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1989 Valleydale Meats 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 29
April 9, 1989 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:30:18
Average Speed: 76.034 mph
Pole Speed: 120.278 mph

Cautions: 20 for 98 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.26 sec
Attendance: 43,000
Lead changes: 34

Glossary 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1989 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	8	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	500	48,750	running	71	180
2	13	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	28,900	running	0	170
3	2	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	21,950	running	43	170
4	31	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	17,802	running	28	165
5	27	84	Dick Trickle	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	500	12,950	running	0	155
6	1	6	Mark Martin	Stroh's Light (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	13,975	running	37	155
7	21	88	Greg Sacks	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Pontiac	500	9,300	running	99	156
8	18	26	Ricky Rudd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	500	7,325	running	0	142
9	16	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	500	13,150	running	34	143
10	11	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	500	10,350	running	22	139
11	7	30	Michael Waltrip	Country Time Lemonade (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	499	6,500	running	0	130
12	29	21	Neil Bonnett	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	499	6,075	running	8	132
13	23	31	Jim Sauter	Slender You Figure Salons (Bob Clark)	Pontiac	498	6,300	running	0	124
14	15	66	Rick Mast	Mach 1 Racing (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	496	5,800	running	5	126
15	14	94	Sterling Marlin	Sunoco (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	493	6,930	running	8	123
16	5	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	492	21,280	running	74	120
17	28	67	Brad Teague	You Can Rent (Buddy Arrington)	Pontiac	488	2,480	running	0	112
18	32	16	Larry Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (David Pearson)	Buick	480	2,430	oil line	0	109
19	12	23	Eddie Bierschwale	Americraft (Don Bierschwale)	Oldsmobile	479	2,390	running	0	106
20	3	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	458	6,075	running	3	108
21	4	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	442	4,710	running	2	105
22	20	29	Dale Jarrett	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Pontiac	440	4,520	running	0	97
23	6	55	Phil Parsons	Crown Petroleum (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	420	4,395	crash	0	94
24	19	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Ford	400	7,825	running	0	91
25	30	83	Lake Speed	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	397	4,405	running	0	88
26	10	75	Morgan Shepherd	Valvoline (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	234	8,745	crash	4	90
27	22	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	215	4,160	crash	6	87
28	26	57	Hut Stricklin	Heinz (Rod Osterlund)	Pontiac	167	1,970	crash	0	79
29	25	2	Ernie Irvan	Kroger (D.K. Ulrich)	Pontiac	167	2,535	crash	56	81
30	24	15	Brett Bodine	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	167	3,450	crash	0	73
31	9	51	Butch Miller	Phoenix Construction (Leroy Throop)	Chevrolet	80	1,950	crash	0	70
32	17	25	Ken Schrader	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	35	7,650	crash	0	67

Failed to qualify: Ben Hess (#40), Richard Petty (#43), Jimmy Means (#52), J.D. McDuffie (#70), Dave Marcis (#71), Steve Seligman (#65)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	36	36
	37	43	7
	44	58	15
	59	65	7
	66	82	17
	83	84	2
	85	94	10
	95	97	3
	98	125	28
	126	128	3
	129	150	22
	151	157	7
	158	161	4
	162	165	4
	166	168	3
	169	181	13
	182	216	35
	217	227	11
	228	238	11
	239	245	7
	246	256	11
	257	258	2
	259	264	6
	265	268	4
	269	284	16
	285	287	3
	288	312	25
	313	315	3
	316	364	49
	365	368	4
	369	376	8
	377	378	2
	379	423	45
	424	430	7
	431	456	26
	457	458	2
	459	475	17
	476	477	2
	478	480	3
	481	485	5
	486	500	15
Percent of race run under caution: 19.6% Average green flag run: 19.1 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mark Martin	1	37	37
Ernie Irvan	38	82	45
Geoffrey Bodine	83	88	6
Alan Kulwicki	89	91	3
Neil Bonnett	92	94	3
Harry Gant	95	95	1
Bill Elliott	96	107	12
Greg Sacks	108	124	17
Ernie Irvan	125	126	2
Bobby Hillin, Jr.	127	132	6
Harry Gant	133	147	15
Morgan Shepherd	148	151	4
Sterling Marlin	152	152	1
Rusty Wallace	153	158	6
Ernie Irvan	159	167	9
Rick Wilson	168	169	2
Geoffrey Bodine	170	205	36
Rick Mast	206	210	5
Dale Earnhardt	211	217	7
Rusty Wallace	218	218	1
Dale Earnhardt	219	285	67
Davey Allison	286	313	28
Bill Elliott	314	335	22
Neil Bonnett	336	340	5
Greg Sacks	341	362	22
Harry Gant	363	365	3
Geoffrey Bodine	366	366	1
Greg Sacks	367	412	46
Harry Gant	413	414	2
Sterling Marlin	415	421	7
Harry Gant	422	422	1
Greg Sacks	423	424	2
Rusty Wallace	425	425	1
Greg Sacks	426	437	12
Rusty Wallace	438	500	63

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Geoffrey Bodine	900
2	Rusty Wallace	881	-19
3	Alan Kulwicki	875	-25
4	Dale Earnhardt	869	-31
5	Sterling Marlin	851	-49
6	Darrell Waltrip	807	-93
7	Davey Allison	786	-114
8	Rick Wilson	756	-144
9	Mark Martin	728	-172
10	Michael Waltrip	727	-173
11	Harry Gant	723	-177
12	Bill Elliott	721	-179
13	Ricky Rudd	703	-197
14	Lake Speed	674	-226
15	Dick Trickle	666	-234
16	Larry Pearson	658	-242
17	Ken Schrader	646	-254
18	Rick Mast	645	-255
19	Greg Sacks	627	-273
20	Morgan Shepherd	603	-297

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