStatistician: Howdy BellHistorian: Donald Davidson


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Turn 1: Jerry BakerTurn 2: Ken DoubleTurn 3: Kevin O'Neal  R Turn 4: Bob Lamey


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The race was carried live flag-to-flag coverage in the United States on ABC Sports. Changes were made at ABC/ESPN for 1999, as the networks created separate crews for their IRL and CART broadcasts. Paul Page, who had broadcast the 500 with either radio or television since 1974, was removed and shifted to the CART series. Bob Jenkins, formerly the radio network announcer for the 500, moved into the ABC-TV booth.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
Tom Sneva returned as analyst, and for 1999 the "host" position was revived, with longtime ABC personality Al Michaels joining the crew. Jack Arute had left ABC for a short time to cover IRL races on Speedvision and FSN, and thus was absent from this telecast. Jon Beekhuis was brought in to take his place in the pit area. Meanwhile, Gary Gerould conducted the winner's interview in victory lane, which was normally Arute's duty.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
With Paul Page not part of the broadcast, this was the first Indy 500 in over a decade without the familiar "Delta Force intro." In addition, a new camera angle debuted, mounted at the top of the famous scoring pylon.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
Practice and time trials were carried over three networks: ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2.


1999 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
At the track, several of the electronic dot matrix scoreboards were removed and replaced with four Daktronics ProStarä Video Plus screens and three Daktronics ProStarä large screens (one each inside the four turns, one each inside the two shortchutes, and one along the north end of the mainstretch). A year later, the project was completed, and an additional six Daktronics ProStarä video screens were installed along the inside and outside of the frontstretch.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season
The 1999 Indianapolis Colts season was the 47th season for the team in the National Football League and 16th in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Colts finished the National Football League's 1999 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, and won the AFC East division. This season marked a turning point for the Colts franchise, who had only made the playoffs 3 times since 1977. Since 1999, the Colts have been one of the most successful NFL franchises, only missing the playoffs six times in the past 20 years. No other turnaround was as great as the 1999 Colts until the 2008 Miami Dolphins went from a 1–15 record to an 11–5 record and an AFC East title.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season
Despite completing a great turnaround from 3–13 to 13–3, the Colts would go on to lose to the eventual AFC Champion Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round of the playoffs.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Offseason
The Colts made a major trade on April 16 when they sent Marshall Faulk, who rushed for over 1,300 yards and caught 86 passes in 1998, to the St. Louis Rams for two draft picks.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 1 vs Bills
The 1999 Colts season began with a 31–14 rout of the Buffalo Bills. Peyton Manning's fourth career NFL win came via two touchdown throws to Marvin Harrison, an Edgerrin James rushing score, a 74-yard interception return touchdown by Tony Blevins, and a Mike Vanderjagt field goal. Doug Flutie of the Bills had one touchdown throw and two picks.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 2 at Patriots
Manning erupted in the first half, completing 14 of 17 throws with three touchdown throws to Marvin Harrison along with an Edgerrin James rushing score while the Patriots shot themselves in the foot with penalties, ultimately committing fifteen fouls eating up 135 yards and trailing the Colts 28–7. But from the start of the second half the Patriots shut down Manning, limiting him to just four completions in 13 throws.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 2 at Patriots
Following a Manning interception in the third quarter a Terry Allen touchdown catch put the Patriots down 28–14, and was followed by 17 unanswered Patriots points; Marcus Pollard fumbled the ball to Ty Law and Drew Bledsoe passes to Terry Glenn led to a three-yard Ben Coates touchdown catch. After Law forced a Manning three-and-out Bledsoe marched the Patriots down field and connected with Coates for a 10-yard tying touchdown with three minutes to go. James was then hammered by Tebucky Jones and fumbled the ball to Brandon Mitchell, and from there the Patriots reached range for Adam Vinatieri's 26-yard game-winner with 35 seconds left in a 31–28 Patriots triumph.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 3 at San Diego
Manning's Indianapolis predecessor Jim Harbaugh started for the Chargers and a Manning score to Marvin Harrison put the Colts up 10–0, but the Chargers scored 16 points in the second quarter. With the Chargers up 19–13 in the fourth Manning scored twice, once on a rush, for the 27–19 win.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 5 vs. Dolphins
The Colts' uneven start to the season continued against the Miami Dolphins, who were going through controversy themselves following reactions by Dan Marino and coach Jimmy Johnson ("I don't always say the right things, but I say what I feel", Johnson said after the Colts game) to a 23–18 loss to Buffalo the week before. Indianapolis clawed to a 17–9 lead in the third quarter, but it was the fourth quarter where the game exploded.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 5 vs. Dolphins
