Forty drivers made the grid; Trevor Boys was the only driver not to be born in the United States. The race lasted almost three hours for the scheduled 188 laps. Dick Skillen was the last-place finisher due to a crash on the first lap with Travis Tiller, Tommy Gale, Billie Harvey, Grant Adcox, and Neil Bonnett. J.D. McDuffie was the lowest-finishing driver to finish the race; he was 44 laps behind the leaders. 95,000 people attended this race.[3]Neil Bonnett driving in relief for Tim Richmond was leading the race with 12 laps to go when he pitted for fuel only. The car stalled and it took long enough to get it re-fired that Earnhardt and Waltrip were able to get by.
Cale Yarborough would qualify for the pole position with a speed of 201.744 miles per hour (324.675km/h). Dale Earnhardt would defeat Darrell Waltrip by four car lengths in this race; securing his last victory for an owner other than Richard Childress.[3] Harvey and Tiller would retire from NASCAR after this race.[6] Individual earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $46,950 ($143,626.53 when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's share of $1,450 ($4,435.75 when adjusted for inflation). The total prize purse was $316,700 ($968,829 when adjusted for inflation).[7]
Race results
Pos
Grid
No.
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
Laps
Points
1
4
15
Dale Earnhardt
Bud Moore Engineering
Ford
188
185
2
10
11
Darrell Waltrip
Junior Johnson & Associates
Chevrolet
188
175
3
18
27
Neil Bonnett†
Blue Max Racing
Pontiac
188
175
4
12
43
Richard Petty
Petty Enterprises
Pontiac
188
165
5
23
33
Harry Gant
Mach 1 Racing
Buick
188
155
6
9
88
Geoff Bodine
Cliff Stewart Racing
Pontiac
188
155
7
5
90
Dick Brooks
Donlavey Racing
Ford
187
146
8
2
9
Bill Elliott
Melling Racing
Ford
187
142
9
24
22
Bobby Allison
DiGard Motorsport
Buick
186
143
10
8
4
Mark Martin
Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Chevrolet
186
143
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
† Bonnett crashed his car on lap 2, but drove Richmond's car after Richmond retired due to debris in his eyes
Race summary
Lead changes: 46 among different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 2 for 16
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 2 hours, 55 minutes and 52 seconds
Average speed: 170.611 miles per hour (274.572km/h)
↑ "Track Facts". talladegasuperspeedway.com. Talladega Superspeedway. November 1, 2012. Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
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