1999 Pocono 500

April 2026 February 2025 The 1999 Pocono 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on June 20, 1999, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. This was the fifteenth race on the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series schedule. NASWINSTON Dale Jarrett 200 18 Team SABCO Sterling Marlin TNN Joe Gibbs Racing Eli Gold, Buddy Baker, and Dick Berggren Bobby Labonte Robert Yates Racing 71 118.898 mi/h Long Pond, Pennsylvania 4.023 2.5 1999 06 20 Race 15 of 34 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season 34 15 Pocono 500 1999 500 804.672 Background Pocono Raceway was built in 1969 with the first races run in 1971. The first NASCAR race was run in 1974. Pocono is a two-and-a-half mile triangular shaped racetrack with three distinct turns, all modeled after famous IndyCar tracks. Turn one has 14 degrees of banking and is modeled at the now-defunct Trenton Speedway. The "Long Pond Straightaway" connects turns one and two. Turn two, named "tunnel turn," has 9 degrees of banking and is modeled after the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Turn three has 6 degrees of banking and is modeled after the Milwaukee Mile. Failed to qualify: Hut Stricklin (#90), Loy Allen Jr. (#58), Derrike Cope (#30) Race report There were several hard crashes in this race. Rusty Wallace lost a tire on lap 7 and went straight into the turn one wall around 200 mph. Dave Marcis crashed heavily in turn two on lap 92, went up in the air, and was almost thrown from the car if not for the window net.1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Pocono 500 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkF0ew_mZO0 en 2020-05-30 Both Waltrip brothers crashed in turn one late in the race, shortening up the rear ends of their cars. Local favorite Jimmy Spencer had a great shot of winning his third Winston Cup race, taking the lead on lap 172. However, on lap 185, Spencer went up the racetrack in the tunnel turn and hit the wall due to oil on the track. He lost the lead to eventual winner Bobby Labonte and Spencer never recovered. Timeline Source06/20/1999 race: Pocono 500 (Cup) - Racing-Reference.info https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Pocono_500/W www.racing-reference.info 2020-05-30 Start: Sterling Marlin leads the field to the green flag. Lap 3: The first caution came out when Wally Dallenbach Jr. lost control in the short chute and spun out, collecting Jeff Burton who ended up hitting the wall. Lap 7: Rusty Wallace blew a tire and went straight into the turn 1 wall at high speed, causing the second caution. Lap 47: Chad Little spun out while entering pit road for a green flag pit stop. He made contact with the pit wall and knocked several pieces of equipment. No caution was thrown. Lap 70: Third caution is flown for debris. Lap 92: Dave Marcis crashed in the tunnel turn, causing the fourth caution. It was one of the hardest hits ever seen at Pocono. It was with such violence that Dave's helmet tried to come out of the window net. Dave was shaken but uninjured. Lap 102: Robert Pressley crashed in turn 1, causing the fifth caution. Lap 130: Kenny Irwin Jr. slowed to avoid Terry Labonte, got turned from behind by Michael Waltrip, and spun out exiting turn 2, causing the sixth caution. Lap 148: David Green stalled in turn 3, causing the seventh caution. Lap 154: Michael Waltrip hit the wall very hard in turn 1, causing the eight caution. Ted Musgrave spun out in the aftermath. Lap 167: Steve Park ran into Darrell Waltrip, who crashed very hard in turn 1, causing the ninth caution. Lap 186: Bill Elliott dropped oil on track, causing the ninth caution. Lap 194: Ward Burton, Johnny Benson Jr., and John Andretti crashed exiting turn 2, causing the 11th and final caution of the day. Lap 200: Bobby Labonte takes the checkered flag. Results PosGridNo. Car numberDriverTeamManufacturerLaps Laps led StatusPoints1318 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 200 27 Running18021724 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet200 10 Running1753288 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford200 71 Running1754140 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet200 2 Running1655106 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford200 32 Running16061220 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac200 1 Running1557253 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet200 0 Running14683436 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 200 0 Running14292312 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford200 18 Running14310114 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet200 0 Running134 11 15 75 Ted Musgrave RahMoc Enterprises Ford 200 0 Running 130 12 5 98 Rick Mast Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 200 7 Running 132 13 18 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 200 0 Running 124 14 40 23 Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 200 14 Running 126 15 16 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 200 0 Running 118 16 33 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 Running 115 17 31 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 200 0 Running 112 18 29 28 Kenny Irwin Jr. Robert Yates Racing Ford 200 0 Running 109 19 39 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 199 0 Running 106 20 42 21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford 199 0 Running 103 21 26 01 Jeff Green Team SABCO Chevrolet 199 0 Running 100 22 24 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 199 3 Running 102 23 30 9 Jerry Nadeau Melling Racing Ford 199 0 Running 94 24 36 45 Rich Bickle Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 198 0 Running 91 25 21 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 198 0 Running 88 26 35 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 198 0 Running 85 27 6 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 196 0 Running 82 28 20 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 196 1 Running 84 29 7 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 193 13 Crash 81 30 38 26 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 192 0 Crash 73 31 4 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 185 0 Engine 70 32 37 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 180 1 Running 72 33 41 60 Geoff Bodine Joe Bessey Motorsports Chevrolet 167 0 Rear axle 64 34 28 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 165 0 Crash 61 35 43 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 164 0 Running 58 36 8 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 154 0 Running 55 37 13 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet 152 0 Crash 52 38 22 41 David Green Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 145 0 Engine 49 39 9 25 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 139 0 Engine 46 40 27 91 Dick Trickle LJ Racing Chevrolet 109 0 Engine 43 41 32 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 87 0 Crash 40 42 19 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 17 0 Engine 37 43 14 2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 7 0 Crash 34Source: Post-race championship standings +PosDriverPointsDifferential1Dale Jarrett2344 --2Bobby Labonte2255 - 893Jeff Burton2158 - 1864Mark Martin2153 - 1915Jeff Gordon1995 - 3496Tony Stewart1993 - 3517Dale Earnhardt1869 - 4758Ward Burton1819 - 5759Jeremy Mayfield1784 - 56010Terry Labonte1758 - 586Source: References 1999 Kmart 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1999 1999 Save Mart/Kragen 350 Category:1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1999 in sports in Pennsylvania Category:NASCAR races at Pocono Raceway