1999 Frontier @ the Glen
1999 Frontier @ the Glen
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Race details[1][2] | |||
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Race 21 of 34 of in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
The short course at Watkins Glen International | |||
Date | August 15, 1999 (1999-08-15) | ||
Location | Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York, U.S. | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 2.450 mi (3.943 km) | ||
Distance | 90 laps, 220.50 mi (354.86 km) | ||
Weather | Mild with temperatures approaching 73.4°F (23°C); wind speeds up to 7.36 miles per hour (11.84 km/h) | ||
Average speed | 87.722 mph (141.175 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver |
| Penske-Kranefuss Racing | |
Time | 1:12.752 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
Laps | 55 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | ESPN | ||
Announcers | Bob Jenkins and Ned Jarrett |
The 1999 Frontier @ the Glen was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held at Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York on April 15, 1999. It was the 21st points-paying event of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Rusty Wallace won the pole, and Jeff Gordon won the race for the third consecutive year. A total of 49 cars attempted the race.
Contents
1 Summary
1.1 Practice and Qualifying
1.2 Race
1.3 Results
2 References
Summary[edit]
Practice and Qualifying[edit]
Practice and Kendall Pole Day, scheduled for Friday August 13, were both delayed for several hours due to inclement weather conditions. First-round qualifying would be held that day, allowing qualifying positions 1-25 to be locked into the field, but second-round qualifying would be rained out, forcing spots 25-36 to be locked in based on their first round qualifying speeds, and positions 37-43 were locked in based on owner points. Two drivers who failed to qualify, Jack Baldwin and Paul Gentilozzi made their only attempts at a Winston Cup event during this race. Rusty Wallace set a new track record with his pole-qualifying speed at 121.234 mph.
As was common with many road races, several road course ringers attempted to qualify. Two drivers, Boris Said and Ron Fellows, led their first Winston Cup laps during this race. Said, David Murry, and Ted Christopher made their first Winston Cup starts. Christopher also competed in the companion NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series and NASCAR Busch North Series races that weekend, winning and placing second respectively. In addition, full-time Winston Cup driver Jerry Nadeau, who began his career on road courses, led his first career laps in a Winston Cup race.
Race[edit]
The only drivers who failed to finish underwent mechanical failures. During the race, there were four caution flags for cars (#11, #36, #40, and #45) off the track in the inner loop at separate times, for oil on the race track, and for the #26 car wrecking. 16.7 percent of the race's 90 laps were spent under caution.
1991 winner Ernie Irvan made his final NASCAR Winston Cup start in this race. Irvan suffered career-ending head injuries while practicing his Busch Series car at Michigan International Speedway the following week. David Murry's lone career start came in this race. This race was also the last win for Ray Evernham as crew chief. He left Jeff Gordon's team several weeks later to start his own Winston Cup team.
ESPN carried the coverage for the race. Regular color commentator Benny Parsons missed the race due to a recent operation, however called the telecast in the middle of the race to talk to fellow commentators and viewers.
When the race began to come to a close, the race came down to Jeff Gordon and Canadian road course ringer Ron Fellows. Ron Fellows, in a one-time drive in the #87 NEMCO Motorsports Chevy, led 3 laps late in the race and got passed by Gordon with less than 30 laps to go. Fellows remained in second for several laps and ultimately had one shot at the lead on a restart with 2 laps to go. Fellows tried to pass Gordon in turn 1, but Gordon held off the challenge, pulling away to win the race by 5 car-lengths. Gordon praised Fellows for a fun race in victory lane. It was Fellows' first of 2 runner-up finishes in the Cup series race at Watkins Glen.
Ron Fellows was not the only road course ringer in the race. Boris Said started 2nd in the race and led some laps early in the race in the #14 car owned by Mark Simo. However, Said's day came to an end on lap 48 with a blown engine.
Coming off a win at the Brickyard 400, Dale Jarrett finished fourth to gain twenty-four points on his points lead over Mark Martin. His points lead was at 300 points at the end of the race.
