1999 NAPA 500
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Date
November 21, 1999
Official name
NAPA 500
Location
Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia
Course
Permanent racing facility
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 34 of 34 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
 The 1999 NAPA 500 program cover, featuring past champions. The program cover includes Darrell Waltrip, Bill Elliott, Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, and Dale Jarrett. "The Last Race of the Century!" | |||
| Date | November 21, 1999 | ||
| Official name | NAPA 500 | ||
| Location | Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.540 miles (2.478 km) | ||
| Distance | 325 laps, 500.500 mi (805.477 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 64 °F (18 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 137.932 miles per hour (221.980 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 165,000[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Jack Roush | ||
| Time | 28.617 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 147 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers |
Bob Jenkins Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett | ||
The 1999 NAPA 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on November 21, 1999, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. It was the 34th and final race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season.
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Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate to hold NASCAR races.[3] The standard track at Atlanta Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) long.[4] The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at five.[4]
