1999 Winston Cup Series

1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Dale Jarrett (pictured in 2007) was the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion.
Duration	February 14, 1999 through November 21, 1999
TV	ESPN/ABC, CBS/TNN, TBS, NBC
Season statistics
No. of races	34
First race	1999 Daytona 500
Last race	1999 NAPA 500
Drivers' champion	Dale Jarrett
Manufacturers' champion
Rookie of the Year	Tony Stewart
Most popular driver	Bill Elliott
Previous	1998
Next	2000

The 1999 Winston Cup Series was the 51st season of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. The season consisted of 34 races, starting with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 14 and ended with the NAPA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on November 21.

Dale Jarrett was crowned champion with 4 wins and 24 top 5's. He finished the season with 5,262 points and clinched the championship in the 33rd race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Bobby Labonte finished second, 201 points behind Jarrett. 1998 Cup Champion Jeff Gordon won the most races in the year, but finished 6th in the standings.

The season is notable for being Tony Stewart's first full time NASCAR Cup Series season. It was also the last season for Ricky Rudd as an owner, as he would move to the #28 Robert Yates Racing team for 2000. Ernie Irvan retired from NASCAR racing after a Busch Series practice crash at Michigan during the Pepsi 400 weekend. In October 1999, it was announced that Ray Evernham would lead Dodge's return to NASCAR, and in December 1999, NASCAR announced a new TV contract that would come into effect in the 2001 season, where FOX/FX and NBC/TBS (later TNT) would air all Winston Cup Series and Busch Series races live.

Teams Competing (Full Time)

Car No.	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Team
00	Buckshot Jones #	Crown Fiber, Aquafresh		Billy Jones
1	Steve Park	Pennzoil		Dale Earnhardt Inc.
2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite		Roger Penske
3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench		Richard Childress
4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak		Morgan-McClure Motorsports
5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's		Rick Hendrick
6	Mark Martin	Valvoline		Jack Roush
7	Michael Waltrip	Philips		Jim Mattei
9	Jerry Nadeau (22) Steve Grissom (3) Rich Bickle (5) Stacy Compton (4)	Cartoon Network TBS WCW		Melling Racing
10	Ricky Rudd	Tide		Ricky Rudd
11	Brett Bodine	Paychex		Brett Bodine
12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1		Roger Penske
16	Kevin Lepage	TV Guide		Jack Roush
18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries		Joe Gibbs
20	Tony Stewart #	Home Depot		Joe Gibbs
21	Elliott Sadler #	Citgo		Wood Brothers Racing
22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar		Bill Davis
23	Jimmy Spencer	Winston		Travis Carter
24	Jeff Gordon	Dupont		Rick Hendrick
25	Wally Dallenbach, Jr	Budweiser		Rick Hendrick
26	Johnny Benson	Cheerios		Jack Roush
28	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	Havoline		Robert Yates
30	Derrike Cope (22) Todd Bodine (9) Mike Bliss (2) Buckshot Jones (1)	Sara Lee		Jack Birmingham
31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's		Richard Childress
33	Ken Schrader	Skoal		Andy Petree
36	Ernie Irvan (21) Jerry Nadeau (12) Dick Trickle (1)	M&M's		MB2 Motorsports
40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light		Felix Sabates
41	David Green (25) Dick Trickle (4) Derrike Cope (4) Gary Bradberry (1)	Kodiak		Larry Hedrick
42	Joe Nemechek	Bellsouth		Felix Sabates
43	John Andretti	STP		Petty Enterprises
44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels		Petty Enterprises
45	Rich Bickle (24) David Green (9) Jack Sprague (1)	Lucky Dog 10-10-345		Tim Beverley
50	Ricky Craven	Midwest Transit		Midwest Transit Racing
55	Kenny Wallace	Square D		Andy Petree
58	Ricky Craven (13) Hut Stricklin (14) Loy Allen, Jr (4)	Hollywood Video Turbine Solutions Federated Auto Parts		Scott Barbour
60	Geoffrey Bodine	Power Team		Joe Bessey
66	Darrell Waltrip	Kmart		Travis Carter
71	Dave Marcis	Realtree		Dave Marcis
75	Ted Musgrave (33) Hut Stricklin (1)	Remington Arms		Butch Mock
77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines		Jasper Racing
88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care/Ford Credit		Robert Yates
90	Ed Berrier	Hills Brothers Coffee		Junie Donlavey
91	Dick Trickle			Joe Falk
94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's		Bill Elliott
97	Chad Little	John Deere		Jack Roush
98	Rick Mast	Universal Studios		Cale Yarborough
99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries		Jack Roush

# - indicates a Rookie of the Year contender

(#) - indicates the number of races if the driver did not run the full season with the team.

