1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300

1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Race details
Race 12 of 29 in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
	The 1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 program cover, featuring Rick Mast.
Date	June 11, 1989
Official name	Inaugural Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Location	Sears Point International Raceway, Sonoma, California
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.52 mi (4.06 km)
Distance	74 laps, 186.48 mi (300.11 km)
Scheduled Distance	74 laps, 186.48 mi (300.11 km)
Average speed	76.088 miles per hour (122.452 km/h)
Attendance	53,000
Pole position
Driver	Rusty Wallace ;
Time	1:40.754
Most laps led
Driver	Ricky Rudd
Laps	61
Winner
No. 26	Ricky Rudd
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

Last updated July 08, 2023

The 1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was the 12th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the fourth race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston West Series, and the inaugural iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 11, 1989, before an audience of 62,000 in Sonoma, California, at the Grand Prix layout of Sears Point Raceway, a 2.52 miles (4.06 km) permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, King Racing driver Ricky Rudd would manage to fend off a charge from Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace for the final four laps to take his 10th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.^[1]^[2]^[3] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Rusty Wallace and Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Sears International Point Raceway is one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Watkins Glen International. The standard road course at Sears Point Raceway is a 12-turn course that is 2.52 miles (4.06 km) long;^[4] the track was modified in 1998, adding the Chute, which bypassed turns 5 and 6, shortening the course to 1.95 miles (3.14 km). The Chute was only used for NASCAR events such as this race, and was criticized by many drivers, who preferred the full layout.^[5] In 2001, it was replaced with a 70-degree turn, 4A, bringing the track to its current dimensions of 1.99 miles (3.20 km).^[6]

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
2	Ernie Irvan	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	Kroger
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Kodak
04	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports	Pontiac	U.S. Bank
5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Levi Garrett
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	Stroh's Light
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	Zerex
8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Miller High Life
08	Rick McCray	McCray Racing	Pontiac	Far West Meat
9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	Coors Light
09	Terry Fisher	Midgley Racing	Chevrolet	Midgley Racing
11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	Budweiser
15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Motorcraft
16	Larry Pearson (R)	Pearson Racing	Buick	Chattanooga Chew
17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Tide
19	Bill Cooper	Stoke Racing	Ford	Lakeport Chamber of Commerce
21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Citgo
23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	B&B Racing
25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Folgers
26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	Quaker State
27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	Kodiak
28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	Texaco, Havoline
29	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	Hardee's
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	Country Time
33	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Skoal Bandit
38	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford	Redkote Steel Tubing
40	Darin Brassfield	Brassfield Racing	Chevrolet	Mobil 1
41	Jim Bown	Bown Racing	Chevrolet	Rose Auto Wrecking
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	STP
44	Jack Sellers	Emerson Racing	Buick	Quaker State, Coca-Cola
46	Marta Leonard	Leonard Racing	Chevrolet	The Leonard Company
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	Alka-Seltzer
55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Skoal, Crown Central Petroleum
56	Ron Esau	Esau Racing	Oldsmobile	Esau Racing
57	Hut Stricklin (R)	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac	Heinz
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Lifebuoy
73	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing	Chevrolet	Schmitt Racing
75	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	Valvoline
76	Bill Sedgwick	Spears Motorsports	Buick	Spears Manufacturing
79	Roy Smith	Razore Racing	Ford	Autosports Enterprises
80	Bob Walker	Bob Walker Racing	Pontiac	Bayside Builders
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
84	Dick Trickle (R)	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Miller High Life
88	Joe Ruttman	Baker–Schiff Racing	Pontiac	Crisco
90	Stan Barrett	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Hawaiian Tropic
93	Troy Beebe	Beebe Racing	Buick	Taco Bell
94	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	Sunoco
99	John Krebs	Krebs Racing	Pontiac	Skoal

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 9, at 4:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 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, June 10, at 1:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-40 would be decided on time,^[7] 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; which was two for entries in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and two extra provisionals for the NASCAR Winston West Series.

Rusty Wallace, driving for Blue Max Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:40.754 and an average speed of 90.041 miles per hour (144.907 km/h) in the first round.^[8]^[9]

