Pontiac Excitement 400 - Final Results




Richmond International Raceway
May 15, 1999

Pos Car Name             Sponsor             Make  Lps Pts Bs  Money   yStatus
1  88 Dale Jarrett       Quality Care/Frd Cr  Frd  400 180 5  $169,715 Running 
2  6  Mark Martin        Valvoline/Cummins    Frd  400 175 5   $89,700 Running
3  18 Bobby Labonte      Interstate Batteries Pon  400 170 5   $69,775 Running
4  4  Bobby Hamilton     Kodak Max Film       Chv  400 160 0   $64,875 Running
5  2  Rusty Wallace      Miller Lite          Frd  400 155 0   $49,450 Running
6  42 Joe Nemechek       BellSouth            Chv  400 150 0   $49,250 Running
7  44 Kyle Petty         Hot Wheels           Pon  400 146 0   $39,625 Running
8  3  Dale Earnhardt     GM Goodwrench Servi  Chv  400 142 0   $48,540 Running
9  22 Ward Burton        Caterpillar          Pon  400 143 5   $41,175 Running
10 45 Rich Bickle        10-10-345            Pon  400 134 0   $35,965 Running
11 75 Ted Musgrave       Remington Arms       Frd  400 130 0   $34,475 Running
12 94 Bill Elliott       McDonald's           Frd  400 127 0   $36,750 Running
13 16 Kevin Lepage       TV Guide/PRIMESTAR   Frd  399 124 0   $36,975 Running
14 33 Ken Schrader       Skoal                Chv  399 121 0   $36,175 Running 
15 20 Tony Stewart       Home Depot           Pon  399 118 0   $27,225 Running
16 98 Rick Mast          Hobas Pipe           Frd  399 115 0   $28,800 Running
17 60 Geoffrey Bodine    Power Team           Chv  399 112 0   $23,900 Running
18 40 Sterling Marlin    Coors Light          Chv  399 109 0   $34,550 Running
19 58 Ricky Craven       Hollywood Video      Frd  399 106 0   $23,625 Running
20 25 Wally Dallenbach   Budweiser            Chv  399 103 0   $36,740 Running
21 9  Jerry Nadeau       Cartoon Network      Frd  399 100 0   $28,250 Running
22 7  Michael Waltrip    Philips              Chv  398 97  0   $33,725 Running 
23 21 Elliott Sadler     Citgo                Frd  398 94  0   $34,250 Running 
24 12 Jeremy Mayfield    Mobil 1              Frd  397 91  0   $37,900 Running 
25 66 Darrell Waltrip    Big Kmart            Frd  395 93  5   $22,750 Running
26 5  Terry Labonte      Kellogg's            Chv  395 85  0   $37,625 Running
27 77 Robert Pressley    Jasper Engines       Frd  392 82  0   $26,100 Running
28 26 Johnny Benson      Cheerios             Frd  390 79  0   $32,975 Running
29 23 Jimmy Spencer      Team Winston No Bull Frd  390 76  0   $32,350 Running
30 31 Mike Skinner       Lowe's               Chv  388 78  5   $35,950 Running 
31 24 Jeff Gordon        DuPont               Chv  388 75  5   $54,275 Running 
32 91 Dick Trickle       Little Joe's Autos   Chv  387 67  0   $25,025 Running
33 36 Ernie Irvan        M&M's                Pon  363 64  0   $31,475 Running 
34 1  Steve Park         Pennzoil             Chv  359 61  0   $28,925 Running
35 97 Chad Little        John Deere           Frd  352 58  0   $28,875 Running
36 10 Ricky Rudd         Tide                 Frd  345 55  0   $28,825 Running 
37 99 Jeff Burton        Exide Batteries      Frd  324 62  10  $40,175 Running
38 11 Brett Bodine       Paychex              Frd  322 49  0   $28,825 Running 
39 43 John Andretti      STP                  Pon  242 51  5   $36,675 Handling 
40 28 Kenny Irwin        Texaco Havoline      Frd  197 43  0   $28,625 Engine
41 55 Kenny Wallace      Square D             Chv  182 40  0   $22,075 Engine
42 30 Derrike Cope       Jimmy Dean           Pon  115 37  0   $21,530 Accident
43 41 David Green        Kodiak               Chv  105 34  0   $21,700 Engine 


Time of Race: 2 hours, 59 minutes, 49 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.616 Seconds
Average Speed: 100.102 mph
Lead Changes: 19 among 9 drivers
Caution laps: 8 for 58 laps

Lap Leaders: Jeff Gordon 1-18, John Andretti 19-42, Darrell
Waltrip 43, Ward Burton 44-52, Mark Martin 53-55, Jeff Burton
56-68, Martin 69-99, J. Burton 100-151, Bobby Labonte 152-185,
Martin 186-200, J. Burton 201-239, Martin 240-243, Mike Skinner
244-300, Labonte 301, Skinner 302, Labonte 303-304, Skinner
305-313, Labonte 314-347, Martin 348-368, Dale Jarrett 369-400.

CONTINGENCY AWARDS
Bud Pole Award ($5,000)  Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Refinishes Chv
Gatorade Front Runner Award ($10,000)  Mark Martin, No. 6 Valvoline/Cummins Frd
Exide All Charged Up Award ($3,000)  Ted Musgrave, No. 75 Remington Arms Frd
 Mike Skinner, No. 31 Lowe's Chv
MCI World Com Fast Pace Award ($5,000) Goody's Headache Award ($3,600)  Gordon
NASCAR Winston Leader Bonus ($60,000) -- 
   Dale Jarrett, No. 88 Quality Care/Frd Credit Frd - $10,000 atCharlotte
Bud Second Round Fastest Qualifier ($500)  Rained out
True Value "Hard Charger of the Race" Award ($5,000)  Martin
EA Sports "Move of the Race" Award ($4,200)  Jarrett
Hasbro Interactive "Pit Strategy" Award ($4,200)  Kevin Hamlin, No. 31
Plasti-Kote "Winning Finish" Award ($3,000)  Todd Parrott, No. 88
Raybestos Top-Stopper Award ($2,000)  John Andretti, No. 43 Pon
Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award ($1,000)  Tony Stewart, 15th
Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings:
1. Tony Stewart          151
2. Elliott Sadler        117
3. Buckshot Jones        71
4. Stanton Barrett       20
5. Dan Pardus            8

RACE STATS - Pon Excitement 400
Time of Race: 2 hours, 59 minutes, 49 seconds
Average Speed: 100.102 mph
Margin of Victory: .616-second
Cautions: 8 for 58 laps
Lead Changes: 19 among 9 drivers