1999 Coca-Cola 600

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1999 Coca-Cola 600
Race details
Race 12 of 34 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Lowe's Motor Speedway.svg
Layout of Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date May 30, 1999 (1999-05-30)
Location Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
Course 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km)
Weather Temperatures averaging around 71.7 °F (22.1 °C); wind speeds up to 6.9 miles per hour (11.1 km/h) [1]
Average speed 151.367 mph (243.602 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
 Joe Gibbs Racing
Most laps led
Driver Jeff Burton Roush Racing
Laps 198
Winner
No. 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing
Television in the United States
Network TBS
Announcers Ken Squier, Dick Berggren, & Buddy Baker

The 1999 Coca-Cola 600, the 40th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 30, 1999 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested at 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the twelfth race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season.

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The race was won by Jeff Burton, driving the #99 Exide Batteries Ford Taurus for Roush Racing. It was his third victory of six he recorded during the 1999 season and his first of two wins in the Coca-Cola 600 (he later won the event in 2001). He also won a $1 million bonus from Winston as part of their No Bull 5 competition.

There were two other noteworthy stories from the race, both involving rookie drivers. After winning several races in the Busch Series for his father’s team, Dale Earnhardt Jr. made his Winston Cup debut in the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet Monte Carlo. He finished the race in sixteenth place. [2] Another rookie, Tony Stewart, participated in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same day. At Indianapolis, he ran ninth driving the #22 car for Tri-Star Motorsports. After the race he flew to Charlotte and started the #20 Home Depot Pontiac Grand Prix for Joe Gibbs Racing, bringing it home in fourth place. He was the third driver after John Andretti in 1994 and Robby Gordon in 1997 to do so; he repeated this feat in 2001 and ran the entire distance of both events. [3]

Background

Lowe's Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held. Lowesmotorspeedway.jpg
Lowe's Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and The Winston, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.

Top 10 results

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturer
199 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford
218 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac
36 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford
420 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac
588 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford
63 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
733 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet
822 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac
931 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
1012 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford

Race statistics

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The 1989 Coca-Cola 600, the 30th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 28, 1989 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 10th race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Darrell Waltrip of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.

The 1987 Coca-Cola 600, the 28th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 24, 1987 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 10th race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Kyle Petty of Wood Brothers Racing won the race.

The 1986 Coca-Cola 600, the 27th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 25, 1986 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 11th race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing won the race.

References

  1. ↑ Weather information at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. 1 2 Race results at Race Database
  3. ↑ Jensen, Tom (May 23, 2015). "Stewart remembers Dale Earnhardt's act of kindness at Coke 600". Fox Sports . Retrieved October 15, 2018.
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