1989 Atlanta Journal 500

Race 29 of 29

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:33:36
Average speed of winner: 140.229 mph
Margin of victory: 25.71 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 35 laps
Lap leaders: Kulwicki pole, Schrader 1, Earnhardt 2-52, Allison 53-54, D. Waltrip 55, Trickle 56-84, Rudd 85, Foyt 86-87, Schrader 88, Earnhardt 89-140, Schrader 141, Allison 142, Schrader 143-145, Earnhardt 146-227, Marlin 228-232, Earnhardt 233-236, Schrader 237, Earnhardt 238, Schrader 239, Earnhardt 240-262, Schrader 263-292, Earnhardt 293-328

Race notes: Finale for Grant Adcox.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		328	7	249	running	81700	185
2	7	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		328	0	0	running	33625	170
3	6	Sterling Marlin	94	Sunoco	Oldsmobile	Hagan			328	1	5	running	25275	170
4	2	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Broome		328	7	38	running	18875	165
5	8	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		327	1	1	running	18800	160
6	16	Kyle Petty	42	Peak Antifreeze	Pontiac	SABCO	Nelson		326	0	0	running	6775	150
7	29	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Hyde		326	0	0	running	13117	146
8	24	Morgan Shepherd	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		326	0	0	running	13350	142
9	26	Neil Bonnett	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		326	0	0	running	8950	138
10	22	Lake Speed	83	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Oldsmobile	Speed			326	0	0	running	10925	134
11	23	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Pontiac	Ulrich			325	0	0	running	5750	130
12	10	Derrike Cope	10	Purolator	Pontiac	Whitcomb	Buddy Parrott		325	0	0	running	5450	127
13	1	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews	179.112	325	0	0	running	11250	124
14	33	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		325	1	1	running	10350	126
15	4	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		325	0	0	running	12875	118
16	37	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Pontiac	Yarborough			324	0	0	running	6850	115
17	21	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		324	0	0	running	12050	112
18	28	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		324	0	0	running	6250	109
19	34	Larry Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Buick	Pearson			323	0	0	running	4700	106
20	11	Hut Stricklin	57	Heinz	Pontiac	Osterlund			322	0	0	running	4875	103
21	36	Jim Sauter	44	Group 44	Pontiac	Tullius			321	0	0	running	2550	100
22	40	Rich Bickle	02	Alka-Seltzer	Buick	Bickle			319	0	0	running	2475	97
23	14	Brett Bodine	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Wingo		310	0	0	running	5350	94
24	39	Jack Pennington	47	Springsteen Properties	Oldsmobile	Close			303	0	0	running	2325	91
25	18	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	Yates		293	2	3	running	11350	93
26	30	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		279	0	0	engine	5075	85
27	13	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		278	0	0	running	13150	82
28	35	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		268	0	0	a-frame	2925	79
29	12	Greg Sacks	48	Dinner Bell Foods	Pontiac	Winkle			257	0	0	engine	2150	76
30	20	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		224	0	0	engine	5625	73
31	17	Rick Mast	66	Winn-Dixie	Chevrolet	Needham			213	0	0	engine	2050	70
32	38	Grant Adcox	22	Herb Adcox Chevrolet	Oldsmobile	Adcox			198	0	0	fatal accident	2040	67
33	42	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			181	0	0	valve	4705	64
34	15	Rob Moroso	20	Swisher Sweets	Oldsmobile	Moroso			169	0	0	accident	2025	61
35	9	Dick Trickle	84	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		138	1	29	engine	4750	63
36	31	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			94	1	2	engine	1965	60
37	19	Jimmy Spencer	88	Crisco	Pontiac	Baker-Schiff			68	0	0	accident	4575	52
38	25	Mickey Gibbs	01	Gibbs-West	Ford	Don Gibbs			37	0	0	engine	1935	49
39	27	Ken Ragan	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Ragan			35	0	0	brakes	1930	46
40	5	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Ford	Johnson	Brewer		29	0	0	engine	8925	43
41	32	Rodney Combs	89	Evinrude Outboards	Pontiac	Mueller Brothers			10	0	0	oil line	1925	40
42	41	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			8	0	0	engine	4525	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Rusty Wallace	4176	29	4	6	13	20
2	Dale Earnhardt	4164	29	0	5	14	19
3	Mark Martin	4053	29	6	1	14	18
4	Darrell Waltrip	3971	29	0	6	14	18
5	Ken Schrader	3786	29	4	1	10	14
6	Bill Elliott	3774	29	2	3	8	14
7	Harry Gant	3610	29	0	1	9	14
8	Ricky Rudd	3608	29	0	1	7	15
9	Geoff Bodine	3600	29	3	1	9	11
10	Terry Labonte	3564	29	0	2	9	11
11	Davey Allison	3481	29	1	2	7	13
12	Sterling Marlin	3422	29	0	0	4	13
13	Morgan Shepherd	3403	29	1	0	5	13
14	Alan Kulwicki	3236	29	6	0	5	9
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	3139	28	0	0	1	7
16	Rick Wilson	3119	29	0	0	2	7
17	Dick Trickle	3079	28	0	0	6	9
18	Michael Waltrip	3057	29	0	0	0	5
19	Brett Bodine	3051	29	0	0	1	6
20	Neil Bonnett	2995	26	0	0	0	11
21	Phil Parsons	2933	29	0	0	2	3
22	Ernie Irvan	2916	29	0	0	0	4
23	Larry Pearson	2860	29	0	0	0	2
24	Dale Jarrett	2789	29	0	0	2	5
25	Dave Marcis	2715	27	0	0	0	1