1999 Brickyard 400

1999 Brickyard 400

Race details
Race 20 of 34 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1999 Brickyard 400 program cover
Date	August 7, 1999 (1999-08-07)
Official name	Brickyard 400
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.5 miles (4.023 km)
Distance	160 laps, 400 mi (643.738 km)
Average speed	148.194 miles per hour (238.495 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	50.108
Most laps led
Driver	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing
Laps	117
Winner
No. 88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ABC
Announcers	Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons
Nielsen ratings	4.6/15

The 1999 Brickyard 400, the 6th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 7, 1999, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0-kilometre) speedway, it was the 20th race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Dale Jarrett of Robert Yates Racing won the race.

Background

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) west of Downtown Indianapolis. It is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 2.5 miles (4.0 kilometres) long. The track's turns are banked at 9 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has no banking. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a zero degree banking. The racetrack has seats for more than 250,000 spectators. Jeff Gordon was the race's defending champion. ^[1]

Summary

Late in the race, Dale Jarrett held the lead, but fourth-place Bobby Labonte was the only car in the top five that could go to the end of the race without pitting for fuel. A caution came out with 17 laps to go, allowing the leaders to pit, foiling Labonte's chances of victory. As the leaders pitted, in an unexpected move, Jarrett took on only two tires. Jeff Burton saw this and pulled away after taking only two tires on the right-hand side. His pit crew, however, had already tried to loosen the lug nuts on the left side. Jarrett led the rest of the way, becoming the second two-time winner of the race.

Results

Pos	SP	No.	Driver	Car make	Entrant	Laps	Status
1	4	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	Robert Yates Racing	160	Running
2	7	18	Bobby Labonte	Pontiac	Joe Gibbs Racing	160	Running
3	1	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	160	Running
4	2	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Roush Racing	160	Running
5	16	99	Jeff Burton	Ford	Roush Racing	160	Running
6	12	22	Ward Burton	Pontiac	Bill Davis Racing	160	Running
7	11	20	Tony Stewart	Pontiac	Joe Gibbs Racing	160	Running
8	17	2	Rusty Wallace	Ford	Penske Racing	160	Running
9	14	10	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Rudd Performance Motorsports	160	Running
10	18	3	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	160	Running
11	22	5	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	160	Running
12	6	31	Mike Skinner	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	160	Running
13	15	28	Kenny Irwin Jr.	Ford	Robert Yates Racing	160	Running
14	27	25	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	160	Running
15	32	1	Steve Park	Chevrolet	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	160	Running
16	21	40	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	Team SABCO	160	Running
17	25	77	Robert Pressley	Ford	Jasper Motorsports	160	Running
18	9	33	Ken Schrader	Chevrolet	Andy Petree Racing	160	Running
19	39	26	Johnny Benson Jr.	Ford	Roush Racing	160	Running
20	3	41	David Green	Chevrolet	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	160	Running
21	13	21	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	160	Running
22	33	42	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	Team SABCO	159	Running
23	8	94	Bill Elliott	Ford	Bill Elliott Racing	159	Running
24	40	36	Ernie Irvan	Pontiac	MB2 Motorsports	159	Running
25	23	60	Geoff Bodine	Chevrolet	Joe Bessey Motorsports	159	Running
26	42	23	Jimmy Spencer	Ford	Haas-Carter Motorsports	159	Running
27	5	7	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	Mattei Motorsports	159	Running
28	20	93	Dave Blaney	Pontiac	Bill Davis Racing	159	Running
29	19	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Ford	Penske-Kranefuss Racing	159	Running
30	43	16	Kevin Lepage	Ford	Roush Racing	159	Running
31	28	9	Jerry Nadeau	Ford	Melling Racing	159	Running
32	31	30	Derrike Cope	Pontiac	Bahari Racing	159	Running
33	36	58	Hut Stricklin	Ford	SBIII Motorsports	158	Running
34	26	50	Ricky Craven	Chevrolet	Midwest Transit Racing	158	Running
35	30	75	Ted Musgrave	Ford	Butch Mock Motorsports	158	Running
36	34	98	Rick Mast	Ford	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	158	Running
37	10	43	John Andretti	Pontiac	Petty Enterprises	158	Running
38	37	4	Bobby Hamilton	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	157	Running
39	41	55	Kenny Wallace	Chevrolet	Andy Petree Racing	157	Running
40	29	71	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Marcis Auto Racing	139	Engine
41	24	44	Kyle Petty	Pontiac	Petty Enterprises	72	Crash
42	35	66	Darrell Waltrip	Ford	Haas-Carter Motorsports	58	Handling
43	38	97	Chad Little	Ford	Roush Racing	41	Crash
Source: [2]

Failed to qualify

• Rich Bickle (#45)
• Boris Said (#14)
• Brett Bodine (#11)
• Dick Trickle (#91)
• Steve Grissom (#01)
• Morgan Shepherd (#05)
• Lance Hooper (#62)
• Stanton Barrett (#90)
• Mike Wallace (#32)
• Gary Bradberry (#80)
• Buckshot Jones (#00)
• Bob Strait (#61)
• Jeff Green (#01)
• Jeff Davis (#62)

Race statistics

• Time of race: 2:41:57
• Average speed: 148.194 miles per hour (238.495 km/h)
• Pole speed: 179.612 miles per hour (289.057 km/h)
• Cautions: 3 for 12 laps
• Margin of victory: 3.351 seconds
• Lead changes: 13
• Percent of race run under caution: 7.5%
• Average green flag run: 37 laps

Lap leaders Laps Leader 1–5 Jeff Gordon 6–7 Mark Martin 8–26 Jeff Gordon 27 Dale Jarrett 28–39 Mark Martin 40–63 Dale Jarrett 64–65 Mark Martin 66–74 Dale Jarrett 75 Dave Marcis 76–77 Dale Jarrett 78 Bobby Labonte 79–116 Dale Jarrett 117 Jeff Burton 118–160 Dale Jarrett

Total laps led Laps Leader 117 Dale Jarrett 24 Jeff Gordon 16 Mark Martin 1 Bobby Labonte 1 Jeff Burton 1 Dave Marcis

Cautions: 3 for 12 laps Laps Reason 44–47 #97 (Chad Little) crash turn 2 74–77 #44 (Kyle Petty) crash turn 1 143–146 Oil on track

Media

Television

The race was aired live on ABC in the United States. Bob Jenkins and 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Benny Parsons called the race from the broadcast booth. Jerry Punch, Bill Weber and Ray Dunlap handled pit road for the television side.

ABC
Booth announcers		Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap	Color commentator
Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons	Jerry Punch Bill Weber Ray Dunlap

References

1. Berres, Mike (August 5, 1999). "Brickyard: Same, but different". Reading Eagle . Reading, Pennsylvania. p. C4. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
2. 1999 Brickyard 400