Ninth race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The1989 Winston 500 was the ninthstock car race of the1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 20th iteration of theevent . The race was held on Sunday, May 7, 1989, before an audience of 140,000 inLincoln, Alabama atAlabama International Motor Speedway , a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shapedsuperspeedway . The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race,Robert Yates Racing driverDavey Allison would make a late-race charge to the lead, passing for the lead with nine laps left in the race to take his fifth careerNASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Junior Johnson & Associates driverTerry Labonte andRoush Racing driverMark Martin 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 originally scheduled to be held on Thursday, May 4, at 2:00 PMEST . However, after only nine drivers had made first-round attempts, rain would postpone the first round until the following day on Friday, May 5.[ 5] [ 6] EST . 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,[ 7]
Mark Martin , driving forRoush Racing , would win the pole, setting a time of 49.601 and an average speed of 193.061 miles per hour (310.702 km/h) in the first round.[ 8] [ 9]
Five drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results [ edit ] Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 2 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 188 94 running 185 $98,675 2 9 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 188 4 running 175 $51,275 3 1 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 188 1 running 170 $39,850 4 6 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 188 32 running 165 $34,250 5 5 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 3 running 160 $28,900 6 21 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 35 running 155 $24,625 7 7 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 188 0 running 146 $17,800 8 17 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 188 2 running 147 $20,450 9 3 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 188 6 running 143 $15,475 10 26 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 188 11 running 139 $21,225 11 4 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 188 0 running 130 $19,147 12 12 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 0 running 127 $14,615 13 29 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 188 0 running 124 $11,785 14 16 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 188 0 running 121 $10,980 15 10 4 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 188 0 running 118 $11,175 16 11 14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 188 0 running 115 $6,185 17 8 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 188 0 running 112 $9,445 18 18 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 188 0 running 109 $9,130 19 22 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 188 0 running 106 $8,815 20 37 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 187 0 running 103 $11,807 21 25 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 186 0 running 100 $7,865 22 23 40 Ben Hess (R) Hess Racing Oldsmobile 186 0 running 97 $6,320 23 15 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 186 0 running 94 $5,360 24 39 22 Grant Adcox Adcox Racing Chevrolet 183 0 running 91 $4,255 25 34 2 Ernie Irvan U.S. Racing Pontiac 181 0 running 88 $5,275 26 40 93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Buick 179 0 running 85 $4,095 27 13 84 Dick Trickle (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 177 0 crash 82 $7,640 28 14 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 170 0 crash 79 $3,985 29 20 16 Larry Pearson (R) Pearson Racing Buick 169 0 crash 76 $6,930 30 31 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 169 0 crash 73 $3,925 31 32 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 169 0 crash 70 $6,445 32 19 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 169 0 engine 67 $3,690 33 41 57 Hut Stricklin (R) Osterlund Racing Pontiac 168 0 crash 64 $3,660 34 30 90 Chad Little (R) Donlavey Racing Ford 168 0 crash 61 $3,630 35 33 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 165 0 running 58 $6,275 36 36 31 Jim Sauter Bob Clark Motorsports Pontiac 164 0 crash 55 $4,220 37 27 88 Greg Sacks Baker–Schiff Racing Pontiac 147 0 crash 52 $6,140 38 38 18 Ron Esau TriStar Motorsports Pontiac 117 0 crash 0 $3,460 39 35 23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile 52 0 engine 46 $4,005 40 28 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 37 0 crash 43 $5,375 41 24 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 5 0 engine 40 $3,375 Failed to qualify 42 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 43 80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Pontiac 44 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford 45 86 Walter Surma Surma Racing Chevrolet 46 49 Tony Spanos Hylton Motorsports Buick Official race results
Standings after the race [ edit ] Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dale Earnhardt 1,376 2 2 Darrell Waltrip 1,299 (-77) 1 3 Geoff Bodine 1,298 (-78) 1 4 Alan Kulwicki 1,271 (–105) 5 Rusty Wallace 1,238 (–138) 2 6 Davey Allison 1,222 (–154) 7 Mark Martin 1,213 (–163) 2 8 Sterling Marlin 1,199 (–177) 1 9 Rick Wilson 1,107 (–269) 2 10 Harry Gant 1,090 (–286) Official driver's standings
Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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