Six drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time	Speed
1	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	1:40.754	90.041
2	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	1:40.774	90.023
3	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	1:40.802	89.998
4	26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	1:40.849	89.956
5	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1:41.267	89.585
6	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1:41.333	89.527
7	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	1:41.494	89.385
8	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1:41.567	89.320
9	75	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	1:41.906	89.023
10	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	1:41.940	88.994
11	38	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford	1:42.251	88.723
12	88	Joe Ruttman	Baker–Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	1:42.294	88.686
13	33	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	1:42.394	88.599
14	41	Jim Bown	Bown Racing	Chevrolet	1:42.427	88.570
15	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	1:42.428	88.570
16	4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	1:42.571	88.446
17	94	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	1:42.612	88.411
18	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	1:43.134	87.963
19	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	1:43.184	87.921
20	15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	1:43.209	87.899
21	84	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	1:43.584	87.581
22	16	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	Buick	1:43.596	87.571
23	55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	1:43.794	87.404
24	09	Terry Fisher	Midgley Racing	Chevrolet	1:43.841	87.364
25	19	Bill Cooper	Stoke Racing	Ford	1:43.842	87.363
Failed to lock in Round 1
26	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	1:40.963	89.555
27	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	1:42.306	88.675
28	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	1:42.633	88.393
29	2	Ernie Irvan	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	1:42.842	88.213
30	40	Darin Brassfield	Brassfield Racing	Chevrolet	1:43.094	87.997
31	04	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports	Pontiac	1:43.139	87.959
32	93	Troy Beebe	Beebe Racing	Buick	1:43.818	87.384
33	29	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	1:43.904	87.311
34	57	Hut Stricklin	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac	1:43.936	87.284
35	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	1:41.001	87.230
36	73	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing	Chevrolet	1:41.142	87.112
37	79	Roy Smith	Razore Racing	Ford	1:41.216	87.050
38	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	1:41.268	87.007
39	56	Ron Esau	Esau Racing	Oldsmobile	1:41.730	86.623
40	08	Rick McCray	McCray Racing	Pontiac	1:41.862	86.524
Winston Cup provisional
41	23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	1:46.730	85.000
Winston West provisional
42	99	John Krebs	Krebs Racing	Pontiac	1:46.071	85.528
Failed to qualify
43	76	Bill Sedgwick	Spears Motorsports	Buick	-*	-*
44	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	-*	-*
45	44	Jack Sellers	Emerson Racing	Buick	-*	-*
46	80	Bob Walker	Bob Walker Racing	Pontiac	-*	-*
47	90	Stan Barrett	Donlavey Racing	Ford	-*	-*
48	46	Marta Leonard	Leonard Racing	Chevrolet	-*	-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts	Winnings
1	4	26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	74	61	running	185	$62,350
2	1	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	74	10	running	175	$39,225
3	3	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	74	3	running	170	$28,375
4	10	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	74	0	running	160	$20,350
5	26	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	74	0	running	155	$18,507
6	12	88	Joe Ruttman	Baker–Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	74	0	running	150	$11,350
7	9	75	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	74	0	running	146	$16,575
8	16	4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	74	0	running	142	$10,075
9	15	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	74	0	running	138	$13,875
10	28	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	74	0	running	134	$11,600
11	18	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	74	0	running	130	$8,475
12	13	33	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	74	0	running	127	$11,175
13	19	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	74	0	running	124	$7,775
14	31	04	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports	Pontiac	74	0	running	0	$5,075
15	27	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	73	0	running	118	$10,675
16	35	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	73	0	running	115	$6,200
17	36	73	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing	Chevrolet	73	0	running	0	$3,925
18	23	55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	73	0	running	109	$5,800
19	22	16	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	Buick	73	0	running	106	$4,475
20	8	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	73	0	running	103	$10,675
21	34	57	Hut Stricklin	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac	73	0	running	100	$2,925
22	30	40	Darin Brassfield	Brassfield Racing	Chevrolet	73	0	running	97	$2,650
23	29	2	Ernie Irvan	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	73	0	running	94	$3,475
24	32	93	Troy Beebe	Beebe Racing	Buick	72	0	running	0	$2,605
25	24	09	Terry Fisher	Midgley Racing	Chevrolet	72	0	running	0	$2,825
26	38	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	72	0	running	85	$3,345
27	20	15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	72	0	running	82	$5,275
28	40	08	Rick McCray	McCray Racing	Pontiac	72	0	running	0	$3,200
29	14	41	Jim Bown	Bown Racing	Chevrolet	70	0	running	0	$2,215
30	21	84	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	69	0	running	73	$5,200
31	2	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	69	0	running	70	$6,825
32	11	38	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford	65	0	running	67	$2,425
33	42	99	John Krebs	Krebs Racing	Pontiac	65	0	running	0	$3,000
34	41	23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	63	0	engine	61	$2,375
35	25	19	Bill Cooper	Stoke Racing	Ford	61	0	engine	0	$2,360
36	7	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	55	0	engine	55	$4,330
37	5	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	47	0	running	52	$9,520
38	6	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	47	0	running	49	$10,900
39	37	79	Roy Smith	Razore Racing	Ford	46	0	engine	0	$3,375
40	17	94	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	33	0	engine	43	$4,250
41	39	56	Ron Esau	Esau Racing	Oldsmobile	15	0	ignition	0	$2,250
42	33	29	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	8	0	transmission	37	$4,250
Failed to qualify
43		76	Bill Sedgwick	Spears Motorsports	Buick
44		52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac
45		44	Jack Sellers	Emerson Racing	Buick
46		80	Bob Walker	Bob Walker Racing	Pontiac
47		90	Stan Barrett	Donlavey Racing	Ford
48		46	Marta Leonard	Leonard Racing	Chevrolet
Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Dale Earnhardt	1,775
1	2	Darrell Waltrip	1,666 (-109)
2	3	Rusty Wallace	1,648 (-127)
	4	Geoff Bodine	1,637 (–138)
2	5	Mark Martin	1,613 (–162)
4	6	Bill Elliott	1,523 (–252)
1	7	Alan Kulwicki	1,513 (–262)
1	8	Sterling Marlin	1,502 (–273)
	9	Davey Allison	1,496 (–279)
1	10	Ricky Rudd	1,486 (–289)
Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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The 1993 Save Mart Supermarkets 300K was the tenth stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the fourth race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston West Series season, and the fifth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 16, 1993, at the Grand Prix layout of Sears Point Raceway, a 2.52 miles (4.06 km) permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Bud Moore Engineering driver Geoff Bodine would manage to fend off numerous challenges for the lead from Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ricky Rudd to take his 15th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Irvan and Rudd would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1992 Save Mart 300K</span> 12th race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1992 Save Mart 300K was the 12th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the third race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series, and the fourth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 7, 1992, before an audience of 83,000 at the Grand Prix layout of Sears Point Raceway, a 2.52 miles (4.06 km) permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan would manage to make a late-race pass for the lead with eight to go, coming back from an early penalty to take his fourth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Hagan Racing driver Terry Labonte and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1989 Pontiac Excitement 400</span> Fourth race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1989 Pontiac Excitement 400 was the fourth stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 35th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 26, 1989, before an audience of 50,000 in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond International Raceway, a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. With the assist of a late caution and a fast final pitstop, Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace would manage to pull away from the field on the final restart with 17 laps left in the race to take his 12th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season. To fill out the top three, owner-driver Alan Kulwicki and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1989 Miller High Life 500</span> 13th race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1989 Miller High Life 500 was the 13th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the eighth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 18, 1989, before an audience of 100,000 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Terry Labonte would manage to hold off a late-race charge from Jackson Bros. Motorsports driver Harry Gant, leading the final 14 laps of the race to take his 10th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Harry Gant and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1989 Miller High Life 400 (Richmond)</span> 22nd race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1989 Miller High Life 400 was the 22nd stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 10, 1989, before an audience of 60,000 in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond International Raceway, a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. Gambling on fuel strategy, Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace would manage to run the last 129 laps of the race on one tank of fuel to take his 16th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his sixth and final victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Hendrick Motorsports driver Geoff Bodine would finish second and third, respectively.

