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The 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 12 and ended November 19. Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
 of the #27 Kodiak Pontiac for Blue Max Racing won the championship. This was the first year that every Winston Cup race was televised, with almost all of them being televised live.

See also: 1989 in NASCAR Busch Series
1989 in NASCAR Busch Series

The 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 18 and ended October 29. Rob Moroso of Moroso Motorsports won the championship....


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
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
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The 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 12 and ended November 19. Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
 of the #27 Kodiak Pontiac for Blue Max Racing won the championship. This was the first year that every Winston Cup race was televised, with almost all of them being televised live.

See also: 1989 in NASCAR Busch Series
1989 in NASCAR Busch Series

The 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 18 and ended October 29. Rob Moroso of Moroso Motorsports won the championship....


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
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
. Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader

Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
 drew for the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  2. Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  3. Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  4. Geoffrey Bodine
  5. Rick Wilson
    Rick Wilson

    Richard Gordon Wilson is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman and head coach. He is currently an assistant coach with the Dallas Stars....
  6. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  7. Mark Martin
  8. Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  9. Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  10. Rick Mast
    Rick Mast

    Rick Mast is a former NASCAR driver. He competed in both the Winston Cup and Busch Series before retiring in 2002. Despite never winning in the Cup Series, he was still a fan favorite in the series....


Gatorade 125s


The Gatorade 125s, a pair of qualifying races for the Daytona 500
Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
, were held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
. Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader

Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
 and Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
 won the poles for each event, respectively.

Race One Top Ten Results

  1. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  2. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  3. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  4. 55-Phil Parsons
    Phil Parsons

    Phil Parsons , is a former NASCAR driver. He is also the younger brother of 1973 Winston Cup champion and former NBC/Turner Network Television commentator Benny Parsons....
  5. 7-Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
  6. 66-Rick Mast
    Rick Mast

    Rick Mast is a former NASCAR driver. He competed in both the Winston Cup and Busch Series before retiring in 2002. Despite never winning in the Cup Series, he was still a fan favorite in the series....
  7. 9-Jody Ridley
    Jody Ridley

    Jody Ridley is a former NASCAR driver. He won the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award and one race at Dover International Speedway the next year, the only Cup victory for Donlavey Racing....
  8. 10-Ken Bouchard
    Ken Bouchard

    Ken Bouchard is an American former NASCAR driver. His brother Ron Bouchard was the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year and one time Winston Cup race winner....
  9. 45-Joe Ruttman
    Joe Ruttman

    Joe Ruttman , is an American former racecar driver in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series and is a 13 time winner in the Truck Series, the seventh most wins by any driver in the Truck Series....
  10. 71-Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis

    Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....


Race Two Top Ten Results

  1. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  2. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  4. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  5. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  6. 16-Larry Pearson
    Larry Pearson

    Larry Pearson is a former NASCAR driver and the son of three-time NEXTEL Cup champion David Pearson. He won the Busch Series championship in 1986 and 1987, but struggled during his brief tenure in Winston Cup....
  7. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  8. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  9. 15-Brett Bodine
    Brett Bodine

    Brett Bodine , is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and is the current driver of the Safety car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is employed by NASCAR as Director of Cost and Research....
  10. 29-Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....


Daytona 500


Goodwrench 500


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

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  2. 7-Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
  3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  4. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  5. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  6. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  7. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  8. 83-Lake Speed
    Lake Speed

    Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....
  9. 88-Greg Sacks
    Greg Sacks

    Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
  10. 31-Jim Sauter
    Jim Sauter (NASCAR)

    Jim Sauter ) is a former NASCAR race car driver from Necedah, Wisconsin....


Motorcraft Quality Parts 500


The Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was held March 12 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, Georgia. It is a 1.54-mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000....
. The #7 of Alan Kulwicki
Alan Kulwicki

Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  3. 84-Dick Trickle
    Dick Trickle

    Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
  4. 42-Kyle Petty
    Kyle Petty

    Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....
  5. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  6. 4-Rick Wilson
    Rick Wilson (NASCAR)

    Rick Wilson is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He began racing in 1980, and posted 23 top-ten finishes over his career. His most successful reign came from 1986-1989, driving the #4 car for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, when he was a consistent top-20 driver and won his only pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway....
  7. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  8. 57-Hut Stricklin
    Hut Stricklin

    Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin is a former NASCAR race car driver. He was born on June 24, 1961, in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey....
  9. 29-Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  10. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....


