1999 Las Vegas 400 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 1999 Las Vegas 400 |
| Name of Track: | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Date: | March 7th |
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Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 kmē) complex of four different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The complex is home to several race teams. Currently, March, 2005, the track is open two nights a week for locals to drag race. This is an effort to get this activity off of local streets and into a safer environment.
The track is used by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as their driver training facility.
Higher BankingIn 2006, plans were announced to reconfigure the track after the March 2006 NEXTEL Cup Series Race. This reconfiguration entailed raised banking to increase side by side racing, and the construction of a new fan zone and pit road.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.1999 Las Vegas 400 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 1999 Las Vegas 400, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Burton | 99 | 19 | $336,590 | 267 | 0 | running | Exide Batteries |
| 2 | Ward Burton | 22 | 30 | $217,275 | 267 | 0 | running | Caterpillar |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | 11 | $179,400 | 267 | 0 | running | DuPont Automotive Finishes |
| 4 | Mike Skinner | 31 | 5 | $133,175 | 267 | 0 | running | Lowe's |
| 5 | Bobby Labonte | 18 | 1 | $118,540 | 267 | 0 | running | Interstate Batteries |
| 6 | Ernie Irvan | 36 | 40 | $95,075 | 267 | 0 | running | M&M's |
| 7 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | 38 | $91,350 | 267 | 0 | running | GM Goodwrench Service Plus |
| 8 | Terry Labonte | 5 | 12 | $88,600 | 267 | 0 | running | Kellogg's |
| 9 | Rusty Wallace | 2 | 37 | $85,900 | 267 | 0 | running | Miller Lite |
| 10 | Mark Martin | 6 | 13 | $92,300 | 267 | 0 | running | Valvoline / Cummins |
| 11 | Dale Jarrett | 88 | 9 | $85,240 | 266 | 0 | running | Quality Care / Ford Credit |
| 12 | John Andretti | 43 | 15 | $80,700 | 266 | 0 | running | STP |
| 14 | Chad Little | 97 | 31 | $73,000 | 266 | 0 | running | John Deere |
| 15 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | 33 | $75,300 | 266 | 0 | running | Coors Light |
| 16 | Steve Park | 1 | 41 | $70,800 | 266 | 0 | running | Pennzoil |
| 17 | Jeremy Mayfield | 12 | 7 | $73,800 | 266 | 0 | running | Mobil 1 |
| 18 | Ken Schrader | 33 | 16 | $70,740 | 266 | 0 | running | Skoal |
| 19 | Rick Mast | 98 | 22 | $60,500 | 266 | 0 | running | Yarborough / Burdette |
| 20 | Brett Bodine | 11 | 28 | $70,065 | 265 | 0 | running | Paychex |
| 21 | Kevin Lepage | 16 | 17 | $65,700 | 265 | 0 | running | Primestar |
| 22 | Michael Waltrip | 7 | 2 | $64,200 | 265 | 0 | running | Philips / Klaussner |
| 23 | Rich Bickle | 45 | 21 | $52,800 | 264 | 0 | running | Lucky Dog |
| 24 | Bobby Hamilton | 4 | 32 | $66,800 | 264 | 0 | running | Kodak |
| 25 | Darrell Waltrip | 66 | 43 | $50,800 | 264 | 0 | running | Big Kmart |
| 26 | Jimmy Spencer | 23 | 39 | $60,400 | 264 | 0 | running | Winston |
| 27 | David Green | 41 | 23 | $52,000 | 263 | 0 | running | Kodiak |
| 28 | Tom Hubert | 19 | 4 | $48,700 | 262 | 0 | running | Bradford White |
| 29 | Buckshot Jones | 0 | 35 | $48,600 | 262 | 0 | running | Crown Fiber |
| 30 | Stanton Barrett | 90 | 42 | $57,725 | 259 | 0 | running | Acutrim / Nice |
| 31 | Jerry Nadeau | 9 | 8 | $50,800 | 249 | 0 | engine | WCW / NOW |
| 32 | Geoffrey Bodine | 60 | 36 | $47,000 | 228 | 0 | engine | Power Team |
| 33 | Elliott Sadler | 21 | 25 | $56,800 | 219 | 0 | running | Citgo |
| 34 | Derrike Cope | 30 | 24 | $49,100 | 215 | 0 | running | State Fair |
| 35 | Joe Nemechek | 42 | 3 | $53,400 | 212 | 0 | running | BellSouth |
| 36 | Tony Stewart | 20 | 20 | $46,200 | 184 | 0 | running | Home Depot |
| 37 | Bill Elliott | 94 | 14 | $52,975 | 172 | 0 | handling | McDonald's |
| 38 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | 26 | 26 | $0 | 160 | 0 | running | Cheerios |
| 39 | Ricky Craven | 58 | 6 | $45,575 | 136 | 0 | handling | Hollywood Video |
| 40 | Kenny Wallace | 55 | 27 | $45,375 | 131 | 0 | handling | Square D |
| 41 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. | 28 | 10 | $0 | 130 | 0 | crash | Texaco Havoline |
| 42 | Steve Grissom | 91 | 29 | $45,475 | 116 | 0 | crash | Textilease |
| 43 | Ricky Rudd | 10 | 34 | $51,975 | 115 | 0 | engine | Tide |