First Tony Martin caught a 28-yard Marino touchdown two minutes into the quarter; on the ensuing kickoff Terrence Wilkins ran back 97 yards for a Colts touchdown. Over the next ten minutes Miami's Cecil Collins and Olindo Mare and Indy's Marcus Pollard put the score at 31–25 Indianapolis. With three minutes to go Manning deliberately ran out the back of the endzone for a safety to bleed clock, and the Colts were forced to kick off to Miami. On the ensuing Dolphins drive a Marino pass was initially ruled a fumble but Gerald Austin overruled the penalty after review.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 5 vs. Dolphins
Marino drove to the Colts' 2-yard line (the key play was a 58-yard completion to Oronde Gadsden on fourth down; Marino audibled out of what Johnson had intended; Johnson's reluctance to give Marino that power was the main source of friction), and with 27 seconds remaining threw to Oronde Gadsden in the endzone; he caught the ball and was thrown out of bounds before his feet touched the ground inbounds, but following a huddle by referees the play was ruled a touchdown based on force-out rules (which would be changed years later). The 34–31 Dolphins triumph put the Colts at 2–2.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 6 at NY Jets
The Colts fell behind 13–0 in the second quarter, but from there the game (and the season) turned in Indy's favor. A Terrence Wilkins touchdown catch and two Mike Vanderjagt field goals tied the game, then Vanderjagt kicked the game-winner with 14 seconds remaining, putting the Colts to the 16–13 final and the start of an 11-game winning streak.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 7 vs. Bengals
The 1–5 Bengals were never in contention as four Colts touchdowns, two by Edgerrin James, were easily enough in a 31–10 Indianapolis win.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 8 vs Cowboys
The latest Super Bowl V rematch began as the Cowboys, despite Michael Irvin being out for the year with injury, clawed to a 17–3 lead in the second quarter. The Colts then stormed back with 17-straight points. An exchange of touchdowns left the score 28–24 and Troy Aikman was pulled early in the fourth. A scary incident occurred when Mark Thomas of the Colts was accidentally kicked in the head and had to be put on a stretcher.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 9 vs. Chiefs
In a battle of 5–2 teams the lead changed four times as Manning ran in the winning score with 10:49 to go. With the Colts up 25–17 Warren Moon came in for the final twenty two seconds for the Chiefs but his pass to Joe Horn fell incomplete.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 10 at NY Giants
Two Marvin Harrison touchdowns and a Terrence Wilkins punt return score highlighted a 27–19 Colts win. Former Colt Cary Blanchard booted two field goals.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 11 at Eagles
The Colts erupted to their biggest point total of the season with 44. Manning had three touchdowns and Edgerrin James two more. Rookie Donovan McNabb in his second start was picked off twice.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 12 vs. NY Jets
The Jets limited Manning to one touchdown with two picks but Bill Parcells experiment Ray Lucas in his fourth start completed just twelve passes in a 13–6 Colts win.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 13 at Dolphins
The season rematch was another high-scoring affair. Edgerrin James ran in two first-half touchdowns while Chad Cota scored off a Miami fumble for a 24–10 Colts halftime lead. Once again Miami fought back; first Sam Madison picked off Manning and ran back for a 25-yard touchdown, then Dan Marino touchdown throws to Stanley Pritchett and Tony Martin offset a Manning touchdown to Terrence Wilkins and left the score tied at 31 early in the fourth. Mike Vanderjagt's field goal in the final five minutes was answered by an Olindo Mare kick with 36 seconds to go, but the Colts drove to range of a 53-yard Vanderjagt kick on the final play. The kick was good for a 37–34 Colts win, their eighth straight.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 14 vs. Patriots
Peyton Manning's first career win over the Patriots was a 20–15 affair in which he threw for only 186 yards and two touchdowns. The Patriots committed 12 penalties for 86 yards and Drew Bledsoe was sacked five times despite throwing for 379 yards and a late-fourth-quarter touchdown to Shawn Jefferson.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 15 vs. Redskins
Down at the start of the fourth the Colts scored twice, enough to absorb a late Redskins score and successful onside kick; the Skins though failed to convert fourth down for the 24–21 Indianapolis win.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Notable games, Week 16 at Browns
The Colts' first trip to Cleveland since a 23–17 loss in 1988 turned into a hard-fought affair. The Colts trailed 14–7 in the second quarter, then trailed 28–19 at the end of the third quarter, but clawed to a 28–26 score in the fourth off an Edgerrin James rushing touchdown, then rallied for the win on a 21-yard Vanderjagt field goal with four seconds left. It was Indy's 13th win of the season, the first 13-win season for the Colts since the ill-fated 1968 Baltimore Colts went 13–1 before facing Joe Namath (ironically following a Colts playoff win over the Browns), and locked up a playoff bye for Indianapolis.