Pontiac Excitement 400


The Pontiac Excitement 400 was held March 26 at Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway

Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County, Virginia....
. The #5 of Geoff Bodine
Geoff Bodine

Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  2. 7-Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
  3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  4. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  5. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  6. 16-Larry Pearson
    Larry Pearson

    Larry Pearson is a former NASCAR driver and the son of three-time NEXTEL Cup champion David Pearson. He won the Busch Series championship in 1986 and 1987, but struggled during his brief tenure in Winston Cup....
  7. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  8. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  9. 2-Ernie Irvan
    Ernie Irvan

    Virgil Earnest Irvan, more commonly known as Ernie Irvan, is a former race driver in NASCAR. He is best remembered for his comeback after a serious head injury at Michigan International Speedway which earned him numerous awards and respect from his fellow drivers....
  10. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....


Failed to qualify: 43-Richard Petty
Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...


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

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
     broke the record.


TranSouth 500


The TranSouth 500 was held April 2 at Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"....
. Mark Martin
Mark Martin (NASCAR)

Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  2. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  3. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  4. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  5. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  6. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  7. 7-Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
  8. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  9. 30-Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
  10. 83-Lake Speed
    Lake Speed

    Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....


Valleydale Meats 500


The Valleydale Meats 500 was held April 9 at Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway, originally known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track motor racing located in Bristol, Tennessee....
. Mark Martin
Mark Martin (NASCAR)

Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  2. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  3. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  4. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  5. 84-Dick Trickle
    Dick Trickle

    Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
  6. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  7. 88-Greg Sacks
    Greg Sacks

    Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
  8. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  10. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....


First Union 400


The First Union 400
First Union 400

The First Union 400 was a former NASCAR Winston Cup race held at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA, in late March or early April from 1951 to 1996....
 was held April 16 at North Wilkesboro Speedway
North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short track that held races in NASCAR top three series from NASCAR's inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996....
. Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  2. 7-Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
  3. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  4. 84-Dick Trickle
    Dick Trickle

    Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
  5. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  6. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  7. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  8. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  9. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  10. 2-Ernie Irvan
    Ernie Irvan

    Virgil Earnest Irvan, more commonly known as Ernie Irvan, is a former race driver in NASCAR. He is best remembered for his comeback after a serious head injury at Michigan International Speedway which earned him numerous awards and respect from his fellow drivers....


Failed to qualify: 8-Bobby Hillin Jr., 43-Richard Petty
Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
, 55-Phil Parsons
Phil Parsons

Phil Parsons , is a former NASCAR driver. He is also the younger brother of 1973 Winston Cup champion and former NBC/Turner Network Television commentator Benny Parsons....
*, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 04-Bill Meacham, Jerry O'Neil
Jerry O'Neil

Jerry O'Neil competed in 8 NASCAR Winston Cup events during the 1990 season, campaigning an unsponsored #53 Oldsmobile owned by Alan Aroneck....
, Kevin Evans
Kevin Evans

Kevin Evans was a professional ice hockey player who played briefly for the Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League....
, Mark Walbridge

  • Phil Parsons
    Phil Parsons

    Phil Parsons , is a former NASCAR driver. He is also the younger brother of 1973 Winston Cup champion and former NBC/Turner Network Television commentator Benny Parsons....
    ' team purchased the #60 in this event in order to race. He finished 12th, 6 laps down.


Pannill Sweatshirts 500


The Pannill Sweatshirts 500 was held April 23 at Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville, Virginia....
. The #5 of Geoff Bodine
Geoff Bodine

Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  3. 84-Dick Trickle
    Dick Trickle

    Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
  4. 4-Rick Wilson
    Rick Wilson (NASCAR)

    Rick Wilson is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He began racing in 1980, and posted 23 top-ten finishes over his career. His most successful reign came from 1986-1989, driving the #4 car for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, when he was a consistent top-20 driver and won his only pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway....
  5. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  6. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  7. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  8. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  9. 71-Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis

    Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
  10. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....


Winston 500


The Winston 500
Winston 500

At one time, two different NASCAR Sprint Cup races were known as the Winston 500:* For the race at Talladega Superspeedway, held in late April or early May, from 1971 to 1993 and in 1997, see Aaron's 499....
 was held May 7 at Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located in Talladega, Alabama, United States. It was constructed in the 1960s in place of abandoned airport runways by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by NASCAR's founding France family along with Daytona International Speedway and several other racetracks....
. Mark Martin
Mark Martin (NASCAR)

Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  2. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  3. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  4. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  5. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  6. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  7. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  8. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  9. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  10. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....


  • This was the first race for the new Chevrolet Lumina
    Chevrolet Lumina

    The Chevrolet Lumina sedan and minivan were first introduced in 1989 for the 1990 model year as a new range of vehicles from the Chevrolet brand of General Motors to replace both the Chevrolet Celebrity sedan and coupe, and the Chevrolet Monte Carlo coupe....
     bodystyle in Winston Cup.