Teams Competing (Part Time)

Car No.	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Team
01	Jeff Green Steve Grissom Ron Hornaday, Jr.	Tracfone		Felix Sabates
8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser		Dale Earnhardt Inc.
14	Boris Said Randy LaJoie	Federated Auto Parts		Mark Simo
17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt		Jack Roush
93	Dave Blaney	Amoco		Bill Davis

Schedule

Round	Date	Race Name	Track	TV
	February 7, 1999	Bud Shootout	Daytona International Speedway	CBS
	February 11, 1999	Gatorade 125s	Daytona International Speedway	CBS
1	February 14, 1999	Daytona 500 #	Daytona International Speedway	CBS
2	February 21, 1999	Dura Lube / Big K 400	North Carolina Speedway	TNN
3	March 7, 1999	Las Vegas 400 #	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	ABC
4	March 14, 1999	Cracker Barrel 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	ABC
5	March 21, 1999	TranSouth Financial 400	Darlington Raceway	ESPN
6	March 28, 1999	Primestar 500	Texas Motor Speedway	CBS
7	April 11, 1999	Food City 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	ESPN
8	April 18, 1999	Goody's Body Pain 500	Martinsville Speedway	ESPN
9	April 25, 1999	DieHard 500	Talladega Superspeedway	ABC
10	May 2, 1999	California 500 Presented By NAPA	California Speedway	ABC
11	May 15, 1999	Pontiac Excitement 400	Richmond International Raceway	ESPN
	May 22, 1999	The Winston	Lowe's Motor Speedway	TNN
12	May 30, 1999	Coca-Cola 600 #	Lowe's Motor Speedway	TBS
13	June 6, 1999	MBNA Platinum 400	Dover Downs International Speedway	TNN
14	June 13, 1999	Kmart 400 Presented By Castrol Super Clean	Michigan Speedway	CBS
15	June 20, 1999	Pocono 500	Pocono Raceway	TNN
16	June 27, 1999	Save Mart / Kragen 350	Sears Point Raceway	ESPN
17	July 3, 1999	Pepsi 400	Daytona International Speedway	CBS
18	July 11, 1999	Jiffy Lube 300	New Hampshire International Speedway	TNN
19	July 25, 1999	Pennsylvania 500	Pocono Raceway	TBS
20	August 7, 1999	Brickyard 400	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	ABC
21	August 15, 1999	Frontier @ the Glen	Watkins Glen International	ESPN
22	August 22, 1999	Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer	Michigan Speedway	ESPN
23	August 28, 1999	Goody's Headache Powder 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	ESPN
24	September 5, 1999	The 50th Pepsi Southern 500 #	Darlington Raceway	ESPN
25	September 11, 1999	Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400	Richmond International Raceway	ESPN
26	September 19, 1999	Dura Lube / Kmart 300	New Hampshire International Speedway	TNN
27	September 26, 1999	MBNA Gold 400	Dover Downs International Speedway	TNN
28	October 3, 1999	NAPA AutoCare 500	Martinsville Speedway	ESPN
29	October 11, 1999	UAW-GM Quality 500	Lowe's Motor Speedway	TBS
30	October 17, 1999	Winston 500 #	Talladega Superspeedway	ESPN
31	October 24, 1999	Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400	North Carolina Speedway	TNN
32	November 7, 1999	Checker Auto Parts / Dura Lube 500	Phoenix International Raceway	TNN
33	November 14, 1999	Pennzoil 400 Presented by Kmart	Homestead-Miami Speedway	NBC
34	November 21, 1999	NAPA 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	ESPN

