1990 DieHard 500

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1990 DieHard 500
Race details
Race 17 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1990 DieHard 500 program cover, featuring Terry Labonte.
DateJuly 29, 1990
Official name 22nd Annual DieHard 500
Location Lincoln, Alabama, Talladega Superspeedway
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.66 miles (4.28 km)
Distance 188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Scheduled distance 188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Average speed 174.43 miles per hour (280.72 km/h)
Attendance 70,000
Pole position
Driver Richard Childress Racing
Time 49.742
Most laps led
Driver Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Laps 134
Winner
No. 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network CBS
Announcers Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, David Hobbs
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1990 DieHard 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 29, 1990, before an audience of 70,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. At race's end, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt dominated a majority of the race, leading 134 laps in the race to take his 45th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his sixth victory of the season. [1] [2] [3] [4] To fill out the top three, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott and Hagan Racing driver Sterling Marlin 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
1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal
01 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford Special Days Inn
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile Kodak
5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Levi Garrett
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Folgers
7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Zerex
8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Snickers
9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Coors Light
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters
11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick Raybestos
14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile Copenhagen
15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
17 Jimmy Horton Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
18 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet SlimFast
19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Crown Central Petroleum
21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick Quaker State
27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac Miller Genuine Draft
28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
29 Phil Parsons Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac Diamond Ridge Motorsports
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Country Time
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet Amoco
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
47 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile Kanawha Insurance
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka-Seltzer
57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac Heinz
66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Stanley Smith TriStar Motorsports Pontiac Interstate Batteries
70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac McDuffie Racing
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Big Apple Market
72 Tracy Leslie Parker Racing Oldsmobile Detroit Gasket
73 Rodney Combs Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile SlimFast
75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Dinner Bell Foods
82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford Hooters
83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile Prestone
90 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford Plasti-Kote
94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco
98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet Food World

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, July 26, at 3:00 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 27, at 4:30 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, [5] 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.

Dale Earnhardt, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 49.742 and an average speed of 192.513 miles per hour (309.820 km/h) in the first round. [6] [7]

Two drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
13 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.742192.513
228 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 49.961191.670
342 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 49.972191.627
46 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 50.022191.436
57 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 50.149190.951
620 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 50.152190.940
733 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 50.175190.852
829 Phil Parsons Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac 50.176190.848
99 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 50.204190.742
1015 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 50.368190.121
111 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 50.478189.706
1268 Stanley Smith TriStar Motorsports Pontiac 50.480189.699
1311 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 50.531189.507
1494 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 50.567189.373
1517 Jimmy Horton Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.589189.290
164 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 50.638189.107
178 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 50.700188.876
1826 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 50.701188.865
1998 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 50.766188.630
2066 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 50.804188.489
Failed to lock in Round 1
2110 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 50.361190.147
2221 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 50.807188.478
2352 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 50.807188.478
2425 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.842188.348
255 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.926188.038
2627 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 50.944187.971
2747 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile 50.998187.772
2835 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 51.001187.761
2914 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 51.023187.680
3001 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford 51.031187.651
3157 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 51.083187.460
3230 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 51.084187.456
3319 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 51.099187.401
3472 Tracy Leslie Parker Racing Oldsmobile 51.123187.313
3571 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 51.154187.199
3690 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford 51.229186.925
3775 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 51.320186.594
3818 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51.322186.587
3983 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 51.331186.554
4082 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 51.333186.547
Provisionals
4112 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 54.044177.189
4243 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 53.684178.377
Failed to qualify
4373 Rodney Combs Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile -*-*
4470 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac -*-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
113 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 188134running185$152,975
299 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 18821running175$48,390
31494 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 18810running170$34,050
457 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 1880running160$24,750
5255 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1880running155$22,050
6164 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 1880running150$16,325
72110 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 1880running146$16,350
8342 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 1883running147$16,350
946 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1880running138$18,570
10178 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 1874running139$14,075
113983 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 1870running130$8,537
12620 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 1871running132$7,950
131517 Jimmy Horton Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1870running124$15,980
144112 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 1870running121$8,710
15733 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 1871running123$14,185
162425 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1860accident115$13,500
171311 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1863running117$14,735
183818 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1860running109$6,230
193319 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 1860running106$6,050
20228 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 1864running108$15,075
213230 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 1861running105$9,480
223001 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford 1860running97$5,550
232747 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile 1860running94$5,695
243157 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 1860running91$8,790
252835 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 1850running88$5,135
261015 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 1850running85$8,235
272914 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 1854running87$4,865
283571 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1830running79$7,895
294243 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1830running76$5,725
302352 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 1800out of gas73$5,605
314082 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 1780running70$4,585
322627 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 1491engine72$15,465
331826 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 1480engine64$7,295
341998 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 1441engine66$5,150
353775 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 1330engine58$7,055
362066 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 1320running55$7,985
371268 Stanley Smith TriStar Motorsports Pontiac 540pit accident52$4,285
383472 Tracy Leslie Parker Racing Oldsmobile 540pit accident49$4,990
392221 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 510engine46$7,005
403690 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford 470ignition43$4,150
41829 Phil Parsons Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac 250accident40$4,150
42111 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 60engine37$6,775
Failed to qualify
4373 Rodney Combs Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile
4470 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

References

  1. Higgins, Tom (July 30, 1990). "Earnhardt A 3-Time Winner (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 9. Retrieved March 28, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. Higgins, Tom (July 30, 1990). "Earnhardt A 3-Time Winner (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 11. Retrieved March 28, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. Martin, Gerald (July 30, 1990). "Earnhardt wins Talladega race (Part 1)". The News and Observer . p. 23. Retrieved March 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. Martin, Gerald (July 30, 1990). "Earnhardt wins Talladega race (Part 2)". The News and Observer . p. 26. Retrieved March 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer . July 26, 1990. p. 24. Retrieved March 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. Higgins, Tom (July 27, 1990). "It's True – Earnhardt Wins Pole At Talladega (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 33. Retrieved March 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. Higgins, Tom (July 27, 1990). "It's True – Earnhardt Wins Pole At Talladega (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 35. Retrieved March 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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