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
Terry Labonte

Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
 won the pole. Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
 spun Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
 out of the lead coming to the white flag to earn the victory. This sparked a fight between Wallace and Waltrip's crewmembers in the pits before Wallace got to victory lane.

Top Ten Results

  1. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  2. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  4. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  5. 7-Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
  6. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  7. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  8. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  10. 88-Greg Sacks
    Greg Sacks

    Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....


Coca-Cola 600


The Coca-Cola 600
Coca-Cola 600

The Coca-Cola 600 , and also known as the "Coke 600" is a in length stock car race held annually at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend....
 was held May 28 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #7 of Alan Kulwicki
Alan Kulwicki

Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  3. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  4. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  5. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  6. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  7. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  8. 15-Brett Bodine
    Brett Bodine

    Brett Bodine , is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and is the current driver of the Safety car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is employed by NASCAR as Director of Cost and Research....
  9. 8-Bobby Hillin, Jr.
    Bobby Hillin, Jr.

    Bobby Hillin, Jr. , is an United States stock car racecar driver. He was the original "Young Gun" before the term was popular. Hillin's love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his father's USAC Sprint and Indy cars race across the Midwest....
  10. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....


Budweiser 500


The Budweiser 500
Budweiser 500

At one time, two different NASCAR races were called the Budweiser 500:* For the race at Dover International Speedway in 1983, see MBNA NASCAR RacePoints 400...
 was held June 4 at Dover International Speedway
Dover International Speedway

Dover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc....
. Mark Martin
Mark Martin (NASCAR)

Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  2. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  3. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  4. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  5. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  6. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  7. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  8. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  9. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  10. 55-Phil Parsons
    Phil Parsons

    Phil Parsons , is a former NASCAR driver. He is also the younger brother of 1973 Winston Cup champion and former NBC/Turner Network Television commentator Benny Parsons....


Banquet Frozen Foods 300


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

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  2. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  3. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  4. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  5. 83-Lake Speed
    Lake Speed

    Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....
  6. 88-Joe Ruttman
    Joe Ruttman

    Joe Ruttman , is an American former racecar driver in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series and is a 13 time winner in the Truck Series, the seventh most wins by any driver in the Truck Series....
  7. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  8. 4-Rick Wilson
    Rick Wilson (NASCAR)

    Rick Wilson is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He began racing in 1980, and posted 23 top-ten finishes over his career. His most successful reign came from 1986-1989, driving the #4 car for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, when he was a consistent top-20 driver and won his only pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway....
  9. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  10. 30-Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....


  • Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
     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.


Miller High Life 500


The Miller High Life 500
Miller High Life 500

Two different races have been known as the Miller High Life 500:* For the race at Pocono Raceway from 1986 to 1989, see Pocono 500* For the race at Charlotte Motor Speedway from 1983 to 1985, see Bank of America 500...
 was held June 18 at Pocono Raceway
Pocono Raceway

Pocono Raceway is a superspeedway located in the The Poconos of Pennsylvania at Long Pond, Pennsylvania. It is the site of two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races held just weeks apart in June and August....
. The #27 of Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
 won the pole. This race was one of the few races telecast on Pay Per View.

Top Ten Results

  1. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  2. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  4. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  5. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  6. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  7. 29-Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  8. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  9. 16-Larry Pearson
    Larry Pearson

    Larry Pearson is a former NASCAR driver and the son of three-time NEXTEL Cup champion David Pearson. He won the Busch Series championship in 1986 and 1987, but struggled during his brief tenure in Winston Cup....
  10. 15-Brett Bodine
    Brett Bodine

    Brett Bodine , is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and is the current driver of the Safety car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is employed by NASCAR as Director of Cost and Research....


Miller High Life 400


The Miller High Life 400
Miller High Life 400

At one time, three different races were known as the Miller High Life 400:* For the race at Richmond International Raceway from 1984 to 1987, see Chevy American Revolution 400...
 was held June 25 at Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than near Brooklyn, Michigan, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan....
. The #25 of Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader

Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  2. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  3. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  4. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  5. 15-Brett Bodine
    Brett Bodine

    Brett Bodine , is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and is the current driver of the Safety car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is employed by NASCAR as Director of Cost and Research....
  6. 4-Rick Wilson
    Rick Wilson (NASCAR)

    Rick Wilson is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He began racing in 1980, and posted 23 top-ten finishes over his career. His most successful reign came from 1986-1989, driving the #4 car for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, when he was a consistent top-20 driver and won his only pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway....
  7. 83-Lake Speed
    Lake Speed

    Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....
  8. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  9. 10-Derrike Cope
    Derrike Cope

    Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
  10. 42-Kyle Petty
    Kyle Petty

    Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....


