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NASCAR WCUP: Wallace Grabs the Food City 500 Pole

10 April 1999

BRISTOL, TN: Following are the first round qualifying results for the Food City 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race to be held Sunday. Results include starting position, (car number), driver, car model, and qualifying speed:

1. (2) Rusty Wallace, Taurus, 125.142 mph.
2. (24) Jeff Gordon, Monte Carlo, 124.979 mph.
3. (18) Bobby Labonte, Grand Prix, 124.484 mph.
4. (20) Tony Stewart, Grand Prix, 124.283 mph.
5. (10) Ricky Rudd, Taurus, 124.283 mph.
6. (55) Kenny Wallace, Monte Carlo, 124.259 mph.
7. (4) Bobby Hamilton, Monte Carlo, 124.106 mph.
8. (6) Mark Martin, Taurus, 124.018 mph.
9. (58) Ricky Craven, Taurus, 123.945 mph.
10. (28) Kenny Irwin, Taurus, 123.937 mph.
11. (77) Robert Pressley, C., Taurus, 123.913 mph.
12. (66) Darrell Waltrip, Taurus, 123.857 mph.
13. (75) Ted Musgrave, Taurus, 123.666 mph.
14. (44) Kyle Petty, Grand Prix, 123.658 mph.
15. (25) Wally Dallenbach, Monte Carlo, 123.634 mph.
16. (88) Dale Jarrett, Taurus, 123.594 mph.
17. (21) Elliott Sadler, Taurus, 123.562 mph.
18. (11) Brett Bodine, Taurus, 123.531 mph.
19. (9) Jerry Nadeau, Taurus, 123.531 mph.
20. (33) Ken Schrader, Monte Carlo, 123.483 mph.
21. (23) Jimmy Spencer, Taurus, 123.395 mph.
22. (71) Dave Marcis, Monte Carlo, 123.300 mph.
23. (94) Bill Elliott, Taurus, 123.253 mph
24. (40) Sterling Marlin, Monte Carlo, 123.229 mph.
25. (60) Geoffrey Bodine, Monte Carlo, 123.182 mph.

Did Not Qualify

26. (5) Terry Labonte, Monte Carlo, 123.079 mph.
27. (99) Jeff Burton, Taurus, 123.055 mph.
28. (98) Rick Mast, Taurus, 123.032 mph.
29. (31) Mike Skinner, Monte Carlo, 123.008 mph.
30. (3) Dale Earnhardt, Monte Carlo, 123.000 mph.
31. (41) David Green, Monte Carlo, 123.000 mph.
32. (36) Ernie Irvan, Grand Prix, 122.961 mph.
33. (12) Jeremy Mayfield, Taurus, 122.890 mph.
34. (22) Ward Burton, Grand Prix, 122.827 mph.
35. (97) Chad Little, Taurus, 122.780 mph.
36. (91) Dick Trickle, Monte Carlo, 122.654 mph.
37. (16) Kevin Lepage, Taurus, 122.576 mph.
38. (26) Johnny Benson, Taurus, 122.490 mph
39. (43) John Andretti, Grand Prix, 122.490 mph.
40. (90) Stanton Barrett, Taurus, 122.357 mph.
41. (30) Derrike Cope, Grand Prix, 122.170 mph.
42. (45) Rich Bickle, Grand Prix, 122.092 mph.
43. (1) Steve Park, Monte Carlo, 122.061 mph.
44. (00) Buckshot Jones, Grand Prix, 121.060 mph.
45. (42) Joe Nemechek, Monte Carlo, 120.717 mph.
46. (85) J. Carl Long, Taurus, 119.395 mph
47. (7) Michael Waltrip, Monte Carlo, 23.998 mph.

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