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FORD RACING 1999 NCTS DRIVER/TEAM NOTES
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
# 2 - MIKE WALLACE, Team ASE/Ultra Motorsports Ford F-150
Owner: Jim and Marlene Smith
Crew Chief: Tim Kohuth
1998 at Gateway - started 19th, finished eighth
1999 season - sixth in points; two wins; nine top-10 finishes - first
career win at Homestead, fifth at Evergreen, eighth at Mesa Marin, second
career win at Pikes Peak, fourth at Texas, second at Watkins Glen, fourth
at Milwaukee, second at New Hampshire, third at IRP
1998 season - 27 starts - finished 13th in points with three top fives and
11 top 10s
# 14 - RICK CRAWFORD, Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford F-150
Owner: Tom Mitchell
Crew Chief: Mike Cheek
1998 at Gateway - started eighth, finished seventh
1999 season - 14th in points; six top-10 finishes - eighth at Homestead,
sixth at Phoenix, eighth at Pikes Peak, 10th at Watkins Glen, third at
Milwaukee, fifth at New Hampshire
1998 season - 27 starts - finished 18th in points with one win
(Homestead), four top fives and five top 10s
# 21 - TIM STEELE, HS Motorsports/Softech Ford F-150
Owner: Harold Steele
Crew Chief: Tim Sokoloski
1999 season - 26th in points; one top-10 finish - career-high ninth at
Nashville, one pole - Nashville
1998 season - competed in Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) series
# 31 - KEVIN CYWINSKI, Auto Trim Design Ford F-150
Owner: Shelly Brevak
Crew Chief: Les Back
1998 at Gateway - started 29th, finished 30th
1999 season - 15th in points; seven top-10 finishes - sixth at Homestead,
ninth at Phoenix, 10th at Mesa Marin, fourth at Martinsville, sixth at
I-70, career-best third at Bristol, 10th at Nashville
1998 season - 19 starts - finished 28th in points with one top 10
# 46 - ROB MORGAN, Acxiom Ford F-150
Owner: David Dollar
Crew Chief: Tim Murphy
1999 season - 19th in points; best finish - 16th at Memphis
1998 season - eight starts - finished 37th in points
# 50 - GREG BIFFLE, Grainger Racing Ford F-150
Owner: Jack Roush
Crew Chief: Randy Goss
1998 at Gateway - started first, finished 19th
1999 season - first in points; six wins; 13 top-10 finishes - 10th at
Evergreen, fifth at Martinsville, first-career win at Memphis, tenth at
I-70, ninth at Bristol, third at Texas, second-career win at Portland,
fourth at Watkins Glen, third career win at Milwaukee, fourth career win
at Nazareth, fifth career win at Michigan, fourth at New Hampshire, sixth
career win at IRP; four poles - Memphis, Bristol, Milwaukee, and Nazareth
1998 season - 27 starts - finished eighth in points with eight top fives
and 12 top 10s; four poles (Portland, Memphis,
Gateway and Martinsville); won Cintas Rookie-of-the-Year award
# 55 - RON BARFIELD, Icehouse Beer Ford F-150
Owners: Tom Gloy and Bobby Rahal
Crew Chief: Chris Andrews
1998 at Gateway - started 10th, finished 14th
1999 season - 17th in points; three top-10 finishes - career-best third at
Evergreen, seventh at Pikes Peak, seventh at Nashville
1998 season - 27 starts - finished ninth in points with two top-fives and
10 top-10s
# 66 - MIKE STEFANIK, Carlin Burners and Controls Ford F-150
Owner: Dale Phelon
Crew Chief: Roland Wlodyka
1999 season - 13th in points; five top-10 finishes - second at Homestead,
seventh at I-70, eighth at Nashville, eighth at Nazareth, seventh at
Michigan
1998 season - 1 start (Las Vegas) - finished 79th in points with one top
10; won both NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series and
NASCAR Busch North Series for second
consecutive year
# 98 - KEVIN HARVICK, Porter-Cable Power Tools Ford F-150
Owners: Jim Herrick and Brad Daugherty
Crew Chief: Rodney Haygood
1998 at Gateway - started 21st, finished 11th
1999 season - 10th in points; nine top-10 finishes - ninth at Evergreen,
second at Mesa Marin, tenth at Martinsville, second at Memphis, third at
Pikes Peak, sixth at Bristol, seventh at Watkins Glen, second at
Nashville, fourth at IRP
1998 season - 26 starts - finished 17th in points with three top fives and
five top 10s; won NASCAR Winston West championship
# 99 - MIKE BLISS, Exide Batteries Ford F-150
Owner: Jack Roush
Crew Chief: Matt Chambers
1998 at Gateway - started ninth, finished 17th
1999 season - ninth in points; 10 top-10 finishes - 10th at Phoenix,
eighth at Evergreen, sixth at Martinsville, ninth at I-70, sixth at Texas,
second at Portland, fifth at Milwaukee, second at Nazareth, sixth at New
Hampshire, fifth at IRP; two poles - Martinsville and Pikes Peak
1998 season - 27 starts - finished 10th in points with two wins (Milwaukee
and Phoenix), five top fives and nine top 10s; four
poles (Nazareth, Pikes Peak, Nashville and Phoenix);
won Busch Pole Award