Results[edit]
Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | |
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1 | 3 | 24 | Jeff Gordon (W) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 90 | 55 | Running | |
2 | 7 | 87 | Ron Fellows | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 90 | 3 | Running | |
3 | 1 | 2 | Rusty Wallace (W) | Penske-Kranefuss Racing | Ford | 90 | 9 | Running | |
4 | 9 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
5 | 6 | 9 | Jerry Nadeau | Melling Racing | Ford | 90 | 9 | Running | |
6 | 4 | 20 | Tony Stewart (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Pontiac | 90 | 0 | Running | |
7 | 26 | 25 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 90 | 2 | Running | |
8 | 25 | 44 | Kyle Petty (W) | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 90 | 0 | Running | |
9 | 17 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | 0 | Running | |
10 | 5 | 6 | Mark Martin (W) | Roush Racing | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
11 | 10 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 90 | 0 | Running | |
12 | 39 | 1 | Steve Park | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | Chevrolet | 90 | 0 | Running | |
13 | 27 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Roush Racing | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
14 | 38 | 97 | Chad Little | Roush Racing | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
15 | 16 | 66 | Darrell Waltrip | Haas-Carter Motorsports | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
16 | 13 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Haas-Carter Motorsports | Ford | 90 | 0 | Flagged | |
17 | 30 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Andy Petree Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | 0 | Running | |
18 | 42 | 21 | Elliott Sadler (R) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
19 | 23 | 55 | Kenny Wallace | Andy Petree Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | 0 | Running | |
20 | 14 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | 0 | Running | |
21 | 19 | 7 | Michael Waltrip | Mattei Motorsports | Chevrolet | 90 | 1 | Running | |
22 | 12 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Morgan-McClure Motorsports | Chevrolet | 90 | 2 | Running | |
23 | 41 | 98 | Rick Mast | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
24 | 22 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs Racing | Pontiac | 90 | 0 | Running | |
25 | 40 | 16 | Kevin Lepage | Roush Racing | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
26 | 29 | 28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
27 | 43 | 75 | Ted Musgrave | Butch Mock Motorsports | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
28 | 8 | 94 | Bill Elliott | Bill Elliott Racing | Ford | 90 | 0 | Running | |
29 | 18 | 43 | John Andretti | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 90 | 0 | Running | |
30 | 11 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | SABCO Racing | Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | Running | |
31 | 33 | 13 | Ted Christopher (R) | Mystique Motorsports | Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | Running | |
32 | 24 | 10 | Ricky Rudd (W) | Rudd Performance Motorsports | Ford | 89 | 0 | Running | |
33 | 20 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | SABCO Racing | Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | Running | |
34 | 37 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Penske-Kranefuss Racing | Ford | 89 | 0 | Running | |
35 | 21 | 60 | Geoffrey Bodine (W) | Joe Bessey Motorsports | Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | Running | |
36 | 28 | 45 | Rich Bickle | Tyler Jet Motorsports | Pontiac | 88 | 0 | Running | |
37 | 32 | 41 | David Green | Larry Hedrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 88 | 0 | Running | |
38 | 34 | 26 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | Roush Racing | Ford | 85 | 0 | Running | |
39 | 31 | 61 | David Murry (R) | Phoenix Air Racing | Ford | 78 | 0 | Running | |
40 | 35 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Brett Bodine Racing | Ford | 66 | 0 | Running | |
41 | 36 | 36 | Ernie Irvan (W) | MB2 Motorsports | Pontiac | 60 | 0 | Engine | |
42 | 2 | 14 | Boris Said (R) | Irvan-Simo Motorsports | Ford | 48 | 9 | Engine | |
43 | 15 | 22 | Ward Burton | Bill Davis Racing | Pontiac | 48 | 0 | Engine | |
Failed to Qualify | |||||||||
77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Motorsports | Ford | ||||||
30 | Derrike Cope | Eel River Racing | Pontiac | ||||||
19 | Paul Gentilozzi (R) | Roehig Motorsports | Pontiac | ||||||
91 | Jack Baldwin (R) | LJ Racing | Chevrolet | ||||||
58 | Hut Stricklin | SBIII Motorsports | Ford | ||||||
71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | ||||||
Notes:
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References[edit]
^ "Weather History for Watkins Glen, New York: April 15, 1999". Farmer's Almanac. Retrieved April 19, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "1999 Frontier @ the Glen". Racing Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
Preceded by 1999 Brickyard 400 | NASCAR Winston Cup Series season 1999 | Succeeded by 1999 Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer |
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