1999 Irwindale 250 presented by Jan's Towing

The 1999 Irwindale 250 presented by Jan's Towing was the seventh stock car race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series season and the first iteration of the event.^[2] The race was held on Saturday, June 19, 1999, at Irwindale Speedway, a 0.500 mile (0.804 km) oval shaped racetrack in Bakersfield, California. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. The race was won by Steve Portenga, his first win of the season and the first of his career. With 16 laps remaining, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers Ron Hornaday Jr. and Mike Wallace led the race, but the race was slowed by Wallace crashing, and after pit stops, Bill Sedgwick and Portenga battled for the lead, with Portenga passing Sedgwick in the first turn on the final lap.^[3] Sedgwick finished second, followed by Butch Gilliland in third, Hornaday in fourth, and Wallace, despite the crash, remained on the lead lap in fifth.