1999 Daytona 500

Auto race held at Daytona International Speedway in 1999 February 2025 May 2026 NASWINSTON 1999 1 34 1999 Daytona 500 logo.png 1999 Daytona 500 logo 1999 2 14 Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida, US 2.5 4.02336 200 500 804.672 Temperatures reaching up to 64.9 F C; wind speeds approaching 15.9 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/FL/Daytona%20Beach/1999-02-14 Weather of the 1999 Daytona 500 The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-06-19 161.551 mi/h Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Rusty Wallace Penske Racing 104 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports CBS Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, and Ned Jarrett 9.6/25 (12.9 million viewers) The 1999 Daytona 500, the 41st running of the event, was held February 14, 1999, at Daytona International Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the pole and won the race, making him the first Daytona 500 pole sitter to win the race since Bill Elliott in 1987. Including the No Bull 5 Bonus, Gordon earned a then-record payout of $2,172,246 for winning, while the last place finisher earned $91,751. Silly season The start of the 1999 season was marked by three owners (Andy Petree, Travis Carter, and Joe Gibbs) expanding to 2 full-time teams for the first time in their careers. Their drivers were Kenny Wallace (Petree), Darrell Waltrip (Carter), and rookie Tony Stewart (JGR). Several new teams debuted, including Joe Bessey's new #60 and the #58 Ford owned by Scott Barbour. Speedweeks would also be marked by controversy involving Junie Donlavey's #90 Ford. Rookie driver Mike Harmon was dismissed from his team just before the Gatorade 125 qualifying races after reports surfaced that Harmon's sponsor, Big Daddy's Barbecue Sauce, was not living up to its contract obligations, as well as the team wanting a veteran driver to find more speed on the track; Donlavey's team wound up signing Mike Wallace, who'd driven for the team in the 1994-96 period.https://archive.today/20130624192652/http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=861 Qualifying and Gatorade 125s 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series#Gatorade 125s Jeff Gordon won the pole for the race with a speed of just over 195 mph, and would start alongside former Indy Racing League champion Tony Stewart, who was making his Winston Cup debut. A total of 59 drivers would make an attempt to qualify for the 1999 Daytona 500. Bobby Labonte would win the first Gatorade 125 qualifying race after taking the lead from Gordon on lap 39. A lap 1 incident, the only caution of the First Duel, ended Dan Pardus and Jeff Green's chances at making the Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt won the 2nd Gatorade duel after taking the lead from Stewart on lap 8. The second duel was marred by two caution periods that ended Dick Trickle, Glen Morgan, and David Green's chances at qualifying for the race. This would be Earnhardt's final win at Daytona. Drivers qualified for the Daytona 500 either by finishing in the top 16 in their qualifying race, through a 2-lap qualifying run, or a provisional starting spot based on owner points from the 1999 season. They had three chances to make a 2-lap time trial run that would be fast enough to make the Daytona 500. Race summary This race was known for Jeff Gordon's daring three-wide pass on Rusty Wallace and Mike Skinner. He 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 (the defending Daytona 500 winner) gave Gordon the needed push. The race was also known for a determined Earnhardt repeatedly trying to pass Gordon for the lead on the final lap, only for Gordon to beat him to the finish. The race had a 13-car pileup on lap 135, in which eventual series champion Dale Jarrett flipped over twice but he was uninjured. This was also the first Winston No Bull 5 race of the season. Results Pos Grid Car Driver Team Make Laps Number of laps completed Laps led Number of laps led Status 1 1 24 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 17 Running 2 4 3 Dale Earnhardt (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 0 Running 3 41 28 Kenny Irwin Jr. Robert Yates Racing Ford 200 0 Running 4 12 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 31 Running 5 13 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 Running 6 7 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 200 0 Running 7 24 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 200 0 Running 8 10 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Ford 200 104 Running 9 26 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 200 0 Running 10 21 98 Rick Mast Burdette Motorsports Ford 200 0 Running 11 25 9 Jerry Nadeau Melling Racing Ford 200 0 Running 12 34 25 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 Running 13 14 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 200 0 Running 14 31 36 Ernie Irvan (W) MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 200 0 Running 15 27 75 Ted Musgrave Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 200 0 Running 16 35 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 199 0 Flagged 17 39 26 Johnny Benson Roush Racing Ford 199 0 Flagged 18 20 30 Derrike Cope (W) Bahari Racing Pontiac 199 0 Flagged 19 15 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 199 0 Flagged 20 6 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Racing Ford 199 7 Flagged 21 43 66 Darrell Waltrip (W) Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 199 0 Flagged 22 40 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 199 0 Flagged 23 42 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 199 0 Flagged 24 18 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 199 0 Flagged 25 3 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 198 20 Flagged 26 28 58 Ricky Craven SBIII Motorsports Ford 197 0 Flagged 27 37 94 Bill Elliott (W) Bill Elliott Racing Ford 194 7 Accident 28 2 20 Tony Stewart (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 181 0 Flagged 29 16 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 174 0 Accident 30 29 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 168 0 Flagged 31 9 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 147 0 Accident 32 17 40 Sterling Marlin (W) SABCO Racing Chevrolet 144 0 Accident 33 22 45 Rich Bickle Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 142 0 Accident 34 23 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 139 0 Accident 35 5 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 138 0 Accident 36 32 42 Joe Nemechek SABCO Racing Chevrolet 137 0 Accident 37 8 88 Dale Jarrett (W) Robert Yates Racing Ford 134 14 Accident 38 19 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 134 0 Accident 39 30 60 Geoffrey Bodine (W) Joe Bessey Motorsports Chevrolet 134 0 Accident 40 38 21 Elliott Sadler (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 132 0 Accident 41 11 23 Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 121 0 Accident 42 33 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 92 0 Engine 43 36 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 25 0 EngineFailed to Qualify 84 Stanton Barrett (R) PBH Motorsports Chevrolet 80 Andy Hillenburg Hover Motorsports Ford 81 Morgan Shepherd Pinnacle Motorsports Ford 91 Steve Grissom LJ Racing Chevrolet 00 Buckshot Jones (R) Buckshot Racing Pontiac 78 Gary Bradberry (R) Triad Motorsports Ford 47 Billy Standridge Standridge Auto Racing Ford 73 Ken Bouchard Barkdoll Racing Chevrolet 59 Mark Gibson (R) CSG Motorsports Ford 72 Jim Sauter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 79 Norm Benning (R) T.R.I.X. Racing Chevrolet 13 Dick Trickle Bill Elliott Racing Ford 15 Jeff Green (R) Bud Moore Engineering Ford 48 Glen Morgan (R) Glen Morgan Racing Chevrolet 50 Dan Pardus (R) Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 41 David Green (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 Mike Harmon (R)2 Donlavey Racing Ford 1999 Daytona 500 – Racing-Reference.info http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Daytona_500/W https://archive.today/20120909031338/http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1996_Daytona_500/W 2012-09-09 live 2013-06-21 Notes: After David Green failed to qualify for the Daytona 500, his sponsor Kodiak signed an agreement to sponsor Mike Wallace's entry for the Daytona 500. Mike Harmon was originally scheduled to drive the #90 on a full-time basis in 1999. He participated in time trials but was replaced before the qualifying races by Mike Wallace, due to difficulties between the 90 team and Harmon's sponsor. Media Television The Daytona 500 was covered by CBS in the United States for the twenty first straight year. Mike Joy, two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Ned Jarrett and 1980 race winner Buddy Baker called the race from the broadcast booth. Dick Berggren, Ralph Sheheen and Bill Stephens handled pit road for the television side. Ken Squier would serve as co-host alongside Greg Gumbel. CBS Host Booth announcers Pit reporters Lap-by-lap Color-commentators Greg Gumbel Ken Squier Mike Joy Ned Jarrett Buddy Baker Dick Berggren Ralph Sheheen Bill Stephens References Daytona 500 Daytona 500 Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway