1990 AC Delco 500
Race details | |||||
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Race 27 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||||
Date | October 21, 1990 | ||||
Official name | 26th Annual AC Delco 500 | ||||
Location |
North Carolina Motor Speedway | ||||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.017 mi (1.636 km) | ||||
Distance | 492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km) | ||||
Scheduled Distance | 492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km) | ||||
Average speed | 126.452 miles per hour (203.505 km/h) | ||||
Attendance | 55,800 | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||||
Time | 24.769 | ||||
Most laps led | |||||
Driver | Kyle Petty |
SABCO Racing | |||
Laps | 207 | ||||
Winner | |||||
No. 7 | Alan Kulwicki |
Network | ESPN | ||
Announcers | Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons | ||||
Radio in the United States | |||||
Radio | Motor Racing Network |
The 1990 AC Delco 500 was the 27th
In the driver's championship, second-place driver in the standings, Dale Earnhardt, was able to gain four points over first-place driver Mark Martin, dropping Martin's lead down to 45 points.[5]
Background
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, October 18, at 2:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Friday, October 19, at 2:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,[6] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two were given.
Ken Schrader, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.769 and an average speed of 147.817 miles per hour (237.888 km/h) in the first round.[7][8]
Four drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
Race results
Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings |
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1 | 3 | 7 | Alan Kulwicki | AK Racing | Ford | 492 | 151 | running | 180 | $53,300 |
2 | 5 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Racing | Ford | 492 | 82 | running | 175 | $40,775 |
3 | 4 | 33 | Harry Gant | Leo Jackson Motorsports
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Oldsmobile | 492 | 0 | running | 165 | $23,575 |
4 | 7 | 11 | Geoff Bodine | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 492 | 4 | running | 165 | $23,625 |
5 | 1 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 492 | 31 | running | 160 | $26,025 |
6 | 29 | 94 | Sterling Marlin | Hagan Racing
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Oldsmobile | 491 | 0 | running | 150 | $12,882 |
7 | 11 | 5 | Ricky Rudd | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 491 | 0 | running | 146 | $10,925 |
8 | 28 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 491 | 3 | running | 147 | $15,425 |
9 | 9 | 4 | Ernie Irvan | Morgan–McClure Motorsports | Chevrolet | 490 | 0 | running | 138 | $10,325 |
10 | 20 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 490 | 0 | running | 134 | $19,750 |
11 | 21 | 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing
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Ford | 490 | 0 | running | 130 | $13,350 |
12 | 22 | 15 | Morgan Shepherd | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 490 | 0 | running | 127 | $10,025 |
13 | 12 | 1 | Terry Labonte | Precision Products Racing | Oldsmobile | 490 | 0 | running | 124 | $9,175 |
14 | 27 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | Stavola Brothers Racing | Buick | 490 | 0 | running | 121 | $8,875 |
15 | 16 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahari Racing | Pontiac | 489 | 0 | running | 118 | $9,050 |
16 | 10 | 21 | Dale Jarrett | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 489 | 0 | running | 115 | $8,525 |
17 | 18 | 26 | Brett Bodine | King Racing | Buick | 489 | 0 | running | 112 | $10,825 |
18 | 17 | 75 | Rick Wilson | RahMoc Enterprises | Pontiac | 487 | 0 | running | 109 | $7,475 |
19 | 30 | 41 | Larry Pearson | Larry Hedrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 487 | 0 | running | 106 | $4,275 |
20 | 6 | 42 | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing
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Pontiac | 485 | 207 | running | 113 | $13,850 |
21 | 35 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 485 | 0 | running | 100 | $5,350 |
22 | 8 | 98 | Rick Mast | Travis Carter Enterprises | Chevrolet | 484 | 0 | running | 97 | $4,650 |
23 | 25 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 483 | 2 | running | 99 | $6,950 |
24 | 31 | 47 | Jack Pennington (R) | Close Racing | Oldsmobile | 482 | 0 | running | 91 | $4,400 |
25 | 26 | 19 | Chad Little | Little Racing | Ford | 479 | 0 | running | 88 | $3,675 |
26 | 34 | 40 | Tommy Kendall | Reno Enterprises | Chevrolet | 477 | 0 | running | 85 | $3,525 |
27 | 38 | 57 | Jim Bown | Osterlund Racing
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Pontiac | 477 | 0 | running | 82 | $4,175 |
28 | 39 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Pontiac | 471 | 0 | running | 79 | $4,100 |
29 | 2 | 28 | Davey Allison | Robert Yates Racing
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Ford | 470 | 12 | running | 81 | $14,700 |
30 | 32 | 2 | Rick Jeffrey | U.S. Racing
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Chevrolet | 467 | 0 | running | 73 | $5,300 |
31 | 23 | 20 | Jimmy Hensley | Moroso Racing | Oldsmobile | 452 | 0 | running | 70 | $3,850 |
32 | 19 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Blue Max Racing
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Pontiac | 421 | 0 | engine | 67 | $14,075 |
33 | 15 | 10 | Derrike Cope | Whitcomb Racing
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Chevrolet | 268 | 0 | valve | 64 | $7,975 |
34 | 13 | 12 | Hut Stricklin | Bobby Allison Motorsports
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Buick | 236 | 0 | engine | 61 | $4,050 |
35 | 33 | 13 | Mike Skinner | Mansion Motorsports | Buick | 230 | 0 | rear end | 58 | $2,825 |
36 | 14 | 66 | Dick Trickle | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Pontiac | 217 | 0 | engine | 55 | $6,350 |
37 | 36 | 50 | Ted Musgrave | RaDiUs Motorsports
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Chevrolet | 93 | 0 | engine | 52 | $2,700 |
38 | 24 | 51 | Jeff Purvis | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | 0 | engine | 49 | $2,690 |
39 | 37 | 72 | Tracy Leslie | Parker Racing | Oldsmobile | 67 | 0 | engine | 46 | $2,650 |
40 | 40 | 93 | Charlie Baker | Baker Racing | Buick | 35 | 0 | engine | 43 | $2,600 |
Failed to qualify | ||||||||||
41 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Motorsports
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Pontiac | ||||||
42 | 70 | J. D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Pontiac | ||||||
43 | 0 | Delma Cowart | H. L. Waters Racing | Ford | ||||||
44 | 82 | Mark Stahl | Stahl Racing
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Ford | ||||||
Official race results |
Standings after the race
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