WINSTON NO BULL 5 FACTS

Next Event: Coca-Cola 600

Location: Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.

Date: Sunday, May 30, 1999

Start time: 6:15 p.m.

1999 Winston No Bull 5 -- Event No. 3 of 5 Qualified drivers:

Jeff Burton (No. 99 Exide Batteries Ford)
Ward Burton (No. 22 Caterpillar Pontiac)
Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Automotive Finishes Chevrolet)
Mike Skinner (No. 31 Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse Chevrolet)
Bobby Labonte (No. 18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac)

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 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 four of the last five Winston No Bull 5 events.
Three of the five Winston No Bull 5 drivers finished last year’s Coca-Cola 600 in the top 10. Jeff Gordon won the race, Bobby Labonte finished third and Jeff Burton finished eighth. Mike Skinner came home 29^th while Ward Burton finished 34^th.

Winston No Bull 5 Format:

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 Coca Cola 600 are determined by the top-five finishers at the second Winston No Bull 5 event of the season, the 1999 Las Vegas 400.

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.

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.

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.

Fans:

The following fans are qualified for the Winston No Bull 5 "They Win, You Win" fan sweepstakes at Charlotte. The fans were paired with the Winston No Bull 5 drivers during a press conference Thursday, April 29 in Ontario, Calif. The drivers competed in a 20-lap video-game race to determine the fan with whom they would be paired.

Jeff Burton is paired with Wade Smith of Metropolis, Ill.

Bobby Labonte of Corpus Christi, Texas has Rhonda Traylor, Highlands, Texas

Jeff Gordon is paired with Dan Schwarm, Claremore, Okla.

Mike Skinner is paired with Charles Delzotti, Las Vegas.

Ward Burton is paired with Herbert Copes, Wynn, Ark.

WINSTON NO BULL 5 HISTORY:

Previous winners:

Jeff Gordon, 1999 Daytona 500

Jeff Gordon, 1998 Brickyard 400

Jeff Gordon, 1998 Pepsi Southern 500

Dale Jarrett, 1998 Winston 500

Qualified drivers:

Driver	No. of times qualified for No Bull 5	Driver	No. of times qualified for No Bull 5

Jeff Gordon	6	Bobby Labonte	6
Dale Earnahrdt	4	Mike Skninner	3
Terry Labonte	2	Mark Martin	2
Ken Schrader	2	Rusty Wallace	2
Jeff Burton	2	John Andretti	1
Ernie Irvan	1	Jimmy Spencer	1
Michael Waltrip	1	Kenny Irwin	1
Ward Burton	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 - 14 attempts; one victory

Pontiac - 8 attempts; no victories