1990 Atlanta Journal 500

Race 29 of 29

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:32:34
Average speed of winner: 140.911 mph
Margin of victory: 2.47 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 34 laps
Lap leaders: Wallace 1, Allison 2-14, Wallace 15-43, Earnhardt 44-56, Kulwicki 57-58, G. Bodine 59-103, D. Waltrip 104, G. Bodine 105, D. Waltrip 106-133, Cope 134-135, Elliott 136-198, D. Waltrip 199-200, Shepherd 201-229, Earnhardt 230-233, Shepherd 234-239, Elliott 240-263, D. Waltrip 264-267, Earnhardt 268-292, Elliott 293-299, Shepherd 300-328

Race notes: Debut for Steve Grissom. Finale for Jim Bown, Rodney Combs, and Jack Pennington.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	20	Morgan Shepherd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Wingo		328	3	64	running	62250	180
2	2	Geoff Bodine	11	Budweiser	Ford	Johnson	Brewer		328	2	46	running	40850	175
3	6	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		328	3	42	running	26700	170
4	21	Dale Jarrett	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		328	0	0	running	17225	160
5	5	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		327	4	35	running	22300	160
6	11	Mark Martin	6	Folgers	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		327	0	0	running	14700	150
7	8	Ernie Irvan	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		327	0	0	running	11200	146
8	3	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		327	1	2	running	10650	147
9	1	Rusty Wallace	27	Miller Genuine Draft	Pontiac	Beadle	Makar	175.222	327	2	30	running	20700	143
10	19	Greg Sacks	18	Realfruit Refreshers	Chevrolet	Hendrick			326	0	0	running	7625	134
11	14	Ken Schrader	25	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Broome		326	0	0	running	11750	130
12	18	Derrike Cope	10	Purolator	Chevrolet	Whitcomb	Buddy Parrott		326	1	2	running	9550	132
13	15	Hut Stricklin	12	Raybestos Brakes	Buick	Allison	Fennig		326	0	0	running	6450	124
14	27	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Ingle		326	0	0	running	7850	121
15	9	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Beam		326	3	94	running	37800	128
16	10	Ricky Rudd	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		325	0	0	running	7550	115
17	22	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		324	0	0	running	5650	112
18	7	Brett Bodine	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		323	0	0	running	7250	109
19	12	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	Leo Jackson	Petree		323	0	0	running	10850	106
20	29	Dave Mader III	65	Jasper Engines	Pontiac	Bahre			323	0	0	running	4525	103
21	24	Terry Labonte	1	Skoal Classic	Oldsmobile	Richard Jackson	Champion		323	0	0	running	6650	100
22	31	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Snickers	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Hyde		323	0	0	running	6475	97
23	16	Chuck Bown	97	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Tex Powell			322	0	0	running	3400	94
24	23	Steve Grissom	20	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Moroso			322	0	0	running	4275	91
25	4	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	Elder		321	1	13	running	16450	93
26	26	Ted Musgrave	2	Nestle's Crunch Ice Cream	Pontiac	Ulrich	Bob Johnson		319	0	0	running	5225	85
27	37	Chad Little	19	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Little			318	0	0	running	3200	82
28	28	Jimmy Means	52	Alka-Seltzer	Pontiac	Means	Darrell Bryant		316	0	0	running	4025	79
29	25	Rick Mast	98	Winn-Dixie	Chevrolet	Carter	Carter		316	0	0	running	3600	76
30	38	Rodney Combs	89	Evinrude	Pontiac	Mueller Brothers			315	0	0	running	3125	73
31	39	Jim Sauter	0	Master's Inn	Ford	H.L. Waters			310	0	0	engine	3050	70
32	33	Pancho Carter	29	Dealers Engine Sales	Ford	Romine			298	0	0	accident	3040	67
33	34	Rick Wilson	75	Dinner Bell Foods	Oldsmobile	RahMoc	Rahilly		291	0	0	accident	5705	64
34	36	Dave Marcis	71	Big Apple Market	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis		267	0	0	engine	5700	61
35	40	Jimmy Horton	80	Miles Concrete	Chevrolet	George Smith			234	0	0	rear end	3000	58
36	32	Jack Pennington	47	Kanawha Insurance	Oldsmobile	Close			228	0	0	engine	3490	55
37	13	Dick Trickle	66	TropArtic	Pontiac	Yarborough			167	0	0	engine	6600	52
38	35	Sterling Marlin	94	Sunoco	Oldsmobile	Hagan	Steve Lloyd		132	0	0	steering	5560	49
39	41	Jim Bown	57	Heinz 57	Pontiac	Osterlund			56	0	0	accident	3530	46
40	17	Bobby Hamilton	68	Country Time	Pontiac	Mark Smith			28	0	0	engine	2925	43
41	30	Kyle Petty	42	Peak Antifreeze	Pontiac	SABCO	Nelson		12	0	0	engine	9925	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	4430	29	4	9	18	23
2	Mark Martin	4404	29	3	3	16	23
3	Geoff Bodine	4017	29	2	3	11	19
4	Bill Elliott	3999	29	2	1	12	16
5	Morgan Shepherd	3689	29	0	1	7	16
6	Rusty Wallace	3676	29	2	2	9	16
7	Ricky Rudd	3601	29	2	1	8	15
8	Alan Kulwicki	3599	29	1	1	5	13
9	Ernie Irvan	3593	29	3	1	6	13
10	Ken Schrader	3572	29	2	0	7	14
11	Kyle Petty	3501	29	2	1	2	14
12	Brett Bodine	3440	29	1	1	5	9
13	Davey Allison	3423	29	0	2	5	10
14	Sterling Marlin	3387	29	0	0	5	10
15	Terry Labonte	3371	29	0	0	4	9
16	Michael Waltrip	3251	29	0	0	5	10
17	Harry Gant	3182	28	0	1	6	9
18	Derrike Cope	3140	29	0	2	2	6
19	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	3048	29	0	0	1	4
20	Darrell Waltrip	3013	23	0	0	5	12
21	Dave Marcis	2944	29	0	0	0	0
22	Dick Trickle	2863	29	1	0	2	4
23	Rick Wilson	2666	29	0	0	1	3
24	Jimmy Spencer	2579	26	0	0	0	2
25	Dale Jarrett	2558	24	0	0	1	7