|| *Comments on the 1999 Daytona 500:* View the most recent comment <#92> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Chris Cadiz posted: 03.20.2004 - 2:30 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) After dominating in NASCAR's 50th anniversary season, Jeff Gordon starts off 1999 right where he left off. He holds off the challenge from the late Dale Earnhardt and takes the checkered flag. It was Jeff Gordon's second victory in the Great American Race. 2. Jack Lewis posted: 08.17.2004 - 5:12 am Rate this comment: (5) (0) What a great race overall, but especially the last 12 laps, with Chad Little and Mike Skinner getting together and making great saves, Jeff Gordon putting a daring pass on Rusty Wallace coming into turn 1 with 11 laps to go, and then Gordon holding off Dale Earnhardt in the closing laps. Truly one of the best Daytona 500's ever. 3. Jake posted: 01.16.2005 - 10:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was one of the first races when Richard Childress Racing, Dale Earnhardt, Inc., and Andy Petree Racing started a restrictor plate alliance together... and look at where RCR and DEI's at today. DEI's the best team on the restrictor plate tracks and RCR's the 2nd best team on the restrictor plate tracks. 4. Darrell posted: 12.11.2005 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was a weird Speedweeks money-wise. The Elliott-Marino #13 ride made its last run after FirstTrust Financial skipped out the previous year. PHARB, An associate sponsor on Gary Bradberry's car, did not pay a cent in sponsorship, forcing that team to close its doors a couple of months later, The FILMAR #81 entry was sold just before the 500, and never ran a Cup race again. Last, but not least, Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce cheated Junie Donlavey by barely paying any of the money promised in their contract. Rookie driver Mike Harmon was scheduled to run the #90 that year, but after that whole fiasco, he was released.(From what I understand, that car was way off the pace with him at the wheel anyways.) Almost forgot that there was a race that weekend! :p NOTE:Stanton Barrett ran the #84, not the #94. 5. Matthew Sullivan posted: 12.15.2005 - 3:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I still don't know if Gordon's pass was brilliance or stupidity. Who knows what could have happened if Rusty hadn't given him the room he needed. Nonetheless, Gordon did a fabulous job holding Earnhardt off for the victory. If Skinner had been on Earnhardt's bumper though, things may have turned out differently. 6. Matt posted: 12.29.2005 - 6:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This race also marked Tony Stewart's Cup debut. 7. Darrell posted: 12.31.2005 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I remember reading in Stewart's autobiography that he had engine faliure in the 500, and that's why he didn't finish as high as he could have. 8. Chicago posted: 01.01.2006 - 4:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gordon's pass was both the most audacious, balls out move seen in years and also arguably the most wreckless. I fret to think of what might've happened had Rusty not lifted and gone scaling up the track at the last second, costing him a shot at Daytona glory he so badly wanted, and Gordon went flying straight into the back of Rudd at full racing speed. It could've been a disaster. But perhaps that is the kind of drama that made this one of the greatest Daytona 500's of the last twenty years. Man, what a race this was. 9. Never cheered for Dale Earnhar posted: 03.21.2006 - 1:59 am Rate this comment: (2) (2) this almost made me forget that dale earnhardt won the daytona 500 in 1998. oh well. 10. MOST posted: 05.06.2006 - 5:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale Jarret rolled over midway, many folks blamed Kenny Irwin which caused Kenny to start losing support, too bad he died soon after. 11. CanucksAndNASCAR Fan posted: 06.05.2006 - 3:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Gordon's Evel Knievel move in this race was what led to NASCAR implementing that yellow line as out-of-bounds, but they didn't implement it after Dale Earnhardt was killed at the 500 two years later. 12. Thomas posted: 08.04.2006 - 5:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Great race, except the whole Jeff Gordon nearly killing everyone and winning because of it part. 13. Olivier posted: 08.26.2006 - 12:29 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) No love for Rick Mast and his top-10 finish? Especially without a long term sponsor in a car fielded by Cale Yarborough? WOW! 14. JJ Lehto posted: 10.16.2006 - 4:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Poor Rusty... 