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CART team owners monnitor the lap speeds of their driver's efforts during warm-ups prior to time trial qualifying for the pole position at the Miami grand Prix in Homestead, Florida, Saturday March 20, 1999. Frank Arciero (cq), to the right of the pylon, his son, Alber Arciero (cq) and Al's wife, Chris (cq). On the left is the actor Paul Newman and to his right the legendary driver Mario Andretti. Man with back to the camera is unidentified. Sacramento Bee/Jay Mather 1999 Marlboro Miami Grand Prix, March 21, 1999, Homestead, Fl. Greg Moore won the opening race of the season from pole, leading 96 out of the 150 laps, winning comfortably ahead of Michael Andretti and Dario Franchitti before a crowd of roughly 40,000.Moore capitalized on a mistake Andretti made in the pits. Andretti had won the race the previous two years, but accidentally shut off his engine during his pit stop under the 2nd caution. It would turn out to be Moore's final pole and win. The season-ending Marlboro 500 at California Speedway, Moore was killed in a violent airborne collision with a concrete barrier on the race's tenth lap. He was the second driver to be killed in CART competition in 1999 after Gonzalo Rodríguez three races earlier at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It was scheduled to be Moore's final race for Forsythe Racing before moving to Team Penske in 2000.
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CART team owners monnitor the lap speeds of their driver's efforts during warm-ups prior to time trial qualifying for the pole position at the Miami grand Prix in Homestead, Florida, Saturday March 20, 1999.  Frank Arciero (cq), to the right of the pylon, his son, Alber Arciero (cq) and Al's wife, Chris (cq).  On the left is the actor Paul Newman and to his right the legendary driver Mario Andretti.  Man with back to the camera is unidentified.  Sacramento Bee/Jay Mather 1999 Marlboro Miami Grand Prix, March 21, 1999, Homestead, Fl. Greg Moore won the opening race of the season from pole, leading 96 out of the 150 laps, winning comfortably ahead of Michael Andretti and Dario Franchitti before a crowd of roughly 40,000.Moore capitalized on a mistake Andretti made in the pits. Andretti had won the race the previous two years, but accidentally shut off his engine during his pit stop under the 2nd caution. It would turn out to be Moore's final pole and win. The season-ending Marlboro 500 at California Speedway, Moore was killed in a violent airborne collision with a concrete barrier on the race's tenth lap. He was the second driver to be killed in CART competition in 1999 after Gonzalo Rodríguez three races earlier at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It was scheduled to be Moore's final race for Forsythe Racing before moving to Team Penske in 2000.