Juan Montoya's 1999 Cart championship was clearly one of the greatest seasons of the Cart era, Alex Zanardi the defending two time champion returned to F1 only to endure a difficult and tough season. The man who took his job as Ganassi Columbian Juan Montoya was dominant wining 7 races and the championship. Montoya then went on to win the Indy 500, race in F1, Nascar, and 24 Hours of Daytona.