# indicates a Winston No Bull 5 Race.

Results

Round	Race	Pole Winner	Winner	Make	Cautions	Caution Laps	Average Speed	Number of Lead Changes
	1999 Bud Shootout	Rusty Wallace	Mark Martin		0	0	181.745	6
	1999 Gatorade 125 (Race #1)	Jeff Gordon	Bobby Labonte		1	4	163.570	2
	1999 Gatorade 125 (Race #2)	Tony Stewart	Dale Earnhardt		2	6	155.280	1
1	1999 Daytona 500	Jeff Gordon	Jeff Gordon		4	20	161.551	14
2	1999 Dura Lube/Big K 400	Ricky Rudd	Mark Martin		6	39	120.750	25
3	1999 Las Vegas 400	Bobby Labonte	Jeff Burton		5	22	137.537	25
4	1999 Cracker Barrel 500	Bobby Labonte	Jeff Gordon		6	44	143.284	25
5	1999 TranSouth Financial 400	Jeff Gordon	Jeff Burton		3	19	121.294	13
6	1999 Primestar 500	Kenny Irwin, Jr	Terry Labonte		8	39	144.276	24
7	1999 Food City 500	Rusty Wallace	Rusty Wallace		7	57	93.363	7
8	1999 Goody's Body Pain 500	Tony Stewart	John Andretti		10	70	75.653	20
9	1999 DieHard 500	Ken Schrader	Dale Earnhardt		3	18	163.395	29
10	1999 California 500 Presented by NAPA	N/A	Jeff Gordon		5	23	150.276	28
11	1999 Pontiac Excitement 400 (WCS)	Jeff Gordon	Dale Jarrett		8	58	100.102	19
	1999 The Winston	Bobby Labonte	Terry Labonte		6	0	183.495	8
12	1999 Coca-Cola 600	Bobby Labonte	Jeff Burton		5	23	151.367	23
13	1999 MBNA Platinum 400	Bobby Labonte	Bobby Labonte		4	31	120.603	15
14	1999 Kmart 400	Jeff Gordon	Dale Jarrett		0	0	173.997	12
15	1999 Pocono 500	Sterling Marlin	Bobby Labonte		11	46	118.898	22
16	1999 Save Mart/Kragen 350	Jeff Gordon	Jeff Gordon		7	26	70.378	7
17	1999 Pepsi 400	Joe Nemechek	Dale Jarrett		3	9	169.213	17
18	1999 Jiffy Lube 300	Jeff Gordon	Jeff Burton		7	49	101.876	9
19	1999 Pennsylvania 500	Mike Skinner	Bobby Labonte		9	49	116.982	27
20	1999 Brickyard 400	Jeff Gordon	Dale Jarrett		3	12	148.194	13
21	1999 Frontier @ the Glen	Rusty Wallace	Jeff Gordon		7	15	87.722	11
22	1999 Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer	Ward Burton	Bobby Labonte		6	26	144.332	24
23	1999 Goody's Headache Powder 500	Tony Stewart	Dale Earnhardt		10	60	91.276	11
24	1999 The 50th Pepsi Southern 500	Kenny Irwin, Jr	Jeff Burton		6	62	107.816	20
25	1999 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400	Mike Skinner	Tony Stewart		6	45	104.006	13
26	1999 Dura Lube / Kmart 300	Rusty Wallace	Joe Nemechek		11	53	100.673	12
27	1999 MBNA Gold 400	Rusty Wallace	Mark Martin		4	22	127.434	25
28	1999 NAPA AutoCare 500	Joe Nemechek	Jeff Gordon		8	79	72.347	17
29	1999 UAW-GM Quality 500	Bobby Labonte	Jeff Gordon		2	9	160.306	21
30	1999 Winston 500	Joe Nemechek	Dale Earnhardt		3	17	166.632	32
31	1999 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400	Mark Martin	Jeff Burton		3	18	131.103	18
32	1999 Checker Auto Parts/Dura Lube 500	John Andretti	Tony Stewart		2	10	118.132	12
33	1999 Pennzoil 400 Presented by Kmart	David Green	Tony Stewart		1	5	140.335	19
34	1999 NAPA 500	Kevin Lepage	Bobby Labonte		8	53	137.932	38

- The TranSouth Financial 400 at Darlington was shortened to 164 laps (out of a scheduled 293) due to rain.

- The 50th Pepsi Southern 500 at Darlington was shortened to 270 laps (out of a scheduled 367) due to rain.

