The 1999 Sports Racing World Cup season was the third season of Sports Racing World Cup (later known as the FIA Sportscar Championship). It was a series for sportscar style prototypes broken into two classes based on power and weight, called SR1 and SR2. It began on March 28, 1999 and ended November 28, 1999 after 9 races.
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