1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 Last updated February 25, 2025 12th race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
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 The layout of Sears International Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time. 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.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.
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.
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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