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1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 3 of 29
Sunday, March 19, 1989 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles)

Time of race: 3:34:26
Average speed: 139.684 mph
Pole speed: 176.925 mph

Cautions: 6 for 41 laps
Margin of victory: .65 sec
Attendance: 61000
Lead changes: 29

Glossary 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1989 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	328	63500	running	29	180
2	5	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	328	39675	running	92	175
3	18	84	Dick Trickle	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	328	30250	running	15	170
4	23	42	Kyle Petty	Peak Antifreeze (Felix Sabates)	Pontiac	327	13250	running	0	160
5	8	94	Sterling Marlin	Sunoco (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	326	22500	running	0	155
6	32	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	326	16325	running	0	150
7	17	21	Neil Bonnett	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	325	11350	running	0	146
8	35	57	Hut Stricklin	Heinz (Rod Osterlund)	Pontiac	324	8525	running	0	142
9	10	29	Dale Jarrett	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Pontiac	324	11200	running	0	138
10	19	75	Morgan Shepherd	Valvoline (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	323	15500	running	0	134
11	16	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	323	15295	running	0	130
12	27	2	Ernie Irvan	Kroger (D.K. Ulrich)	Pontiac	323	7525	running	0	127
13	40	80	Jimmy Horton	Miles Concrete (George Smith)	Pontiac	320	5562	running	0	124
14	25	55	Phil Parsons	Crown Petroleum (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	319	7655	running	3	126
15	21	25	Ken Schrader	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	316	13455	running	28	123
16	1	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	316	11195	running	0	115
17	30	40	Ben Hess	Hess Racing (Ben Hess)	Oldsmobile	315	4705	running	0	112
18	36	52	Jimmy Means	Alka-Seltzer (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	314	4375	running	0	109
19	6	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	312	10265	crash	2	111
20	13	30	Michael Waltrip	Country Time Lemonade (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	310	8070	running	0	103
21	14	83	Lake Speed	Rancher's Choice (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	306	6085	running	0	100
22	38	16	Larry Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (David Pearson)	Buick	300	3400	running	0	97
23	41	23	Eddie Bierschwale	Auto Finders (Don Bierschwale)	Oldsmobile	278	2815	running	0	94
24	15	26	Ricky Rudd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	270	5730	engine	0	91
25	28	66	Rick Mast	Banquet Frozen Foods (Bill Edwards)	Chevrolet	262	5820	engine	0	88
26	22	88	Greg Sacks	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Pontiac	257	5455	engine	0	85
27	24	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	257	3295	engine	9	87
28	20	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	254	2510	engine	0	79
29	7	33	Harry Gant	Skoal (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	240	2475	running	0	76
30	29	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	233	5140	engine	0	73
31	3	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	217	23110	engine	130	80
32	34	31	Jim Sauter	Slender You Figure Salons (Bob Clark)	Pontiac	166	3075	engine	0	67
33	12	15	Brett Bodine	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	164	4925	crash	1	69
34	26	68	Derrike Cope	Purolator (Jim Testa)	Pontiac	160	2250	crash	0	61
35	33	90	Chad Little	Donlavey Racing (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	101	2855	camshaft	0	58
36	11	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Ford	97	9205	engine	3	60
37	39	10	Ken Bouchard	Bob Whitcomb	Pontiac	56	3785	overheating	0	52
38	2	6	Mark Martin	Stroh's Light (Jack Roush)	Ford	48	4165	engine	16	54
39	42	48	Mickey Gibbs	GMAC Smart Lease (Tom Winkle)	Pontiac	30	2140	engine	0	46
40	9	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	19	10660	engine	0	43
41	37	41	Jim Bown	Bown Racing (Dick Bown)	Chevrolet	10	2060	engine	0	40
42	31	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	9	4060	engine	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Rodney Combs
	Rick Jeffrey
	H.B. Bailey	36
	Lee Raymond	69
	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	11	11
	12	16	5	#41 spun turn 2
	17	133	117
	134	142	9	#16 stalled on track
	143	157	15
	158	162	5	#2 spun turn 2
	163	164	2
	165	173	9	#7,15,66,68,83,31,42 accident turn 4
	174	276	103
	277	283	7	#26 engine
	284	313	30
	314	319	6	#4,5 accident turn 4
	320	328	9
Percent of race run under caution: 12.5% Average green flag run: 41.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mark Martin	1	16	16
Rusty Wallace	17	57	41
Geoffrey Bodine	58	58	1
Darrell Waltrip	59	60	2
Brett Bodine	61	61	1
Terry Labonte	62	64	3
Ken Schrader	65	67	3
Phil Parsons	68	70	3
Dick Trickle	71	79	9
Dale Earnhardt	80	93	14
Rusty Wallace	94	114	21
Darrell Waltrip	115	117	3
Richard Petty	118	126	9
Ken Schrader	127	133	7
Dick Trickle	134	134	1
Rusty Wallace	135	147	13
Ken Schrader	148	148	1
Rusty Wallace	149	152	4
Ken Schrader	153	157	5
Rusty Wallace	158	158	1
Darrell Waltrip	159	159	1
Rusty Wallace	160	209	50
Darrell Waltrip	210	223	14
Ken Schrader	224	235	12
Dale Earnhardt	236	276	41
Geoffrey Bodine	277	277	1
Dale Earnhardt	278	314	37
Dick Trickle	315	319	5
Darrell Waltrip	320	328	9

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	510
2	Alan Kulwicki	441	-69
2	Geoffrey Bodine	441	-69
4	Darrell Waltrip	436	-74
5	Sterling Marlin	431	-79
6	Rick Wilson	409	-101
7	Ken Schrader	391	-119
8	Rusty Wallace	374	-136
9	Rick Mast	343	-167
10	Dale Jarrett	340	-170
11	Michael Waltrip	335	-175
12	Morgan Shepherd	334	-176
13	Phil Parsons	332	-178
14	Lake Speed	320	-190
15	Eddie Bierschwale	318	-192
16	Greg Sacks	317	-193
17	Richard Petty	314	-196
18	Terry Labonte	312	-198
19	Ben Hess	306	-204
20	Neil Bonnett	304	-206
21	Larry Pearson	296	-214