Pepsi 400


The Pepsi 400 was held July 1 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
. The #6 of Mark Martin
Mark Martin (NASCAR)

Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
 won the pole. This race featured a rollover crash involving the #83 of Lake Speed
Lake Speed

Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....
 on lap 144.

Top Ten Results

  1. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  2. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  3. 55-Phil Parsons
    Phil Parsons

    Phil Parsons , is a former NASCAR driver. He is also the younger brother of 1973 Winston Cup champion and former NBC/Turner Network Television commentator Benny Parsons....
  4. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  5. 7-Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
  6. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  7. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  8. 84-Dick Trickle
    Dick Trickle

    Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
  9. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  10. 57-Hut Stricklin
    Hut Stricklin

    Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin is a former NASCAR race car driver. He was born on June 24, 1961, in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey....


  • 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.


AC Spark Plug 500


The AC Spark Plug 500 was held on July 23 at Pocono International Raceway. Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader

Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
 won the pole. This race was notable for a big wreck that involved the #48 of Greg Sacks
Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
 and the #83 of Lake Speed
Lake Speed

Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....
. 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

  1. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  2. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  3. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  4. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  5. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  6. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  7. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  8. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  9. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  10. 15-Brett Bodine
    Brett Bodine

    Brett Bodine , is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and is the current driver of the Safety car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is employed by NASCAR as Director of Cost and Research....


Talladega DieHard 500


The Talladega DieHard 500 was held July 30 at Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located in Talladega, Alabama, United States. It was constructed in the 1960s in place of abandoned airport runways by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by NASCAR's founding France family along with Daytona International Speedway and several other racetracks....
. Mark Martin
Mark Martin (NASCAR)

Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  2. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  3. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  4. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  5. 4-Rick Wilson
    Rick Wilson (NASCAR)

    Rick Wilson is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He began racing in 1980, and posted 23 top-ten finishes over his career. His most successful reign came from 1986-1989, driving the #4 car for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, when he was a consistent top-20 driver and won his only pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway....
  6. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  7. 42-Kyle Petty
    Kyle Petty

    Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....
  8. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  9. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  10. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....


  • Joe Ruttman
    Joe Ruttman

    Joe Ruttman , is an American former racecar driver in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series and is a 13 time winner in the Truck Series, the seventh most wins by any driver in the Truck Series....
     substituted for Lake Speed
    Lake Speed

    Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....
     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.


The Budweiser at the Glen


The Budweiser at the Glen was held August 13 at Watkins Glen International Raceway. Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 won the pole. This race is notable for a big wreck on lap 89 involving the #5 of Geoff Bodine
Geoff Bodine

Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
. 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

  1. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  2. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  4. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  5. 8-Bobby Hillin, Jr.
    Bobby Hillin, Jr.

    Bobby Hillin, Jr. , is an United States stock car racecar driver. He was the original "Young Gun" before the term was popular. Hillin's love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his father's USAC Sprint and Indy cars race across the Midwest....
  6. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  7. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  8. 4-Rick Wilson
    Rick Wilson (NASCAR)

    Rick Wilson is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He began racing in 1980, and posted 23 top-ten finishes over his career. His most successful reign came from 1986-1989, driving the #4 car for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, when he was a consistent top-20 driver and won his only pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway....
  9. 44-Jim Sauter
    Jim Sauter (NASCAR)

    Jim Sauter ) is a former NASCAR race car driver from Necedah, Wisconsin....
  10. 30-Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....


  • Eddie Bierschwale
    Eddie Bierschwale

    Eddie Bierschwale is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver from San Antonio, TX. He made his Cup debut in 1983 in a car owned by his father Don Bierschwale....
     was the substitute driver in the #83 for Lake Speed
    Lake Speed

    Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....
    , who was still recovering from his shoulder injury at Pocono. He finished 38th.


Champion Spark Plug 400


The Champion Spark Plug 400 was held August 20 at Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than near Brooklyn, Michigan, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan....
. Geoff Bodine
Geoff Bodine

Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  2. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  3. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  4. 57-Hut Stricklin
    Hut Stricklin

    Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin is a former NASCAR race car driver. He was born on June 24, 1961, in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey....
  5. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  6. 10-Derrike Cope
    Derrike Cope

    Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
  7. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  8. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  10. 7-Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....


Busch 500


The Busch 500 was held August 26 at Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway, originally known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track motor racing located in Bristol, Tennessee....
. Alan Kulwicki
Alan Kulwicki

Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 7-Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
  3. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  4. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  5. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  6. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  7. 8-Bobby Hillin, Jr.
    Bobby Hillin, Jr.

    Bobby Hillin, Jr. , is an United States stock car racecar driver. He was the original "Young Gun" before the term was popular. Hillin's love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his father's USAC Sprint and Indy cars race across the Midwest....
  8. 88-Jimmy Spencer
    Jimmy Spencer

    Jimmy Spencer is an United States NASCAR driver and commentator. During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his sometimes aggressive racing style....
  9. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  10. 29-Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....


Heinz Southern 500


The Heinz Southern 500 was held September 3 at Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"....
. The #7 of Alan Kulwicki
Alan Kulwicki

Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  2. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  3. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  4. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  5. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  6. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  7. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  8. 8-Bobby Hillin, Jr.
    Bobby Hillin, Jr.

    Bobby Hillin, Jr. , is an United States stock car racecar driver. He was the original "Young Gun" before the term was popular. Hillin's love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his father's USAC Sprint and Indy cars race across the Midwest....
  9. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  10. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....


  • Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
     had a chance to win the Winston Million
    Winston Million

    The Winston Million was a cash prize award program on the NASCAR Nextel Cup series, based on the Grand Slam concept. From 1985-1997, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the title sponsor of NASCAR's premier circuit at the time, offered an award of United States Dollar1 million for any driver who won three of the four crown jewels on the schedule....
     at Darlington, but hit the wall early in the race and finished 22nd.


  • Rodney Combs
    Rodney Combs

    Rodney Combs is a former NASCAR driver. He has not been in NASCAR since 1997, when he was released from his ride in the Busch Series. Combs was born on March 27, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio....
     replaced Joe Ruttman
    Joe Ruttman

    Joe Ruttman , is an American former racecar driver in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series and is a 13 time winner in the Truck Series, the seventh most wins by any driver in the Truck Series....
     as Lake Speed
    Lake Speed

    Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....
    's substitute driver in the #83 at Darlington. He finished 23rd.


Miller High Life 400


The Miller High Life 400
Miller High Life 400

At one time, three different races were known as the Miller High Life 400:* For the race at Richmond International Raceway from 1984 to 1987, see Chevy American Revolution 400...
 was held September 10 at Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway

Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County, Virginia....
. The #9 of Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott

William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  2. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  3. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  4. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  5. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  6. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  7. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  8. 84-Dick Trickle
    Dick Trickle

    Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
  9. 57-Hut Stricklin
    Hut Stricklin

    Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin is a former NASCAR race car driver. He was born on June 24, 1961, in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey....
  10. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....


  • Lake Speed
    Lake Speed

    Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....
     returned to the #83 at Richmond after sitting out 5 races due to injury.


Peak Performance 500


The Peak Performance 500 was held September 17 at Dover International Speedway
Dover International Speedway

Dover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc....
. The #28 of Davey Allison
Davey Allison

David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  2. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  3. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  4. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  5. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  6. 30-Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
  7. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  8. 10-Derrike Cope
    Derrike Cope

    Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
  9. 15-Brett Bodine
    Brett Bodine

    Brett Bodine , is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and is the current driver of the Safety car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is employed by NASCAR as Director of Cost and Research....
  10. 88-Jimmy Spencer
    Jimmy Spencer

    Jimmy Spencer is an United States NASCAR driver and commentator. During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his sometimes aggressive racing style....


  • Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
     broke his sternum
    Sternum

    The sternum is a long flat bone located in the center of the chest . It connects to the rib via cartilage, forming the rib cage with them, and thus helps to protect the lungs, heart and major blood vessels from physical trauma....
     in a crash at Dover. This forced him to step out of the car for 3 races.


Goody's 500


The Goody's 500
Goody's 500

At one time, two different NASCAR races were known as the Goody's Headache Powder 500:* For the spring race at Martinsville Speedway from 1996 to 2000 and from 2007 to present, see Goody's Cool Orange 500...
 was held September 24 at Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville, Virginia....
. Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
 started on the pole, which was actually won by Jimmy Hensley
Jimmy Hensley

Jimmy Hensley is a former NASCAR driver. With a career spanning 27 seasons in all three of NASCAR's elite divisions, Hensley may be best remembered for his NASCAR Rookie of the Year award won in 1992 -- his 15th season in the series -- and for his nine career Busch Series wins....
 (as a substitute driver) as Earnhardt and others could not reach the track in time due to Hurricane Hugo
Hurricane Hugo

Hurricane Hugo was a destructive Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale hurricane that struck Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, South Carolina and North Carolina in September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season, killing 56 people and leaving 56,000 homeless....
, which affected the area.

