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| Race 2 of 29 in the1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1992 GM Goodwrench 500 program cover, featuringDale Earnhardt. | |||
| Date | March 1, 1992 | ||
| Official name | 27th Annual GM Goodwrench 500 | ||
| Location | Rockingham, North Carolina,North Carolina Speedway | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.017 miles (1.637 km) | ||
| Distance | 492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km) | ||
| Average speed | 126.125 miles per hour (202.979 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 43,600 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | SABCO Racing | ||
| Time | 24.420 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bill Elliott | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
| Laps | 260 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Bill Elliott | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNN | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy,Buddy Baker,Neil Bonnett | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
The1992 GM Goodwrench 500 was the secondstock car race of the1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 27th iteration of theevent. The race was held on Sunday, March 1, 1992, before an audience of 43,600 inRockingham, North Carolina, atNorth Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 miles (1.637 km) permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 492 laps to complete. At race's end,Junior Johnson & Associates driverBill Elliott would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 35th careerNASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three,Robert Yates Racing driverDavey Allison andLeo Jackson Motorsports driverHarry Gant would finish second and third, respectively.
North Carolina Motor Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mileoval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged withPenske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School.[3]
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, February 28, at 2:30 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 Saturday, February 29, at 11:30 AMEST. 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,[4] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two provisionals were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.
Kyle Petty, driving forSABCO Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.420 and an average speed of 149.926 miles per hour (241.283 km/h) in the first round.[5]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
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