1990 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

January 2023Fourth race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta International Raceway 499.216 Set by 1990 owner's points 1.522 2.449 803.41 803.41 499.216 328 328 1990 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 31st Annual Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 4 29 Motor Racing Network ABC Paul Page, Benny Parsons, Bobby Unser 3 Richard Childress Racing Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing 216 Dale Earnhardt 156.849 mph km/h 1990 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500.jpeg The 1990 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 program cover, featuring Morgan Shepherd. 45,000 March 18 The 1990 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 31st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 18, 1990, before an audience of 45,000 in Hampton, Georgia, at Atlanta International Raceway, a 1.522 mi km permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 328 laps to complete. On the final restart with two laps in the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to make a late-race charge to the lead, coming back from a poor final pit stop to take his 40th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.Higgins Tom March 19, 1990 Earnhardt's Charge To Finish Gives Him Victory At Atlanta (Part 1) 9 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120718385/earnhardts-charge-to-finish-gives-him/ March 12, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom March 19, 1990 Earnhardt's Charge To Finish Gives Him Victory At Atlanta (Part 2) 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120718410/earnhardts-charge-to-finish-gives-him-v/ March 12, 2023 Newspapers.com Robinson Bill March 19, 1990 Earnhardt wins at AIR on late pass (Part 1) 51 The Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120719607/earnhardt-wins-at-air-on-late-pass/ March 13, 2023 Newspapers.com Robinson Bill March 19, 1990 Earnhardt wins at AIR on late pass (Part 2) 57 The Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120719632/earnhardt-wins-at-air-on-late-pass-part/ March 13, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Bud Moore Engineering driver Morgan Shepherd and Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Atlanta Motor Raceway, the circuit where the race was held. Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.522-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960. The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54 mi km on where before it was 1.522 mi km on. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. Entry list (R) - denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile01Mickey GibbsGibbs RacingFord2Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Mike AlexanderBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick14A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord16Larry PearsonPearson RacingBuick17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet18Hut StricklinTriStar MotorsportsPontiac19Chad LittleLittle RacingFord20Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile21Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile36H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac46Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet47Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobile52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac57Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac66Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile77Ken RaganRagan RacingFord82Mark StahlStahl RacingFord90Buddy BakerDonlavey RacingFord94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile98Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet Qualifying Two rounds of qualifying were scheduled to be held on Friday, March 16, and Saturday, March 17.March 16, 1990 NASCAR today 63 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120760094/nascar-today/ March 13, 2023 Newspapers.com However, Friday's sessions were cancelled due to rain, with both rounds then scheduled to commence on Saturday.Higgins Tom March 17, 1990 Earnhardt, Wallace Could Start At Front 81 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120760131/earnhardt-wallace-could-start-at-front/ March 13, 2023 Newspapers.com However, Saturday's sessions would also be cancelled due to rain, leaving qualifying to be determined by a system of owner's points and postmarks on entry list blanks. The top 30 positions would be determined by the current 1990 owner's points, while the final nine spots would be determined by a system of provisionals that included past winners, and finally postmarks. As a result, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would win the pole.Higgins Tom March 18, 1990 Rain Makes Practice A Pain For Hard-To-Handle Atlanta 45 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120760211/rain-makes-practice-a-pain-for/ March 13, 2023 Newspapers.com Three drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMake13Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet227Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac315Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord45Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet542Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac657Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac79Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord817Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet994Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile1011Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1166Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac121Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile1310Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet1425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1526Brett BodineKing RacingBuick168Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick176Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1898Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet1930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac2071Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet2133Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile2290Buddy BakerDonlavey RacingFord2352Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac2416Larry PearsonPearson RacingBuick2512Mike AlexanderBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick262Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac2721Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord2828Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord2975Rick WilsonHendrick MotorsportsOldsmobile304Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobileProvisionals317Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3377Ken RaganRagan RacingFord3419Chad LittleLittle RacingFord3536H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac3620Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile3701Mickey GibbsGibbs RacingFord3818Hut StricklinTriStar MotorsportsPontiac3982Mark StahlStahl RacingFord4047Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobileFailed to qualify4146Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4214A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile4370J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiacOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings113Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet328216running185$85,0002315Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord32814running175$36,0003304Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile3281running170$31,95741425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet32810running165$22,9005176Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3280running155$20,8506542Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac3283running155$15,07571011Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord32880running151$19,2508317Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3270running142$11,62592133Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile3270running138$13,60010994Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile3262running139$12,300111526Brett BodineKing RacingBuick3260running130$9,4951279Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord3260running127$13,875132828Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord3260running124$12,155141166Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac3260running121$9,93515657Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac3250running118$8,68016168Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick3250running115$8,545172975Rick WilsonHendrick MotorsportsOldsmobile3240running112$8,235182721Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord3220running109$7,625193419Chad LittleLittle RacingFord3220running106$4,415201898Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet3210running103$4,970212290Buddy BakerDonlavey RacingFord3190running0$4,135222071Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3170running97$7,050232512Mike AlexanderBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick3170running94$3,96524227Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac3161engine96$14,930253243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3150running88$4,84526817Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3121running90$12,7552745Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3070running82$6,545283982Mark StahlStahl RacingFord3000running79$3,660291310Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet2550engine76$8,625304047Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobile2530engine73$4,290312352Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac2510engine70$4,230323536H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac2140engine67$3,480333620Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile1490engine64$3,670342416Larry PearsonPearson RacingBuick1350engine61$6,09535262Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac1130engine58$6,050363377Ken RaganRagan RacingFord1010valve55$3,350373818Hut StricklinTriStar MotorsportsPontiac840valve52$3,330381930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac530timing chain49$5,960393701Mickey GibbsGibbs RacingFord400valve46$3,28540121Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile40engine43$6,580Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 659 10px 1 2 Morgan Shepherd 601 (-58) 10px 1 3 Rusty Wallace 562 (-97) 10px 1 4 Kyle Petty 561 (–98) 10px 5 5 Geoff Bodine 538 (–121) 10px 3 6 Sterling Marlin 534 (–125) 10px 7 Bill Elliott 526 (–133) 10px 2 8 Jimmy Spencer 521 (–138)10px 5 9 Ken Schrader 507 (–152) 10px 1 10 Dick Trickle 507 (–152)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1990 GM Goodwrench 500 1990 TranSouth 500 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500