The 1999 California 500 Presented by NAPA was a

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Winston Cup Series race held on May 2, 1999, at

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in Fontana, California. Contested at 250 laps on the speedway, it was the 10th race of the

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season.

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won the race.

Background

The track,

, was a four-turn

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that was long. The track's turns were banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway was banked at three degrees.

Top 10 results

Race Statistics

* Time of race: 3:19:38 * Average Speed: * Pole Speed: no time trials * Cautions: 5 for 23 laps * Margin of Victory: 4.492 sec * Lead changes: 28 * Percent of race run under caution: 9.2% * Average green flag run: 37.8 laps

References

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