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1989 Budweiser 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 29 Sunday, June 4, 1989 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:06:34 Average speed: 121.67 mph Pole speed: 144.387 mph Cautions: 6 for 36 laps Margin of victory: .51 sec Attendance: 53000 Lead changes: 20 Glossary    1989 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1989 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 500 59350 running 456 185 2 1 6   Mark Martin Stroh's Light   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 38950 running 2 175 3 5 25   Ken Schrader Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 36525 running 22 170 4 15 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Ford 500 18425 running 6 165 5 3 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 500 20975 running 9 160 6 7 26   Ricky Rudd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 500 11675 running 0 150 7 21 21   Neil Bonnett Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 499 10925 running 3 151 8 8 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 499 16625 running 0 142 9 12 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 498 13675 running 0 138 10 25 55   Phil Parsons Crown Petroleum   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 497 11275 running 0 134 11 14 29   Dale Jarrett Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Pontiac 494 8025 running 0 130 12 31 57   Hut Stricklin Heinz   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 493 6732 running 0 127 13 26 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 493 7400 running 0 124 14 6 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 492 6825 running 0 121 15 9 15   Brett Bodine Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 492 7175 running 0 118 16 32 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy Soap   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 491 6100 running 0 115 17 23 2   Ernie Irvan Kroger   (D.K. Ulrich) Pontiac 491 3850 running 0 112 18 19 83   Lake Speed Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 490 5700 running 0 109 19 11 16   Larry Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (David Pearson) Buick 490 3850 running 0 106 20 30 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 489 4375 running 0 103 21 18 84   Dick Trickle Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 487 6050 running 0 100 22 16 30   Michael Waltrip Country Time Lemonade   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 483 5200 crash 0 97 23 13 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 482 9450 running 2 99 24 33 52   Jimmy Means Alka-Seltzer   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 477 2400 running 0 91 25 17 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 444 5150 running 0 88 26 24 94   Sterling Marlin Sunoco   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 434 4950 running 0 85 27 27 23   Eddie Bierschwale Americraft   (Don Bierschwale) Oldsmobile 355 2875 running 0 82 28 28 10   Derrike Cope Purolator   (Bob Whitcomb) Pontiac 304 2200 engine 0 79 29 10 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 294 9150 piston 0 76 30 35 99   Norm Benning Wolfs Head Oil   (Jerry O'Neil) Chevrolet 226 2150 steering 0 73 31 29 80   Jimmy Horton S & H Racing   (George Smith) Pontiac 211 2050 engine 0 70 32 22 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 171 10400 engine 0 67 33 4 75   Morgan Shepherd Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 140 9950 crash 0 64 34 20 88   Jimmy Spencer Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Pontiac 75 4500 engine 0   35 34 49   Bill Flowers Hylton Racing   (James Hylton) Buick 2 1800 engine 0 58

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 142 142     143 150 8   #75 accident turn 3   151 171 21     172 175 4   #28 engine   176 218 43     219 222 4   #80 engine   223 334 112     335 338 4   #2 spun turn 2   339 427 89     428 436 9   #2 spun frontstretch   437 485 49     486 493 8   #30 accident turn 3   494 500 7       Percent of race run under caution: 7.4%             Average green flag run: 66.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mark Martin 1 1 1   Dale Earnhardt 2 80 79   Ken Schrader 81 84 4   Harry Gant 85 86 2   Terry Labonte 87 88 2   Dale Earnhardt 89 136 48   Ken Schrader 137 144 8   Dale Earnhardt 145 228 84   Mark Martin 229 229 1   Dale Earnhardt 230 244 15   Ken Schrader 245 250 6   Dale Earnhardt 251 300 50   Ken Schrader 301 302 2   Terry Labonte 303 304 2   Neil Bonnett 305 307 3   Dale Earnhardt 308 419 112   Ken Schrader 420 421 2   Terry Labonte 422 423 2   Dale Earnhardt 424 428 5   Rusty Wallace 429 437 9   Dale Earnhardt 438 500 63 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 1617     2   Dale Earnhardt 1615   -2   3   Mark Martin 1543   -74   4   Geoffrey Bodine 1534   -83   5   Rusty Wallace 1473   -144   6   Alan Kulwicki 1463   -154   7   Sterling Marlin 1459   -158   8   Ken Schrader 1408   -209   9   Davey Allison 1358   -259   10   Bill Elliott 1353   -264   11   Ricky Rudd 1301   -316   12   Rick Wilson 1291   -326   13   Terry Labonte 1281   -336   14   Neil Bonnett 1280   -337   15   Dick Trickle 1259   -358   16   Harry Gant 1237   -380   17   Lake Speed 1195   -422   18   Phil Parsons 1174   -443   19   Michael Waltrip 1170   -447   20   Ernie Irvan 1129   -488   21   Morgan Shepherd 1120   -497