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1999 NAPA Autocare 500

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1999 NAPA Autocare 500
Race details
Race 28 of 34 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1999 NAPA Autocare 500 program cover.
The 1999 NAPA Autocare 500 program cover.
Date October 3, 1999
Official name 51st Annual NAPA Autocare 500
Location Ridgeway, Virginia, Martinsville Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Scheduled Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Average speed 72.347 miles per hour (116.431 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team SABCO
Time 19.886
Most laps led
Driver Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing
Laps 138
Winner
No. 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1999 NAPA Autocare 500 was the 28th stock car race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 51st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 3, 1999, before an audience of 62,000 in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 miles (0.847 km) permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. Within the final laps of the race, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon was able to hold off the field on the final restart with 19 to go to take his 48th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his sixth victory of the season and it marked Gordon's first race & win without Ray Evernham as his crew chief.[1][2][3] To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Joe Bessey Racing driver Geoff Bodine would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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The layout of Martinsville Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Pennzoil
01 Ron Hornaday Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet TracFone Wireless
2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford Miller Lite
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak
5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
05 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Pontiac Delco-Remy
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet Philips, Klaussner Furniture
9 Rich Bickle Melling Racing Ford Cartoon Network, The Jetsons
10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide, Give Kids the World
11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Paychex Blue
12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford Mobil 1
16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford TV Guide
18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac Interstate Batteries
20 Tony Stewart (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac The Home Depot
21 Elliott Sadler (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac Caterpillar
23 Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford Winston No Bull
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont
25 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser, 1999 World Series
26 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford Cheerios, Betty Crocker
28 Kenny Irwin Jr. Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
30 Mike Bliss Bahari Racing Pontiac Jimmy Dean
31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Lowe's
33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Skoal
36 Jerry Nadeau MB2 Motorsports Pontiac M&M's
40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet Coors Light
41 Dick Trickle Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet BellSouth
43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Hot Wheels
45 David Green Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 10-10-345
50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet Midwest Transit
55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Square D
58 Hut Stricklin SBIII Motorsports Ford Federated Auto Parts
60 Geoff Bodine Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet Power Team
66 Darrell Waltrip Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford Big Kmart
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Team Realtree
75 Ted Musgrave Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Remington Arms
77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions
88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service, Ford Credit
91 Tim Fedewa LJ Racing Chevrolet LJ Racing
94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford McDonald's
97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford John Deere
98 Rick Mast Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Woody Woodpecker
99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Exide Batteries
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Friday, October 1, at 11:00 AM EST. The session would last for two hours and 30 minutes.[4] Joe Nemechek, driving for Team SABCO, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 19.924 and an average speed of 95.041 mph (152.954 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 19.924 95.041
2 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 19.944 94.945
3 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 19.967 94.836
Full first practice results

Second practice

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The second practice session was held on Saturday, October 2, at 9:40 AM EST. The session would last for 50 minutes. Kenny Wallace, driving for Andy Petree Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 20.150 and an average speed of 93.975 mph (151.238 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 20.150 93.975
2 20 Tony Stewart (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 20.154 93.956
3 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 20.194 93.770
Full second practice results

Final practice

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The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, October 2, after the preliminary 1999 Goody's Body Pain 200 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series race. The session would last for one hour.[4] Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 20.399 and an average speed of 92.828 mph (149.392 km/h).[6]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 20.399 92.828
2 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20.416 92.750
3 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 20.446 92.614
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 1, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, October 2, at 11:15 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.[4] Positions 26-36 would be decided on time, while positions 37-43 would be based on provisionals. Six spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The seventh is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champion needs the provisional, the next team in the owner points will be awarded a provisional.[7]

Joe Nemechek, driving for Team SABCO, would win the pole, setting a time of 19.886 and an average speed of 95.223 miles per hour (153.247 km/h).[8]