Top Ten Results

  1. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  3. 84-Dick Trickle
    Dick Trickle

    Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
  4. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  5. 29-Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  6. 2-Ernie Irvan
    Ernie Irvan

    Virgil Earnest Irvan, more commonly known as Ernie Irvan, is a former race driver in NASCAR. He is best remembered for his comeback after a serious head injury at Michigan International Speedway which earned him numerous awards and respect from his fellow drivers....
  7. 15-Brett Bodine
    Brett Bodine

    Brett Bodine , is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and is the current driver of the Safety car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is employed by NASCAR as Director of Cost and Research....
  8. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  10. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....


  • Tommy Ellis
    Tommy Ellis

    Tommy Ellis was a NASCAR Short track motor racing ace of the 1970s and 1980s. Often referred to as "Terrible" Tommy Ellis for his rough tactics, he won the National Late Model Sportsman championship in 1981 and was one of six drivers enrolled in the Winner's Circle plan at the formation of the Busch Series in 1982....
     substituted for Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
     in the #21 in this race, and the next 2 events in Charlotte and North Wilkesboro.


All Pro Auto Parts 500


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

William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  2. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  3. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  4. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  5. 28-Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
  6. 10-Derrike Cope
    Derrike Cope

    Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
  7. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  8. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  9. 8-Bobby Hillin, Jr.
    Bobby Hillin, Jr.

    Bobby Hillin, Jr. , is an United States stock car racecar driver. He was the original "Young Gun" before the term was popular. Hillin's love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his father's USAC Sprint and Indy cars race across the Midwest....
  10. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....


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.


Holly Farms 400


The Holly Farms 400 was held October 15 at North Wilkesboro Speedway
North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short track that held races in NASCAR top three series from NASCAR's inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996....
. Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
 won the pole. This race was notable for the race for the win between Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
 and Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd

Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
. On the last lap, Earnhardt and Rudd touched in turn 1, spinning both cars out. This allowed Geoff Bodine
Geoff Bodine

Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
 to win the race.

Top Ten Results

  1. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  2. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  3. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  4. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  5. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  6. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  7. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  8. 2-Ernie Irvan
    Ernie Irvan

    Virgil Earnest Irvan, more commonly known as Ernie Irvan, is a former race driver in NASCAR. He is best remembered for his comeback after a serious head injury at Michigan International Speedway which earned him numerous awards and respect from his fellow drivers....
  9. 26-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  10. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....


AC Delco 500


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

Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
    *
  2. 27-Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  3. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  4. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  5. 84-Dick Trickle
    Dick Trickle

    Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
  6. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
    *
  7. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  8. 8-Bobby Hillin, Jr.
    Bobby Hillin, Jr.

    Bobby Hillin, Jr. , is an United States stock car racecar driver. He was the original "Young Gun" before the term was popular. Hillin's love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his father's USAC Sprint and Indy cars race across the Midwest....
  9. 7-Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
  10. 42-Kyle Petty
    Kyle Petty

    Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....


  • This was Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
    's first career Winston Cup victory.


  • This was Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
    's first race back from his sternum injury that he suffered at Dover.


Autoworks 500


The Autoworks 500 was held November 5 at Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway

Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum as an automobile racing venue....
. Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader

Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 9-Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  2. 11-Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  3. 6-Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  4. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  5. 29-Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  6. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  7. 84-Dick Trickle
    Dick Trickle

    Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
  8. 33-Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  9. 30-Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
  10. 88-Jimmy Spencer
    Jimmy Spencer

    Jimmy Spencer is an United States NASCAR driver and commentator. During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his sometimes aggressive racing style....


  • 2 cars entered by Hendrick Motorsports
    Hendrick Motorsports

    Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
     (The #46 City Chevrolet
    Chevrolet

    Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
     driven by Greg Sacks
    Greg Sacks

    Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
     and the #51 Exxon
    Exxon

    Exxon is a brand of fuel sold by ExxonMobil....
     Chevrolet
    Chevrolet

    Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
     driven by Bobby Hamilton
    Bobby Hamilton

    Charles Robert Hamilton, Sr. was a driver and owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuit and the winner of the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship....
    ) were entered to get in-race footage for the 1990 movie, Days of Thunder
    Days of Thunder

    Days of Thunder is an auto racing drama film released in 1990 by producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes and Michael Rooker....
    . Hamilton actually led the race with 100 laps to go (in his 1st career start) before the engine blew.


