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1999 Monterey Sports Car Championships

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ4594916 ↗
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The 1999 Visa Sports Car Championships presented by Honda was the seventh round of the 1999 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Laguna Seca Raceway, California, on October 10, 1999.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Statistics

Pole Position - #1 Panoz Motor Sports (Éric Bernard) - 1:15.974

Fastest Lap - #1 Panoz Motor Sports (Éric Bernard) - 1:18.129

Distance - 435.807 km (270.798 mi)

Average Speed - 158.339 km/h (98.387 mph)

References

"Official Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2005. Retrieved November 3, 2007.

"1999 American Le Mans Series". World Sports Racing Prototypes.

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