17th race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The1990 DieHard 500 was the 17thstock car race of the1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 22nd iteration of theevent . The race was held on Sunday, July 29, 1990, before an audience of 70,000 inLincoln, Alabama atTalladega Superspeedway , a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shapedsuperspeedway . The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. At race's end,Richard Childress Racing driverDale Earnhardt dominated a majority of the race, leading 134 laps in the race to take his 45th careerNASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his sixth victory of the season.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Melling Racing driverBill Elliott andHagan Racing driverSterling Marlin would finish second and third, respectively.
The layout ofTalladega Superspeedway , the venue where the race was held. Talladega Superspeedway , originally known asAlabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS) , is amotorsports complex located north ofTalladega, Alabama . It is located on the formerAnniston Air Force Base in the small city ofLincoln . The track is atri-oval and was constructed in the 1960s by theInternational Speedway Corporation , a business controlled by theFrance family . Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line that's located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts theNASCAR series such as theNASCAR Cup Series ,Xfinity Series and theCamping World Truck Series . Talladega is the longestNASCAR oval, a 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like theDaytona International Speedway , which also is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) tri-oval.
(R) denotes rookie driver.Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, July 26, 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 Friday, July 27, at 4:30 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]
Dale Earnhardt , driving forRichard Childress Racing , would win the pole, setting a time of 49.742 and an average speed of 192.513 miles per hour (309.820 km/h) in the first round.[ 6] [ 7]
Two drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results [ edit ] Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 1 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 188 134 running 185 $152,975 2 9 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 188 21 running 175 $48,390 3 14 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 188 10 running 170 $34,050 4 5 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 188 0 running 160 $24,750 5 25 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 0 running 155 $22,050 6 16 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 188 0 running 150 $16,325 7 21 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 188 0 running 146 $16,350 8 3 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 188 3 running 147 $16,350 9 4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 188 0 running 138 $18,570 10 17 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 187 4 running 139 $14,075 11 39 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 187 0 running 130 $8,537 12 6 20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 187 1 running 132 $7,950 13 15 17 Jimmy Horton Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 187 0 running 124 $15,980 14 41 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 187 0 running 121 $8,710 15 7 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 187 1 running 123 $14,185 16 24 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 186 0 accident 115 $13,500 17 13 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 186 3 running 117 $14,735 18 38 18 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 186 0 running 109 $6,230 19 33 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 186 0 running 106 $6,050 20 2 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 186 4 running 108 $15,075 21 32 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 186 1 running 105 $9,480 22 30 01 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford 186 0 running 97 $5,550 23 27 47 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile 186 0 running 94 $5,695 24 31 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 186 0 running 91 $8,790 25 28 35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 185 0 running 88 $5,135 26 10 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 185 0 running 85 $8,235 27 29 14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 185 4 running 87 $4,865 28 35 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 183 0 running 79 $7,895 29 42 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 183 0 running 76 $5,725 30 23 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 180 0 out of gas 73 $5,605 31 40 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 178 0 running 70 $4,585 32 26 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 149 1 engine 72 $15,465 33 18 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 148 0 engine 64 $7,295 34 19 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 144 1 engine 66 $5,150 35 37 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 133 0 engine 58 $7,055 36 20 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 132 0 running 55 $7,985 37 12 68 Stanley Smith TriStar Motorsports Pontiac 54 0 pit accident 52 $4,285 38 34 72 Tracy Leslie Parker Racing Oldsmobile 54 0 pit accident 49 $4,990 39 22 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 51 0 engine 46 $7,005 40 36 90 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford 47 0 ignition 43 $4,150 41 8 29 Phil Parsons Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac 25 0 accident 40 $4,150 42 11 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 6 0 engine 37 $6,775 Failed to qualify 43 73 Rodney Combs Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 44 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Official race results
Standings after the race [ edit ] Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mark Martin 2,509 2 Dale Earnhardt 2,508 (-1) 1 3 Geoff Bodine 2,374 (-135) 1 4 Rusty Wallace 2,338 (–171) 1 5 Kyle Petty 2,219 (–290) 1 6 Morgan Shepherd 2,198 (–311) 1 7 Bill Elliott 2,180 (–329) 1 8 Ken Schrader 2,180 (–329) 9 Ernie Irvan 2,095 (–414) 10 Ricky Rudd 2,075 (–434) Official driver's standings
Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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