[3] After the deaths of Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin Jr. in practice session accidents at the track during the previous summer, NASCAR mandated the use of restrictor plates for the event.

Because of this, Burton and Steve Park (who finished 34th at Loudon)[5] tested at the Milwaukee Mile with restrictor plates, which had a similar layout to New Hampshire.

On lap 216, Jeremy Mayfield, Mike Bliss, Ward Burton, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Dave Blaney, Rick Mast and Kevin Lepage crashed in turn 2.

On lap 290, Ward Burton, Rick Mast, Jerry Nadeau, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were involved in a crash in turn 2.

Bobby Labonte finished second, followed by Ricky Rudd, Dale Jarrett and Rusty Wallace; Jeff Gordon, John Andretti, Mark Martin, Joe Nemechek and Ken Schrader closed out the top ten.