15. gomer posted: 10.23.2006 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm a Rusty fan and I don't like Gordo at all, but that pass was awesome 16. Anonymous posted: 11.09.2006 - 6:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution 1 - Lap 96: Oil on track from Kenny Wallace's blown engine. Caution 2 - Lap 122: Jimmy Spencer cuts a right front and hits the wall hard. He was OK. Caution 3 - Lap 136: The big one in turn 3 caused when Irwin and Jarrett appeared to make contact which sent Jarrett up track into T. Labonte, collecting 13 cars total and flipping Jarrett over. Everyone was OK. Involved: 1,5,6,10,21,22,40,42,44,45,60,88,99. Caution 4 - Lap 174: Bobby Hamilton spun on the backstretch and slammed head-on into the wall, narrowly avoiding other cars. He was OK. 17. Brock posted: 01.18.2007 - 6:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) First race for "The Lucky Dog" (as a sponsor) for Rich Bickle's "10-10-345" Pontiac. 18. myself posted: 02.19.2007 - 8:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'll give some love....Cale's final Daytona 500 as a participant--his car finished 10th w/ Rick Mast at the helm! Awesome for an underfunded outfit! 19. myself posted: 05.18.2007 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) "The Eliminator of the Intimidator!" 20. biffle16 posted: 05.24.2007 - 8:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best ever finish for Kenny Irwin in the Cup Series. 21. Ryan Waugh posted: 07.04.2007 - 10:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Had Skinner or Earnhardt helped each other any in this race one of them would have won... Rusty said if he had to do it all over again that he would have ran Gordon in the grass. That would have probably taken out all the leaders, who knows who would have won then. 22. James W. McLaughlin posted: 08.21.2007 - 7:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Didn't Bill Elliott's McDonald's car sport a new paint scheme beginning in this race? 23. Douche Bagolow posted: 09.22.2007 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes, and I don't understand how he dropped out of the race when he was running in the lead pack due to handling problems late in the race. 24. BurtonRuddFan posted: 12.24.2007 - 3:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) What an exciting race and Kenny Irwin Jr.'s best run ever. 25. myself posted: 02.26.2008 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dern! I had forgotten how dominant Wallace's car was that day. 26. Josh 31 posted: 04.06.2008 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cope's last competitive run at Daytona and Irwin's best-ever race. Too bad for Jarrett that he had to go on a wild ride. What a BIGGG DNQ list. 27. Anonymous posted: 04.26.2008 - 7:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I will take away the "love" Mast only got 10th because alot of the top divers were taken out by Whining Irwin. Same thing with Waltrip's 5th place run. 28. rustyfan posted: 05.09.2008 - 9:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That finish just made me ill.That was by far Rusty's best chance at winning the 500. 29. RLB posted: 05.22.2008 - 10:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Jeff Gordon's greatest driving display, the ability to hold off a very aggressive Earnhardt and pull off the move that instituted the yellow line rule for the rest of time and you have possibly the greastest race involving Jeff Gordon. 30. haywood posted: 06.02.2008 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 1. just 2 years removed from his first daytona 500 victory jeff wins his second. check out how much the race changed tho... in '97, he won $377k for the race. just two years later, $1.1m! 2. gordon's pass was the most daring pass i've ever seen in motorsports. i love f1 and they have some of the most hair-raising moments in racing, going well over 200mph entering hair-pin turns, but that was just flat out almost dumb. i have been a gordon fan since he came into the sport, but i've never thought that pass was smart at all. daring? dramatic? ballsy? obviously. it made the race. 3. what did ever happen to those 10-10-321 phone #s on TV all throughout the late '90s? remember those things? rich bickle had them as a sponsor i believe. 10-10-345. they had celebrity spokes people and were on all day and night. where'd they go?? i guess cell phones drove them out of business. 