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1999 California 500

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The 1999 California 500 Presented by NAPA was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 2, 1999, at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested at 250 laps on the 2-mile (3.2 km) speedway, it was the 10th race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.

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Background

The track, California Speedway, was a four-turn superspeedway that was 2 miles (3.2 km) long.[1] The track's turns were banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway was banked at three degrees.

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Race Statistics

  • Time of race: 3:19:38
  • Average Speed: 150.276 miles per hour (241.846 km/h)
  • Pole Speed: no time trials
  • Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
  • Margin of Victory: 4.492 sec
  • Lead changes: 28
  • Percent of race run under caution: 9.2%
  • Average green flag run: 37.8 laps

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