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| Race details [1] | |||
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| Race 4 of 14 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series season | |||
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| Date | May 1, 1999 | ||
| Location | California Speedway | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.00 miles (3.218 km) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 200.00 mi (321.869 km) | ||
| Average speed | 113.583 miles per hour (182.794 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | AC Motorsports | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Ken Schrader | Andy Petree Racing | |
| Laps | 43 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 58 | Ricky Craven | SBIII Motorsports | |
The 1999 California 200 was the fourth stock car race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series. The race was held on Saturday, May 1, 1999, at California Speedway, a 2 mile D-shaped oval shaped racetrack in Fontana, California. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. The race was won by Ricky Craven, his first win of the season and first of his career, coming in his second career start. On the final restart, Craven took advantage of a battle between Mike Chase and Mike Wallace to grow the lead he had, and would defeat eventual second place finisher Ken Schrader by 2.6 seconds. [2] Rick Carelli climbed up to finish third, with Wallace falling to fourth and Chase to fifth. The race was the final attempt for long time driver St. James Davis; he failed to qualify.
