1999 The 50th Pepsi Southern 500

1999 The 50th Pepsi Southern 500
Race details
Race 24 of 34 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
	1999 Southern 500 program cover
Date	September 5, 1999
Official name	The 50th Pepsi Southern 500
Location	Darlington Raceway, Darlington County, South Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility; 1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Distance	270 laps, 368.82 mi (593.558 km)
Scheduled Distance	367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.800 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 87.8 °F (31.0 °C); wind speeds up to 18.3 miles per hour (29.5 km/h)
Average speed	107.816 miles per hour (173.513 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kenny Irwin Jr.;
Most laps led
Driver	Jeff Burton
Laps	89
Winner
No. 99	Jeff Burton
Announcers	Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons

The 1999 The 50th Pepsi Southern 500, the 50th running of the

Roush Racing

won the race, and the No Bull 5 Million Dollar Bonus as well.

Kenny Irwin Jr. would earn his final pole position while qualifying for this event.^[2]

Top ten results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps led
1	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	89
2	22	Ward Burton	Bill Davis Racing	Pontiac	30
3	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Penske-Kranefuss Racing	Ford	69
4	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	2
5	16	Kevin Lepage	Roush Racing	Ford	0
6	42	Joe Nemechek	Team SABCO	Chevrolet	1
7	4	Bobby Hamilton	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	0
8	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske-Kranefuss Racing	Ford	0
9	33	Ken Schrader	Andy Petree Racing	Pontiac	0
10	1	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	0