31. Rad83 posted: 06.03.2008 - 6:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) They wre an assoiciate for Kerry Earnhardt when he drove for Fitz-Bradshaw in '02 and '03. Don't remember after that. 32. Haywood posted: 08.02.2008 - 2:26 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) also people call the 98 daytona 500 the best ever, but i think this was even better. most people associate earnhardt's only win w/ it being the best ever but i think this was more entertaining, especially the finish. earnhardt didn't have to fend off anyone at the line like jeff did here against earnhardt himself. 33. JCS posted: 08.28.2008 - 8:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Intimidator and The Kid went head-to-head and gave us one of the best Daytona races. 34. Clayton posted: 12.02.2008 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What an AWESOME intro CBS did. They started it off with the highlights from a lot of the 500's and then Greg Gumble came on introducing the race. and of course that GREAT song they played on the last 2 years of CBS!!! Oh boy do I miss CBS!! 35. Ryan posted: 12.10.2008 - 2:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) This was a great race. Earnhardt almost went a lap down early in the race when he had to go to his backup ignition box and he rallied back up to the front before the big one. Switching boxes cost him 200 RPM, and who knows as close as he was to Gordon's bumper several times the last eight laps or so that could have been the difference, or if he would have had someone behind him with more experience than Irwin. Looked like Irwin was trying to hold onto 3rd more than he was trying to help Dale. I hate to this day, but it was a heck of a finish. Rusty screwed up big time by not pitting for tires. Heck two tires may have won it for him. Gordon pulled a chicken sh*t move for sure, but it won him the race. You could hear the way Ned Jarrett talked too, he knew it was a dangerous move. lol, and Kyle Petty finished 7th, is that right? 36. ChazzyJoe posted: 01.21.2009 - 10:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually, Gordon won $2.1m this race. The official purse, just for winning the race, was the 1.1 shown, but if you add that he also won the No Bull 5, he won 2.1! Holy sh*t! 37. myself posted: 02.13.2009 - 1:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Oh boy do I miss CBS!! Clayton | 12.02.08 - 4:40 pm" I miss CBS doing the 500, too. Especially Ken Squier doing the call. 38. 18fan posted: 03.10.2009 - 3:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Eventual Winston Cup champion Dale Jarrett's season didn't start too well as he flipped over as he spun back to the apron in the the big one. 39. haywood posted: 03.16.2009 - 2:34 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) This also marked the end of the longest top 10 streak in cup history. Gordon finished in the top 10 from race #14 (June Michigan) in 1998 through this race every single time. 40. Art D posted: 06.26.2009 - 11:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 43 career wins for J. Gordon 41. jp posted: 09.11.2009 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Irwin could have had the race won if he would have made the move down the back with a couple to go. 42. The Great Dave posted: 10.02.2009 - 11:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I think Gordon's Evel Knievel move in this race was what led to NASCAR implementing that yellow line as out-of-bounds, " I think that was later in the year at Talledega when Skinner and Irvan blocked each other into the grass, causing a massive pile-up. 43. The Great Dave posted: 10.02.2009 - 11:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I meant Stewart, not Irvan. 44. 18fan posted: 03.19.2010 - 6:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Michael Waltrip's first top 5 since the 1995 Southern 500. 45. Anonymous posted: 04.11.2010 - 5:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Elliott hit the wall late in the race while running in the top 10. 46. jessie henry posted: 02.08.2011 - 12:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ok race 47. Andre posted: 07.06.2011 - 12:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) That pass Jeff Gordon made on Rusty Wallace was one year in the making... Late in the '98 Daytona 500 (about five laps to go), Gordon had a run on Wallace going into turn 1 - pretty much at the identical spot "The Pass" happened in '99 - and Rusty blocked. BIGTIME. Jeff let off the gas, lost a spot or two, and had to scramble to get back to the top three. Who knows? Maybe he did something to the engine that made it go sour a lap or two later? You never know, I guess. Anyway, fast forward to '99, and Jeff wasn't having ANY of Rusty's BS. Rusty blocks again, and Jeff just went lower. Ricky Rudd's car was there, but hey, no harm, no foul. Not with the Daytona 500 on the line. You can blame Gordon for being crazy for going down there, but Rusty was every bit as much at fault for blocking like he was. It takes two to tango! 48. Blue posted: 07.07.2011 - 7:21 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Best Daytona 500 ever. 49. The Great Dave posted: 09.02.2011 - 8:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dave Marcus's last top 20 50. BON GORDON posted: 09.26.2011 - 11:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Two NASCAR legends battling for the win in the Daytona 500. Also the two best drivers of the 1990s. 51. Evan posted: 11.03.2011 - 10:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I really miss CBS doing any races on Sundays that matter, my question is why did they drop out of doing NASCAR Races. Daytona 500 was the best on CBS in my opinion even though NBC did a great job with theirs when it was on NBC in 2002, 2004, and 2006 with the epic music. Ken Squier with the call and Mike Joy, Ned Jarrett and Buddy Baker in the booth, made for a top notch announce team. Considering the fact they only did 5 races or so a year, Daytona, Texas, Michigan come to mind. It was good coverage, they let the images do the talking and Mike Joy did a great job when he took over for Ken in the 1998 Daytona 500. 52. Evan posted: 11.05.2011 - 12:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also a very gracious interview by Dale Jarrett by not criticizing his then teammate Irwin who I think barely touched him unintentionally and got Jarrett turned around. 53. RaceFanX posted: 01.01.2012 - 1:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor: #4 Bobby Hamiliton- Kodak Advantix Advantix was a new type of film Kodak was introducing and to promote it Bobby's Morgan-McClure Chevrolet morphed from its normal yellow-and-red look to a special black-and-yellow paint job with multi-color stripes for the 500. The car looked pretty sharp but as noted earlier Hamiliton got loose going down the backstretch late in the race and the black #4 Chevy took a head-on trip into the wall, hitting with enough of an impact all four wheels got off the ground before going into a series of spins while amazingly the rest of the feild managed to avoid hitting him. Hamiliton was unhurt in the incident but a fourth Daytona 500 victory for the Morgan-McClure team wasn't in the cards for this race. 54. Brad24 posted: 02.12.2012 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) As a longtime Gordon fan, this one is my favorite of his 3 Daytona 500 wins. Great race with an outstanding finish. First when Gordon passed Rusty Wallace on the apron and nearly hit the slow car of Ricky Rudd to make what would be the pass for the win with about 10 laps to go. Then Gordon holding off a hard-charging Dale Earnhardt who was trying to win back-to-back 500's. Does not get any better than that. This would be the last Daytona 500 that Gordon would run the Rainbow paint scheme. He ran a silver NASCAR 2000 scheme in 2000. From 2001-2010 he had the flames, and then from 2011-Present he runs the Drive to End Hunger. 55. martin-n-rusty posted: 03.20.2012 - 10:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I remember watching this race, and having about cussed through the TV both Jeff Gordon out, for making such a stupid (but successful) move, and Rusty Wallace out for being too nice to Gordon (though he probably saved Ricky Rudd a race car) 56. CBASS posted: 05.15.2012 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some sponsor corrections using CIA Stock Photography's photos #94 McDonald's Drive Thru #45 Lucky Dog 10-10-345 #71 Team Realtree #21 Citgo Superguard Motor Oil #23 Winston No Bull #6 Valvoline 57. Daniel posted: 05.25.2012 - 2:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In using top 20/21 from duels: #00 Buckshot Jones, #80 Andy Hillenburg, #81 Morgan Shepherd, #84 Stanton Barrett, #91 Steve Grissom Out using top 20/21 from duels: #11 Brett Bodine, #25 Wally Dallenbach Jr., #26 Johnny Benson Jr., #43 John Andretti, #71 Dave Marcis 43rd based on qualifying: #55 Kenny Wallace 58. b4il3y posted: 05.30.2013 - 5:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) All the haters of #3... if someone was gonna spin someone out legit... you think maybe he would've done it here for a second Daytona win? 59. myself posted: 06.04.2013 - 12:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hate Drive To End Hunger Gordon needs the rainbow paint scheme back on the #24. It's historic & traditional. 