1990 First Union 400

1990 First Union 400

Race details
Race 7 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1990 First Union 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
Date	April 22, 1990
Official name	40th Annual First Union 400
Location	North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.625 mi (1.006 km)
Distance	400 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km)
Scheduled Distance	400 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km)
Average speed	83.908 miles per hour (135.037 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Mark Martin	Roush Racing
Most laps led
Driver	Brett Bodine	King Racing
Laps	146
Winner
No. 26	Brett Bodine	Network	ESPN
Announcers	Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 1990 First Union 400 was the seventh

The race would become controversial after a late race caution came out for Kenny Wallace during the last round of green flag pit stops. Many had thought that during when the pace car had come out and the leaders had raced to the caution, that Dale Earnhardt was in the lead. However, after NASCAR officials had spent more than 20 laps sorting out the restart order, they determined that Brett Bodine was in the lead. Bodine would then cruise to his only victory of his career. Despite numerous protests from competitors, the victory still remains official to this day.^[2]

Background

North Wilkesboro Speedway is a

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, April 20, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 10 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 Saturday, April 21, at 12:15 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time.^[3]

Three drivers would fail to qualify: J. D. McDuffie, Bill Sedgwick, and Freddie Crawford.

Full qualifying results

*Time not available.

Race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dale Earnhardt 1,115 2 Morgan Shepherd 1,058 (-57) 1 3 Mark Martin 979 (-136) 1 4 Kyle Petty 958 (–157) 5 Geoff Bodine 946 (–169) 2 6 Darrell Waltrip 941 (–174) 4 7 Ricky Rudd 908 (–207) 2 8 Ken Schrader 902 (–213) 6 9 Brett Bodine 901 (–214) 3 10 Bill Elliott 898 (–217) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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