1999 TranSouth Financial 400

The 1999 TranSouth Financial 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina on March 21, 1999. Jeff Burton won the race.[2]

1999 TranSouth Financial 400
Race details[1]
Race 5 of 34 of in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Layout of Darlington Raceway
Date March 21, 1999 (1999-03-21)
Location Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Distance 293 laps, 400.2 mi (644.0 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 75.2°F (24°C); wind speeds up to 23.02 miles per hour (37.04 km/h)
Average speed 121.294 mph (195.204 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Hendrick Motorsports
Time 28.398
Most laps led
Driver Jeff Burton Roush Racing
Laps 59
Winner
No. 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett

Summary

Contested over 164 out of a scheduled 293 laps, it was the fifth race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. The race was won by Jeff Burton for the Roush Racing team. Jeremy Mayfield finished second, and Jeff Gordon, who started from pole position, clinched third. Seventy-one thousand attended the race that lasted one hour, fifty minutes and forty-nine seconds. A total distance of 19 laps were raced under low speeds due to two accident-related and one rain-related caution. Derrike Cope, Dave Marcis and Rich Bickle were not fast enough during qualifying to be in the race grid.[3] Jeff Burton's victory would help him bolt ahead of Mike Skinner in the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings.[4] The majority of the grid drove Ford vehicles .[3]

Ken Schrader became the last-place finisher of the race; he was 89 laps behind the lead driver. Schrader walked away with $30,416 as his take-home pay ($46,681.21 when adjusted for inflation) while the race winner came away with a then-incredible $161,900 in winnings ($248,477.37 when adjusted for inflation).[5]

Results
Pos Grid Car Driver Team Make Laps Laps led Status
1 999Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFord16459Running
2 1112Jeremy MayfieldPenske-Kranefuss RacingFord16448Running
3 124Jeff Gordon (W)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet16450Running
4 2188Dale Jarrett (W)Robert Yates RacingFord1640Running
5 36Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1642Running
6 1020Tony Stewart (R)Joe Gibbs RacingPontiac1640Running
7 174Bobby HamiltonMorgan-McClure MotorsportsChevrolet1640Running
8 2822Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac1640Running
9 543John AndrettiPetty EnterprisesPontiac1641Running
10 3418Bobby Labonte1Joe Gibbs RacingPontiac1641Running
11 275Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1640Running
12 291Steve Park (R)Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet1641Running
13 698Rick MastCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord1630Flagged
14 894Bill Elliott (W)Bill Elliott RacingFord1630Flagged
15 1877Robert PressleyJasper MotorsportsFord1630Flagged
16 2040Sterling Marlin (W)SABCO RacingChevrolet1630Flagged
17 1660Geoffrey BodineJoe Bessey MotorsportsChevrolet1630Flagged
18 226Johnny Benson, Jr.Roush RacingFord1630Flagged
19 1242Joe NemechekSABCO RacingChevrolet1630Flagged
20 2423Jimmy SpencerHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord1630Flagged
21 137Michael WaltripMattei MotorsportsChevrolet1630Flagged
22 716Kevin LepageRoush RacingFord1630Flagged
23 2355Kenny WallaceAndy Petree RacingChevrolet1630Flagged
24 3736Ernie IrvanMB2 MotorsportsPontiac1630Flagged
25 303Dale Earnhardt (W)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet1630Flagged
26 3191Dick TrickleLJ RacingChevrolet1630Flagged
27 4110Ricky Rudd (W)Rudd Performance MotorsportsFord1630Flagged
28 2297Chad LittleRoush RacingFord1630Flagged
29 4075Ted MusgraveButch Mock MotorsportsFord1630Flagged
30 1911Brett BodineBrett Bodine RacingFord1630Flagged
31 3644Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1620Flagged
32 431Mike SkinnerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1620Flagged
33 262Rusty WallacePenske-Kranefuss RacingFord1620Flagged
34 3200Buckshot Jones (R)Buckshot RacingPontiac1620Flagged
35 1428Kenny Irwin, Jr.Robert Yates RacingFord1610Contact BS
36 1521Elliott Sadler (R)Wood Brothers RacingFord1610Flagged
37 4258Ricky CravenSBIII MotorsportsFord1600Contact
38 3825Wally Dallenbach, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1590Flagged
39 4390Ed Berrier (R)Donlavey RacingFord1590Flagged
40 339Jerry NadeauMelling RacingFord1580Flagged
41 3966Darrell Waltrip (W)Haas-Carter MotorsportsFord1410Flagged
42 3541David GreenLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet1290Flagged
43 2533Ken SchraderAndy Petree RacingChevrolet750Flagged
Failed to Qualify
30Derrike CopeBahari RacingPontiac
71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet
45Rich BickleTyler Jet MotorsportsPontiac
Notes:
  1. Bobby Labonte suffered a broken shoulder while attempting to qualify for a Busch Series race that weekend. He was relieved during this race by Matt Kenseth.
  2. Bryan Foods signed a one race agreement to sponsor the #90 car for this race after their original entry, the #30 car, did not qualify.

References
  1. "Weather History: Darlington, South Carolina". The Old Farmer's Almanac. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  2. "Transouth 400 Racing in the Rain – Tran South Financial 400". Circle Track. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  3. "Race Information: 1999 TransSouth Financial 500". Racing Reference. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  4. "Championship Points Update: 1999 TransSouth Financial 500". Race Database. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  5. "Additional Race Information: 1999 TransSouth Financial 500". Driver Averages. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
Preceded by
1999 Cracker Barrel 500		 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
1999		 Succeeded by
1999 Primestar 500
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