1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 Last updated May 09, 2025 12th race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was the 12th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the second race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston West Series season, and the second iteration of the event . The race was held on Sunday, June 10, 1990, before an audience of 62,000 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. At race's end, Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his 18th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season. [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ricky Rudd would finish second and third, respectively.
Background The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time. Sears 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; [ 5] 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. [ 6] 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). [ 7]
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver.Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 8, 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 9, 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, [ 8] 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 cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and two extra provisionals for the NASCAR Winston West Series.
Ricky Rudd , driving for Hendrick Motorsports , would win the pole, setting a time of 1:39.743 and an average speed of 90.954 miles per hour (146.376 km/h) in the first round. [ 9] [ 10]
Four drivers would fail to qualify:Jimmy Means ,J .C . Danielsen ,St. James Davis And Mike Hickingbottom
Race results Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 11 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 74 42 running 185 $69,100 2 5 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 74 0 running 170 $34,000 3 1 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 13 running 170 $28,675 4 26 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 74 0 running 160 $20,650 5 31 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 74 4 running 160 $17,007 6 17 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 74 0 running 150 $12,475 7 2 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 74 7 running 151 $12,700 8 28 0 Irv Hoerr Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 74 0 running 142 $7,000 9 20 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 74 0 running 138 $10,600 10 14 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 74 0 running 134 $12,225 11 21 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 74 0 running 130 $9,400 12 16 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 74 0 running 127 $6,800 13 19 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 74 0 running 124 $10,000 14 10 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 74 0 running 121 $5,800 15 37 09 Terry Fisher Midgley Racing Pontiac 74 0 running 118 $4,575 16 13 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 74 0 running 115 $10,925 17 36 18 Stan Barrett Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 112 $3,850 18 7 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 109 $10,825 19 41 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 74 0 running 106 $10,800 20 29 73 Bill Schmitt Schmitt Racing Chevrolet 74 0 running 103 $6,650 21 4 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 74 0 running 100 $12,600 22 42 2 Jim Bown U.S. Racing Chevrolet 73 0 running 0 $6,675 23 35 99 John Krebs KC Racing Pontiac 73 0 running 94 $4,600 24 15 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 72 0 running 91 $10,580 25 38 23 Mike Chase Freymiller Racing Buick 72 4 running 93 $3,575 26 32 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 71 0 running 85 $4,420 27 40 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 71 0 running 82 $6,300 28 43 24 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Chevrolet 71 0 running 79 $4,200 29 8 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 70 0 engine 76 $6,165 30 33 93 Troy Beebe Beebe Racing Buick 70 0 running 73 $3,475 31 30 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 68 0 running 70 $4,075 32 22 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 67 0 running 67 $6,025 33 12 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 65 0 running 64 $12,375 34 3 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 65 0 running 61 $12,650 35 9 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 62 0 clutch 58 $5,935 36 34 76 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 61 0 running 55 $3,305 37 23 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 60 0 running 52 $3,295 38 6 40 Tommy Kendall Reno Enterprises Chevrolet 46 4 accident 54 $4,025 39 27 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 41 0 engine 46 $6,250 40 44 44 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Buick 41 0 running 0 $3,225 41 18 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 38 0 accident 40 $5,225 42 24 20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 17 0 accident 37 $3,975 43 39 34 Ted Kennedy Emerson Racing Oldsmobile 11 0 oil line 34 $3,225 44 25 04 Hershel McGriff Lipseia Racing Pontiac 2 0 engine 31 $3,225 Failed to qualify 45 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 46 84 J. C. Danielsen Danielsen Racing Ford 47 22 St. James Davis St. James Racing Buick 48 03 Mike Hickingbottom Hickingbottom Racing Pontiac Official race results
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Mark Martin 1,800 1 2 Morgan Shepherd 1,738 (-62) 1 3 Rusty Wallace 1,688 (-112) 1 4 Dale Earnhardt 1,664 (–136) 5 Geoff Bodine 1,644 (–156) 6 Kyle Petty 1,594 (–206) 2 7 Ken Schrader 1,555 (–245) 8 Bill Elliott 1,546 (–254) 2 9 Darrell Waltrip 1,517 (–283) 10 Ernie Irvan 1,504 (–296) Official driver's standings
Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References ↑ Higgins, Tom (June 11, 1990). "Wallace Returns, Conquers Sears Point Course (Part 1)" . The Charlotte Observer . p. 9. Retrieved March 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Higgins, Tom (June 11, 1990). "Wallace Returns, Conquers Sears Point Course (Part 2)" . The Charlotte Observer . p. 11. Retrieved March 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Leef, Ralph (June 11, 1990). "The road was Rusty's (Part 1)" . The Press Democrat . p. 15. Retrieved March 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Leef, Ralph (June 11, 1990). "The road was Rusty's (Part 2)" . The Press Democrat . p. 19. Retrieved March 21, 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 8, 1990. p. 16. Retrieved March 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Higgins, Tom (June 9, 1990). "Favored Rudd Top Qualifier On Road Course (Part 1)" . The Charlotte Observer . p. 75. Retrieved March 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Higgins, Tom (June 9, 1990). "Favored Rudd Top Qualifier On Road Course (Part 2)" . The Charlotte Observer . p. 76. Retrieved March 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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