60. 23andJoe posted: 03.02.2014 - 4:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #50 crew chief: John McQueen 61. 23andJoe posted: 03.04.2014 - 1:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #13 crew chief: Wayne Orme 62. 23andJoe posted: 03.04.2014 - 8:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #78 crew chief: Hut Stricklin 63. Evan posted: 04.30.2015 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A Couple of sponsor corrections Sources:Jayski.com and I watched the race. #33 Ken Schrader SKOAL U.S. Tobacco Company-the phrase was on the hood of the 1999 car. #30 Derrike Cope Jimmy Dean Sausage #26 Johnny Benson Cheerios/Pop Secret-Pop Secret was on the side panels #43 John Andretti STP Petty Blue-was supposed to run all Petty Blue, but engine failed early in the race. #16 Kevin LePage Primestar/TV Guide #9 Cartoon Network/Dexter's Laboratory-Characters for the show were on the side. #77 Robert Pressley JASPER Engines and Transmissions-said this on the hood of the car. #75 Ted Musgrave Remingtom Arms/Camoflague- the 75 was decked out in woodland camo for this race. 64. SuperG posted: 01.19.2016 - 5:41 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) This is my favorite Daytona 500 of all-time. Jeff drove a great race. And as par for the course, when Jeff makes a pass like that it's called "chicken shit", "daring", "stupid", "cowardly", etc. etc. But you know good and well if Dale Earnhardt made that pass it would be considered one of the greatest moves in the history of ever by the big bad "Intimidator." I remember reading an article on ESPN about this very race and either Jeff, Ray Evernham, or both basically said they had absolutely no friends in this race and had to do it all by themselves. I love that. They did it by themselves and after that pass Jeff made he kicked the rest of the fields ass, including Earnhardt, and showed he wasn't to be f**ked with. And boy Rusty sure cried a lot when things didn't go his way. But you never hear about that either. As it's been said numerous times, it sucks Ray left towards the end of the 99 season. Who knows how much more success they could have had if they stayed together. 65. myself posted: 02.18.2016 - 2:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (4) Had Gordon/Evernham stayed together like Johnson/Knaus have, it's conceivable Gordon would've won near 150 races. 66. Windows Millennium Edition posted: 03.12.2016 - 9:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates: #71 Team Realtree/STG #41 Kodiak/Manheim Auctions #15 Bud Moore Motorsports #9 Dexter's Laboratory/Melling #66 Big Kmart/Route 66 #13 NationsRent #20 Home Depot/RIDGID #5 Kellogg's Corn Flakes #84 N'ICE/Acirim Complete #00 Crown Fiber/Aqua Fresh 67. Josh posted: 07.21.2016 - 12:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bobby Hamilton ran a slick-looking black #4 for this race, with a yellow number 4. Unfortunately he put it in the wall late in the race. I actually still have this die-cast, it's one of my favorites. 68. Josh posted: 07.21.2016 - 12:02 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Why is nobody blaming Dale Jarrett for the big wreck in this race? I never had an issue with Dale Jarrett and like him fine, but this wasn't one of his finest moments. He was in the middle slipping back fast, and thought Irwin, his teammate, would just slam on the brakes and let him in line heading into 3. Well, sure enough, Irwin did check up, but Jarrett pulled down too quickly, causing the contact. That wreck was 100% on Jarrett. Then, after the crash was over, he gets out of the car and starts gesturing to other drivers like he didn't know what happened. Again, no issue with Jarrett overall, but this left a bad taste in my mouth with him for a little bit. 69. Darrell posted: 07.21.2016 - 1:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Nothing was ever Jarrett's fault. You can ask him personally. 70. TeamDCR fan posted: 09.24.2016 - 6:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 80 car sponsor should say Cowen Truck Lines, not Turck 71. nascarman posted: 11.14.2016 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Typo correction: under lap leaders it should not say Bobby Labonte 39-50 72. Darrell posted: 12.05.2016 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Crew Chief of the #84: Terry Allen 73. Darrell posted: 12.12.2016 - 2:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No. 48 Crew Chief (DNQ): Eddie Jones 74. RustyFan posted: 08.08.2017 - 3:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race still breaks my heart to this day. 75. Darrell posted: 01.13.2018 - 8:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mike Harmon should be listed as a driver change for the #90 Big Daddy's BBQ Ford, as was entered, practiced and entered a qualifying speed leading up to the race before being replaced before the qualifying races. 