1989 Busch 500

Race 20 of 29

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:04:14
Average speed of winner: 85.554 mph
Margin of victory: 5.04 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 69 laps
Lap leaders: Kulwicki pole, G. Bodine 1-45, Earnhardt 46-130, D. Waltrip 131, G. Bodine 132-151, Earnhardt 152-177, Kulwicki 178-199, Wallace 200-223, Kulwicki 224-228, D. Waltrip 229-260, Earnhardt 261-294, D. Waltrip 295-500

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		500	3	239	running	52450	185
2	1	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews	117.043	500	2	27	running	30875	175
3	6	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		500	0	0	running	19200	165
4	14	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		500	0	0	running	13300	160
5	16	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Ford	Johnson	Brewer		499	0	0	running	13400	155
6	10	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		499	1	24	running	12125	155
7	24	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Hyde		496	0	0	running	7800	146
8	12	Jimmy Spencer	88	Crisco	Pontiac	Baker-Schiff			496	0	0	running	7900	142
9	31	Neil Bonnett	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		495	0	0	running	9307	138
10	30	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Pontiac	Yarborough			494	0	0	running	10975	134
11	17	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			494	0	0	running	6100	130
12	28	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			493	0	0	running	5900	127
13	13	Rick Mast	66	Food City	Chevrolet	Needham			492	0	0	running	3150	124
14	7	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		490	3	145	running	11650	126
15	8	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Pontiac	Ulrich			489	0	0	running	4700	118
16	2	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		489	2	65	running	8850	120
17	3	Brett Bodine	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Wingo		488	0	0	running	5525	112
18	5	Sterling Marlin	94	Sunoco	Oldsmobile	Hagan			464	0	0	running	4950	109
19	32	Hut Stricklin	57	Heinz	Pontiac	Osterlund			463	0	0	running	3250	106
20	23	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		458	0	0	running	5500	103
21	19	Larry Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Buick	Pearson			444	0	0	overheating	3025	100
22	27	Kyle Petty	42	Peak Antifreeze	Pontiac	SABCO	Nelson		322	0	0	accident	2250	97
23	4	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Broome		294	0	0	engine	7295	94
24	21	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		246	0	0	engine	11190	91
25	20	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	Yates		241	0	0	running	8935	88
26	29	Morgan Shepherd	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		223	0	0	engine	8680	85
27	18	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		142	0	0	engine	4350	82
28	22	Dick Trickle	84	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		126	0	0	accident	4300	79
29	15	Derrike Cope	10	Purolator	Pontiac	Whitcomb	Buddy Parrott		121	0	0	accident	2725	76
30	26	Greg Sacks	48	Dinner Bell Foods	Pontiac	Winkle			59	0	0	engine	2600	0
31	25	Joe Ruttman	83	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Oldsmobile	Speed			57	0	0	accident	3600	0
32	11	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		57	0	0	accident	4100	67

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	2852	20	0	2	10	12
2	Rusty Wallace	2799	20	4	5	9	13
3	Mark Martin	2734	20	6	0	8	12
4	Darrell Waltrip	2711	20	0	5	10	13
5	Davey Allison	2553	20	0	2	6	11
6	Bill Elliott	2531	20	0	2	5	9
7	Terry Labonte	2488	20	0	2	7	9
8	Ken Schrader	2473	20	3	0	5	8
9	Ricky Rudd	2457	20	0	1	4	10
10	Geoff Bodine	2434	20	3	0	6	7
11	Harry Gant	2411	20	0	1	5	8
12	Sterling Marlin	2395	20	0	0	3	10
13	Morgan Shepherd	2376	20	1	0	4	9
14	Neil Bonnett	2292	20	0	0	0	8
15	Rick Wilson	2280	20	0	0	2	7
16	Alan Kulwicki	2268	20	3	0	5	8
17	Phil Parsons	2171	20	0	0	2	3
18	Brett Bodine	2047	20	0	0	1	4
19	Michael Waltrip	2021	20	0	0	0	3
20	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2020	19	0	0	1	3
21	Larry Pearson	2017	20	0	0	0	2
22	Dick Trickle	1998	19	0	0	4	5
23	Ernie Irvan	1996	20	0	0	0	2
24	Dave Marcis	1932	19	0	0	0	1
25	Dale Jarrett	1885	20	0	0	0	3