1999 Irwindale 250 presented by Jan's Towing

{{Short description|7th race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series}}{{More citations needed|date=June 2025}}{{Infobox NASCAR race report|Type=CUST|Year=1999|Race_Name=Irwindale 250 presented by Jan's Towing|Details_ref={{cite web

| title = 1999 Irwindale 250 Presented by Jan's Towing results

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| access-date = June 18, 2025

| publisher = NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.}}|Description=Race 7 of 14 in the 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series season|Location=Irwindale Speedway in Bakersfield, California|Date=June 19|Course_mi=0.500|Distance_mi=125.00|Course_km=0.804|Distance_laps=250|Distance_km=201.17|Avg={{convert|69.93|mph|km/h}}|Attendance=6,237|Pole_Driver=Butch Gilliland|Pole_Team=Hilton Racing|Most_Driver=Steve Portenga|Most_laps=81|Most_Team=Golden Gate Racing|Car=3|First_Driver=Steve Portenga|First_Team=Golden Gate Racing}}

The 1999 Irwindale 250 presented by Jan's Towing was the seventh stock car race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series season and the first iteration of the event.{{Cite web |last=Delforge |first=Vincent |date=July 3, 2024 |title=ARCA West Series: 2024 Irwindale Doubleheader Race Preview |url=https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/arca-west-irwindale-doubleheader-preview/ |access-date=June 18, 2025 |website=Kickin' The Tires |language=en-US}} The race was held on Saturday, June 19, 1999, at Irwindale Speedway, a 0.500 mile (0.804 km) oval shaped racetrack in Bakersfield, California. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. The race was won by Steve Portenga, his first win of the season and the first of his career. With 16 laps remaining, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers Ron Hornaday Jr. and Mike Wallace led the race, but the race was slowed by Wallace crashing, and after pit stops, Bill Sedgwick and Portenga battled for the lead, with Portenga passing Sedgwick in the first turn on the final lap.{{Cite web |last=Peinado |first=Mark |date=June 20, 1999 |title=Portenga Passes Sedgwick on Final Lap |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-20-sp-48558-story.html |access-date=June 18, 2025 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} Sedgwick finished second, followed by Butch Gilliland in third, Hornaday in fourth, and Wallace, despite the crash, remained on the lead lap in fifth.

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= Background =

The Irwindale Speedway & Event Center (informally "The House of Drift") was a motorsports facility in Irwindale, California, United States. It operated from 1999 to 2024 with banked, paved ¹⁄₂- and ¹⁄₃-mile oval tracks and a ¹⁄₈-mile drag strip. It held West Series races from 1999 to 2011, 2014 to 2017, and finally from 2019 up until its closure in 2024.

== Entry list ==

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!#

!Driver

!Owner

!Manufacturer

01

1

|Richard Hilton

3

|James Offenbach

04

|Charlene Spilsbury

05

|Randy Morse

6

7

|Bernie Hilber

12

13

|Dan Chittenden

14

|Ken Small

16

18

|Gene Christensen

20

|Walker Evans

23

|Ed Ash

26

32

|Matt Stowe

43

44

|Tim Buckley

51

53

|Unknown

57

61

65

71

77

|Joe Nava

85

|Gene Monaco

96

|Darcy Pangonis

98

|Richard Kieper

Qualifying

Butch Gilliland won the pole with a speed of 100.722 mph.

