1999 Coca-Cola 600

1999 Coca-Cola 600

Race details
Race 12 of 34 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Layout of Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date	May 30, 1999 (1999-05-30)
Location	Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km)
Average speed	151.367 mph (243.602 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing
Most laps led
Driver	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing
Laps	198
Winner
No. 99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing
Television in the United States
Network	TBS
Announcers	Eli Gold, Ken Squier, Buddy Baker, & Geoff Bodine

The 1999 Coca-Cola 600, the 40th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 30, 1999 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested at 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the twelfth race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Burton of Roush Racing won the race.

Background

Lowe's Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the The Winston, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.

Top 10 results

Race statistics

• Time of race: 3:57:50
• Average Speed: 151.367 miles per hour (243.602 km/h)
• Pole Speed: 185.23
• Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
• Margin of Victory: 0.574 sec
• Lead changes: 23
• Percent of race run under caution: 5.8%
• Average green flag run: 62.8 laps

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