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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.04.2015 - 7:35 pm
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Future NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson makes his final ASA start and wins
it! Jimmie and his Herzog Motorsports team moved up to NASCAR's Busch
series after this race, finishing out the 1999 season in the higher
series before going full time in 2000. This was Johnson's second ASA win.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.05.2015 - 1:05 pm
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Bob Senneker makes his final ASA start and finishes in the top-10,
bringing down the curtain on an iconic career.


  3.   Pacer posted:
  05.01.2015 - 3:04 am
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Harold Fair makes his final ASA start before retiring.


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.30.2016 - 9:59 pm
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Former ASA champion Tony Raines last start in the series sees him record
a top-10 finish.


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.19.2016 - 11:56 am
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The battle for the 1999 ASA championship comes down to a final race
showdown between Tim Sauter, Mike Miller, and the departing Jimmie
Johnson as all three bid for their first crown. Sauter came into this
race with a 16-point lead on Miller and an 84-point edge on Johnson.
While Sauter's fourth-place run was the lowest of the title contenders
it was enough that he claimed the title by six points over third-place
finisher Miller and 64 over race winner Johnson.

The 1999 ASA season ends at Rougemont, North Carolina's famous Orange
County Speedway. It turned out to be the series' second and final race
at the track.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.19.2016 - 12:06 pm
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This was the last ASA race where the teams used Goodyear tires. ASA
completely revamped its race cars after this race as the series mandated
the use of a crate motor, spec bodies, and BFGoodrich tires for the 2000
season.


  7.   Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted:
  03.19.2016 - 1:57 pm
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"While Sauter's fourth-place run was the lowest of the title contenders
it was enough that he claimed the title by six points over third-place
finisher Miller and 64 over race winner Johnson."

Too bad Johnson lost the championship. Anybody know if he still races
anywhere? ;)


  8.   rm posted:
  07.17.2017 - 4:40 pm
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First caution - laps 16-20 - 77 debris backstretch
Second caution - laps 39-43 - 72 spun turn 2
Third caution - laps 105-114 - 6, 18 accident turn 1
Fourth caution - laps 149-154 - ???
Fifth caution - laps 172-178 - 33 spun turn 4
Sixth caution - laps 181-196 - 4, 16, 38, 45, 52, 72, 79 accident turns 3/4
Seventh caution - laps 271-278 - 93 spun turn 3
Eighth caution - laps 287-296 - 42, 77, 99 accident frontstretch
Ninth caution - laps 390-393 - 03, 6, 11 spun turn 2

Looks like there is a missing driver, Ted Smokstad. Shown as driving the
test LS1 #V8 Pontiac car and starting 35th, he appears to have run as
high as 8th during the race. Not sure if he's counted in the official
results or not, as I can't find where he finished on any other website
nor in the TNN live feed of the race. When mentioned, the tv crew said
that Smokstad had run up near the lead most of the day and the last I
saw of him on the ticker he was around 10th-15th positions.


  9.   Anonymous posted:
  08.02.2018 - 8:36 pm
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I don't think Ted Smokstad was officially counted as being in this race.


  10.   MSportRev posted:
  10.03.2019 - 12:16 pm
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Lead changes: 7 among 7 drivers


  11.   MSportRev posted:
  01.31.2020 - 9:26 pm
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For the fourth and final time in 1999, Ted Smokstad tested the LS1V8
engine for GM. He finished fifth, but was ineligible for the official
results.


  12.   SweetRich posted:
  02.29.2020 - 9:07 pm
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The commentators for the race were Rick Benjamin, Butch Miller and Jim
Tretow. The sole pit road reporter was Brian Drebber.


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