| 1999 DieHard 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 9 of 34 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $2,117,161 | Race Date: | Apr 25, 1999 | Talladega Superspeedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .137 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 3Min 38Sec. | Lincoln, Alabama | |
| Lead Changes: | 29 Among / 15 Drivers | Average Speed: | 163.375 MPH | 2.66 Mile Paved Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 3 For 18 Laps | talladegasuperspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Dale Earnhardt D. Earnhardt | Driver: | Ken Schrader K. Schrader | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #3 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #33 Chevrolet | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Richard Childress Racing | Team: | Andy Petree Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Kevin Hamlin | Crew Chief: | Sammy Johns | |||||
| Laps Led: | 70 of 188 | Pole Speed: | 197.765 MPH | |||||
| Official 1999 DieHard 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus | Running |  | 185 | 188 | 70 |
| 2 | 23 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running |  | 175 | 188 | 21 |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running | | 170 | 188 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running |  | 165 | 188 | 17 |
| 5 | 8 | 20 | Tony Stewart (R) | The Home Depot | Running | | 160 | 188 | 10 |
| 6 | 1 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 155 | 188 | 3 |
| 7 | 15 | 55 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Running | | 146 | 188 | 0 |
| 8 | 20 | 9 | Jerry Nadeau | WCW | Running | | 142 | 188 | 0 |
| 9 | 24 | 43 | John Andretti | STP | Running | | 143 | 188 | 22 |
| 10 | 18 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 139 | 188 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running | | 130 | 188 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | 16 | Kevin Lepage | PRIMESTAR | Running | | 127 | 188 | 0 |
| 13 | 40 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Running | | 124 | 188 | 0 |
| 14 | 42 | 45 | Rich Bickle | 10-10-345 | Running | | 121 | 188 | 0 |
| 15 | 31 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Running | | 123 | 188 | 4 |
| 16 | 33 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Winston | Running | | 115 | 188 | 0 |
| 17 | 29 | 60 | Geoffrey Bodine | Power Team | Running | | 112 | 188 | 0 |
| 18 | 10 | 7 | Michael Waltrip | NationsRent | Running | | 114 | 188 | 25 |
| 19 | 7 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 106 | 188 | 0 |
| 20 | 11 | 25 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Budweiser | Running | | 108 | 188 | 5 |
| 21 | 26 | 00 | Buckshot Jones (R) | Crown Fiber Communications | Running | | 100 | 188 | 0 |
| 22 | 36 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines / Federal-Mogul | Running | | 102 | 188 | 1 |
| 23 | 32 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Team Realtree | Running | | 94 | 187 | 0 |
| 24 | 21 | 98 | Rick Mast | Rheem Water Heaters | Running | | 91 | 187 | 0 |
| 25 | 14 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Running | | 88 | 187 | 0 |
| 26 | 38 | 66 | Darrell Waltrip | Kmart | Running | | 90 | 187 | 2 |
| 27 | 43 | 58 | Ricky Craven | Hollywood Video | Running | | 82 | 187 | 0 |
| 28 | 39 | 75 | Ted Musgrave | Polaris | Running | | 79 | 187 | 0 |
| 29 | 41 | 21 | Elliott Sadler (R) | CITGO | Running | | 76 | 186 | 0 |
| 30 | 28 | 26 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | General Mills / Cheerios | Running | | 73 | 184 | 0 |
| 31 | 35 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film | Handling | | 70 | 176 | 0 |
| 32 | 25 | 22 | Ward Burton | Caterpillar | Running | | 67 | 175 | 0 |
| 33 | 34 | 41 | David Green | Kodiak | Running | | 64 | 169 | 0 |
| 34 | 4 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Handling | | 66 | 168 | 1 |
| 35 | 22 | 28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. | Texaco / Havoline | Running | | 58 | 164 | 0 |
| 36 | 12 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Running | | 60 | 157 | 5 |
| 37 | 30 | 1 | Steve Park | Pennzoil | Running | | 52 | 154 | 0 |
| 38 | 13 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Handling | | 49 | 112 | 0 |
| 39 | 27 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Handling | | 46 | 109 | 0 |
| 40 | 19 | 36 | Ernie Irvan | M&M's | Too Slow | | 43 | 53 | 0 |
| 41 | 5 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Accident | | 40 | 50 | 0 |
| 42 | 9 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Accident | | 37 | 48 | 0 |
| 43 | 37 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex | Accident | | 34 | 48 | 0 |
