1989 in NASCAR

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The 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 12 and ended November 19. Rusty Wallace of the #27 Kodiak Pontiac for Blue Max Racing won the championship.

[edit] Busch Clash

The Busch Clash, an annual invitational event for all winners of the Busch Pole award from the previous season, was held February 12 at Daytona International Speedway. Ken Schrader won the race.

[edit] Gatorade 125s

The Gatorade 125s, a pair of qualifying races for the Daytona 500, were held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Ken Schrader and Darrell Waltrip won the poles for each event, respectively.

Race One Top Ten Results

Race Two Top Ten Results

[edit] Daytona 500

The 31st annual Daytona 500 was held February 19 at Daytona International Speedway. Ken Schrader won the pole.

Failed to qualify: 0-Delma Cowart, 1-Doug Heveron, 31-Philip Duffie, 31-Jim Sauter, 34-Charlie Glotzbach, 39-Ricky Woodward, 41-Jim Bown, 42-Kyle Petty, 49-Tony Spanos, 52-Jimmy Means, 57-Hut Stricklin, 59-Mark Gibson, 60-Jimmy Horton, 68-Derrike Cope, 74-Randy LaJoie, 77-Connie Saylor, 85-Bobby Gerhart, 95-Trevor Boys

The #23 entry of Eddie Bierschwale was adorned with Peak Antifreeze logos, and at the first opportunity, they put Kyle Petty in the car during the 500. Petty drove the car to the 10th place finish.

Bill Elliott was relieved at the first caution of the race by Jody Ridley due to a wreck in practice before the Twin 125's.

The #28 of Davey Allison spun out early in the race, hit the earthen bank that separated the backstretch grass from the shore of Lake Lloyd, and did a lazy roll. Allison finished the race in 25th position, 7 laps down.

On lap 144, the #73 of Phil Barkdoll got loose and spun out of 18th place coming of turn 2, spun through the grass, hit the earthen bank, and ended up on its side.

[edit] Goodwrench 500

The Goodwrench 500 was held March 5 at North Carolina Motor Speedway. Rusty Wallace won the pole.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

The Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was held March 12 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The #7 of Alan Kulwicki won the pole.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Pontiac Excitement 400

The Pontiac Excitement 400 was held March 26 at Richmond International Raceway. The #5 of Geoff Bodine won the pole.

Top Ten Results

Failed to qualify: 43-Richard Petty

After qualifying for 513 races, Petty failed to make the field for this race. His record would stand until the 1996 First Union 400 when Terry Labonte broke the record.

[edit] TranSouth 500

The TranSouth 500 was held April 2 at Darlington Raceway. Mark Martin won the pole.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Valleydale Meats 500

The Valleydale Meats 500 was held April 9 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mark Martin won the pole.

Top Ten Results

[edit] First Union 400

The First Union 400 was held April 16 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Rusty Wallace won the pole.

Top Ten Results

Failed to qualify: 8-Bobby Hillin Jr., 43-Richard Petty, 55-Phil Parsons*, 70-J.D. McDuffie, 04-Bill Meacham, Jerry O'Neil, Kevin Evans, Mark Walbridge

Phil Parsons' team purchased the #60 in this event in order to race. He finished 12th, 6 laps down.

[edit] Pannill Sweatshirts 500

The Pannill Sweatshirts 500 was held April 23 at Martinsville Speedway. The #5 of Geoff Bodine won the pole.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Winston 500

The Winston 500 was held May 7 at Talladega Superspeedway. Mark Martin won the pole.

Top Ten Results

This was the first race for the new Chevrolet Lumina bodystyle in Winston Cup.

[edit] The Winston

The Winston, an annual all-star race for previous winners and champions, was held May 21 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #11 of Terry Labonte won the pole. Rusty Wallace spun Darrell Waltrip out of the lead coming to the white flag to earn the victory. This sparked a fight between Wallace and Waltrip's crewmemers in the pits before Wallace got to victory lane.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Coca-Cola 600

The Coca-Cola 600 was held May 28 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #7 of Alan Kulwicki won the pole.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Budweiser 500

The Budweiser 500 was held June 4 at Dover International Speedway. Mark Martin won the pole.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Banquet Frozen Foods 300

The inaugural Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was held June 11 at Sears Point International Raceway. Rusty Wallace won the pole.

Top Ten Results

Mark Martin actually rolled his car during the race due to an error by a new tire changer (only 2 of 5 lugnuts were properly fastened on the car). Right after the car left the pits, the right rear came off, the car spun, hit the tire barrier and rolled onto its roof. However, he came back to finish the race in 31st, 5 laps down.

