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1999 California 500
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February 2025
CUST Race 10 of 34 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season California 500 1999 05 2 1999 10 34 California 500 California Speedway, Fontana, California 2.0 3.23 250 500 804.672 150.276 mi/h Jeff Burton Roush Racing no time trials Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports 151 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports ABC Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
The 1999 California 500 Presented by NAPA was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 2, 1999, at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested at 250 laps on the 2 mi km on speedway, it was the 10th race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.
Background
The track, California Speedway, was a four-turn superspeedway that was 2 mi km long.Auto Club Speedway Track Facts http://www.autoclubspeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Facts.aspx Auto Club Speedway March 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20100824155657/http://www.autoclubspeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Facts.aspx 2010-08-24 dead The track's turns were banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway was banked at three degrees.
Top 10 results
Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer 1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 3 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 4 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 5 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 6 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 7 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 8 25 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 9 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Race Statistics
Time of race: 3:19:38
Average Speed: 150.276 mph
Pole Speed: no time trials
Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
Margin of Victory: 4.492 sec
Lead changes: 28
Percent of race run under caution: 9.2%
Average green flag run: 37.8 laps
References
1999 DieHard 500 1999 Pontiac Excitement 400 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
California 500
California 500
Category:NASCAR races at Auto Club Speedway