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1989 Valleydale Meats 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 29 Sunday, April 9, 1989 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 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: .26 sec Attendance: 43000 Lead changes: 34 Glossary    1989 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1989 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 8 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 500 48750 running 51 180 2 13 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 28900 running 0 170 3 2 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 21950 running 43 170 4 31 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 500 17802 running 28 165 5 27 84   Dick Trickle Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 500 12950 running 0 155 6 1 6   Mark Martin Stroh's Light   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 13975 running 37 155 7 21 88   Greg Sacks Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Pontiac 500 9300 running 119 156 8 18 26   Ricky Rudd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 500 7325 running 0 142 9 16 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 500 13150 running 34 143 10 11 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 500 10350 running 22 139 11 7 30   Michael Waltrip Country Time Lemonade   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 499 6500 running 0 130 12 29 21   Neil Bonnett Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 499 6075 running 8 132 13 23 31   Jim Sauter Slender You Figure Salons   (Bob Clark) Pontiac 498 6300 running 0 124 14 15 66   Rick Mast Mach 1 Racing   (Bill Edwards) Chevrolet 496 5800 running 5 126 15 14 94   Sterling Marlin Sunoco   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 493 6930 running 8 123 16 5 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 492 21280 running 74 120 17 28 67   Brad Teague You Can Rent   (Buddy Arrington) Pontiac 488 2480 running 0 112 18 32 16   Larry Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (David Pearson) Buick 480 2430 oil line 0 109 19 12 23   Eddie Bierschwale Americraft   (Don Bierschwale) Oldsmobile 479 2390 running 0 106 20 3 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 458 6075 running 3 108 21 4 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 442 4710 running 2 105 22 20 29   Dale Jarrett Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Pontiac 440 4520 running 0 97 23 6 55   Phil Parsons Crown Petroleum   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 420 4395 crash 0 94 24 19 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Ford 400 7825 running 0 91 25 30 83   Lake Speed Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 397 4405 running 0 88 26 10 75   Morgan Shepherd Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 234 8745 crash 4 90 27 22 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 215 4160 crash 6 87 28 26 57   Hut Stricklin Heinz   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 167 1970 crash 0 79 29 25 2   Ernie Irvan Kroger   (D.K. Ulrich) Pontiac 167 2535 crash 56 81 30 24 15   Brett Bodine Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 167 3450 crash 0 73 31 9 51   Butch Miller Phoenix Construction   (Leroy Throop) Chevrolet 80 1950 crash 0 70 32 17 25   Ken Schrader Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 35 7650 crash 0 67

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ben Hess 40 Hess Racing Ben Hess Oldsmobile Richard Petty 43 STP Petty Enterprises Pontiac Jimmy Means 52 Alka-Seltzer Jimmy Means Pontiac Steve Seligman 65 Ford J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Dave Marcis 71 Lifebuoy Soap Dave Marcis Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 36 36     37 43 7   #25 accident turn 4   44 58 15     59 65 7   #15,16,23,51 accident turn 2   66 82 17     83 84 2   #51 accident turn 3   85 94 10     95 97 3   debris backstretch   98 125 28     126 128 3   #16 spun turn 4   129 150 22     151 157 7   #33 spun frontstretch   158 161 4     162 165 4   debris   166 168 3     169 181 13   #2,15,27,57 accident frontstretch   182 216 35     217 227 11   #8 accident turns 3/4   228 238 11     239 245 7   #11,75 accident frontstretch   246 256 11     257 258 2   #30 spun turn 2   259 264 6     265 268 4   #55,94 spun turns 1/2   269 284 16     285 287 3   #23 spun turn 4   288 312 25     313 315 3   #29 spun frontstretch   316 364 49     365 368 4   #55 accident turn 3   369 376 8     377 378 2   #84 spun turn 3   379 423 45     424 430 7   #55 accident backstretch   431 456 26     457 458 2   #33 spun backstretch   459 475 17     476 477 2   #88 spun turn 4   478 480 3     481 485 5   #30 spun turn 2   486 500 15       Percent of race run under caution: 19.6%             Average green flag run: 19.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 426 457 32   Rusty Wallace 458 500 43 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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   21   Eddie Bierschwale 594   -306