[edit] Miller High Life 500

The Miller High Life 500 was held June 18 at Pocono Raceway. The #27 of Rusty Wallace won the pole. This race was one of the few races telecast on Pay Per View.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Miller High Life 400

The Miller High Life 400 was held June 25 at Michigan International Speedway. The #25 of Ken Schrader won the pole.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Pepsi 400

The Pepsi 400 was held July 1 at Daytona International Speedway. The #6 of Mark Martin won the pole. This race featured a rollover crash involving the #83 of Lake Speed on lap 144.

Top Ten Results

This was the first Pepsi 400 to be shown on television live, flag-to-flag. Previous to this, the race was aired as part of ABC's Wide World of Sports and only the last 25 laps or so of the race would be aired.

[edit] AC Spark Plug 500

The AC Spark Plug 500 was held on July 23 at Pocono International Raceway. Ken Schrader won the pole. This race was notable for a big wreck that involved the #48 of Greg Sacks and the #83 of Lake Speed. The two cars got together going into turn 1 and went into the wall head-on. The hit punched a hole in the wall, and sent Sacks flipping. This required a red flag to fix the wall. Speed broke his shoulder in the crash and had to sit out for a couple weeks.

Top Ten Finishers

[edit] Talladega DieHard 500

The Talladega DieHard 500 was held July 30 at Talladega Superspeedway. Mark Martin won the pole.

Top Ten Results

Joe Ruttman substituted for Lake Speed in the #83, and crashed spectacularly on lap 145. Ruttman hit the wall nearly head-on and almost got on his side as a result.

[edit] The Budweiser at the Glen

The Budweiser at the Glen was held August 13 at Watkins Glen International Raceway. Morgan Shepherd won the pole. This race is notable for a big wreck on lap 89 involving the #5 of Geoff Bodine. Bodine lost a tire at the end of the backstraight, spun around and went through the barrier and hitting a fence behind the barrier (more or less marking off the property line of Watkins Glen International's land). Bodine was uninjured.

Top Ten Results

Eddie Bierschwale was the substitute driver in the #83 for Lake Speed, who was still recovering from his shoulder injury at Pocono. He finished 38th.

[edit] Champion Spark Plug 400

The Champion Spark Plug 400 was held August 20 at Michigan International Speedway. Geoff Bodine won the pole.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Busch 500

The Busch 500 was held August 26 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Alan Kulwicki won the pole.

Top Ten Results

[edit] Heinz Southern 500

The Heinz Southern 500 was held September 3 at Darlington Raceway. The #7 of Alan Kulwicki won the pole.

Top Ten Results

Darrell Waltrip had a chance to win the Winston Million at Darlington, but hit the wall early in the race and finished 22nd.

Rodney Combs replaced Joe Ruttman as Lake Speed's substitute driver in the #83 at Darlington. He finished 23rd.

[edit] Miller High Life 400

The Miller High Life 400 was held September 10 at Richmond International Raceway. The #9 of Bill Elliott won the pole.

Top Ten Results

Lake Speed returned to the #83 at Richmond after sitting out 5 races due to injury.

[edit] Peak Performance 500

The Peak Performance 500 was held September 17 at Dover International Speedway. The #28 of Davey Allison won the pole.

Top Ten Results

Neil Bonnett broke his sternum in a crash at Dover. This forced him to step out of the car for 3 races.

[edit] Goody's 500

The Goody's 500 was held September 24 at Martinsville Speedway. Dale Earnhardt started on the pole, which was actually won by Jimmy Hensley (as a substitute driver) as Earnhardt and others could not reach the track in time due to Hurricane Hugo, which affected the area.

Top Ten Results

Tommy Ellis subsituted for Neil Bonnett in the #21 in this race, and the next 2 events in Charlotte and North Wilkesboro.

[edit] All Pro Auto Parts 500

The All Pro Auto Parts 500 was held October 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Bill Elliott won the pole.

Top Ten Results

Failed to Qualify: 14-A.J. Foyt*

A.J. Foyt was involved in a practice crash where he suffered a significant concussion which kept him from attempting to qualify.

[edit] Holly Farms 400

The Holly Farms 400 was held October 15 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole. This race was notable for the race for the win between Dale Earnhardt and Ricky Rudd. On the last lap, Earnhardt and Rudd touched in turn 1, spinning both cars out. This allowed Geoff Bodine to win the race.

