NASCAR SJAPS: Race Number 13, Kingsport Fact Sheet
5 August 1999
1999 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring, Race Facts WHAT: Don Hill Pontiac 200 WHERE: Kingsport Speedway, Kingsport, Tenn., 0.375-mile oval WHEN: Saturday, August 7, 1999, 8:00 p.m. DISTANCE: 200 laps (75 miles) POSTED AWARDS: $41,000 (including $2,400 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Championship point fund money.) FIELD: 30 cars. Starting positions 1-25 will be determined by time trials (2 laps), positions 26-29 will be available to any of the top 30 eligible drivers in the 1999 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Championship point standings, who have entered the event, but have not qualified for one of the original 25 starting positions. The 30th starting position will be assigned to any Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Champion driver who participated as a driver in the 1998 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring and who did not qualify for one of the original 25 starting positions, provided eligible driver attempts to qualify. If no former Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Champion driver is assigned the position, it will then be assigned to the next eligible driver, who did not qualify for one of the original 25 starting positions, based on the top 30 in the final 1998 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Championship point standings. If a provisional position(s) remains unfilled, then that provisional position(s) will become available to the next eligible car from the qualifying procedure for this event. SANCTION: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) PROMOTER: Mini-Way Serve Company CONTACTS: Jim Noltimier, NASCAR, (770) 486-3591 Joe Loven, Kingsport Speedway, (423) 288-5992 SCHEDULE: Team Hauler Parking 8:00 a.m. Registration Opens 8:00 a.m. Inspection 9:00 a.m. Rookie Drivers' Meeting 12:00 p.m. Practice 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Drivers' Meeting 3:15 p.m. Time Trials (2 laps, all positions) 6:00 p.m. Don Hill Pontiac 200 8:00 p.m. THE RACE: The Don Hill Pontiac 200 is the 13th of 16 races on the 1999 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring schedule. This event marks the first time that the Slim Jim All Pro Series will race at Kingsport Speedway. RECORDS Qual. Record: To be established on August 7. Fastest Avg. Speed : To be established on August 7. NOTES OF INTEREST · This race is the third of four consecutive weeks of racing for Slim Jim All Pro Series teams and the third of four races in the state of Tennessee in 1999, more than any other state. STAT OF THE WEEK: When one thinks of racing on a concrete racing surface thoughts immediately turn to Bristol Motor Speedway. But for the second time in 1999 Slim Jim All Pro Series drivers will race on concrete, this time on Kingsport Speedway's 0.375-mile oval. POINT FUND SPONSORS: Slim Jim, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Ford, Gatorade, Hoosier Tires, Jasper Engines, STP Corporation, 76 Race Gasoline QUALIFYING AND SPECIAL AWARD SPONSORS: Carrera Shocks, Eibach Springs, Fel-Pro Gaskets, Ford Motor Company, Five Star Stock Car Bodies, Gatorade, Holley Carburetors, Jasper Engines, Moroso Blue Max Ignition Wires, Moroso Oil Pans, MSD Ignitions, NGK Spark Plugs, Pro Shocks, Scott Performance Wire, Stef's Oil Pans, Tilton Engineering. HEADQUARTERS MOTEL: Comfort Inn, 100 Indian Center Court, Kingsport, TN 37660, Contact: Roger Holbrook, (423) 378-4418, (423) 246-5249 FAX, 60 rooms, singles & doubles, $60 + tax.