1989 Winston 500

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1989 Winston 500
Race details
Race 9 of 29 in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1989 Winston 500 program cover, featuring Phil Parsons.
DateMay 7, 1989
Official name 20th Annual Winston 500
Location Lincoln, Alabama, Alabama International Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance 188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Scheduled Distance 188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Average speed 155.869 miles per hour (250.847 km/h)
Attendance 140,000
Pole position
Driver
 Roush Racing
Time 49.601
Most laps led
Driver Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing
Laps 94
Winner
No. 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1989 Winston 500 was the ninth stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 7, 1989, before an audience of 140,000 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. In the final laps of the race, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison would make a late-race charge to the lead, passing for the lead with nine laps left in the race to take his fifth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. [1] [2] [3] [4] To fill out the top three, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Terry Labonte and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

Background

The layout of Talladega Superspeedway, the venue where the race was held. Talladega Superspeedway.svg
The layout of Talladega Superspeedway, the venue where the race was held.

Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a tri-oval and was constructed in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line that's located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval, a 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which also is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) tri-oval.

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford H. L. Waters Racing
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
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
9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Coors Light
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac Purolator
11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile Copenhagen
15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
16 Larry Pearson (R) Pearson Racing Buick Chattanooga Chew
17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
18 Ron Esau TriStar Motorsports Pontiac TriStar Motorsports
21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Grant Adcox Adcox Racing Chevrolet Herb Adcox Chevrolet
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
31 Jim Sauter Bob Clark Motorsports Pontiac Slender You Figure Salons
33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
40 Ben Hess (R) Hess Racing Oldsmobile Hess Racing
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
49 Tony Spanos Hylton Motorsports Buick Hylton Motorsports
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka-Seltzer
55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal, Crown Central Petroleum
57 Hut Stricklin (R) Osterlund Racing Pontiac Heinz
70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Rumple Furniture
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Lifebuoy
73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile Barkdoll Racing
75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Valvoline
80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Pontiac Miles Concrete
83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
84 Dick Trickle (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller High Life
86 Walter Surma Surma Racing Chevrolet Surma Racing
88 Greg Sacks Baker–Schiff Racing Pontiac Crisco
90 Chad Little (R) Donlavey Racing Ford Donlavey Racing
93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Buick Salmon Racing
94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was originally scheduled to be held on Thursday, May 4, at 2:00 PM EST. However, after only nine drivers had made first-round attempts, rain would postpone the first round until the following day on Friday, May 5. [5] [6] 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, May 5, 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, [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; up to two were given.

Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 49.601 and an average speed of 193.061 miles per hour (310.702 km/h) in the first round. [8] [9]

Five drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
16 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 49.601193.061
228 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 49.655192.851
321 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 49.826192.189
49 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 50.144190.970
517 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.411189.959
675 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 50.428189.895
733 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 50.453189.800
855 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 50.532189.504
911 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 50.617189.185
104 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 50.628189.144
1114 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 50.694188.898
125 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.696188.891
1384 Dick Trickle (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 50.783188.567
1442 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 50.835188.374
1543 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 50.866188.259
1694 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 50.937187.997
173 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 51.099187.401
1883 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 51.123187.313
1973 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 51.355186.467
2016 Larry Pearson (R) Pearson Racing Buick 51.481186.010
Failed to lock in Round 1
2125 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.525189.530
2215 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 51.498185.949
2340 Ben Hess (R) Hess Racing Oldsmobile 51.544185.783
2452 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 51.553185.751
2530 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 51.563185.715
2627 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 51.695185.240
2788 Greg Sacks Baker–Schiff Racing Pontiac 51.733185.104
2829 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 51.764184.993
297 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 51.820184.794
3090 Chad Little (R) Donlavey Racing Ford 51.864184.637
3110 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 51.927184.413
3226 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 51.929184.406
338 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 52.015184.101
342 Ernie Irvan U.S. Racing Pontiac 52.034184.034
3523 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile 52.101183.797
3631 Jim Sauter Bob Clark Motorsports Pontiac 52.428182.650
3771 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 52.499182.403
3818 Ron Esau TriStar Motorsports Pontiac 52.527182.306
3922 Grant Adcox Adcox Racing Chevrolet 52.764181.487
4093 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Buick 52.802181.357
Provisional
4157 Hut Stricklin (R) Osterlund Racing Pontiac 53.207179.976
Failed to qualify
4270 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac -*-*
4380 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Pontiac -*-*
440 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford -*-*
4586 Walter Surma Surma Racing Chevrolet -*-*
4649 Tony Spanos Hylton Motorsports Buick -*-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
1228 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 18894running185$98,675
2911 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1884running175$51,275
316 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1881running170$39,850
4675 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 18832running165$34,250
5517 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1883running160$28,900
62125 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18835running155$24,625
7733 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 1880running146$17,800
8173 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1882running147$20,450
9321 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1886running143$15,475
102627 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 18811running139$21,225
1149 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 1880running130$19,147
12125 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1880running127$14,615
13297 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 1880running124$11,785
141694 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 1880running121$10,980
15104 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 1880running118$11,175
161114 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 1880running115$6,185
17855 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 1880running112$9,445
181883 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 1880running109$9,130
192215 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 1880running106$8,815
203771 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1870running103$11,807
212530 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 1860running100$7,865
222340 Ben Hess (R) Hess Racing Oldsmobile 1860running97$6,320
231543 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1860running94$5,360
243922 Grant Adcox Adcox Racing Chevrolet 1830running91$4,255
25342 Ernie Irvan U.S. Racing Pontiac 1810running88$5,275
264093 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Buick 1790running85$4,095
271384 Dick Trickle (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 1770crash82$7,640
281442 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 1700crash79$3,985
292016 Larry Pearson (R) Pearson Racing Buick 1690crash76$6,930
303110 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 1690crash73$3,925
313226 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 1690crash70$6,445
321973 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 1690engine67$3,690
334157 Hut Stricklin (R) Osterlund Racing Pontiac 1680crash64$3,660
343090 Chad Little (R) Donlavey Racing Ford 1680crash61$3,630
35338 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 1650running58$6,275
363631 Jim Sauter Bob Clark Motorsports Pontiac 1640crash55$4,220
372788 Greg Sacks Baker–Schiff Racing Pontiac 1470crash52$6,140
383818 Ron Esau TriStar Motorsports Pontiac 1170crash0$3,460
393523 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile 520engine46$4,005
402829 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 370crash43$5,375
412452 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 50engine40$3,375
Failed to qualify
4270 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac
4380 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Pontiac
440 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford
4586 Walter Surma Surma Racing Chevrolet
4649 Tony Spanos Hylton Motorsports Buick
Official race results

Standings after the race

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  6. ↑ Higgins, Tom (May 5, 1989). "Allison Car Industed On Rainy Day In Alabama (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 57. Retrieved May 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. ↑ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer . May 4, 1989. p. 25. Retrieved May 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. ↑ Higgins, Tom (May 6, 1989). "Martin Leads, Luminas Fade At Talladega (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 55. Retrieved May 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  9. ↑ Higgins, Tom (May 6, 1989). "Martin Leads, Luminas Fade At Talladega (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 58. Retrieved May 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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