Top Ten Results

[edit] AC Delco 500

The AC Delco 500 was held October 22 at North Carolina Motor Speedway. Alan Kulwicki won the pole.

Top Ten Results

This was Mark Martin's first career Winston Cup victory.

This was Neil Bonnett's first race back from his sternum injury that he suffered at Dover.

[edit] Autoworks 500

The Autoworks 500 was held November 9 at Phoenix International Raceway. Ken Schrader won the pole.

Top Ten Results

2 cars entered by Hendrick Motorsports (The #46 City Chevrolet driven by Greg Sacks and the #51 Exxon Chevrolet driven by Bobby Hamilton) were entered to get in-race footage for the 1990 movie, Days of Thunder. Hamilton actually led the race with 100 laps to go (in his 1st career start) before the engine blew.

[edit] Atlanta Journal 500

The Atlanta Journal 500 was held November 19 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The #7 of Alan Kulwicki won the pole. On Lap 203, Grant Adcox struck the wall and suffered a heart attack and severe head injuries. Adcox died shortly after the accident.

Top Ten Results

Rusty Wallace's 15th place finish clinched the 1989 Winston Cup championship. It was his only Winston Cup.

[edit] Final points standings

Rusty Wallace - 4176
Dale Earnhardt - 4164
Mark Martin - 4053
Darrell Waltrip - 3971
Ken Schrader - 3876
Bill Elliott - 3774
Harry Gant - 3610
Ricky Rudd - 3608
Geoff Bodine - 3600
Terry Labonte - 3569
Davey Allison - 3481
Sterling Marlin - 3422
Morgan Shepherd - 3403
Alan Kulwicki - 3236
Dick Trickle - 3203
Bobby Hillin, Jr. - 3139
Rick Wilson - 3119
Michael Waltrip - 3057
Brett Bodine - 3051
Neil Bonnett - 2995
Phil Parsons - 2933
Ernie Irvan - 2919
Larry Pearson - 2860
Dale Jarrett - 2789
Dave Marcis - 2715
Hut Stricklin - 2705
Lake Speed - 2550
Derrike Cope - 2180
Richard Petty - 2148
Kyle Petty - 2099
Jimmy Means - 1698
Greg Sacks - 1565
Jim Sauter - 1510
Jimmy Spencer - 1445
Rick Mast - 1315
Eddie Bierschwale - 1306
Ben Hess - 921
Chad Little - 602
Butch Miller - 576
A.J. Foyt - 527
Mickey Gibbs - 508
Rodney Combs - 470
Joe Ruttman - 469
J.D. McDuffie - 457
Phil Barkdoll - 378
Jimmy Horton - 377
Dick Johnson - 322
Ken Bouchard - 313
Terry Byers - 306
Darin Brassfield - 306

[edit] Rookie of the Year

Dick Trickle was named the 1989 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year, despite entering the competition in the second week of the season, replacing Mike Alexander at Stavola Bros. Racing. The top runner-up was former Dash champion Hut Stricklin, driving for returning car owner Rod Osterlund. Two-time Busch champion Larry Pearson and former modified driver Jimmy Spencer were the only other candidates to make a full schedule, as Rick Mast, Ben Hess, Chad Little, Butch Miller, and Mickey Gibbs all ran part-time.

[edit] External links

Winston Cup Standings and Statistics for 1989

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1989 in NASCAR

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Contents

[edit] Busch Clash

[edit] Gatorade 125s

[edit] Daytona 500

[edit] Goodwrench 500

[edit] Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

[edit] Pontiac Excitement 400

[edit] TranSouth 500

[edit] Valleydale Meats 500

[edit] First Union 400

[edit] Pannill Sweatshirts 500

[edit] Winston 500

[edit] The Winston

[edit] Coca-Cola 600

[edit] Budweiser 500

[edit] Banquet Frozen Foods 300

[edit] Miller High Life 500

[edit] Miller High Life 400

[edit] Pepsi 400

[edit] AC Spark Plug 500

[edit] Talladega DieHard 500

[edit] The Budweiser at the Glen

[edit] Champion Spark Plug 400

[edit] Busch 500

[edit] Heinz Southern 500

[edit] Miller High Life 400

[edit] Peak Performance 500

[edit] Goody's 500

[edit] All Pro Auto Parts 500

[edit] Holly Farms 400

[edit] AC Delco 500

[edit] Autoworks 500

[edit] Atlanta Journal 500

[edit] Final points standings

[edit] Rookie of the Year

[edit] External links

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