Atlanta Journal 500


The Atlanta Journal 500 was held November 19 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, Georgia. It is a 1.54-mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000....
. The #7 of Alan Kulwicki
Alan Kulwicki

Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
 won the pole. On Lap 203, Grant Adcox
Grant Adcox

Grant Adcox , was a stock car racing driver who died in a single car incident in the 1989 Atlanta Journal 500 in the NASCAR Winston Cup series....
 struck the wall and suffered a heart attack and severe head injuries. Adcox died shortly after the accident.

Top Ten Results

  1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  2. 5-Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  3. 94-Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  4. 25-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  5. 17-Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  6. 42-Kyle Petty
    Kyle Petty

    Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....
  7. 8-Bobby Hillin, Jr.
    Bobby Hillin, Jr.

    Bobby Hillin, Jr. , is an United States stock car racecar driver. He was the original "Young Gun" before the term was popular. Hillin's love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his father's USAC Sprint and Indy cars race across the Midwest....
  8. 75-Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
  9. 21-Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  10. 83-Lake Speed
    Lake Speed

    Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....


  • Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
    's 15th place finish clinched the 1989 Winston Cup championship. It was his only Winston Cup.


Final points standings


  1. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
     - 4176
  2. Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
     - 4164
  3. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
     - 4053
  4. Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
     - 3971
  5. Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
     - 3876
  6. Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
     - 3774
  7. Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
     - 3610
  8. Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
     - 3608
  9. Geoff Bodine
    Geoff Bodine

    Geoffrey Bodine is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina, North Carolina....
     - 3600
  10. Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
     - 3569
  11. Davey Allison
    Davey Allison

    David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
     - 3481
  12. Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
     - 3422
  13. Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
     - 3403
  14. Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki

    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
     - 3236
  15. Dick Trickle
    Dick Trickle

    Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
     - 3203
  16. Bobby Hillin, Jr.
    Bobby Hillin, Jr.

    Bobby Hillin, Jr. , is an United States stock car racecar driver. He was the original "Young Gun" before the term was popular. Hillin's love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his father's USAC Sprint and Indy cars race across the Midwest....
     - 3139
  17. Rick Wilson
    Rick Wilson (NASCAR)

    Rick Wilson is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He began racing in 1980, and posted 23 top-ten finishes over his career. His most successful reign came from 1986-1989, driving the #4 car for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, when he was a consistent top-20 driver and won his only pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway....
     - 3119
  18. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
     - 3057
  19. Brett Bodine
    Brett Bodine

    Brett Bodine , is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and is the current driver of the Safety car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is employed by NASCAR as Director of Cost and Research....
     - 3051
  20. Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
     - 2995
  21. Phil Parsons
    Phil Parsons

    Phil Parsons , is a former NASCAR driver. He is also the younger brother of 1973 Winston Cup champion and former NBC/Turner Network Television commentator Benny Parsons....
     - 2933
  22. Ernie Irvan
    Ernie Irvan

    Virgil Earnest Irvan, more commonly known as Ernie Irvan, is a former race driver in NASCAR. He is best remembered for his comeback after a serious head injury at Michigan International Speedway which earned him numerous awards and respect from his fellow drivers....
     - 2919
  23. Larry Pearson
    Larry Pearson

    Larry Pearson is a former NASCAR driver and the son of three-time NEXTEL Cup champion David Pearson. He won the Busch Series championship in 1986 and 1987, but struggled during his brief tenure in Winston Cup....
     - 2860
  24. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
     - 2789
  25. Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis

    Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
     - 2715
  26. Hut Stricklin
    Hut Stricklin

    Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin is a former NASCAR race car driver. He was born on June 24, 1961, in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey....
     - 2705
  27. Lake Speed
    Lake Speed

    Lake Chambers Speed is a former NASCAR driver....
     - 2550
  28. Derrike Cope
    Derrike Cope

    Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
     - 2180
  29. Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
     - 2148
  30. Kyle Petty
    Kyle Petty

    Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....
     - 2099
  31. Jimmy Means
    Jimmy Means

    Jimmy Means is a former Winston Cup/Nextel Cup owner/driver. Currently, he is an adviser for Front Row Motorsports and owns his own team, Means Racing....
     - 1698
  32. Greg Sacks
    Greg Sacks

    Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
     - 1565
  33. Jim Sauter
    Jim Sauter (NASCAR)

    Jim Sauter ) is a former NASCAR race car driver from Necedah, Wisconsin....
     - 1510
  34. Jimmy Spencer
    Jimmy Spencer

    Jimmy Spencer is an United States NASCAR driver and commentator. During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his sometimes aggressive racing style....
     - 1445
  35. Rick Mast
    Rick Mast