Four drivers would fail to qualify: Ron Hornaday Jr., Dick Trickle, Tim Fedewa, and Morgan Shepherd.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 19.886 95.223
2 75 Ted Musgrave Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 19.918 95.070
3 60 Geoff Bodine Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet 19.967 94.836
4 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 19.976 94.794
5 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.983 94.761
6 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 19.993 94.713
7 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 20.003 94.666
8 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 20.004 94.661
9 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20.007 94.647
10 9 Rich Bickle Melling Racing Ford 20.010 94.633
11 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 20.020 94.585
12 98 Rick Mast Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 20.043 94.477
13 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 20.054 94.425
14 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 20.062 94.387
15 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 20.067 94.364
16 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20.074 94.331
17 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 20.083 94.289
18 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet 20.098 94.218
19 30 Mike Bliss Bahari Racing Pontiac 20.098 94.218
20 2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 20.103 94.195
21 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 20.107 94.176
22 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 20.114 94.143
23 25 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.118 94.125
24 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.123 94.101
25 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 20.128 94.078
26 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 20.129 94.073
27 28 Kenny Irwin Jr. Robert Yates Racing Ford 20.134 94.050
28 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 20.154 93.957
29 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 20.163 93.915
30 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 20.182 93.826
31 23 Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 20.187 93.803
32 45 David Green Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 20.188 93.798
33 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 20.197 93.756
34 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 20.208 93.705
35 58 Hut Stricklin SBIII Motorsports Ford 20.236 93.576
36 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 20.240 93.557
Provisionals
37 20 Tony Stewart (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac -* -*
38 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet -* -*
39 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford -* -*
40 26 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford -* -*
41 21 Elliott Sadler (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford -* -*
42 36 Jerry Nadeau MB2 Motorsports Pontiac -* -*
43 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet -* -*
Failed to qualify
44 01 Ron Hornaday Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet 20.382 92.906
45 41 Dick Trickle Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.384 92.896
46 91 Tim Fedewa LJ Racing Chevrolet 20.408 92.787
47 05 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Pontiac 20.493 92.402
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 5 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 29 running 180 $110,090
2 38 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 45 running 175 $70,225
3 3 60 Geoff Bodine Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet 500 2 running 170 $50,475
4 20 2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 500 0 running 160 $53,325
5 7 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 500 56 running 160 $51,715
6 16 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 138 running 160 $60,075
7 4 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 500 5 running 151 $37,825
8 25 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 500 120 running 147 $50,225
9 13 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 499 0 running 138 $44,250
10 14 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 499 0 running 134 $52,790
11 29 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 499 22 running 135 $37,935
12 26 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 499 0 running 127 $36,100
13 11 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 498 0 running 124 $36,375
14 35 58 Hut Stricklin SBIII Motorsports Ford 498 0 running 121 $27,950
15 17 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 497 0 running 118 $39,650
16 6 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 497 0 running 115 $42,650
17 31 23 Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 497 0 running 112 $36,090
18 8 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 497 0 running 109 $34,155
19 2 75 Ted Musgrave Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 496 3 running 111 $33,100
20 33 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 496 0 running 103 $34,865
21 21 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 496 0 running 100 $34,400
22 23 25 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 495 0 running 97 $32,550
23 22 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 495 0 running 94 $25,300
24 34 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 495 0 running 91 $22,250
25 41 21 Elliott Sadler (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 494 0 running 88 $33,200
26 42 36 Jerry Nadeau MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 493 0 running 85 $31,650
27 36 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 493 0 running 82 $31,800
28 40 26 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 492 0 running 79 $31,550
29 12 98 Rick Mast Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 491 0 running 76 $23,600
30 30 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 491 0 running 73 $36,175
31 39 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 490 0 running 70 $27,800
32 19 30 Mike Bliss Bahari Racing Pontiac 488 0 running 67 $20,675
33 18 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet 460 0 clutch 64 $27,550
34 43 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 454 0 running 61 $20,425
35 15 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 451 0 running 58 $20,300
36 32 45 David Green Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 451 0 running 55 $20,225
37 10 9 Rich Bickle Melling Racing Ford 446 0 running 52 $20,600
38 1 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 443 76 running 54 $33,975
39 27 28 Kenny Irwin Jr. Robert Yates Racing Ford 434 0 running 46 $26,850
40 24 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 408 0 running 43 $34,725
41 37 20 Tony Stewart (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 392 0 running 40 $34,600
42 28 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 386 0 running 37 $26,675
43 9 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 291 4 crash 39 $37,950
Failed to qualify
44 01 Ron Hornaday Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet
45 41 Dick Trickle Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet
46 91 Tim Fedewa LJ Racing Chevrolet
47 05 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Pontiac
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ Poole, David (October 3, 1999). "No. 24 team finds a way to win again". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on December 13, 2000. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  2. ^ White, Ben (October 3, 1999). "Gordon's new chapter has happy ending". NASCAR. Archived from the original on October 13, 1999. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  3. ^ Svrluga, Barry (October 4, 1999). "New chief, old result: Gordon wins Napa 500". The Cincinnati Post. p. 23. Retrieved October 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c d "Jayski's Silly Season Site - 1999 Martinsville 2 Race Info Page". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on October 13, 1999. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  5. ^ "Winston cup practice speeds". That's Racin'. October 1, 1999. Archived from the original on January 26, 2001. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  6. ^ "Happy Hour practice speeds". That's Racin'. October 2, 1999. Archived from the original on January 26, 2001. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  7. ^ "Jayski's Silly Season Site - 1999 Provisional Start Status". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on April 18, 1999. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  8. ^ Poole, David (October 1, 1999). "Fresh faces appear amid first-round qualifiers". That's Racin'. Archived from the original on January 26, 2001. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
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