Final Points Standings

Pos.	Driver	Races	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles	Points	Difference
1	Dale Jarrett	34	4	24	29	0	5262
2	Bobby Labonte	34	5	23	26	5	5061	-201
3	Mark Martin	34	2	19	26	1	4943	-319
4	Tony Stewart	34	3	12	21	2	4774	-488
5	Jeff Burton	34	6	18	23	0	4733	-529
6	Jeff Gordon	34	7	18	21	7	4620	-642
7	Dale Earnhardt	34	3	7	21	0	4492	-770
8	Rusty Wallace	34	1	7	16	4	4155	-1107
9	Ward Burton	34	0	6	16	1	4062	-1200
10	Mike Skinner	34	0	5	14	2	4003	-1259
11	Jeremy Mayfield	34	0	5	12	0	3743	-1519
12	Terry Labonte	34	1	1	7	0	3580	-1682
13	Bobby Hamilton	34	0	1	10	0	3564	-1698
14	Steve Park	34	0	0	5	0	3481	-1781
15	Ken Schrader	34	0	0	6	1	3479	-1783
16	Sterling Marlin	34	0	2	5	1	3397	-1865
17	John Andretti	34	1	3	10	1	3394	-1868
18	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	34	0	1	6	0	3367	-1895
19	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	34	0	2	6	2	3338	-1924
20	Jimmy Spencer	34	0	2	4	0	3312	-1950
21	Bill Elliott	34	0	1	2	0	3246	-2016
22	Kenny Wallace	34	0	3	5	0	3210	-2052
23	Chad Little	34	0	0	5	0	3193	-2069
24	Elliott Sadler	34	0	0	1	0	3191	-2071
25	Kevin Lepage	34	0	1	2	1	3185	-2077
26	Kyle Petty	32	0	0	9	0	3103	-2159
27	Geoffrey Bodine	34	0	1	2	0	3053	-2209
28	Johnny Benson, Jr.	34	0	0	2	0	3012	-2250
29	Michael Waltrip	34	0	1	3	0	2974	-2288
30	Joe Nemechek	34	1	1	3	3	2956	-2306
31	Ricky Rudd	34	0	3	5	1	2922	-2340
32	Rick Mast	34	0	0	2	0	2845	-2417
33	Ted Musgrave	32	0	0	2	0	2689	-2573
34	Jerry Nadeau	34	0	1	2	0	2686	-2576
35	Brett Bodine	32	0	0	0	0	2351	-2911
36	David Green	32	0	0	0	1	2320	-2942
37	Darrell Waltrip	27	0	0	0	0	2158	-3104
38	Rich Bickle	24	0	0	2	0	2149	-3113
39	Robert Pressley	28	0	0	0	0	2050	-3212
40	Ernie Irvan	21	0	0	5	0	1915	-3347
41	Ricky Craven	24	0	0	0	0	1513	-3749
42	Dave Marcis	20	0	0	0	0	1324	-3938
43	Hut Stricklin	10	0	0	1	0	918	-4344
44	Derrike Cope	15	0	0	0	0	915	-4347
45	Buckshot Jones	10	0	0	0	0	676	-4586
46	Todd Bodine	7	0	0	0	0	529	-4733
47	Dick Trickle	9	0	0	0	0	528	-4734
48	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5	0	0	1	0	500	-4762
49	Matt Kenseth	5	0	1	1	0	434	-4828
50	Steve Grissom	6	0	0	0	0	336	-4926

Complete statistics can be found at Racing-Reference.info.

Rookie of the Year

The 1999 Rookie of the Year battle was expected to be one of the most competitive in years. However, Tony Stewart ran away with the honor with three wins and a fourth place finish in points. Elliott Sadler, who was considered the top favorite for the award during the pre-season, only had one top-ten finish and was the only rookie besides Stewart to complete the full schedule. Buckshot Jones was another favorite, but a long string of DNQ's and DNF's forced him to cut back his schedule and abandon his run for the award. Stanton Barrett began the year with his own team, then left for Junie Donlavey, only making two races. Dan Pardus hoped to run a part-time schedule with Midwest Transit Racing, but he did not qualify for any of his attempts, and was released after the Coca-Cola 600. Finally, Mike Harmon was scheduled to drive the #90, but did not even attempt a race after a sponsorship fallout with Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce.

Rookie of the Year Standings

Position	Driver	Points	Race Wins
1	Tony Stewart	346	3
2	Elliott Sadler	225	0
3	Buckshot Jones	111	0
4	Stanton Barrett	34	0
5	Dan Pardus	3	0

Manufacturer Championship

With 13 wins, Ford won the manufacturer's championship.

Position	Make	Points	Race Wins
1		231	13
2		210	12
3		205	9

Other Season Awards

• Most Popular Driver: Bill Elliott (received 60% of 21,000 phone votes)
• Exide All Charged Up Award: Jeff Burton
• True Value Hard Charger Award: Jeff Gordon
• Gatorade Front Runner Award: Bobby Labonte
• Clevite Engine Builder of the Year Award: Doug Yates, Robert Yates Racing
• Tosco (76) Oil Contingency Award: Dale Earnhardt
• Tosco (76) Gasoline Contingency Award: Dale Jarrett
• Raybestos Top Stopper Award: Bobby Labonte
• Plasti-Kote Quality Finish Award: Todd Parrott, Robert Yates Racing (Dale Jarrett's Crew Chief)
• MCI WorldCom Fast Pace Award: Bobby Labonte
• DuPont Point Fund Award: Dale Jarrett
• Bud Pole Award: Jeff Gordon
• Goodyear Tire Award: Dale Jarrett
• National Motorsports Press Association-Myers Brothers Award: Junie Donlavey, Honored for his contribution to the sport.

External links

• Winston Cup Standings and Statistics for 1999