WINSTON NO BULL 5 FACT SHEET

Pepsi Southern 500

 

 

Location: Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.

Date:        Sunday, Sept. 5, 1999

Start time: 1 p.m.

 

1999 Winston No Bull 5 -- Event No. 4 of 5

 

Qualified drivers:

• Jeff Burton (No. 99 Exide Batteries Ford)
• Bobby Labonte (No. 18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac)
• Mark Martin (No. 6 Valvoline Ford)
• Tony Stewart (No. 20 Home Depot Pontiac)
• Dale Jarrett (No. 88 Ford Quality Care Taurus)

 

Winston No Bull 5 Notes

• The Winston No Bull 5 was created in 1998 as a tribute to NASCAR’s 50^th anniversary season. The Winston No Bull 5 replaced the Winston Million, which had been in existence since 1985. The Winston Million was won only twice in its 13-season run, by Bill Elliott in 1985 and Jeff Gordon in 1997.
  
• The original Winston No Bull 5 schedule (1998) featured the following five events: Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600, Brickyard 400, Pepsi Southern 500 and the Winston 500.
  
• In October of 1998, the Las Vegas 400 was added to the 1999 Winston No Bull 5 lineup, replacing the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis.
  
• Jeff Burton won the Winston No Bull 5 million-dollar bonus when he won the Coca-Cola 600 May 30 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. When Burton won, NASCAR Winston Cup fan Wade Smith of Metropolis, Ill. also took home $1 million. Jeff Gordon captured the Winston No Bull 5 million-dollar bonus Feb. 14 at the 1999 Daytona 500. With Gordon’s win, NASCAR Winston Cup fan Ray Grimm of Hagerstown Md. also won $1 million.
  
• The $1 million Winston No Bull 5 bonus was captured three times in its inaugural season. Jeff Gordon won the bonus at the Brickyard 400 and the Pepsi Southern 500 at Darlington, S.C. Dale Jarrett won the Winston No Bull 5 at the Winston 500 at Talladega, Ala.
  
• A qualified driver has won five of the last six Winston No Bull 5 events.
  
• Two of the five Winston No Bull 5 drivers finished in the top five at last year’s Pepsi Southern 500. Jeff Burton finished second while Dale Jarrett came home in third place. Bobby Labonte finished 15^th, Mark Martin had engine failure and finished 40^th while Tony Stewart did not compete in last year’ Pepsi Southern 500.

 

Winston No Bull 5 Format

1. Drivers become eligible to win the $1 million Winston No Bull 5 bonus by finishing in the top five at the previous Winston No Bull 5 event. The five races comprising the Winston No Bull 5 in 1999 are, in chronological order: the Daytona 500; the Las Vegas 400 (March 7); the Coca-Cola 600 (May 30) at Charlotte; the Pepsi Southern 500 (Sept. 5) at Darlington, S.C.; and the Winston 500 (Oct. 17) at Talladega, Ala.
   
   NOTE: Eligible drivers at the 1999 Pepsi Southern 500 are determined by the top-five finishers at the third Winston No Bull 5 event of the season, the 1999 Coca-Cola 600.
   
2. Eligible drivers at a particular Winston No Bull 5 event can win the Winston No Bull 5 million-dollar bonus by
   finishing first in said event.
   
3. If all five qualified drivers fail to capture the $1 million Winston No Bull 5 bonus at a particular Winston No Bull 5 event, the bonus will not roll over to the next event. Each Winston No Bull 5 event is worth $1 million to the qualified drivers.
   
4. If a qualified driver wins a Winston No Bull 5 event, one fan will also win a $1 million bonus check as part of Winston’s "They Win, You Win" sweepstakes. Five fans will be eligible at each Winston No Bull 5 event. They will be selected at random through a nationwide sweepstakes program, and then each will be paired, at random, with one of the eligible Winston No Bull 5 drivers. If an eligible driver wins the Winston No Bull 5 bonus, then the fan paired with that driver will also win a $1 million check from Winston.

 

Qualified Fans:

The following fans are qualified for the Winston No Bull 5 "They Win, You Win" fan sweepstakes at Darlington. The fans will be paired with their drivers when the drivers compete in a go-kart race Thursday, Sept. 2 at NASCAR Speedpark in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

 

• Phyllis Farmer of Hillsboro, Mo.
• John Bowser of Charlotte N.C.
• Gerald Walsh from Coral Springs, Fla.
• Glen Keck of Knoxville, Tenn.
• Amy Bourdonnay from Knoxville, Tenn.

 

 

WINSTON NO BULL 5 HISTORY

 

Previous winners:

Jeff Burton, 1999 Coca-Cola 600

Jeff Gordon, 1999 Daytona 500

Jeff Gordon, 1998 Brickyard 400

Jeff Gordon, 1998 Pepsi Southern 500

Dale Jarrett, 1998 Winston 500

 

Qualified drivers(18):

    Jeff Gordon (6)
    Bobby Labonte (6)
    Dale Earnhardt (4)
    Dale Jarrett (4)
    Jeremy Mayfield (3)
    Mike Skinner (3)
    Mark Martin (3)
    Jeff Burton (3)
    Ken Schrader (2)
    Rusty Wallace (2)
    Terry Labonte (2)
    John Andretti (1)
    Ernie Irvan (1)
    Jimmy Spencer (1)
    Michael Waltrip (1)
    Kenny Irwin (1)
    Ward Burton (1)
    Tony Stewart (1)

 

Most consecutive events qualified - 6: Jeff Gordon (1998 - Brickyard 400, Pepsi Southern 500, Winston 500, 1999 - Daytona 500, Las Vegas 400 and Coca-Cola 600)

 

Manufacturer’s comparison:    Chevrolet - 18 attempts; three victories

                                                            Ford - 17 attempts; two victories

                                                            Pontiac - 10 attempts; no victories