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1989 AC Spark Plug 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 16 of 29 Sunday, July 23, 1989 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:14:34 Average speed: 117.847 mph Pole speed: 157.809 mph Cautions: 9 for 42 laps Margin of victory: 2.21 sec Attendance: 78000 Lead changes: 28 Glossary    1989 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1989 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 14 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 200 58400 running 8 180 2 6 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 200 46875 running 68 180 3 7 6   Mark Martin Stroh's Light   (Jack Roush) Ford 200 26300 running 4 170 4 24 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 23850 running 19 165 5 8 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 200 20350 running 0 155 6 23 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 200 16225 running 1 155 7 1 25   Ken Schrader Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 16050 running 7 151 8 12 75   Morgan Shepherd Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 200 13925 running 0 142 9 3 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 200 14275 running 3 143 10 5 15   Brett Bodine Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 200 12250 running 0 134 11 29 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 200 8950 running 16 135 12 36 55   Phil Parsons Crown Petroleum   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 200 11207 running 0 127 13 22 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Ford 199 12850 running 2 129 14 11 42   Kyle Petty Peak Antifreeze   (Felix Sabates) Pontiac 199 4150 running 16 126 15 21 88   Jimmy Spencer Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Pontiac 199 9400 running 0 118 16 30 44   Jim Sauter Group 44   (Bob Tullius) Pontiac 199 3850 running 0 115 17 2 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 199 12750 running 41 117 18 17 29   Dale Jarrett Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Pontiac 198 7550 running 0 109 19 32 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 198 7325 running 5 111 20 31 84   Dick Trickle Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 198 8175 running 7 108 21 39 06   Terry Byers Byers Racing   (Terry Byers) Chevrolet 197 3175 running 0 100 22 37 38   Dick Johnson Redkote Steel Tubing   (Dick Johnson) Ford 196 3075 running 0 97 23 19 21   Neil Bonnett Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 195 6295 running 3 99 24 40 52   Jimmy Means Alka-Seltzer   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 195 2925 running 0 91 25 10 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 192 6100 running 0 88 26 27 2   Ernie Irvan Kroger   (D.K. Ulrich) Pontiac 164 3825 running 0 85 27 35 04   Bob Schacht George Hakes Ford 139 2775 engine 0 82 28 28 30   Michael Waltrip Country Time Lemonade   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 128 6675 water pump 0 79 29 16 83   Lake Speed Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 127 5525 crash 0 76 30 15 48   Greg Sacks Dinner Bell Foods   (Tom Winkle) Pontiac 114 3425 crash 0 73 31 18 26   Ricky Rudd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 111 9575 engine 0 70 32 38 13   Eddie Bierschwale Genesee Beer   (Jim Rosenblum) Chevrolet 83 2575 crash 0 67 33 33 80   Jimmy Horton Miles Concrete   (George Smith) Pontiac 71 3175 crash 0 64 34 26 62   Joe Ruttman Baja Boats   (Douglas Smith) Oldsmobile 60 2400 engine 0 61 35 20 10   Derrike Cope Purolator   (Bob Whitcomb) Pontiac 56 3100 engine 0 58 36 9 94   Sterling Marlin Sunoco   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 45 5000 engine 0 55 37 34 57   Hut Stricklin Heinz   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 24 2925 engine 0 52 38 25 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 22 2875 engine 0 49 39 4 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 10 4825 engine 0 46 40 13 16   Larry Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (David Pearson) Buick 2 2740 oil line 0 43

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Larry Pearson 16 pitting before green flag Kyle Petty 42 held by NASCAR Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Mike Potter 81 O.C. Welch Ford-Lincoln-Mercury O.C. Welch Ford Jack Ely 92 Helga's Salad Dressing / Ace Tire Jack Ely Buick Charlie Baker 93 Baker Racing Patsy Salmon Buick Norm Benning 99 O'Neil Racing Jerry O'Neil Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 11 11     12 14 3   #7 engine   15 30 16     31 33 3   #57 stalled turn 2   34 45 12     46 48 3   #94 engine   49 61 13     62 66 5   #10 engine   67 73 7     74 81 8   #80 accident turn 2   82 84 3     85 87 3   #13,38 accident frontstretch   88 103 16     104 106 3   debris frontstretch   107 113 7     114 116 3   #26 off track north straight   117 128 12     129 139 11   #48,83 accident turn 1   140 200 61       Percent of race run under caution: 21.0%             Average green flag run: 15.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ken Schrader 1 7 7   Rusty Wallace 8 12 5   Kyle Petty 13 15 3   Dale Earnhardt 16 18 3   Rusty Wallace 19 29 11   Geoffrey Bodine 30 37 8   Rusty Wallace 38 46 9   Neil Bonnett 47 49 3   Rusty Wallace 50 62 13   Dave Marcis 63 67 5   Geoffrey Bodine 68 74 7   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 75 84 10   Geoffrey Bodine 85 94 10   Rusty Wallace 95 102 8   Mark Martin 103 104 2   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 105 107 3   Geoffrey Bodine 108 112 5   Mark Martin 113 114 2   Terry Labonte 115 116 2   Kyle Petty 117 129 13   Davey Allison 130 130 1   Dick Trickle 131 137 7   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 138 140 3   Darrell Waltrip 141 148 8   Geoffrey Bodine 149 159 11   Darrell Waltrip 160 170 11   Bill Elliott 171 172 2   Rusty Wallace 173 194 22   Bill Elliott 195 200 6 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 2314     2   Rusty Wallace 2227   -87   3   Darrell Waltrip 2179   -135   4   Bill Elliott 2153   -161   5   Mark Martin 2148   -166   6   Davey Allison 2016   -298   7   Geoffrey Bodine 1996   -318   8   Sterling Marlin 1995   -319   9   Terry Labonte 1984   -330   10   Ken Schrader 1971   -343   11   Ricky Rudd 1957   -357   12   Neil Bonnett 1847   -467   13   Alan Kulwicki 1835   -479   14   Rick Wilson 1834   -480   15   Harry Gant 1833   -481   16   Phil Parsons 1825   -489   17   Lake Speed 1803   -511   18   Morgan Shepherd 1796   -518   19   Dick Trickle 1761   -553   20   Michael Waltrip 1685   -629   21   Brett Bodine 1641   -673