The 1999 The 50th Pepsi Southern 500, the 50th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on September 5, 1999, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington County, South Carolina. Contested over 270 laps – shortened from 367 laps due to rain – on the speedway, it was the 24th race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Burton of Roush Racing won the race, and the No Bull 5 Million Dollar Bonus as well.
Kenny Irwin Jr. would earn his final pole position while qualifying for this event.Racing information at Racing Reference
Top ten results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 89 2 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 30 3 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 69 4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 2 5 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 0 6 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 1 7 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 0 8 2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 0 9 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Pontiac 0 10 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 0
Race statistics Time of race: 3:25:15 Average speed: Pole speed: Cautions: 6 for 62 laps Margin of victory: under caution Lead changes: 20 Percent of race run under caution: 23% Average green flag run: 34.7 laps Race statistics at Race Database
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