1999 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400

1999 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400
Race details
Race 31 of 34 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1999 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 program cover.
The 1999 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 program cover.
Date October 24, 1999
Official name 35th Annual Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400
Location Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.017 mi (1.636 km)
Distance 393 laps, 399.681 mi (643.224 km)
Scheduled Distance 393 laps, 399.681 mi (643.224 km)
Average speed 131.103 miles per hour (210.990 km/h)
Attendance 50,000
Pole position
Driver Roush Racing
Time 23.263
Most laps led
Driver Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing
Laps 160
Winner
No. 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing
Television in the United States
Network TNN
Announcers Eli Gold, Buddy Baker, Dick Berggren
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1999 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 was the 31st stock car race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 35th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 24, 1999, before an audience of 50,000 in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 miles (1.637 km) permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 393 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Roush Racing driver Jeff Burton would manage to pull away from the field with 68 to go to win his 11th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his sixth and final victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the podium, Bill Davis Racing driver Ward Burton and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte would finish second and third, respectively.

  1. ^ Poole, David (October 24, 1999). "Jeff Burton takes another wrenching win away from Ward Burton". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Jeff Burton holds off brother". The Courier-Journal. October 25, 1999. p. 12. Retrieved August 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon