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1990 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 29
Sunday, March 18, 1990 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles)

Time of race: 3:10:58
Average speed: 156.849 mph
Pole speed: no time trials

Cautions: 3 for 10 laps
Margin of victory: .32 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 21

Glossary 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1990 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	328	85000	running	216	185
2	3	15	Morgan Shepherd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	328	36000	running	14	175
3	30	4	Ernie Irvan	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	328	31957	running	1	170
4	14	25	Ken Schrader	Kodiak (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	328	22900	running	10	165
5	17	6	Mark Martin	Folger's (Jack Roush)	Ford	328	20850	running	0	155
6	5	42	Kyle Petty	Peak Antifreeze (Felix Sabates)	Pontiac	328	15075	running	3	155
7	10	11	Geoffrey Bodine	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Ford	328	19250	running	80	151
8	31	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	327	11625	running	0	142
9	21	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson)	Oldsmobile	327	13600	running	0	138
10	9	94	Sterling Marlin	Sunoco (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	326	12300	running	2	139
11	15	26	Brett Bodine	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	326	9495	running	0	130
12	7	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	326	13875	running	0	127
13	28	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	326	12155	running	0	124
14	11	66	Dick Trickle	Phillips / TropArtic (Cale Yarborough)	Pontiac	326	9935	running	0	121
15	6	57	Jimmy Spencer	Heinz (Rod Osterlund)	Pontiac	325	8680	running	0	118
16	16	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Snickers (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	325	8545	running	0	115
17	29	75	Rick Wilson	Dinner Bell Foods (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Oldsmobile	324	8235	running	0	112
18	27	21	Neil Bonnett	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	322	7625	running	0	109
19	34	19	Chad Little	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Chuck Little)	Ford	322	4415	running	0	106
20	18	98	Butch Miller	Winn-Dixie (Travis Carter)	Chevrolet	321	4970	running	0	103
21	22	90	Buddy Baker	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	319	4135	running	0
22	20	71	Dave Marcis	Big Apple Markets (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	317	7050	running	0	97
23	25	12	Mike Alexander	Raybestos Brakes (Bobby Allison)	Buick	317	3965	running	0	94
24	2	27	Rusty Wallace	Miller Genuine Draft (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	316	14930	engine	1	96
25	32	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	315	4845	running	0	88
26	8	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	312	12755	running	1	90
27	4	5	Ricky Rudd	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	307	6545	running	0	82
28	39	82	Mark Stahl	Auto Bell Car Wash (Mark Stahl)	Ford	300	3660	running	0	79
29	13	10	Derrike Cope	Purolator (Bob Whitcomb)	Chevrolet	255	8625	engine	0	76
30	40	47	Jack Pennington	Kanawha Insurance (Derick Close)	Oldsmobile	253	4290	engine	0	73
31	23	52	Jimmy Means	Alka-Seltzer (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	251	4230	engine	0	70
32	35	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey)	Pontiac	214	3480	engine	0	67
33	36	20	Rob Moroso	Crown Petroleum (Dick Moroso)	Oldsmobile	149	3670	engine	0	64
34	24	16	Larry Pearson	Country Music TV (David Pearson)	Buick	135	6095	engine	0	61
35	26	2	Rick Mast	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Pontiac	113	6050	engine	0	58
36	33	77	Ken Ragan	Jasper Engines (Marvin Ragan)	Ford	101	3350	valve	0	55
37	38	18	Hut Stricklin	Tri-Star Motorsports (Mark Smith)	Pontiac	84	3330	valve	0	52
38	19	30	Michael Waltrip	Maxwell House Coffee (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	53	5960	timing chain	0	49
39	37	01	Mickey Gibbs	Special Days Inn (Don Gibbs)	Ford	40	3285	valve	0	46
40	12	1	Terry Labonte	Skoal (Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	4	6580	engine	0	43

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
41	Greg Sacks	46	Superflo	Rick Hendrick	Chevrolet
42	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	A.J. Foyt	Oldsmobile
43	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac
	Delma Cowart	0	Masters Inn	H.L. Waters	Ford
	Jerry O'Neil	53	Aroneck Racing	Alan Aroneck	Oldsmobile
	Lake Speed	83	Speed Racing	Lake Speed	Oldsmobile
	Keith Thomas	96	South Limo	Keith Thomas	Buick
	Kenny Wallace	99	Hope Motorsports	Randy Hope	Pontiac

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	5	5
	6	9	4	#1 engine
	10	318	309
	319	322	4	#27 engine
	323	324	2
	325	326	2	#8 spun turn 3
	327	328	2
Percent of race run under caution: 3.0% Average green flag run: 79.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rusty Wallace	1	1	1
Dale Earnhardt	2	56	55
Ken Schrader	57	61	5
Geoffrey Bodine	62	64	3
Darrell Waltrip	65	65	1
Dale Earnhardt	66	110	45
Geoffrey Bodine	111	121	11
Sterling Marlin	122	123	2
Dale Earnhardt	124	165	42
Ken Schrader	166	166	1
Geoffrey Bodine	167	184	18
Dale Earnhardt	185	219	35
Morgan Shepherd	220	227	8
Ken Schrader	228	231	4
Geoffrey Bodine	232	234	3
Ernie Irvan	235	235	1
Kyle Petty	236	238	3
Dale Earnhardt	239	275	37
Geoffrey Bodine	276	320	45
Morgan Shepherd	321	326	6
Dale Earnhardt	327	328	2

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	659
2	Morgan Shepherd	601	-58
3	Rusty Wallace	562	-97
4	Kyle Petty	561	-98
5	Geoffrey Bodine	538	-121
6	Sterling Marlin	534	-125
7	Bill Elliott	526	-133
8	Jimmy Spencer	521	-138
9	Ken Schrader	507	-152
9	Dick Trickle	507	-152
11	Ricky Rudd	492	-167
12	Darrell Waltrip	488	-171
13	Mark Martin	484	-175
14	Brett Bodine	472	-187
15	Ernie Irvan	467	-192
16	Derrike Cope	459	-200
17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	452	-207
18	Harry Gant	437	-222
19	Terry Labonte	428	-231
20	Butch Miller	408	-251
21	Dave Marcis	400	-259