The 1988 Budweiser 400 was the 12th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the third race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston West Series, and the 20th and final iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 12, 1988, before an audience of 72,000 in Riverside, California, at the short layout of Riverside International Raceway, a 2.62 miles (4.22 km) permanent road course layout at the track. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. Following an initial scoring error, Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace would manage to pull away on the final restart with five laps left in the race to take his fifth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Terry Labonte and King Racing driver Ricky Rudd would finish second and third, respectively.

References

↑ Higgins, Tom (June 12, 1989). "Rudd Outruns Wallace (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 9. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Higgins, Tom (June 12, 1989). "Rudd Outruns Wallace (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 12. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Harris, Mike (June 12, 1989). "Rudd holds off Wallace for title". Pottsville Republican . p. 16. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Sears Point". www.gt-racing.co.uk. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
↑ "Passing is tough in Chute | chronicle.augusta.com". June 7, 2011. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
↑ "SEARS POINT BREAKS GROUND ON MODIFIED CHUTE - RacingWest". September 29, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
↑ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer . June 9, 1989. p. 26. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Higgins, Tom (June 10, 1989). "Wallace Takes Pole At Sears Point (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 29. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Higgins, Tom (June 10, 1989). "Wallace Takes Pole At Sears Point (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 31. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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[1] Higgins, Tom (June 12, 1989). "Rudd Outruns Wallace (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 9. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[2] Higgins, Tom (June 12, 1989). "Rudd Outruns Wallace (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 12. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[3] Harris, Mike (June 12, 1989). "Rudd holds off Wallace for title". Pottsville Republican . p. 16. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[4] "Sears Point". www.gt-racing.co.uk. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

[5] "Passing is tough in Chute | chronicle.augusta.com". June 7, 2011. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

[6] "SEARS POINT BREAKS GROUND ON MODIFIED CHUTE - RacingWest". September 29, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

[7] "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer . June 9, 1989. p. 26. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[8] Higgins, Tom (June 10, 1989). "Wallace Takes Pole At Sears Point (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 29. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[9] Higgins, Tom (June 10, 1989). "Wallace Takes Pole At Sears Point (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 31. Retrieved May 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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