Tenth race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The1990 Coca-Cola 600 was the tenthstock car race of the1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 31st iteration of theevent . The race was held on Sunday, May 27, 1990, before an audience of 160,000 inConcord, North Carolina , atCharlotte Motor Speedway , a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. In a one-lap shootout to the finish,Blue Max Racing driverRusty Wallace would manage to fend off the field to complete a dominant run throughout the race, leading 306 of the 400 laps in the race. The victory was Wallace's 17th careerNASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Melling Racing driverBill Elliott andRoush Racing driverMark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.
The layout ofCharlotte Motor Speedway , the venue where the race was held. Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles (21 km) from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigiousCoca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and theNEXTEL All-Star Challenge , as well as theUAW-GM Quality 500 . The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son ofBruton Smith ) as track president.
(R) denotes rookie driver.Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, May 23, at 3:00 PMEST . Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Thursday, May 24, at 2:00 PMEST . As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,[ 5]
Ken Schrader , driving forHendrick Motorsports , would win the pole, setting a time of 31.041 and an average speed of 173.963 miles per hour (279.966 km/h) in the first round.[ 6] [ 7]
13 drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results [ edit ] Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 9 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 400 306 running 185 $151,000 2 7 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 400 0 running 170 $67,450 3 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 400 12 running 170 $51,700 4 20 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 400 0 running 160 $32,600 5 4 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 400 0 running 155 $28,350 6 3 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 400 0 running 150 $23,775 7 6 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 400 1 running 151 $24,400 8 24 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 400 0 running 142 $18,100 9 11 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 400 2 running 143 $18,750 10 13 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 400 5 running 139 $23,125 11 1 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 63 running 135 $63,100 12 14 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 399 0 running 127 $15,000 13 42 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 399 0 running 124 $14,257 14 28 18 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 398 0 running 121 $8,668 15 27 90 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford 398 0 running 118 $10,465 16 35 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 398 0 running 115 $10,850 17 41 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 397 0 running 112 $13,900 18 18 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 396 0 running 109 $7,890 19 21 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 395 0 engine 106 $9,370 20 37 47 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile 395 0 running 103 $7,775 21 26 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 394 0 running 100 $8,800 22 16 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 393 2 running 102 $14,800 23 33 80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Ford 389 0 running 94 $5,400 24 25 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 385 0 running 91 $5,200 25 15 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 383 1 running 93 $12,100 26 10 20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 356 0 engine 85 $5,600 27 30 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 352 0 oil leak 82 $5,650 28 34 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 320 0 camshaft 79 $7,450 29 5 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 317 4 engine 81 $8,950 30 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 262 0 running 73 $13,950 31 36 2 Rick Mast U.S. Racing Pontiac 251 0 engine 70 $7,000 32 19 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 241 4 engine 72 $7,120 33 39 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 226 0 engine 64 $4,190 34 17 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 208 0 accident 61 $6,800 35 22 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 201 0 engine 58 $6,750 36 40 72 Tracy Leslie Leslie Racing Oldsmobile 195 0 engine 55 $4,100 37 23 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 173 0 oil line 52 $4,680 38 38 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 113 0 accident 49 $4,060 39 8 68 Bobby Hamilton Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac 102 0 accident 46 $4,540 40 31 06 Terry Byers Byers Racing Pontiac 40 0 engine 0 $4,020 41 32 77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford 5 0 engine 40 $4,520 42 29 88 Larry Pearson Edwards Racing Pontiac 2 0 engine 37 $4,520 Failed to qualify 43 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 44 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 45 38 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford 46 13 Mike Potter Mansion Motorsports Pontiac 47 53 Jerry O'Neil (R) Aroneck Racing Oldsmobile 48 36 H. B. Bailey Bailey Racing Pontiac 49 23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile 50 04 Bill Meacham Meacham Racing Oldsmobile 51 56 Ron Esau Reno Enterprises Chevrolet 52 35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 53 60 Robin Best Best Racing Chevrolet 54 01 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford 55 29 Phil Parsons Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac Official race results
Standings after the race [ edit ] Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dale Earnhardt 1,533 2 Morgan Shepherd 1,512 (-21) 3 Mark Martin 1,465 (-68) 1 4 Geoff Bodine 1,366 (–167) 2 5 Rusty Wallace 1,359 (–174) 1 6 Darrell Waltrip 1,347 (–186) 1 7 Kyle Petty 1,336 (–197) 2 8 Bill Elliott 1,299 (–234) 9 Ken Schrader 1,271 (–262) 2 10 Brett Bodine 1,236 (–297) Official driver's standings
Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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