1989 Commonwealth 200

Race 24 of 29

Richmond
200 laps
Time of race: 1:37:45
Average speed of winner: 92.071 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 5 among N/A drivers
Lead changes: 5
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: N/A

Race notes: Tommy Ellis took the points lead from Tommy Houston.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	29	Bobby Hamilton	8	Lighting And Fans	Oldsmobile				200	1	1	running	13095	180
2	1	Tommy Ellis	99	GooGoo Clusters	Buick				200	0	0	running	8495	170
3	15	Kenny Wallace	36	Cox Treated Lumber	Pontiac				200	0	0	running	4695	165
4	3	Rob Moroso	25	Swisher Sweets	Oldsmobile				200	0	0	running	4995	160
5	14	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	2125	155
6	8	Jack Ingram	11	Skoal	Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	4020	150
7	25	Tommy Houston	6	Southern Biscuit Flour	Buick				200	0	0	running	3870	146
8	11	Mark Martin	1	Carolina Ford Dealers	Ford				199	0	0	running	1425	142
9	26	L.D. Ottinger	2	Detroit Gasket	Pontiac				199	0	0	running	2395	138
10	27	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	81	Rose's Stores	Buick				199	0	0	running	1270	134
11	32	Randy LaJoie	34	Cicci Racing	Buick				199	0	0	running	2870	130
12	17	Dave Rezendes	79	K.R. Rezendes	Oldsmobile				199	0	0	running	2090	127
13	21	Jimmy Hensley	70	Huffman Racing	Buick				199	0	0	running	2025	124
14	28	Robert Pressley	59	Brad Daugherty	Oldsmobile				199	0	0	running	1800	121
15	2	Michael Waltrip	30	Post Cereals	Pontiac				199	0	0	running	1070	118
16	23	Joe Thurman	24	Thurman Enterprises	Ford				198	0	0	running	1695	115
17	19	Wayne Patterson	14	W.O. Grubb Inc.	Pontiac				196	0	0	running	950	112
18	34	Billy Clark	71	Skoal	Pontiac				196	0	0	running	2130	109
19	31	Dana Patten	86	U.S. Chrome	Buick				193	0	0	running	2040	106
20	24	Jamie Aube	41	Mountain Racing	Buick				192	0	0	running	2705	103
21	33	Ronald Cooper	56	Speedway Motorsports	Buick				184	0	0	engine	2730	100
22	35	Steve Grissom	19	Texas Pete Sauces	Pontiac				182	0	0	running	1455	97
23	20	Kenny Burks	02	Parrish Masonry	Buick				172	0	0	rear end	1445	94
24	6	Rick Wilson	75	Food Country USA	Oldsmobile				171	0	0	accident	975	91
25	10	Harry Gant	7	Detroit Gasket	Buick				171	0	0	accident	690	88
26	36	Dick McCabe	0	Hi-Torque Engines	Buick				152	0	0	ignition	1765	85
27	13	Rick Mast	22	A.G. Dillard	Buick				151	0	0	running	1900	82
28	4	Darrell Waltrip	17	Exxon Superflo	Chevrolet				150	0	0	engine	625	79
29	16	Tom Peck	96	Thomas Chevrolet	Oldsmobile				147	0	0	accident	1315	76
30	9	Joe Bessey	9	Cola Transport	Pontiac				142	0	0	accident	1660	73
31	22	Donny Ling, Jr.	66	Just Say No	Oldsmobile				142	0	0	accident	610	70
32	5	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford				121	0	0	brakes	600	67
33	18	Kelly Moore	74	Jordan Lumber	Chevrolet				84	0	0	accident	1640	64
34	7	Chuck Bown	63	Nescafe/Nestea	Pontiac				74	0	0	transmission	2545	61
35	12	Elton Sawyer	42	Sawyer Racing	Chevrolet				65	0	0	engine	1295	58
36	30	Jimmy Spencer	87	Lover's Foods	Pontiac				2	0	0	engine	600	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tommy Ellis	3359	24	1	3	11	16
2	Tommy Houston	3350	24	1	2	10	15
3	Jack Ingram	3268	24	0	0	7	13
4	Rob Moroso	3265	24	6	3	9	13
5	L.D. Ottinger	3227	24	0	0	5	13
6	Kenny Wallace	3193	24	3	0	4	15
7	Rick Mast	3042	24	1	2	9	12
8	Ronald Cooper	2938	24	0	1	2	8
9	Chuck Bown	2732	24	2	0	4	9
10	Tom Peck	2639	23	0	0	2	6
11	Steve Grissom	2591	24	0	0	2	4
12	Bobby Hamilton	2526	23	0	1	3	4
13	Jeff Burton	2474	22	0	0	1	5
14	Jimmy Spencer	2415	20	1	3	3	9
15	Billy Standridge	2402	23	0	0	0	1
16	Dave Rezendes	2231	21	0	0	0	2
17	Joe Thurman	2226	21	0	0	0	2
18	Elton Sawyer	2011	18	0	0	3	4
19	Robert Pressley	1884	16	0	1	1	3
20	Kenny Burks	1594	14	0	0	1	4
21	Jimmy Hensley	1594	16	1	0	0	2
22	Dale Earnhardt	1555	13	0	0	7	9
23	Michael Waltrip	1458	11	1	1	4	6
24	Mark Martin	1356	13	0	1	5	7
25	Max Prestwood	1354	12	0	0	1	2