1999 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason
The Colts earned the No. 2 seed for the playoffs and received a bye for the Wild-Card round of the playoffs. They played host to the Tennessee Titans in the Divisional round. This was the first ever NFL playoff game played in Indianapolis. The game was close throughout until Titans running back Eddie George ran for 68-yard touchdown in the 3rd quarter. George rushed for a team playoff-record 162 yards to help lead the Titans to victory.


1999 Indianapolis mayoral election
The Indianapolis mayoral election of 1999 took place on November 2, 1999. Voters elected the Mayor of Indianapolis, members of the Indianapolis City-County Council, as well as several other local officials. Democrat Bart Peterson was the first Democrat to be elected as Mayor of Indianapolis since 1963.


1999 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The 1999 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 34th edition of the World Championship  The Championship was held as a Grand Prix series over ten rounds.


1999 Individual Long Track World Championship
The 1999 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 29th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.


1999 Individual Long Track World Championship
The world title was won by Gerd Riss of Germany.


1999 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
The 1999 European Individual Speedway Junior Championship was the second edition of the Championship.


1999 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1999 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
The 1999 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 23rd edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The event was won by Lee Richardson of England and he also gained qualification to the Speedway Grand Prix Challenge.


1999 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, World final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1999 Individual Speedway Latvian Championship
The 1999 Latvian Individual Speedway Championship was the 25th Latvian Individual Speedway Championship season. The final took place on 12 August 1999 in Daugavpils, Latvia.


1999 Individual Speedway Latvian Championship, Results
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1999 Indonesia Open (badminton)
The 1999 Indonesia Open in badminton was held in Denpasar, Bali, from August 31 to September 5, 1999. It was a four-star tournament and the prize money was US$120,000.


1999 Indonesian legislative election
The 1999 Indonesian legislative election, held on 7 June 1999, was the first election since the end of the New Order and the first free election in Indonesia since 1955. With the ending of restrictions on political activity following the fall of Suharto, a total of 48 parties contested the 462 seats up for election in the People's Representative Council. A further 38 seats were reserved for the armed forces.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Background
Under the New Order, only two political parties forcibly merged in 1973 – Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and United Development Party (PPP) – plus the functional group Golkar had been allowed to participate in elections. With the start of the Reform Era, more than 100 new political parties emerged. New elections were called for 1999 and 148 parties registered with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Of these, only 48 passed the selection process, overseen by intellectual Nurcholish Madjid. The elections were to be overseen by an independent General Elections Commission (KPU) of 53 members, one from each party and five government representatives.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Electoral system
The system used was based on proportional representation at the provincial level. Within each province, parties were awarded seats in proportion to their share of the vote. The East Java province had the most number of seats, with 82, while the lowest was in Bengkulu and East Timor with four each. Voters chose parties, not people as the candidate list was closed, meaning the decision as to who would sit in the legislature was decided by the parties.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Campaign
The official election campaign began on 19 May 1999 and ended on 4 June to allow two 'rest days' before the vote itself. It was divided into three stages, with different parties being allowed to campaign on different days. However, before the campaign, there was violence between supporters of rival parties. Four people were killed in fighting between followers of the United Development Party (PPP) and the National Awakening Party (PKB) on 1 May and three more died in clashes between Golkar and Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) supporters on 11 May.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Campaign
On the first day of the campaign, there was a parade of party vehicles in Central Jakarta. The Golkar float was attacked and damaged The traffic circle in front of Hotel Indonesia was a popular spot for rallies. Meanwhile, there was an increase of people heading for Singapore to escape possible violence as polling day neared, with one newspaper reporting that more than 78,000 people had left.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Campaign
As well as rallies, the major parties took out full-colour advertisements in newspapers. Each party was also given air time TV for statements by lone spokespeople. There were also ads in the newspapers urging people to use their vote.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Campaign
In the final week, the main parties held huge rallies in the capital: the PKB on 1 June, the National Mandate Party (PAN) on 2 June, the PDI-P on 3 June and Golkar on 4 June, at which its supporters were attacked.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Campaign
At one minute past midnight on 5 June, all party flags, banners and posters began to be removed as the campaign officially ended. International observers continued to arrive to oversee the election, among them former US president Jimmy Carter.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Polling day
In the last few days before the vote on 7 June, newspapers carried advertisements sponsored by the Indonesian Election Committee (PPI) explaining how to vote and urging people to do so.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Polling day
On the day itself, polls opened at 8 am. People cast their vote by piercing the party symbol on the ballot paper and then dipped a finger in indelible ink to prevent repeat voting. When the votes were counted, each ballot paper was held up for onlookers to see.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Polling day
There was independent monitoring down to the level of polling stations by Indonesians as well as by 100 observers and support staff from 23 counties led by Jimmy Carter. On polling day, Carter said that it would have been extremely difficult to manipulate the election data because of the well-prepared information network and because the information was easy to access. One way the public could access the latest results was by sending a Short message service text to a specific number. The sender then received information about provincial or party results.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Polling day
On 9 June, Carter's team reported that although there had been "shortcomings" and allegations of financial abuses, they did not appear to have had a significant impact on the polling day activities.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Results
The count was slow, with votes taking several weeks to count. Before he left Indonesia, Carter expressed his concern about this  At a meeting at the General Election Commission building on 26 June, only 22 of the 53 members of the commission were prepared to accept the result. These comprised the representatives of 17 of the parties (with 93% of the vote between them) and the five government representatives. Eventually, later that same day President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie in a live TV broadcast declared the results were valid. The PDI-P, led by Megawati Sukarnoputri, had won the largest share of the vote with Golkar in second place.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, Results
The process of allocating seats in the People's Representative Council took several months the PPI announced the results on 1 September. A total of 21 parties had won seats, with the PDI-P being awarded 153 and Golkar 120. There were ten parties with only one seat each.


