1989 Miller High Life 400

Race 22 of 29

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 3:23:40
Average speed of winner: 88.380 mph
Margin of victory: 7.41 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 76 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-41, Labonte 42-48, Earnhardt 49-73, Irvan 74-75, Earnhardt 76-141, Marcis 142, Earnhardt 143-186, Wilson 187, Marcis 188-189, Wallace 190-400

Race notes: Finale for Darin Brassfield and Lennie Pond.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		400	1	211	running	55650	185
2	8	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		400	3	135	running	31475	175
3	19	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		400	0	0	running	21750	165
4	7	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		399	0	0	running	16450	160
5	18	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		399	0	0	running	15175	155
6	12	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		399	0	0	running	13150	150
7	24	Neil Bonnett	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		398	0	0	running	9475	146
8	21	Dick Trickle	84	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		398	0	0	running	9425	142
9	22	Hut Stricklin	57	Heinz	Pontiac	Osterlund			398	0	0	running	6100	138
10	5	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	Yates		394	0	0	running	13450	134
11	25	Lennie Pond	90	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Donlavey			394	0	0	running	3475	130
12	4	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Ford	Johnson	Brewer		391	1	7	running	8425	132
13	31	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Hyde		383	0	0	running	9132	124
14	23	Lake Speed	83	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Oldsmobile	Speed			374	0	0	running	6425	121
15	14	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		372	0	0	running	6925	118
16	30	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			365	2	3	running	7975	120
17	10	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		353	0	0	running	5675	112
18	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	121.136	334	1	41	drive train	16075	114
19	29	Jimmy Means	52	Alka-Seltzer	Pontiac	Means			324	0	0	fuel feed	2775	106
20	16	Larry Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Buick	Pearson			285	0	0	accident	4900	103
21	2	Butch Miller	51	Leroy Throop	Chevrolet	Throop			268	0	0	accident	3650	100
22	13	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		268	1	1	accident	5205	102
23	9	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		265	0	0	engine	5000	94
24	3	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Broome		226	0	0	accident	7675	91
25	15	Derrike Cope	10	Purolator	Pontiac	Whitcomb	Buddy Parrott		202	0	0	engine	3600	88
26	17	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Pontiac	Ulrich			182	1	2	engine	3275	90
27	34	Morgan Shepherd	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		165	0	0	accident	9225	82
28	11	Sterling Marlin	94	Sunoco	Oldsmobile	Hagan			156	0	0	engine	4670	79
29	27	Jimmy Spencer	88	Crisco	Pontiac	Baker-Schiff			139	0	0	accident	4615	76
30	36	Darin Brassfield	40	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	Brassfield			112	0	0	rear end	2495	73
31	32	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			110	0	0	overheating	2365	70
32	20	Kyle Petty	42	Peak Antifreeze	Pontiac	SABCO	Nelson		76	0	0	accident	2335	67
33	35	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		76	0	0	clutch	2925	64
34	33	Brett Bodine	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Wingo		35	0	0	water pump	3675	61
35	26	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Pontiac	Yarborough			17	0	0	accident	3675	58
36	28	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			8	0	0	accident	3675	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3212	22	0	3	12	14
2	Rusty Wallace	3149	22	4	6	11	15
3	Mark Martin	3016	22	6	0	9	13
4	Darrell Waltrip	2963	22	0	5	10	14
5	Bill Elliott	2796	22	1	2	5	10
6	Davey Allison	2796	22	0	2	6	12
7	Ricky Rudd	2782	22	0	1	6	12
8	Geoff Bodine	2726	22	3	0	7	8
9	Ken Schrader	2724	22	3	0	6	9
10	Harry Gant	2721	22	0	1	6	10
11	Terry Labonte	2684	22	0	2	7	9
12	Sterling Marlin	2613	22	0	0	3	11
13	Morgan Shepherd	2596	22	1	0	4	10
14	Neil Bonnett	2561	22	0	0	0	9
15	Rick Wilson	2512	22	0	0	2	7
16	Alan Kulwicki	2458	22	4	0	5	8
17	Phil Parsons	2326	22	0	0	2	3
18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2286	21	0	0	1	4
19	Dick Trickle	2252	21	0	0	4	6
20	Michael Waltrip	2239	22	0	0	0	3
21	Brett Bodine	2223	22	0	0	1	4
22	Larry Pearson	2196	22	0	0	0	2
23	Ernie Irvan	2177	22	0	0	0	2
24	Dave Marcis	2136	21	0	0	0	1
25	Dale Jarrett	2046	22	0	0	0	3