1992 Pyroil 500K

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1992 Pyroil 500K
Race details
Race 28 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1992 Pyroil 500K program cover, featuring Mark Martin.
DateNovember 1, 1992
Official name 5th Annual Pyroil 500K
Location Avondale, Arizona, Phoenix International Raceway
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 312 laps, 312 mi (502.115 km)
Scheduled Distance 312 laps, 312 mi (502.115 km)
Average speed 103.885 miles per hour (167.187 km/h)
Attendance 80,000
Pole position
Driver Penske Racing South
Time 28.094
Most laps led
Driver Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South
Laps 161
Winner
No. 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network TNN
Announcers Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1992 Pyroil 500K was the 28th and penultimate stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the 11th and final race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series, and the fifth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, November 1, 1992, before an audience of 80,000 in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix International Raceway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent low-banked tri-oval race track. The race took the scheduled 312 laps to complete. At race's end, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison would manage to make a late-race charge late in the race, passing for the lead with 30 to go to retake the driver's championship points lead, assisted from a poor finish by the points leader heading into the race, Bill Elliott. The victory was Allison's 18th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fifth and final 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

In the driver's championship for the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, heading into the final race of the season, the 1992 Hooters 500, six drivers were eligible to win the driver's championship, culminating into one of the closest championship battles in NASCAR Winston Cup Series history. Driver's championship leader Davey Allison would lead second-place driver Alan Kulwicki by 30 points and third-place driver Bill Elliott by 40 points. For Allison to clinch the championship, Allison would need to finish fifth or better at the Hooters 500. [3] Second-place Kulwicki would need to win the race, lead the most laps, and for Allison to finish outside the top five to clinch the championship. Third-place Bill Elliott would need to win the race, lead the most laps, and for Allison to finish outside the top eight to win the championship. Additionally, three other drivers, considered long-shots to win the title, were also eligible to win the championship: Harry Gant, Kyle Petty, and Mark Martin. [4] [5]

In the driver's championship for the 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series, Spears Motorsports driver Bill Sedgwick, assisted by a poor finish by competitor Bill Schmitt, would manage to win the Winston West title by six points over Schmitt. [6]

Background

The layout of Phoenix International Raceway, the venue where the race was held. Phoenix-international-raceway-2011-new.svg
The layout of Phoenix International Raceway, the venue where the race was held.

Phoenix International Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.

The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.

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
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters
11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
12 Jimmy Spencer 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
24 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac Anaheim Electronics
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford Quaker State
28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
29 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Diamond Ridge Motorsports
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
37 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet Chesrown Auto Group
41 Greg Sacks Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
44 Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Racing Ford Van-K Karting Wheels
49 Stanley Smith BS&S Motorsports Chevrolet Ameritron Batteries
51 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet Phoenix Construction
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Oliver Gravity Seperators
55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions
58 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac Imperial Palace
61 Rick Scribner Scribner Racing Chevrolet All Pro Auto Parts
66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford Country Time
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Marcis Auto Racing
73 Bill Schmitt Schmitt Racing Ford Bowman Fasteners
75 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet Spears Motorsports
83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Ford Purex
86 Rich Woodland Jr. Woodland Racing Oldsmobile National Cold Storage
92 Ron Hornaday Jr. Fisher Racing Chevrolet Palmdale Chiropractic
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 30, 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, October 31, 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; which was one for cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and two extra provisionals for the NASCAR Winston West Series. 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.

Rusty Wallace, driving for Penske Racing South, would win the pole, setting a time of 28.094 and an average speed of 128.141 miles per hour (206.223 km/h) in the first round. [8]

Two drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
12 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 28.094128.141
222 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 28.284127.280
37 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 28.363126.926
45 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.389126.810
54 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 28.390126.805
612 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 28.400126.761
742 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 28.426126.645
86 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 28.426126.645
925 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.436126.600
1017 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 28.465126.471
1130 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 28.489126.365
1228 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 28.491126.356
1310 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 28.518126.236
141 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 28.523126.214
1526 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 28.527126.196
1655 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 28.531126.179
1718 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 28.564126.033
1811 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 28.581125.958
193 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.606125.848
2015 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 28.633125.729
Failed to lock in Round 1
2168 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford 28.642125.690
2221 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.648125.663
2366 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 28.662125.602
2443 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 28.775125.109
2541 Hut Stricklin Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.789125.048
2694 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 28.798125.009
2716 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 28.806124.974
2837 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 28.819124.918
298 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 28.823124.900
3033 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 28.883124.641
3183 Lake Speed Speed Racing Ford 28.897124.580
3251 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 28.935124.417
3329 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 29.127123.597
3452 Scott Gaylord Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 29.192123.321
3573 Bill Schmitt Schmitt Racing Ford 29.329122.745
3671 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 29.372122.566
3775 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 29.528121.918
3849 Stanley Smith BS&S Motorsports Chevrolet 29.602121.613
3944 Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Racing Ford 29.692121.245
4024 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac 29.707121.184
Provisionals
4192 Ron Hornaday Jr. Fisher Racing Chevrolet --
4261 Rick Scribner Scribner Racing Chevrolet --
Failed to qualify
4386 Rich Woodland Jr. Woodland Racing Oldsmobile 30.616117.586
4458 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac --
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
11228 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 31230running180$65,285
286 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 31244running175$40,555
31017 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 3120running165$32,130
437 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 31249running165$25,730
5612 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 3120running155$22,105
6925 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3120running150$20,070
71310 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 3120running146$13,220
82168 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford 3120running142$15,820
9222 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 31121running143$14,720
10193 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3110running134$21,370
111130 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 3110running130$13,120
121526 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 3110running127$12,520
132716 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 3110running124$9,120
143033 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 3115running126$16,220
152541 Hut Stricklin Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3110running118$8,370
162694 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 3110running115$10,720
17141 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 3110running112$10,420
183183 Lake Speed Speed Racing Ford 3100running109$5,320
19742 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 3090running106$10,120
201718 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 3090running103$10,485
212366 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 3090running100$7,410
222443 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 3090running97$9,510
233329 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 3080running94$6,460
241655 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 3022engine96$9,410
254192 Ron Hornaday Jr. Fisher Racing Chevrolet 3010running88$6,360
263944 Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Racing Ford 2990running85$4,785
273775 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 2990running82$7,285
2812 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 295161running89$26,735
294024 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac 2920running76$6,210
3045 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2880running73$12,885
311811 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 2600running70$13,660
323849 Stanley Smith BS&S Motorsports Chevrolet 2510running67$4,385
333573 Bill Schmitt Schmitt Racing Ford 2090engine64$4,860
3454 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 2010crash61$13,935
353671 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1800engine58$4,310
363251 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 1410brakes55$4,285
373452 Scott Gaylord Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 1240engine52$4,265
382221 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 850engine49$7,255
392015 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 690engine46$7,240
40298 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 680crash43$4,205
414261 Rick Scribner Scribner Racing Chevrolet 70engine40$4,205
422837 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 10quit37$4,205
Failed to qualify
4386 Rich Woodland Jr. Woodland Racing Oldsmobile
4458 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

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