Race results

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!St

!#

!Driver

!Owner

!Make

!Laps

!Led

!Status

!Pts

1

|3

|Steve Portenga

|James Offenbach

|Chevrolet

|250

|81

|Running

|185

2

|2

|44

|Bill Sedgwick

|Tim Buckley

|Chevrolet

|250

|36

|Running

|175

3

|1

|Butch Gilliland

|Richard Hilton

|Ford

|250

|7

|Running

|170

4

|14

|7

|Ron Hornaday Jr.

|Bernie Hilber

|Pontiac

|250

|42

|Running

|165

5

|21

|26

|Mike Wallace

|Jim Smith

|Ford

|250

|16

|Running

|160

6

|5

|14

|Jason Small

|Ken Small

|Chevrolet

|249

|0

|Running

|150

7

|6

|23

|Brandon Ash

|Ed Ash

|Ford

|249

|0

|Running

|146

8

|11

|65

|Sammy Potashnick

|Chevrolet

|248

|0

|Running

|142

9

|9

|85

|Kevin Richards

|Gene Monaco

|Chevrolet

|247

|14

|Engine

|143

10

|22

|32

|Eric Norris

|Matt Stowe

|Ford

|247

|0

|Running

|134

11

|8

|13

|Dean Kuhn

|Dan Chittenden

|Chevrolet

|247

|0

|Running

|130

12

|10

|05

|John Metcalf

|Randy Morse

|Chevrolet

|246

|17

|Running

|132

13

|13

|16

|Sean Woodside

|Bill McAnally

|Chevrolet

|245

|0

|Running

|124

14

|20

|51

|Rick Ware

|Pontiac

|244

|0

|Running

|121

15

|25

|20

|Brendan Gaughan

|Walker Evans

|Chevrolet

|242

|0

|Running

|118

16

|17

|01

|Jeff Murray

|Chevrolet

|236

|0

|Running

|115

17

|28

|61

|Doc Faustina

|Chevrolet

|233

|0

|Running

|112

18

|16

|18

|Mike Chase

|Gene Christensen

|Chevrolet

|220

|5

|Electrical

|114

19

|19

|43

|Kenny Smith

|Chevrolet

|204

|0

|Running

|106

20

|24

|57

|Davy Lee Liniger

|Marshall Chesrown

|Chevrolet

|189

|0

|Running

|103

21

|18

|77

|Joe Bean

|Joe Nava

|Ford

|134

|0

|Accident

|105

22

|4

|04

|Kurt Busch

|Charlene Spilsbury

|Ford

|116

|0

|Engine

|97

23

|23

|12

|Austin Cameron

|Terry Cameron

|Chevrolet

|109

|0

|Accident

|94

24

|12

|6

|Wayne Jacks

|Doc Faustina

|Ford

|105

|0

|Engine

|91

25

|27

|53

|Jeff Barrister

|Unknown

|Ford

|58

|0

|Transmission

|88

26

|26

|96

|Bobby Pangonis

|Darcy Pangonis

|Chevrolet

|45

|0

|Accident

|85

27

|15

|98

|Kevin Culver

|Richard Kieper

|Chevrolet

|27

|0

|Engine

|82

28

|7

|71

|Jerry Cain

|Chevrolet

|5

|0

|Engine

|79

Standings after the race

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!Pos

!Driver

!Points

align="left"| 10px 2

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

|Brandon Ash

| style="text-align:center;"| 1026

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| style="text-align:center;"| 2

|Sean Woodside

| style="text-align:center;"| 1004 (-22)

align="left"| 10px 2

| style="text-align:center;"| 3

|Steve Portenga

| style="text-align:center;"| 1001 (-25)

align="left"| 10px 3

| style="text-align:center;"| 4

|Mike Chase

| style="text-align:center;"| 1000 (-26)

align="left"| 10px 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 5

|Austin Cameron

| style="text-align:center;"| 951 (-75)

align="left"| 10px 2

| style="text-align:center;"| 6

|Butch Gilliland

| style="text-align:center;"| 922 (-104)

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 7

|Eric Norris

| style="text-align:center;"| 915 (-111)

align="left"| 10px 2

| style="text-align:center;"| 8

|Joe Bean

| style="text-align:center;"| 900 (-126)

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 9

|Sammy Potashnick

| style="text-align:center;"| 873 (-153)

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 10

|Jason Small

| style="text-align:center;"| 865 (-161)

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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Irwindale 250 presented by Jan's Towing

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