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The 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 41st season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 18th modern-era Cup season. It began February 12 and ended November 19. Rusty Wallace of Blue Max Racing won the championship. This was the first year that every Winston Cup race had flag to flag coverage, with almost all of them being televised live.
The 1989 season marked the end of the first of two tire wars between Goodyear and Hoosier, with Hoosier leaving NASCAR shortly after Goodyear debuted their new radial tires. [1]
Also, 1989 was the first season without Bobby Allison, Benny Parsons, and Cale Yarborough.
No. | Race | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning driver | Manufacturer |
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Busch Clash | Ken Schrader | Ken Schrader | Ken Schrader | Chevrolet | |
Twin 125 #1 | Ken Schrader | Ken Schrader | Ken Schrader | Chevrolet | |
Twin 125 #2 | Darrell Waltrip | Dale Earnhardt | Terry Labonte | Ford | |
1 | Daytona 500 | Ken Schrader | Ken Schrader | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet |
2 | Goodwrench 500 | Rusty Wallace | Rusty Wallace | Rusty Wallace | Pontiac |
3 | Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 | Alan Kulwicki | Rusty Wallace | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet |
4 | Pontiac Excitement 400 | Geoff Bodine | Geoff Bodine | Rusty Wallace | Pontiac |
5 | TranSouth 500 | Mark Martin | Harry Gant | Harry Gant | Oldsmobile |
6 | Valleydale Meats 500 | Mark Martin | Greg Sacks | Rusty Wallace | Pontiac |
7 | First Union 400 | Rusty Wallace | Dale Earnhardt | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
8 | Pannill Sweatshirts 500 | Geoff Bodine | Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet |
9 | Winston 500 | Mark Martin | Davey Allison | Davey Allison | Ford |
Winston Open | Mark Martin | Sterling Marlin | Sterling Marlin | Oldsmobile | |
The Winston | Terry Labonte | Rusty Wallace | Rusty Wallace | Pontiac | |
10 | Coca-Cola 600 | Alan Kulwicki | Alan Kulwicki | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet |
11 | Budweiser 500 | Mark Martin | Dale Earnhardt | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
12 | Banquet Frozen Foods 300 | Rusty Wallace | Ricky Rudd | Ricky Rudd | Buick |
13 | Miller High Life 500 | Rusty Wallace | Rusty Wallace | Terry Labonte | Ford |
14 | Miller High Life 400 | Ken Schrader | Rusty Wallace | Bill Elliott | Ford |
15 | Pepsi 400 | Mark Martin | Bill Elliott | Davey Allison | Ford |
16 | AC Spark Plug 500 | Ken Schrader | Rusty Wallace | Bill Elliott | Ford |
17 | Talladega DieHard 500 | Mark Martin | Morgan Shepherd | Terry Labonte | Ford |
18 | Budweiser at The Glen | Morgan Shepherd | Morgan Shepherd | Rusty Wallace | Pontiac |
19 | Champion Spark Plug 400 | Geoff Bodine | Rusty Wallace | Rusty Wallace | Pontiac |
20 | Busch 500 | Alan Kulwicki | Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet |
21 | Heinz Southern 500 | Alan Kulwicki | Dale Earnhardt | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
22 | Miller High Life 400 | Bill Elliott | Rusty Wallace | Rusty Wallace | Pontiac |
23 | Peak Performance 500 | Davey Allison | Dale Earnhardt | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
24 | Goody's 500 | Dale Earnhardt | Rusty Wallace | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet |
25 | All Pro Auto Parts 500 | Bill Elliott | Bill Elliott | Ken Schrader | Chevrolet |
26 | Holly Farms 400 | Dale Earnhardt | Dale Earnhardt | Geoff Bodine | Chevrolet |
27 | AC Delco 500 | Alan Kulwicki | Rusty Wallace | Mark Martin | Ford |
28 | Autoworks 500 | Ken Schrader | Alan Kulwicki | Bill Elliott | Ford |
29 | Atlanta Journal 500 | Alan Kulwicki | Dale Earnhardt | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
The Busch Clash, an annual invitational event for all winners of the Busch Pole award from the previous season, was held February 12 at Daytona International Speedway. Ken Schrader drew for the pole.
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The Gatorade 125s, a pair of qualifying races for the Daytona 500, were held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Ken Schrader and Darrell Waltrip won the poles for each event, respectively.
Race One Top Ten Results
Race Two Top Ten Results
The Daytona 500 was held February 19th. Ken Schrader won the pole.
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The Goodwrench 500 was held March 5 at North Carolina Motor Speedway. Rusty Wallace won the pole.
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The Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was held March 19 at Atlanta International Raceway. The No. 7 of Alan Kulwicki won the pole.
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Failed to qualify: #36-H. B. Baily, #69-Lee Raymond, #70-J. D. McDuffie, Rodney Combs, Rick Jeffrey
The Pontiac Excitement 400 was held March 26 at Richmond International Raceway. The No. 5 of Geoff Bodine won the pole.
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Failed to qualify: 43-Richard Petty
The TranSouth 500 was held April 2 at Darlington Raceway. Mark Martin won the pole.
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The Valleydale Meats 500 was held April 9 at Bristol International Raceway. Mark Martin won the pole.
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Failed to qualify: #40-Ben Hess, #43-Richard Petty, #52-Jimmy Means, #70-J. D. McDuffie, #71-Dave Marcis, Steve Seligman
The First Union 400 was held April 16 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Rusty Wallace won the pole.
Top Ten Results
Failed to qualify: 8-Bobby Hillin Jr., 43-Richard Petty, 55-Phil Parsons*, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 04-Bill Meacham, Jerry O'Neil, Kevin Evans, Mark Walbridge
The Pannill Sweatshirts 500 was held April 23 at Martinsville Speedway. The No. 5 of Geoff Bodine won the pole.
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• This would mark the final race as well as race victory for the older Chevrolet Monte Carlo body style. The new Chevrolet Lumina would debut the next week at Talladega Superspeedway.
The Winston 500 was held May 7 at Alabama International Motor Speedway. Mark Martin won the pole.
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The Winston, an annual all-star race for previous winners and champions along with the winner of the same day Winston Open, was held May 21 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The No. 11 of Terry Labonte won the pole.
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The Coca-Cola 600 was held May 28 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The No. 7 of Alan Kulwicki won the pole.
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The Budweiser 500 was held June 4 at Dover Downs International Speedway. Mark Martin won the pole.
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The inaugural Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was held June 11 at Sears Point Raceway. Rusty Wallace won the pole.
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The Miller High Life 500 was held June 18 at Pocono International Raceway. The No. 27 of Rusty Wallace won the pole. This race was one of the few races telecast on Pay Per View.
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The Miller High Life 400 was held June 25 at Michigan International Speedway. The No. 25 of Ken Schrader won the pole.
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The Pepsi 400 was held July 1 at Daytona International Speedway. The No. 6 of Mark Martin won the pole.
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The AC Spark Plug 500 was held on July 23 at Pocono International Raceway. Ken Schrader won the pole.
Top Ten Finishers
The Talladega DieHard 500 was held July 30 at Alabama International Motor Speedway. Mark Martin won the pole.
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The Budweiser at the Glen was held August 13 at Watkins Glen International. Morgan Shepherd won the pole.
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The Champion Spark Plug 400 was held August 20 at Michigan International Speedway. Geoff Bodine won the pole.
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The Busch 500 was held August 26 at Bristol International Raceway. Alan Kulwicki won the pole.
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Failed to qualify: 43-Richard Petty
The Heinz Southern 500 was held September 3 at Darlington Raceway. The No. 7 of Alan Kulwicki won the pole.
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The Miller High Life 400 was held September 10 at Richmond International Raceway. The No. 9 of Bill Elliott won the pole.
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The Peak Performance 500 was held September 17 at Dover Downs International Speedway. The No. 28 of Davey Allison won the pole.
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The Goody's 500 was held September 24 at Martinsville Speedway. Dale Earnhardt started on the pole, which was actually won by Jimmy Hensley (as a substitute driver) as Earnhardt and others could not reach the track in time due to Hurricane Hugo, which affected the area.
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The All Pro Auto Parts 500 was held October 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Bill Elliott won the pole.
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Failed to qualify: 14-A. J. Foyt*
The Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway was originally scheduled for October 1, but rain forced the race to be postponed to October 15. Rain also cancelled qualifying so Dale Earnhardt who was leading the points at the time qualifying was cancelled on September 30th was awarded the pole per the current owners points at that time.
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The AC Delco 500 was held October 22 at North Carolina Motor Speedway. Alan Kulwicki won the pole.
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The Autoworks 500 was held November 5 at Phoenix International Raceway. Ken Schrader won the pole.
Top Ten Results
Failed to qualify: 18-Tommy Ellis, 41-Danny Lawson, 89-Bob Howard, 35-Keith van Houten, 07-Mark Walbridge, 44-Jack Sellers, 19-Robert Sprague, 24-Butch Gilliland, 22-St. James Davis, 80-Bob Walker, 08-Rick McCray, 99-John Krebs, 38-Duke Hoenshell, 04-Hershel McGriff, 50-Rick Scribner [8]
The Atlanta Journal 500 was held November 19 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The No. 7 of Alan Kulwicki won the pole.
Top Ten Results
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | DAY | CAR | ATL | RCH | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | CLT | DOV | SON | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | CLT | NWS | CAR | PHO | ATL | Pts |
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1 | Rusty Wallace | 18 | 1* | 31* | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 22* | 2* | 17 | 2* | 37 | 1 | 1* | 6 | 4 | 1* | 7 | 4* | 8 | 7 | 2* | 16 | 15 | 4176 |
2 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 1* | 2 | 8 | 38 | 1* | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 1* | 2 | 1* | 9 | 42 | 10* | 20 | 6 | 1* | 4164 |
3 | Mark Martin | 33 | 5 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 4053 |
4 | Darrell Waltrip | 1 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 1* | 5 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 37 | 1* | 22 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3971 |
5 | Ken Schrader | 2* | 25 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3876 |
6 | Bill Elliott | 35 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 4* | 1 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 4* | 6 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 3774 |
7 | Harry Gant | 12 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 1* | 10 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 8 | 17 | 3610 |
8 | Ricky Rudd | 19 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1* | 20 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 3608 |
9 | Geoff Bodine | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18* | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 35 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 3600 |
10 | Terry Labonte | 9 | 18 | 36 | 30 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 40 | 5 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 40 | 3569 |
11 | Davey Allison | 25 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1* | 33 | 32 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 39 | 25 | 3481 |
12 | Sterling Marlin | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 40 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 7 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 3422 |
13 | Morgan Shepherd | 15 | 27 | 10 | 33 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 6* | 6* | 2 | 26 | 9 | 27 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 3403 |
14 | Alan Kulwicki | 7 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 23* | 25 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 32 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 11* | 13 | 3236 |
15 | Dick Trickle (R) | 13 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 34 | 19 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 3203 | |
16 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | 39 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 26 | 27 | DNQ | 21 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 3139 |
17 | Rick Wilson | 8 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 41 | 29 | 13 | 40 | 18 | 3119 |
18 | Michael Waltrip | 21 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 34 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 3057 |
19 | Brett Bodine | 29 | 34 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 3051 |
20 | Neil Bonnett | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 34 | 9 | 2995 | |||
21 | Phil Parsons | 5 | 39 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 17 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 24 | 37 | 42 | 2933 |
22 | Ernie Irvan | 41 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 2919 |
23 | Larry Pearson (R) | 14 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 29 | 20 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 24 | 19 | 2860 |
24 | Dale Jarrett | 32 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 40 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 40 | 28 | 11 | 42 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 39 | 5 | 16 | 2789 |
25 | Dave Marcis | 20 | 35 | 42 | 20 | 17 | DNQ | 20 | 9 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 28 | 16 | 22 | DNQ | 19 | 14 | 30 | 15 | 33 | 2715 |
26 | Hut Stricklin (R) | DNQ | 41 | 8 | DNQ | 30 | 28 | 16 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 37 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 2705 |
27 | Lake Speed | 30 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 36 | 22 | 38 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 2550 | |||||
28 | Derrike Cope | DNQ | 34 | 35 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 38 | 40 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2180 | |||||
29 | Richard Petty | 17 | 16 | 27 | DNQ | 15 | DNQ | DNQ | 24 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 20 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 18 | DNQ | 35 | 33 | 30 | 24 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 28 | 2148 |
30 | Kyle Petty | DNQ | 4 | DNQ | 28 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 2099 | ||||||||
31 | Jimmy Means | DNQ | 33 | 18 | DNQ | 38 | DNQ | 32 | DNQ | 41 | 41 | 24 | DNQ | 29 | 28 | 12 | 24 | 39 | 33 | 27 | DNQ | 26 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 37 | 22 | 31 | 25 | DNQ | 1698 |
32 | Greg Sacks | 23 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 25 | 7* | 21 | 28 | 37 | 30 | 39 | 30 | 35 | 30 | 38 | DNQ | 19 | 35 | 18 | 38 | 29 | 1565 | ||||||||
33 | Jim Sauter | DNQ | 10 | 32 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 31 | DNQ | 36 | 37 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 23 | DNQ | 12 | 40 | 33 | 17 | 21 | 1510 | |||||||||
34 | Jimmy Spencer (R) | 34 | 33 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 37 | 1445 | ||||||||||||
35 | Rick Mast (R) | 6 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 34 | 14 | 25 | 32 | DNQ | 11 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 1315 | |||||||||||||||
36 | Eddie Bierschwale | 10 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 21 | 19 | 18 | DNQ | 39 | 36 | 27 | 34 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 28 | 25 | DNQ | 1306 | |||||||||||
37 | Ben Hess (R) | 22 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 23 | DNQ | 15 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 921 | |||||||||||||||||||
38 | Chad Little (R) | 36 | 35 | 22 | 37 | 26 | 34 | 18 | 26 | 602 | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Butch Miller (R) | 42 | 26 | 31 | DNQ | 42 | 38 | 22 | 21 | 32 | 43 | 576 | |||||||||||||||||||
40 | A. J. Foyt | 38 | 28 | 16 | 35 | 18 | 37 | Wth | 36 | 527 | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Mickey Gibbs (R) | 34 | 20 | 39 | 29 | DNQ | 25 | DNQ | 26 | 38 | 508 | ||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Rodney Combs | 37 | 40 | DNQ | 32 | 29 | DNQ | DNQ | 40 | DNQ | DNQ | 23 | 32 | 27 | 41 | 470 | |||||||||||||||
43 | Joe Ruttman | 13 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 21 | 31 | 30 | DNQ | 27 | 20 | 469 | |||||||||||||||||||
44 | J. D. McDuffie | 24 | 37 | DNQ | DNQ | 31 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 35 | DNQ | 36 | 31 | 34 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 457 | ||||||||
45 | Phil Barkdoll | 31 | 32 | DNQ | 15 | 15 | 378 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Jimmy Horton | DNQ | 13 | 32 | DNQ | 31 | 37 | 33 | 377 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Dick Johnson | 32 | 22 | 24 | 32 | DNQ | 322 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Ken Bouchard | 16 | 38 | 37 | DNQ | 22 | 313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Terry Byers | 21 | 19 | DNQ | 21 | DNQ | 306 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Darin Brassfield | 22 | 12 | 30 | 297 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Grant Adcox | 24 | 13 | DNQ | 32 | 282 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Jerry O'Neil | 28 | DNQ | DNQ | 26 | 36 | 38 | DNQ | 268 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Norm Benning | 30 | 30 | DNQ | DNQ | 31 | 216 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Ken Ragan | DNQ | 29 | 27 | 39 | 204 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Bill Schmitt | 17 | 26 | 197 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Tracy Leslie | 25 | 20 | DNQ | DNQ | 191 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Charlie Baker | 40 | 26 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 40 | 171 | |||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Bob Schacht | 27 | 25 | 170 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Jim Bown | DNQ | 36 | 41 | DNQ | 29 | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | H. B. Bailey | DNQ | DNQ | 26 | 27 | DNQ | 167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Stan Barrett | 37 | 34 | 26 | 31 | 155 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Rich Bickle | 39 | 22 | 143 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Rob Moroso | 28 | 34 | 140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Lennie Pond | 11 | 130 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Hershel McGriff | 14 | DNQ | 121 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Tommy Ellis | DNQ | 29 | 18 | 16 | DNQ | 115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | John McFadden | DNQ | 40 | 31 | 113 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Brad Teague | QL | 17 | QL | 31 | 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Patty Moise | 39 | 33 | DNQ | DNQ | 110 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Tommie Crozier | 38 | 37 | DNQ | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Ron Esau | 38 | 41 | 35 | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Bobby Gerhart | DNQ | DNQ | 23 | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Ronnie Thomas | 23 | DNQ | 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | James Hylton | DNQ | DNQ | 39 | 39 | DNQ | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Jack Pennington | 32 | 24 | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Troy Beebe | 24 | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Dave Mader III | 24 | DNQ | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Bill Ingram | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 26 | DNQ | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Terry Fisher | 25 | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Roy Smith | 39 | 41 | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Mike Alexander | 27 | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Mark Stahl | 27 | DNQ | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Randy LaJoie | DNQ | 28 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Rick McCray | 28 | DNQ | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Ronnie Sanders | 28 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Andy Belmont | 29 | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Rick Jeffrey | DNQ | 30 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Oma Kimbrough | 30 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Bobby Hamilton | 32 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Ted Thomas | 31 | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Mark Gibson | DNQ | 33 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | John Krebs | 33 | DNQ | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Allan Grice | 34 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Mike Miller | 34 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Mike Potter | DNQ | 34 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Bill Cooper | 35 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Jack Ely | DNQ | 35 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Bill Flowers | 35 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Bill Sedgwick | DNQ | 36 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Bill Venturini | 37 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
101 | Lee Raymond | 26 | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
102 | Tommy Kendall | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
103 | Trevor Boys | DNQ | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
104 | Charlie Glotzbach | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
105 | Doug Heveron | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
106 | Connie Saylor | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
107 | Brad Noffsinger | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
108 | Ricky Woodward | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
109 | Tony Spanos | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
110 | Philip Duffie | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
111 | Delma Cowart | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
112 | Steve Seligman | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
113 | Bill Meacham | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
114 | Kevin Evan | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
115 | Mark Walbridge | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
116 | Walter Surma | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
117 | Marta Leonard | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
118 | Jack Sellers | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
119 | Bob Walker | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
120 | Ed Sanger | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
121 | Tom Rotsell | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
122 | Robert Pressley | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
123 | Dale Fischlein | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
124 | Robert Sprague | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
125 | Butch Gilliland | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
126 | St. James Davis | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
127 | Keith van Houten | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
128 | Duke Hoenshell | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
129 | Danny Lawson | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
130 | Bob Howard | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
131 | Rick Scribner | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
132 | David Pearson | Wth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
133 | Jimmy Hensley | QL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
134 | Tommy Houston | QL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dick Trickle was named the 1989 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year, despite entering the competition in the second week of the season, replacing Mike Alexander at Stavola Brothers Racing. The top runner-up was former Dash champion Hut Stricklin, driving for returning car owner Rod Osterlund. Two-time Busch champion Larry Pearson and former modified driver Jimmy Spencer were the only other candidates to make a full schedule, as Rick Mast, Ben Hess, Chad Little, Butch Miller, and Mickey Gibbs all ran part-time.
The 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 42nd season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 19th modern-era Cup Series. It began on Sunday, February 11, and ended on Sunday, November 18. Because of a highly controversial penalty to Mark Martin early in the season, Dale Earnhardt with Richard Childress Racing was crowned the Winston Cup champion for the fourth time, edging out Martin by 26 points.
The 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 50th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 27th modern-era cup series. The season included 33 races and three exhibition races, beginning with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the NAPA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the Driver's Championship, the third of his career, and his third in the last four seasons.
The 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 51st season of professional Stock car racing in the United States, the 28th modern-era Cup series, and the last Cup season of the 1990s and the 20th century. The season began on Sunday, February 7, and ended on Sunday, November 21. Dale Jarrett, representing Robert Yates Racing, was crowned the champion, while the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship was won by the Ford drivers with 13 wins and 231 points over second-place Chevrolet who had 12 wins and 210 points and third place Pontiac who had 9 wins and 205 points.
The 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 49th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 26th modern-era NASCAR Cup series. It began on February 9 and ended on November 16. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won his second Cup championship at the end of the season.
The 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 46th season of NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 23rd modern-era Cup series. The season began on Sunday, February 20, and ended on Sunday, November 13. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing was crowned champion at season's end, winning consecutive Winston Cups for the third time in his career and tying Richard Petty for the record of most top-level NASCAR championships with seven. It was also the 7th and final NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship for Dale Earnhardt before his death 7 years later in 2001, this was also the final season for 18-time Winston Cup winner Harry Gant.
The 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 48th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 25th modern-era NASCAR Cup series. The season had been started on February 18 at Daytona International Speedway, and ended on November 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The season would be remembered for Terry Labonte pulling off a massive upset and winning his second Winston Cup Championship over teammate Jeff Gordon.
The 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 47th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 24th modern-era Cup series season. The season began on February 12 in Daytona Beach and concluded on November 12 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won his first career championship.
The 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 45th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 22nd modern-era Cup season. The season began on February 7 and ended on November 14. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing won the title, the sixth of his career.
The 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 44th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 21st modern-era Cup season. The season began on February 9, 1992, and ended on November 15, 1992. Independent owner/driver Alan Kulwicki of AK Racing won the Winston Cup championship.
The 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 43rd of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 20th modern-era Cup Season. It began February 10 and ended November 17. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing won his fifth Winston Cup championship at the conclusion of the season. The season was marred by the death of driver and team owner J. D. McDuffie, who was killed in a wreck at Watkins Glen.
The 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 40th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 17th modern-era Cup series. The season began on February 7 at Daytona International Speedway and ended on November 20 at the Atlanta International Speedway. Bill Elliott of Melling Racing won the championship.
The 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 39th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 16th modern-era cup series.
The 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 38th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 15th modern-era Cup series season. The season began on February 16 and ended November 16. Dale Earnhardt of RCR Enterprises won his second championship this year.
The 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 37th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 14th modern-era Cup series season. The season began on Sunday, February 10 and ended on Sunday, November 17. Darrell Waltrip, driving for Junior Johnson, was crowned champion at the end of the season. Bill Elliott, driving for Harry Melling, had won 11 races in 1985, but lost the title by 101 points to three-time race winner Waltrip. This was the first season where all races were televised in some form.
The 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 36th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 13th modern-era Cup series season. It began on Sunday, February 19 and ended on Sunday, November 18. Terry Labonte was crowned champion at the end of the season. This was the final year for Chrysler until Dodge returned in 2001.
The 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 34th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 11th modern-era Cup series. The season began on February 14 at the Daytona International Speedway and concluded on November 21 at Riverside International Raceway. Darrell Waltrip took his second straight championship driving for Junior Johnson by 72 points over Bobby Allison.
The 1992 edition of The Winston was a stock car racing competition that took place on May 16, 1992. Held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, the 70-lap race was an exhibition race in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. This was the first broadcast of The Winston on TNN, which aired the event until 2000. It was also better known as One Hot Night because it was the first ever race that was held on a superspeedway at night. Davey Allison of Robert Yates Racing won the pole, led the most laps, and won the race. This was also the final appearance of Richard Petty and Alan Kulwicki at The Winston; Petty retired at the end of the season and Kulwicki was killed in a plane crash on April 1, 1993.
The 1989 edition of The Winston was a stock car racing competition that took place on May 21, 1989. Held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, the 135-lap race was an exhibition race in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Terry Labonte of Junior Johnson & Associates won the pole, but it was Rusty Wallace of Blue Max Racing who led the most laps (69) and won the race to collect US$240,000 after spinning Darrell Waltrip of Hendrick Motorsports out before the final lap.
The 1990 edition of The Winston was a stock car racing competition that took place on May 20, 1990. Held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, the 70-lap race was an exhibition race in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing won the pole and led all 70 laps to win the race and collect a total purse of US$325,000. He also became the first two-time winner of The Winston.
The 1993 edition of The Winston was a stock car racing competition that took place on May 22, 1993. Held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, the 70-lap race was an exhibition race in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Ernie Irvan of Morgan–McClure Motorsports won the pole and led the most laps, but it was Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing who won the race and became the first three-time All-Star Race winner. This was also the final appearance of Davey Allison at The Winston, as he died from injuries sustained in a helicopter crash on July 13, 1993.