1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart won the pole positions for the races, respectively.
This race is known for Gordon's daring three-wide pass on Rusty Wallace and Mike Skinner.
Gordon passed Wallace after ducking to the apron, nearly plowing into the damaged car of Ricky Rudd.
Skinner jumped to the outside and they raced three-wide for three laps until Dale Earnhardt gave Gordon the needed push.
The race was also marked by a large crash on lap 135 in turn 3 that collected 13 cars and saw Dale Jarrett flip over twice.
Failed to qualify: 50-Dan Pardus *, 59-Mark Gibson, 72-Jim Sauter, 48-Glen Morgan, 81-Morgan Shepherd, 78-Gary Bradberry, 73-Ken Bouchard, 15-Jeff Green, 80-Andy Hillenburg, 84-Stanton Barrett, 47-Billy Standridge, 41-David Green, 00-Buckshot Jones *, 91-Steve Grissom, 13-Dick Trickle, 79-Norm Benning.
The Burton brothers, Jeff and Ward, both led for a combined 182 of the race's 267 laps.
In the end, after a great battle for the lead in the race's closing moments, Jeff would pass brother Ward and hold on for the win.
Jeff Burton (the leader at the time) was involved in a multi-car wreck that occurred just as the rain started pouring, but managed to limp across the start/finish line to take the win.
Jeff Gordon was running 2nd before being passed by Jeremy Mayfield after being involved in the same wreck.
Prior to the race, Bobby Labonte injured his shoulder in a practice crash.
Bobby started the race, but on the first pit stop, Matt Kenseth relieved Labonte and would go on to finish 10th.
84) The Food City 500 was held April 11 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Since qualifying was rained out the lineup was set by owner's points, and Jeff Burton started on the pole.
90) The Winston, NASCAR's all-star race, was held May 22 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Top ten results The Coca-Cola 600 was held May 30 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
85) The MBNA Platinum 400 was held June 6 at Dover Downs International Speedway.
This race is mostly remembered for a hard crash from veteran Dave Marcis on Lap 91 when he got loose at turn two and when trying to correct it, spun hard right and slammed into the wall at a high speed, getting some air and destroying his car.
19) The Goody's Headache Powder 500 was held August 28 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
90) The Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 was held September 11 at Richmond International Raceway.
79) The MBNA Gold 400 was held September 26 at Dover Downs International Speedway.
58) The Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 was held October 24 at North Carolina Speedway.
90) The Checker Auto Parts/Dura Lube 500 was held November 7 at Phoenix International Raceway.
32) The inaugural Pennzoil 400 presented by Kmart was held November 14 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
However, it ended up proving to be a runaway as Tony Stewart won three races and finished fourth in points.
Elliott Sadler, who was considered the top favorite for the award during the pre-season, only had one top-ten finish and was the only rookie besides Stewart to complete the full schedule.
Buckshot Jones was another favorite, but a long string of DNQs and DNFs forced him to cut back his schedule and abandon his run for the award.
Stanton Barrett began the year with his own team, then left for Junie Donlavey, only making two races.
Dan Pardus hoped to run a part-time schedule with Midwest Transit Racing, but he did not qualify for any of his attempts, and was released after the Coca-Cola 600.
90, but did not even attempt a race after a sponsorship fallout with Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce.
