Daytona 500 Starting Lineup
11 February 1999
Positions one and two on the pole row were locked in according to track speeds during round 1 of Bud Pole Qualifying.
Rows 2 - 15 (positions 3 - 30) were decide by finishing orders during today's Gatorade Twin 125 Mile Qualifying Races. Odd positions represent the inside of each row and went to the top 14 finishers of race 1, while even positions are on the outside of the rows and went to the top 14 finishers of the second race.
Positions 31 - 36 were locked in according to who drove the fastest laps during rounds 2 and 3 of Bud Qualifying.
The rest of the starting field comprises provisional starting positions, with the last spot reserved for a former Winston Cup Champion who did not otherwise make the field. That spot went to Darrell Waltrip.
Sixteen drivers who raced in the Gatorade Twin 125 Mile Qualifying Races did not make the starting field.
Str Car Pos NO. Driver Sponsor ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 24 Jeff Gordon Dupont Automotive Chevrolet 2 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Pontiac ------------------------------------------------------------- 3 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pontiac 4 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 5 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 6 12 Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1 Ford 7 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Racing Chevrolet 8 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 9 6 Mark Martin Valvoline/Cummins Ford 10 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 11 23 Jimmy Spencer Winston Ford 12 31 Mike Skinner Lowe's Chevrolet 13 7 Michael Waltrip Phillips/Klaussner Chevrolet 14 16 Kevin Lepage PRIMESTAR Ford 15 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Ford 16 4 Bobby Hamilton Kodak Chevrolet 17 40 Sterling Marlin Coors Light Chevrolet 18 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar Pontiac 19 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Chevrolet 20 30 Derrike Cope Jimmy Dean Pontiac 21 98 Rick Mast Yarborough/Burdette Ford 22 45 Rich Bickle 10-10-345 Motorsport Pontiac 23 1 Steve Park Pennzoil Chevrolet 24 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pontiac 25 9 Jerry Nadeau Cartoon Network Ford 26 97 Chad Little John Deere Ford 27 75 Ted Musgrave Remington Arms Ford 28 58 Ricky Craven Hollywood Video Ford 29 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 30 60 Geoffrey Bodine Power Team Chevrolet ------------------------------------------------------------- 31 36 Ernie Irvan M&M's Pontiac 32 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chevrolet 33 55 Kenny Wallace Square D Chevrolet 34 25 Wally Dallenbach Budweiser Chevrolet 35 71 Dave Marcis Realtree Chevrolet 36 43 John Andretti STP Pontiac ------------------------------------------------------------- 37 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 38 21 Elliott Sadler Citgo Ford 39 26 Johnny Benson Cheerios Ford 40 11 Brett Bodine Paychex Ford 41 28 Kenny Irwin Texaco Havoline Ford 42 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 43 66 Darrell Waltrip Big K-Mart Ford ------------------------------------------------------------- Did Not Qualify NO. Driver Sponsor ------------------------------------------------------------- 84 Stanton Barrett Heritage Consumer Products 81 Morgan Shepherd Pinnacle Motorsports Ford 00 Buckshot Jones Crown Fiber Pontiac 47 Billy Standridge Team FCR Ford 59 Mark Gibson Hollywood Video Ford 79 Norm Benning TRIX Racing Chevrolet 15 Jeff Green Bud Moore Engineering Ford 50 Dan Pardus Midwest Transit Chevrolet 80 Andy Hillenburg Cowen Truck Line Ford 91 Steve Grissom Little Joe's Auto Chevrolet 78 Gary Bradberry Pilot Travel/PHARB Ford 73 Ken Bouchard Three Stooges Chevrolet 72 Jim Sauter Realtree Chevrolet 13 Dick Trickle Nation's Rent Ford 48 Glen Morgan Texas Marine Chevrolet 41 David Green Kodiak Chevrolet
