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1989 Holly Farms 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 26 of 29 Sunday, October 15, 1989 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:46:08 Average speed: 90.269 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 11 for 60 laps Margin of victory: 3 sec Attendance: 34000 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1989 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1989 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 11 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 47800 running 1 180 2 3 6   Mark Martin Stroh's Light   (Jack Roush) Ford 400 28075 running 51 175 3 9 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Ford 400 18300 running 0 165 4 10 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 400 12775 running 0 160 5 13 75   Morgan Shepherd Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 400 15200 running 0 155 6 6 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 400 13570 running 0 150 7 2 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 400 11880 running 0 146 8 23 2   Ernie Irvan Dinner Bell Foods   (D.K. Ulrich) Pontiac 400 6792 running 5 147 9 5 26   Ricky Rudd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 400 8630 running 0 138 10 1 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 400 15155 running 343 144 11 17 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 398 5875 running 0 130 12 16 84   Dick Trickle Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 398 6275 running 0 127 13 7 25   Ken Schrader Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 397 7150 running 0 124 14 27 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy Soap   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 396 5295 running 0 121 15 20 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 395 5650 running 0 118 16 15 21   Tommy Ellis Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 394 4900 running 0 115 17 19 15   Brett Bodine Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 394 4775 running 0 112 18 28 88   Jimmy Spencer Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Pontiac 393 4900 running 0 109 19 12 94   Sterling Marlin Sunoco   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 391 4425 running 0 106 20 4 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 388 10125 running 0 103 21 8 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 379 8930 running 0 100 22 32 52   Jimmy Means Alka-Seltzer   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 373 1805 running 0 97 23 18 30   Michael Waltrip Country Time Lemonade   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 368 4130 running 0 94 24 24 16   Larry Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (David Pearson) Buick 312 2555 running 0 91 25 21 83   Lake Speed Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 304 4025 running 0 88 26 30 10   Derrike Cope Purolator   (Bob Whitcomb) Pontiac 296 2380 running 0 85 27 25 29   Dale Jarrett Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Pontiac 218 3830 overheating 0 82 28 22 55   Phil Parsons Crown Petroleum   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 199 3755 crash 0 79 29 14 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 181 2130 ignition 0 76 30 26 57   Hut Stricklin Heinz   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 177 1630 running 0 73 31 31 42   Kyle Petty Peak Antifreeze   (Felix Sabates) Pontiac 124 1580 distributor 0 70 32 29 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 124 2330 crash 0 67

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Dale Fischlein James Hylton 49 Hylton Racing James Hylton Buick Joe Ruttman 62 Baja Boats Douglas Smith Oldsmobile Walter Surma 77 Mark Chapman Smith Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 14 14     15 18 4   #4 spun turn 3   19 70 52     71 76 6   #16,30,94 accident turns 3/4   77 88 12     89 99 11   #16,42,43,57 accident frontstretch   100 116 17     117 121 5   #4 stalled backstretch   122 127 6     128 131 4   #43 spun turn 2   132 183 52     184 189 6   #7 spun frontstretch   190 202 13     203 211 9   #15,55 accident turn 4   212 276 65     277 280 4   #30 spun turn 4   281 308 28     309 312 4   #94 spun frontstretch   313 367 55     368 371 4   #88 spun turns 3/4   372 394 23     395 397 3   #8,25 spun turn 2   398 400 3       Percent of race run under caution: 15.0%             Average green flag run: 28.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt 1 29 29   Mark Martin 30 77 48   Dale Earnhardt 78 117 40   Ernie Irvan 118 122 5   Dale Earnhardt 123 309 187   Mark Martin 310 312 3   Dale Earnhardt 313 399 87   Geoffrey Bodine 400 400 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Rusty Wallace 3758     2   Dale Earnhardt 3721   -37   3   Mark Martin 3630   -128   4   Darrell Waltrip 3476   -282   5   Bill Elliott 3394   -364   6   Ken Schrader 3332   -426   7   Ricky Rudd 3317   -441   8   Harry Gant 3275   -483   9   Davey Allison 3252   -506   10   Terry Labonte 3230   -528   11   Geoffrey Bodine 3200   -558   12   Sterling Marlin 3085   -673   13   Morgan Shepherd 3079   -679   14   Rick Wilson 2843   -915   15   Dick Trickle 2839   -919   16   Alan Kulwicki 2829   -929   17   Phil Parsons 2753   -1005   18   Brett Bodine 2746   -1012   19   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2742   -1016   20   Michael Waltrip 2722   -1036   21   Neil Bonnett 2646   -1112