1999 Irwindale 250 presented by Jan's Towing

The 1999 Irwindale 250 presented by Jan's Towing was the seventh stock car race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series season and the first iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, June 19, 1999, at Irwindale Speedway, a 0.500 mile (0.804 km) oval shaped racetrack in Bakersfield, California. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. The race was won by Steve Portenga, his first win of the season and the first of his career. With 16 laps remaining, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers Ron Hornaday Jr. and Mike Wallace led the race, but the race was slowed by Wallace crashing, and after pit stops, Bill Sedgwick and Portenga battled for the lead, with Portenga passing Sedgwick in the first turn on the final lap. Sedgwick finished second, followed by Butch Gilliland in third, Hornaday in fourth, and Wallace, despite the crash, remained on the lead lap in fifth.

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Background The Irwindale Speedway & Event Center (informally "The House of Drift") was a motorsports facility in Irwindale, California, United States. It operated from 1999 to 2024 with banked, paved 1⁄2- and 1⁄3-mile oval tracks and a 1⁄8-mile drag strip. It held West Series races from 1999 to 2011, 2014 to 2017, and finally from 2019 up until its closure in 2024.

Entry list #DriverOwnerManufacturer01Jeff MurrayJeff MurrayChevrolet1Butch GillilandRichard HiltonFord3Steve PortengaJames OffenbachChevrolet04Kurt BuschCharlene SpilsburyFord05John MetcalfRandy MorseChevrolet6Wayne JacksDoc FaustinaFord7Ron Hornaday Jr.Bernie HilberPontiac12Austin CameronTerry CameronChevrolet13Dean KuhnDan ChittendenChevrolet14Jason SmallKen SmallChevrolet16Sean WoodsideBill McAnallyChevrolet18Mike ChaseGene ChristensenChevrolet20Brendan GaughanWalker EvansChevrolet23Brandon AshEd AshFord26Mike WallaceJim SmithFord32Eric NorrisMatt StoweFord43Kenny SmithKenny SmithChevrolet44Bill SedgwickTim BuckleyChevrolet51Rick WareRick WarePontiac53Jeff BarristerUnknownFord57Davy Lee LinigerMarshall ChesrownChevrolet61Doc FaustinaDoc FaustinaChevrolet65Sammy PotashnickSammy PotashnickChevrolet71Jerry CainJerry CainChevrolet77Joe BeanJoe NavaFord85Kevin RichardsGene MonacoChevrolet96Bobby PangonisDarcy PangonisChevrolet98Kevin CulverRichard KieperChevrolet

Qualifying

Butch Gilliland won the pole with a speed of 100.722 mph.

Race results FinSt#DriverOwnerMakeLapsLedStatusPts133Steve PortengaJames OffenbachChevrolet25081Running1852244Bill SedgwickTim BuckleyChevrolet25036Running175311Butch GillilandRichard HiltonFord2507Running1704147Ron Hornaday Jr.Bernie HilberPontiac25042Running16552126Mike WallaceJim SmithFord25016Running1606514Jason SmallKen SmallChevrolet2490Running1507623Brandon AshEd AshFord2490Running14681165Sammy PotashnickSammy PotashnickChevrolet2480Running1429985Kevin RichardsGene MonacoChevrolet24714Engine143102232Eric NorrisMatt StoweFord2470Running13411813Dean KuhnDan ChittendenChevrolet2470Running130121005John MetcalfRandy MorseChevrolet24617Running132131316Sean WoodsideBill McAnallyChevrolet2450Running124142051Rick WareRick WarePontiac2440Running121152520Brendan GaughanWalker EvansChevrolet2420Running118161701Jeff MurrayJeff MurrayChevrolet2360Running115172861Doc FaustinaDoc FaustinaChevrolet2330Running112181618Mike ChaseGene ChristensenChevrolet2205Electrical114191943Kenny SmithKenny SmithChevrolet2040Running106202457Davy Lee LinigerMarshall ChesrownChevrolet1890Running103211877Joe BeanJoe NavaFord1340Accident10522404Kurt BuschCharlene SpilsburyFord1160Engine97232312Austin CameronTerry CameronChevrolet1090Accident9424126Wayne JacksDoc FaustinaFord1050Engine91252753Jeff BarristerUnknownFord580Transmission88262696Bobby PangonisDarcy PangonisChevrolet450Accident85271598Kevin CulverRichard KieperChevrolet270Engine8228771Jerry CainJerry CainChevrolet50Engine79

Standings after the race

PosDriverPoints 2 1Brandon Ash 1026 2Sean Woodside 1004 (–22) 2 3Steve Portenga 1001 (–25) 3 4Mike Chase 1000 (–26) 1 5Austin Cameron 951 (–75) 2 6Butch Gilliland 922 (–104) 7Eric Norris 915 (–111) 2 8Joe Bean 900 (–126) 9Sammy Potashnick 873 (–153) 10Jason Small 865 (–161) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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