1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Richmond)

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1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400
Race details
Race 22 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
DateSeptember 12, 1992
Official name 35th Annual Miller Genuine Draft 400
Location Richmond, Virginia, Richmond International Raceway
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 0.75 miles (1.21 km)
Distance 400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Scheduled distance 400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Average speed 99.917 miles per hour (160.801 km/h)
Attendance 69,000
Pole position
Driver Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Time 22.354
Most laps led
Driver Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South
Laps 231
Winner
No. 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South
Television in the United States
Network TBS
Announcers Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 was the 22nd stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 35th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 12, 1992, before an audience of 69,000 in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond International Raceway, a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his 21st career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. [1] [2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and owner-driver Darrell Waltrip would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

Background

The layout of Richmond International Raceway, the venue where the race was at. Richmond International Speedway.png
The layout of Richmond International Raceway, the venue where the race was at.

Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal
2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac Miller Genuine Draft
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak
5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Hooters
8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Snickers
9 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford Melling Racing
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters
11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
12 Jeff Purvis Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet Raybestos
15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford Keystone
17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Western Auto
18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries
21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Maxwell House
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford Quaker State
28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
32 Jimmy Horton Active Motorsports Chevrolet Active Trucking
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
41 Dick Trickle Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac Rumple Furniture
49 Stanley Smith BS&S Motorsports Chevrolet Ameritron Batteries
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Jimmy Means Racing
55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions
66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford Country Time
71 Jim Sauter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Marcis Auto Racing
77 Mike Potter Balough Racing Buick Kenova Golf Course Construction
90 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford Maxx Race Cards
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 11, at 5:30 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 Saturday, September 12, at 3:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-34 would be decided on time, [3] 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. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.

Ernie Irvan, driving for Morgan–McClure Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 22.354 and an average speed of 120.784 miles per hour (194.383 km/h) in the first round. [4]

Two drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
14 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 22.354120.784
25 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.408120.493
32 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 22.412120.471
47 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 22.443120.305
528 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 22.453120.251
666 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 22.454120.246
794 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 22.462120.203
826 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 22.473120.144
915 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 22.507119.963
1025 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.516119.915
113 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.520119.893
128 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 22.520119.893
136 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 22.526119.861
1417 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 22.544119.766
1533 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 22.546119.755
1618 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 22.561119.676
1742 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 22.593119.506
1821 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22.621119.358
191 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 22.653119.190
2010 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 22.663119.137
Failed to lock in Round 1
2116 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 22.670119.100
2271 Jim Sauter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 22.728118.796
2330 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 22.737118.749
2412 Jeff Purvis Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 22.783118.509
2511 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 22.799118.426
2655 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 22.857118.126
2752 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 22.863118.095
2890 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford 22.893117.940
2922 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 22.898117.914
3043 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 22.919117.806
3168 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford 22.920117.601
329 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford 22.985117.468
3332 Jimmy Horton Active Motorsports Chevrolet 22.988117.453
3441 Dave Marcis Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.023117.274
Provisional
3549 Stanley Smith BS&S Motorsports Chevrolet 23.203116.364
Failed to qualify
3677 Mike Potter Balough Racing Buick 23.480114.991
3748 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac 24.330110.974
Official first round qualifying results

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
132 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 400231running185$47,115
2136 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 40017running175$48,365
31417 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 40092running170$44,360
4113 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4000running160$29,655
5915 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 4000running155$19,980
625 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 4001running155$18,205
71821 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 4000running146$13,055
81533 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 4001running147$16,255
91025 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 4000running138$15,055
102655 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 4000running134$14,005
1114 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 40058running135$18,005
121742 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 3990running127$10,955
13794 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 3990running124$10,805
142511 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 3990running121$12,805
1547 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 3990running118$12,855
163043 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 3990running115$10,430
17666 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 3990running112$7,980
18826 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 3990running109$9,980
19528 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 3980running106$15,655
20128 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 3980running103$7,330
212922 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 3980running100$9,380
222412 Jeff Purvis Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 3980running97$9,265
232116 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 3970running94$6,130
243441 Dave Marcis Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3970running91$6,005
251618 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 3970running88$8,855
262271 Jim Sauter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 3940running85$5,780
27329 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford 3930running82$4,155
28191 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 3930running79$8,705
292752 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 3920running76$4,105
302890 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford 3890running73$4,055
313332 Jimmy Horton Active Motorsports Chevrolet 3870running70$4,055
323168 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford 3680running67$9,530
332330 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 2930crash64$8,500
343549 Stanley Smith BS&S Motorsports Chevrolet 2570axle61$3,955
352010 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 120engine58$5,455
Failed to qualify
3677 Mike Potter Balough Racing Buick
3748 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

References

  1. Higgins, Tom (September 14, 1992). "Wallace brightens year at Richmond". The State . p. 9. Retrieved February 5, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. Martin, Gerald (September 13, 1992). "Wallace ends victory drought with win in 400 in Richmond". The News and Observer . p. 33. Retrieved February 5, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer . September 11, 1992. p. 23. Retrieved February 5, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. Macenka, Joe (September 12, 1992). "Irvan makes patience pay off". The State . p. 12. Retrieved February 5, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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