1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

Race 3 of 29

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:34:26
Average speed of winner: 139.684 mph
Margin of victory: 0.65 sec.
Lead changes: 29 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 41 laps
Lap leaders: Kulwicki pole, Martin 1-16, Wallace 17-57, G. Bodine 58, D. Waltrip 59-60, B. Bodine 61, Labonte 62-64, Schrader 65-67, Parsons 68-70, Trickle 71-79, Earnhardt 80-93, Wallace 94-114, D. Waltrip 115-117, R. Petty 118-126, Schrader 127-133, Trickle 134, Wallace 135-147, Schrader 148, Wallace 149-152, Schrader 153-157, Wallace 158, D. Waltrip 159, Wallace 160-209, D. Waltrip 210-223, Schrader 224-235, Earnhardt 236-276, G. Bodine 277, Earnhardt 278-314, Trickle 315-319, D. Waltrip 320-328

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		328	5	29	running	63500	180
2	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		328	3	92	running	39675	175
3	18	Dick Trickle	84	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		328	3	15	running	30250	170
4	23	Kyle Petty	42	Peak Antifreeze	Pontiac	SABCO	Nelson		327	0	0	running	13250	160
5	8	Sterling Marlin	94	Sunoco	Oldsmobile	Hagan			326	0	0	running	22500	155
6	32	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		326	0	0	running	16325	150
7	17	Neil Bonnett	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		325	0	0	running	11350	146
8	35	Hut Stricklin	57	Heinz	Pontiac	Osterlund			324	0	0	running	8525	142
9	10	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Pontiac	Yarborough			324	0	0	running	11200	138
10	18	Morgan Shepherd	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		323	0	0	running	15500	134
11	16	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		323	0	0	running	15295	130
12	27	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Pontiac	Ulrich			323	0	0	running	7525	127
13	40	Jimmy Horton	80	Miles Concrete	Pontiac	George Smith			320	0	0	running	5562	124
14	25	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			319	1	3	running	7655	126
15	21	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Broome		316	5	28	running	13455	123
16	1	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews	176.925	316	0	0	running	11195	115
17	30	Ben Hess	40	Hess Racing	Oldsmobile	Ben Hess			315	0	0	running	4705	112
18	36	Jimmy Means	52	Alka-Seltzer	Pontiac	Means			314	0	0	running	4375	109
19	6	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		312	2	2	accident	10265	111
20	13	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		310	0	0	running	8070	103
21	14	Lake Speed	83	Rancher's Choice	Oldsmobile	Speed			306	0	0	running	6085	100
22	38	Larry Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Buick	Pearson			300	0	0	running	3400	97
23	41	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Autofinders	Oldsmobile	Bierschwale			278	0	0	running	2815	94
24	15	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		270	0	0	engine	5730	91
25	28	Rick Mast	66	Banquet Foods	Chevrolet	Needham			262	0	0	accident	5820	88
26	22	Greg Sacks	88	Crisco	Pontiac	Baker-Schiff			257	0	0	engine	5455	85
27	24	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		257	1	9	engine	3295	87
28	20	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			254	0	0	engine	2510	79
29	7	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		240	0	0	running	2475	76
30	29	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Hyde		233	0	0	engine	5140	73
31	3	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		217	6	130	engine	23110	80
32	34	Jim Sauter	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Pontiac	Bob Clark			166	0	0	engine	3075	67
33	12	Brett Bodine	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Wingo		164	1	1	accident	4925	69
34	26	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator	Pontiac	Testa			160	0	0	accident	2250	61
35	33	Chad Little	90	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Donlavey			101	0	0	camshaft	2855	58
36	11	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Ford	Johnson	Brewer		97	1	3	engine	9205	60
37	39	Ken Bouchard	10	Bob Whitcomb Racing	Pontiac	Whitcomb	Buddy Parrott		56	0	0	overheating	3785	52
38	2	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		48	1	16	engine	4165	54
39	42	Mickey Gibbs	48	GMAC Smart Lease	Pontiac	Winkle			30	0	0	engine	2140	46
40	9	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	Yates		19	0	0	engine	10660	43
41	37	Jim Bown	41	Bown Racing	Chevrolet	Dick Bown			10	0	0	engine	2060	40
42	31	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			9	0	0	engine	4060	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	510	3	0	0	3	3
2	Alan Kulwicki	441	3	1	0	1	2
3	Geoff Bodine	441	3	0	0	2	2
4	Darrell Waltrip	436	3	0	2	2	2
5	Sterling Marlin	431	3	0	0	1	2
6	Rick Wilson	409	3	0	0	0	2
7	Ken Schrader	391	3	1	0	1	1
8	Rusty Wallace	374	3	1	1	1	1
9	Rick Mast	343	3	0	0	0	1
10	Dale Jarrett	340	3	0	0	0	1
11	Michael Waltrip	335	3	0	0	0	0
12	Morgan Shepherd	334	3	0	0	0	1
13	Phil Parsons	332	3	0	0	1	1
14	Lake Speed	320	3	0	0	0	1
15	Eddie Bierschwale	318	3	0	0	0	1
16	Greg Sacks	317	3	0	0	0	1
17	Richard Petty	314	3	0	0	0	0
18	Terry Labonte	312	3	0	0	0	1
19	Ben Hess	306	3	0	0	0	0
20	Neil Bonnett	304	3	0	0	0	1
21	Larry Pearson	296	3	0	0	0	0
22	Bill Elliott	294	3	0	0	0	0
23	Davey Allison	286	3	0	0	0	1
24	Mark Martin	278	3	0	0	1	1
25	Harry Gant	278	3	0	0	0	0