76. Josh posted: 02.14.2018 - 9:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 19 years ago today, remains one of the greatest races I have ever watched. As time goes by I realize more and more how precious this era in NASCAR was. 77. Jolly Mean Giant posted: 06.02.2018 - 11:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) First Daytona 500 starts for Tony Stewart and Elliott Sadler. Last Daytona 500 starts for Ernie Irvan, Ted Musgrave, and Rich Bickle. 78. Yeet #PrayForWickens posted: 08.26.2018 - 8:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Photo of the #81 http://www.jayski.com/schemes/99/81sf99.jpg 79. Darrell posted: 11.05.2018 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Crew chief for the No. 81: Bobby Foley 80. Minnowfur posted: 12.27.2018 - 11:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lots of handleing DNF's 81. Jordan posted: 12.28.2018 - 10:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well yeah that's because all of them were involved in the big one, but were able to go back out to run a lap or two before pulling off for being too slow. 82. Anthony posted: 02.14.2019 - 10:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Has it really been 20 years to the day since this race?! Can't wait to watch this documentary of Jeff Gordon & Dale Earnhardt's rivalry! 83. Sandy posted: 03.30.2019 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Phil Barkdoll's Last attempt as owner Which Resulted in a DNQ With Ken Bouchard Behind the wheel 84. Anthony2 posted: 05.04.2019 - 1:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was Jeff Gordon's 21st consecutive top10 finish. That stands today as the modern-era record for most top10s in a row. 85. KentuckyWildcat42 posted: 08.22.2019 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A good chance Dave Marcis would have had his first top 10 finish since 1994 in this race if his pit crew hadn't had a horrible stop under the first round of green flag pit stops. Marcis ran among the top 15 cars remainder of the race. A camera shot during the broadcast with 3 or 4 laps to go show Marcis passing Chad Little who finished 9th, racing beside Kyle Petty who finished 7th in this Daytona 500. Unfortunately Marcis has to settle for 16th, the first car one lap behind. I remember being heartbroken where I always pulled for last true independent driver 86. Matthew posted: 09.26.2019 - 2:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kenny Irwin Jr. comes from way back in 41st to place 3rd and nearly have a shot at the win. It would be the best finish of his Cup career, which would be tragically cut short at New Hampshire the next year. 87. Jimnsimforever posted: 05.15.2020 - 8:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale Jarrett tried to follow Jeff Gordon down low and didn't realize his teammate Kenny Irwin was down there- quote by Ned Jarrett You could hear on Irwin's in car camera that he lifted off the gas and tried to give Jarrett room- quote by Mike Joy That's pretty much what happened to cause the big one. Everyone was blaming Irwin though. 88. Darrell posted: 06.17.2020 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Glen Morgan's car owner was Andy Hillenburg. 89. SweetRich posted: 07.06.2020 - 9:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The first race for Rick Mast competing in the #98 Ford for owner Cale Yarborough. A great 10th place finish, which would be the swansong for Cale in the 500 in all areas. 90. Rich posted: 08.04.2020 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators were Mike Joy, Ned Jarrett and Buddy Baker. The pit road reporters were Dr. Dick Berggren, Ralph Sheheen and Bill Stephens. The studio hosts were Ken Squier and Greg Gumbel. 91. Turn4 posted: 12.12.2020 - 1:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 1999 Daytona 500 concludes a three year stretch of Daytona 500s held under mostly overcast conditions which began in 1997. 92. Phil posted: 03.20.2021 - 7:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the first Daytona 500 in a while where Dale Earnhardt did not lead a single lap. He did not lead any laps in the following year's Daytona 500 either. ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: