1989 Talladega DieHard 500 Last updated May 15, 2025
17th race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The 1989 Talladega DieHard 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event . The race was held on Sunday, July 30, 1989, before an audience of 90,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Alabama International Motor Speedway , a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway . The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. On the final restart with five laps left in the race, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Terry Labonte would manage to defend the field, mainly defending Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip to take his 11th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season. [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Darrell Waltrip and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.
Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, July 27, at 2:00 PM EST . Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 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 Friday, July 28, at 2:00 PM 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, [ 4] 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; up to two were given.
Mark Martin , driving for Roush Racing , would win the pole, setting a time of 49.158 and an average speed of 194.800 miles per hour (313.500 km/h) in the first round. [ 5] [ 6]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Race results Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 5 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 188 25 running 180 $73,920 2 2 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 32 running 175 $47,965 3 1 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 188 7 running 170 $37,950 4 3 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 20 running 165 $28,400 5 15 4 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 188 0 running 155 $20,200 6 8 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 188 70 running 160 $24,975 7 10 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 188 0 running 146 $9,250 8 6 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 188 0 running 142 $14,850 9 7 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 188 18 running 143 $17,070 10 21 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 188 0 running 134 $13,275 11 9 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 188 0 running 130 $15,020 12 4 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 187 8 running 132 $17,290 13 16 57 Hut Stricklin (R) Osterlund Racing Pontiac 187 0 running 124 $8,560 14 40 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 187 0 running 121 $11,087 15 19 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 187 0 running 118 $6,015 16 27 84 Dick Trickle (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 187 0 running 115 $9,395 17 24 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 187 0 running 112 $12,220 18 22 14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 187 0 running 109 $4,945 19 25 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 186 0 running 106 $8,665 20 33 2 Ernie Irvan U.S. Racing Pontiac 186 0 running 103 $7,125 21 26 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 186 0 running 100 $5,770 22 39 16 Larry Pearson (R) Pearson Racing Buick 186 0 running 97 $5,440 23 41 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 184 0 running 94 $7,235 24 35 38 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford 182 0 running 91 $4,105 25 34 50 Mickey Gibbs (R) Dingman Brothers Racing Pontiac 182 0 running 88 $4,175 26 30 19 Bill Ingram Gray Racing Oldsmobile 181 0 running 85 $3,875 27 31 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 176 0 running 82 $3,785 28 13 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 160 4 running 84 $6,885 29 38 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 145 0 crash 76 $6,515 30 12 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 145 0 crash 73 $6,395 31 23 83 Joe Ruttman Speed Racing Oldsmobile 125 0 crash 0 $6,225 32 37 66 Rick Mast (R) Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 33 0 transmission 67 $3,455 33 36 45 Patty Moise Moise Racing Buick 33 0 oil pressure 64 $3,485 34 32 90 Stan Barrett Donlavey Racing Ford 27 0 crash 0 $3,340 35 28 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26 0 crash 58 $10,330 36 17 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 26 0 crash 55 $5,925 37 14 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 26 0 crash 52 $12,225 38 20 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 26 0 crash 49 $3,830 39 18 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 26 4 crash 51 $4,145 40 29 88 Jimmy Spencer (R) Baker–Schiff Racing Pontiac 15 0 crash 43 $5,735 41 11 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 6 0 engine 40 $5,710 Official race results
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dale Earnhardt 2,444 1 2 Darrell Waltrip 2,354 (-90) 2 3 Mark Martin 2,318 (-126) 4 Bill Elliott 2,285 (–159) 3 5 Rusty Wallace 2,279 (–165) 3 6 Terry Labonte 2,164 (–280) 1 7 Davey Allison 2,159 (–285) 2 8 Ken Schrader 2,136 (–308) 1 9 Sterling Marlin 2,079 (–365) 1 10 Ricky Rudd 2,069 (–375) Official driver's standings
Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References ↑ Higgins, Tom (July 31, 1989). "Labonte Conquers Talladega (Part 1)" . The Charlotte Observer . p. 17. Retrieved May 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Higgins, Tom (July 31, 1989). "Labonte Conquers Talladega (Part 2)" . The Charlotte Observer . p. 20. Retrieved May 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Harris, Mike (July 31, 1989). "Labonte wins DieHard 500, announces split" . The Times . p. 20. Retrieved May 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ "NASCAR Today" . The Charlotte Observer . July 27, 1989. p. 52. Retrieved May 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Higgins, Tom (July 28, 1989). "Made In The Shade (Part 1)" . The Charlotte Observer . p. 25. Retrieved May 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Higgins, Tom (July 28, 1989). "Made In The Shade (Part 2)" . The Charlotte Observer . p. 27. Retrieved May 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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