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1989 AC Delco 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 29 Sunday, October 22, 1989 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:23:10 Average speed: 114.079 mph Pole speed: 148.624 mph Cautions: 14 for 69 laps Margin of victory: 2.98 sec Attendance: 49000 Lead changes: 35 Glossary    1989 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1989 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 7 6   Mark Martin Stroh's Light   (Jack Roush) Ford 492 52800 running 101 180 2 21 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 492 33675 running 194 180 3 2 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 492 32225 running 24 170 4 9 25   Ken Schrader Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 491 16725 running 0 160 5 16 84   Dick Trickle Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 491 15250 running 0 155 6 19 21   Neil Bonnett Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 491 10550 running 0 150 7 11 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 490 12275 running 0 146 8 28 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 490 9575 running 0 142 9 1 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 490 13225 running 6 143 10 36 42   Kyle Petty Peak Antifreeze   (Felix Sabates) Pontiac 489 10107 running 0 134 11 6 10   Derrike Cope Purolator   (Bob Whitcomb) Pontiac 489 6625 running 0 130 12 3 16   Larry Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (David Pearson) Buick 488 6575 running 0 127 13 27 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 488 7950 running 0 124 14 15 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Ford 488 13725 running 0 121 15 4 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 488 17500 running 0 118 16 20 2   Ernie Irvan Kroger / Phillips Halogen   (D.K. Ulrich) Pontiac 487 5075 running 0 115 17 26 30   Michael Waltrip Country Time Lemonade   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 486 6775 running 0 112 18 30 48   Greg Sacks Dinner Bell Foods   (Tom Winkle) Pontiac 485 3475 running 0 109 19 24 83   Lake Speed Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 485 9875 running 0 106 20 5 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 484 13775 running 86 108 21 14 15   Brett Bodine Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 484 6375 running 1 105 22 18 57   Hut Stricklin Heinz   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 474 3700 running 0 97 23 10 94   Sterling Marlin Sunoco   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 471 5500 running 0 94 24 29 55   Phil Parsons Crown Petroleum   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 470 5375 running 0 91 25 40 54   Bob Schacht Schacht Racing   (Bob Schacht) Buick 463 2700 running 0 88 26 13 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 460 10950 running 2 90 27 35 62   Joe Ruttman Baja Boats   (Douglas Smith) Oldsmobile 459 2500 running 0 82 28 8 26   Ricky Rudd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 456 10700 running 66 84 29 12 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 446 10025 running 4 81 30 33 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy Soap   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 443 5500 running 0 73 31 37 52   Jimmy Means Alka-Seltzer   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 341 2200 engine 0 70 32 17 47   Jack Pennington Dooley   (Derick Close) Chevrolet 277 2150 handling 0   33 22 44   Jim Sauter Group 44   (Bob Tullius) Pontiac 249 2080 brakes 8 69 34 34 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 247 4280 handling 0 61 35 31 88   Jimmy Spencer Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Pontiac 225 4605 crash 0 58 36 23 75   Morgan Shepherd Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 206 9925 crash 0 55 37 39 34   Jim Bown Allen's Glass   (Ken Allen) Buick 195 1900 handling 0 52 38 25 53   Jerry O'Neil O'Neil Racing   (Alan Aroneck) Oldsmobile 112 1875 axle 0 49 39 32 29   Dale Jarrett Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Pontiac 74 4450 clutch 0 46 40 38 93   Charlie Baker Baker Racing   (Patsy Salmon) Buick 37 1825 oil pump 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Tommie Crozier Bill Meacham J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Mark Stahl 82 Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 26 26     27 32 6   #53 spun backstretch   33 37 5     38 42 5   #57 spun turn 2   43 97 55     98 103 6   #25,53 accident turn 2   104 113 10     114 117 4   debris   118 207 90     208 216 9   #75 accident turn 2   217 217 1     218 220 3   #9,30 accident turn 3   221 225 5     226 228 3   #44 spun turns 1/2   229 230 2     231 238 8   #7,17,26,28,88 accident turns 1/2   239 247 9     248 249 2   #43,47 accident turn 2   250 267 18     268 271 4   debris   272 312 41     313 316 4   #94 spun backstretch   317 404 88     405 410 6   #33 accident turn 1   411 428 18     429 434 6   #3,27,94 accident turn 4   435 468 34     469 471 3   #48 spun turn 2   472 492 21       Percent of race run under caution: 14.0%             Average green flag run: 28.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Alan Kulwicki 1 2 2   Darrell Waltrip 3 7 5   Alan Kulwicki 8 9 2   Darrell Waltrip 10 25 16   Dale Earnhardt 26 27 2   Jim Sauter 28 35 8   Dale Earnhardt 36 36 1   Darrell Waltrip 37 37 1   Dale Earnhardt 38 74 37   Mark Martin 75 76 2   Dale Earnhardt 77 86 10   Harry Gant 87 87 1   Dale Earnhardt 88 97 10   Ricky Rudd 98 98 1   Dale Earnhardt 99 110 12   Rusty Wallace 111 111 1   Dale Earnhardt 112 119 8   Rusty Wallace 120 124 5   Dale Earnhardt 125 125 1   Rusty Wallace 126 146 21   Ricky Rudd 147 175 29   Mark Martin 176 185 10   Harry Gant 186 187 2   Davey Allison 188 189 2   Brett Bodine 190 190 1   Ricky Rudd 191 226 36   Dale Earnhardt 227 231 5   Darrell Waltrip 232 232 1   Rusty Wallace 233 268 36   Alan Kulwicki 269 270 2   Rusty Wallace 271 401 131   Mark Martin 402 405 4   Harry Gant 406 406 1   Mark Martin 407 414 8   Darrell Waltrip 415 415 1   Mark Martin 416 492 77 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Rusty Wallace 3938     2   Dale Earnhardt 3829   -109   3   Mark Martin 3810   -128   4   Darrell Waltrip 3646   -292   5   Bill Elliott 3512   -426   6   Ken Schrader 3492   -446   7   Ricky Rudd 3401   -537   8   Harry Gant 3356   -582   9   Terry Labonte 3351   -587   10   Geoffrey Bodine 3346   -592   11   Davey Allison 3342   -596   12   Sterling Marlin 3179   -759   13   Morgan Shepherd 3134   -804   14   Dick Trickle 2994   -944   15   Alan Kulwicki 2972   -966   16   Rick Wilson 2967   -971   17   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2884   -1054   18   Brett Bodine 2851   -1087   19   Phil Parsons 2844   -1094   20   Michael Waltrip 2834   -1104   21   Neil Bonnett 2796   -1142