1992 Save Mart 300K

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1992 Save Mart 300K
Race details
Race 12 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1992 Save Mart 300K program cover, featuring Richard Petty.
DateJune 7, 1992
Official name 4th Annual Save Mart 300K
Location Sonoma, California, Sears Point Raceway
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.52 miles (4.06 km)
Distance 74 laps, 186.48 mi (300.11 km)
Scheduled distance 74 laps, 186.48 mi (300.11 km)
Average speed 81.413 miles per hour (131.022 km/h)
Attendance 83,000
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time 1:39.709
Most laps led
Driver Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates
Laps 22
Winner
No. 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1992 Save Mart 300K was the 12th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the third race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series, and the fourth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 7, 1992, before an audience of 83,000 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. In the final laps of the race, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan would manage to make a late-race pass for the lead with eight to go, coming back from an early penalty to take his fourth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. [1] [2] To fill out the top three, Hagan Racing driver Terry Labonte and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

Background

The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time. Infineon (Sears Point) with emphasis on Long track.svg
The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time.

Sears Point Raceway at the time was 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; [3] 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. [4] 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). [5]

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
0 Irv Hoerr Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal
1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 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
04 Bobby Woods Lipseia Racing Pontiac Graph-Ricks Racing Decals
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 Bill Schmitt Melling Racing Ford Raley's Supermarkets, 7 Up
09 R. K. Smith Midgley Racing Pontiac Midgley Racing
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters
11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
12 Hut Stricklin 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 Electric
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
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
37 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet Hoosier Racing Tire
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 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Buick Dad's Root Beer
50 Hershel McGriff JTC Racing Chevrolet Star Race Computers
51 Rick Scribner Scribner Racing Chevrolet All Pro Auto Parts
52 Tommy Kendall Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Save Mart Supermarkets
55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Oldsmobile Jasper Engines & Transmissions
58 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac Imperial Palace
60 Mike Chase Kaylan Young Racing Pontiac Bowman
66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile Country Time
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Big Apple Markets
75 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet Spears Manufacturing
92 Ron Hornaday Jr. Fisher Racing Chevrolet Palmdale Chiropractic
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Ford Sunoco
99 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac Diamond Ridge Motorsports

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 5, at 6:30 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 6, 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, [6] 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.

Ricky Rudd, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:39.709 and an average speed of 90.985 miles per hour (146.426 km/h) in the first round. [7]

Two drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
15 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:39.70990.985
24 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 1:40.39290.366
32 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 1:40.83189.972
417 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 1:40.87489.934
511 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1:40.97589.844
694 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 1:41.51289.369
77 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 1:41.64689.251
86 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1:41.70989.196
916 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 1:41.79489.121
1028 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 1:41.90489.025
1122 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1:41.90789.022
123 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:41.91189.019
1325 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:41.91389.017
1452 Tommy Kendall Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 1:41.92189.010
1515 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 1:41.93988.994
1626 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 1:42.03788.909
1792 Ron Hornaday Jr. Fisher Racing Chevrolet 1:42.07388.878
180 Irv Hoerr Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 1:42.34488.642
1942 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 1:42.54088.473
2010 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 1:42.54388.470
2121 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:42.66988.362
2266 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 1:42.95288.119
2318 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 1:43.04588.039
2433 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 1:43.05388.032
2568 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 1:43.56887.595
Failed to lock in Round 1
2630 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 1:41.77089.142
2771 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1:43.18587.920
288 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 1:43.18987.916
2909 R. K. Smith Midgley Racing Pontiac 1:43.69187.491
3043 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1:43.72787.460
3155 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Oldsmobile 1:43.73087.458
3275 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 1:43.79687.402
331 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 1:43.82887.375
349 Bill Schmitt Melling Racing Ford 1:43.91087.306
3550 Hershel McGriff JTC Racing Chevrolet 1:44.07187.171
3624 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac 1:44.32386.961
3712 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 1:44.50686.808
3837 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 1:44.94286.448
3960 Mike Chase Kaylan Young Racing Pontiac 1:45.21386.225
4099 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac 1:46.17285.446
Winston Cup provisional
4141 Greg Sacks Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet -*-*
Winston West provisionals
4251 Rick Scribner Scribner Racing Chevrolet -*-*
4344 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Buick -*-*
Failed to qualify
4458 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac -*-*
4504 Bobby Woods Lipseia Racing Pontiac -*-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
124 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 748running180$61,810
2694 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 7415running175$36,685
386 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 741running170$28,185
415 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 749running165$25,710
5511 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 7422running165$32,585
6123 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 740running150$21,910
732 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 7412running151$18,110
8417 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 740running142$18,610
91325 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 740running138$17,360
101515 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 740running134$16,360
11331 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 740running130$13,460
121942 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 740running127$12,960
131452 Tommy Kendall Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 740running124$6,755
1477 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 745running126$14,255
151626 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 740running118$11,905
161122 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 740running115$11,405
172433 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 742running117$15,530
182010 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 740running109$6,345
193275 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 740running106$9,080
202630 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 740running103$11,155
213043 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 740running100$11,055
223155 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Oldsmobile 730running97$10,230
232771 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 730running94$7,155
24349 Bill Schmitt Melling Racing Ford 730running91$8,235
25916 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 730running88$6,975
26288 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 730running85$9,855
273712 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 730running82$9,780
281028 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 730running79$16,305
292121 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 720running76$9,670
302266 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 720running73$5,815
314099 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac 720running70$6,530
321792 Ron Hornaday Jr. Fisher Racing Chevrolet 720running67$4,930
332909 R. K. Smith Midgley Racing Pontiac 700engine64$4,880
342568 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 700running61$10,380
353960 Mike Chase Kaylan Young Racing Pontiac 690running58$6,330
364251 Rick Scribner Scribner Racing Chevrolet 680running55$4,820
373837 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 570rear end52$4,800
383624 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac 550handling49$4,780
392318 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 520transmission46$4,750
404344 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Buick 480transmission43$4,725
41180 Irv Hoerr Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 420engine40$4,725
423550 Hershel McGriff JTC Racing Chevrolet 190transmission37$4,725
434141 Greg Sacks Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20engine34$4,725
Failed to qualify
4458 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac
4504 Bobby Woods Lipseia Racing Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

References

  1. Schiffmann, William (June 8, 1992). "Irvan overcomes black flag for victory in Save Mart 300 event". The Advocate-Messenger. p. 11. Retrieved January 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. Glick, Shav (June 8, 1992). "After Field Gets a Head Start, Irvan Wins". The Los Angeles Times . p. 171. Retrieved January 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. "Sears Point". www.gt-racing.co.uk. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  4. "Passing is tough in Chute | chronicle.augusta.com". June 7, 2011. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
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