    Rick Mast is a former NASCAR driver. He competed in both the Winston Cup and Busch Series before retiring in 2002. Despite never winning in the Cup Series, he was still a fan favorite in the series....
     - 1315
  36. Eddie Bierschwale
    Eddie Bierschwale

    Eddie Bierschwale is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver from San Antonio, TX. He made his Cup debut in 1983 in a car owned by his father Don Bierschwale....
     - 1306
  37. Ben Hess - 921
  38. Chad Little
    Chad Little

    Chad Little is a former NASCAR driver. He holds a degree in marketing from Washington State University, and a law degree from Gonzaga University....
     - 602
  39. Butch Miller
    Butch Miller (racing driver)

    Butch Miller is a racecar driver from Coopersville, Michigan. He drives the #0 Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He is a multiple champion in the now-defunct American Speed Association stock car series....
     - 576
  40. A.J. Foyt - 527
  41. Mickey Gibbs - 508
  42. Rodney Combs
    Rodney Combs

    Rodney Combs is a former NASCAR driver. He has not been in NASCAR since 1997, when he was released from his ride in the Busch Series. Combs was born on March 27, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio....
     - 470
  43. Joe Ruttman
    Joe Ruttman

    Joe Ruttman , is an American former racecar driver in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series and is a 13 time winner in the Truck Series, the seventh most wins by any driver in the Truck Series....
     - 469
  44. J. D. McDuffie - 457
  45. Phil Barkdoll
    Phil Barkdoll

    Phil Barkdoll is a former NASCAR owner-driver from Phoenix, Arizona who only ran at two tracks in his entire career: Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway....
     - 378
  46. Jimmy Horton
    Jimmy Horton

    Jimmy Horton is a racecar driver from Folsom, New Jersey. He raced in 48 NASCAR Winston Cup races in 8 seasons. He was a regular on the Automobile Racing Club of America circuit in the 1980s and 1990s....
     - 377
  47. Dick Johnson
    Dick Johnson (Australian auto racing)

    Dick Johnson is the owner of the V8 Supercar team Dick Johnson Racing and a former racing driver. As a driver, he was a five-time Australian Touring Car Championship and a three-time winner of the Bathurst 1000....
     - 322
  48. Ken Bouchard
    Ken Bouchard

    Ken Bouchard is an American former NASCAR driver. His brother Ron Bouchard was the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year and one time Winston Cup race winner....
     - 313
  49. Terry Byers - 306
  50. Darin Brassfield
    Darin Brassfield

    Charles Darin Brassfield is a former United States racing driver from Los Gatos, California. He attempted to make his CART Championship Car debut in 1985 at the season ender in GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 driving for Wysard Racing....
     - 306


Rookie of the Year


Dick Trickle
Dick Trickle

Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
 was named the 1989 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year, despite entering the competition in the second week of the season, replacing Mike Alexander
Mike Alexander (NASCAR)

Mike Alexander was an American racing driver. He won the NASCAR Weekly Series national championship in 1983. He also raced in Winston Cup and in the Busch Series....
 at Stavola Brothers Racing
Stavola Brothers Racing

Stavola Brothers Racing was a NASCAR racing team, owned by Bill and Mickey Stavola, and operating NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series teams from 1984 through 1998....
. The top runner-up was former Dash champion Hut Stricklin
Hut Stricklin

Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin is a former NASCAR race car driver. He was born on June 24, 1961, in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey....
, driving for returning car owner Rod Osterlund
Rod Osterlund

Rod Osterlund was a NASCAR Nextel Cup car owner spanning from 1977 - 1981, and then again from 1989 - 1991....
. Two-time Busch champion Larry Pearson
Larry Pearson

Larry Pearson is a former NASCAR driver and the son of three-time NEXTEL Cup champion David Pearson. He won the Busch Series championship in 1986 and 1987, but struggled during his brief tenure in Winston Cup....
 and former modified driver Jimmy Spencer
Jimmy Spencer

Jimmy Spencer is an United States NASCAR driver and commentator. During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his sometimes aggressive racing style....
 were the only other candidates to make a full schedule, as Rick Mast
Rick Mast

Rick Mast is a former NASCAR driver. He competed in both the Winston Cup and Busch Series before retiring in 2002. Despite never winning in the Cup Series, he was still a fan favorite in the series....
, Ben Hess, Chad Little
Chad Little

Chad Little is a former NASCAR driver. He holds a degree in marketing from Washington State University, and a law degree from Gonzaga University....
, Butch Miller
Butch Miller (racing driver)

Butch Miller is a racecar driver from Coopersville, Michigan. He drives the #0 Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He is a multiple champion in the now-defunct American Speed Association stock car series....
, and Mickey Gibbs all ran part-time.

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