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 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 long. 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 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: 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
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