1999 Indonesian legislative election, 1999 indirect presidential election
In October, the People's Consultative Assembly made up of the People's Representative Council and 200 nominated members from the military and selected civilians, a total of 700, met to elect the president and vice president. This was the last indirect presidential election in Indonesia and the first presidential election that did not feature a candidate from ruling-party (Golkar). On 20 October, Abdurrahman Wahid, known as Gus Dur, chairman of the PKB was elected, beating Megawati Sukarnoputri by 373 votes to 313, although her party won the most votes in the legislative election and thus had one-third of the parliamentary seats. This triggered riots among Megawati's supporters. The following day, Megawati was nominated by Gus Dur's party as vice president and got elected, beating Hamzah Haz from the PPP by 396 votes to 284. This ended the street protests.


1999 Indy Lights season
The 1999 CART PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. Oriol Servià was the series champion despite not winning a race.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Homestead race
Held March 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mario Domínguez won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Long Beach race
Held April 18 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Nazareth race
Held May 2 at Nazareth Speedway. Oriol Servià won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Milwaukee race
Held June 6 at The Milwaukee Mile. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Portland race
Held June 20 at Portland International Raceway. Oriol Servià won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Cleveland race
Held June 27 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Didier André won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Toronto race
Held July 18 at Exhibition Place. Geoff Boss won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Michigan race
Held July 24 at Michigan International Speedway. Jonny Kane won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Detroit race
Held August 8 at Belle Isle Raceway. Oriol Servià won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Chicago race
Held August 22 at The Chicago Motor Speedway. Scott Dixon won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Laguna Seca race
Held September 12 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Guy Smith won the pole.


1999 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Fontana race
Held October 30 at The California Speedway. Jonny Kane won the pole.


1999 Indy Racing League
The 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League was highly competitive and parity was the order of the year. Team Menard had a very good season with their driver Greg Ray capturing 3 race wins in a row and the series championship. This was the last year before CART teams began to break ranks and jump to the IRL.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, TransWorld Diversified Services Indy 200
The TransWorld Diversified Services Indy 200 was held on January 24 at Walt Disney World Speedway. Scott Sharp qualified on the pole position. The race was broadcast on ABC.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, MCI WorldCom 200
The MCI WorldCom 200 was held on March 28 at Phoenix International Raceway. Greg Ray qualified on the pole position. The race was broadcast on Fox Sports Net.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, VisionAire 500K
The VisionAire 500K was on held May 1 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Greg Ray qualified on the pole position. The race was broadcast on Speedvision.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500 was held on May 30 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Arie Luyendyk qualified on the pole position.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Longhorn 500
The Longhorn 500 was held on June 12 at Texas Motor Speedway. Mark Dismore qualified on the pole position. The race was broadcast on Fox Sports Net.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Radisson 200
The Radisson 200 was held on June 27 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Greg Ray qualified on the pole position. The race was broadcast on Fox Sports Net.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500
The Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 was held on July 17 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Billy Boat qualified on the pole position. The race was broadcast on Fox Sports Net.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200
The MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200 was held on August 1 at Dover Downs International Speedway. Mark Dismore qualified on the pole position. The race was broadcast on Fox.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Colorado Indy 200
The Colorado Indy 200 was held on August 29 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Greg Ray qualified on the pole position. The race was broadcast on Fox Sports Net.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Vegas.com 500
The Vegas.com 500 was held on September 26 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Sam Schmidt qualified on the pole position. The race was broadcast on ESPN.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Mall.com 500
The Mall.com 500 was held on October 17 at Texas Motor Speedway. Greg Ray qualified on the pole position. The race was broadcast on ABC.


1999 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Final points standings
Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (3 points), the second best qualifier (2 points), the third best qualifier (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (2 point).