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NASCAR WCUP: Rusty Wallace Wins Food City 500

12 April 1999

BRISTOL, TN: Following are the race results for the Food City 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race held Sunday. Results include finishing position, (starting position), driver, car model, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money won:

1. (1) Rusty Wallace, Taurus, 500, $92,435.
2. (8) Mark Martin, Taurus, 500, $73,585.
3. (16) Dale Jarrett, Taurus, 500, $68,650.
4. (26) John Andretti, Grand Prix, 500, $64,295.
5. (31) Jeff Burton, Taurus, 500, $57,335.
6. (2) Jeff Gordon, Monte Carlo, 500, $55,970.
7. (13) Ted Musgrave, Taurus, 500, $40,245.
8. (14) Kyle Petty, Grand Prix, 500, $36,995.
9. (38) Ward Burton, Grand Prix, 500, $44,265.
10. (34) Dale Earnhardt, Monte Carlo, 500, $48,630.
11. (10) Kenny Irwin, Taurus, 499, $43,870.
12. (39) Michael Waltrip, Monte Carlo, 499, $39,365.
13. (30) Terry Labonte, Monte Carlo, 499, $43,290.
14. (24) Sterling Marlin, Monte Carlo, 499, $38,615.
15. (4) Tony Stewart, Grand Prix, 498, $48,505.
16. (6) Kenny Wallace, Monte Carlo, 498, $28,390.
17. (21) Jimmy Spencer, Taurus, 498, $38,040.
18. (7) Bobby Hamilton, Monte Carlo, 498, $42,140.
19.. (32) Rick Mast, Taurus, 498, $30,830.
20. (20) Ken Schrader, Monte Carlo, 498, $40,440.
21. (33) Mike Skinner, Monte Carlo, 497, $37,740.
22. (18) Brett Bodine, Taurus, 497, $37,490.
23. (43) Steve Park, Monte Carlo, 497, $36,965.
24. (40) Chad Little, Taurus, 497, $36,865.
25. (23) Bill Elliott, Taurus, 497, $36,720.
26. (17) Elliott Sadler, Taurus, 497, $37,490.
27. (37) Jeremy Mayfield, Taurus, 496, $41,570.
28. (25) Geoffrey Bodine, Monte Carlo, 495, $26,515.
29. (42) Johnny Benson, Taurus, 495, $36,485.
30. (15) Wally Dallenbach, Monte Carlo, 494, $35,660.
31. (29) Dick Trickle, Monte Carlo, 493, $25,615.
32. (12) Darrell Waltrip, Taurus, 491, $25,370.
33. (35) David Green, Monte Carlo, 490, $25,350.
34. (22) Dave Marcis, Monte Carlo, 490, $25,810.
35. (28) Kevin Lepage, Taurus, 489, $32,290.
36. (27) Joe Nemechek, Monte Carlo, 478, $32,770.
37. (3) Bobby Labonte, Grand Prix, 471, $41,960.
38. (5) Ricky Rudd, Taurus, 410, handling, $32,250.
39. (36) Buckshot Jones, Grand Prix, 406, $25,240.
40. (11) Robert Pressley, Taurus, 403, $25,425.
41. (9) Ricky Craven, Taurus, 401, $25,200.
42. (19) Jerry Nadeau, Taurus, 335, crash, $25,675.
43. (41) Ernie Irvan, Grand Prix, 144, crash, $32,161.

Race Stats:

Lap Leaders: Rusty Wallace 1-197, Tony Stewart 198-252, Michael Waltrip 253-254, Wallace 255-294, Ward Burton 295-305, Wallace 306-344, Mark Martin 345-351, Wallace 352-500.

Time of race: 2 hours, 51 minutes, 16 seconds
Margin of Victory: 0.223 seconds
Average Speed: 93.366 mph
Lead Changes: 7 among 5 drivers
Caution laps: 7 for 57 laps

Point Leaders: Jeff Burton 1,064, Dale Jarrett 1,012, Bobby Labonte 959, Mark Martin 955, Jeff Gordon 940, Terry Labonte 910, Ward Burton 892, Rusty Wallace 891, Jeremy Mayfield 852, Michael Waltrip 842.

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