411 REFERENCE · Wikipedia
1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Reference material by Wikipedia contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
12th race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
March 2023
NASWINSTON The 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 program cover, featuring Butch Miller. Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons Motor Racing Network ESPN Ricky Rudd Blue Max Racing Blue Max Racing Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace Hendrick Motorsports 42 69.245 mph km/h 1990 6 10 29 Sears Point International Raceway, Sonoma, California 12 27 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 4.06 300.11 74 2.52 1990 1:39.743 186.48 2nd Annual Banquet Frozen Foods 300 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300.jpeg 62,000
The 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was the 12th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the second race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston West Series season, and the second iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 10, 1990, before an audience of 62,000 at the Grand Prix layout of Sears Point Raceway, a 2.52 mi km permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. At race's end, Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his 18th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season.Higgins Tom June 11, 1990 Wallace Returns, Conquers Sears Point Course (Part 1) 9 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121329904/wallace-returns-conquers-sears-point/ March 21, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom June 11, 1990 Wallace Returns, Conquers Sears Point Course (Part 2) 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121329960/wallace-returns-conquers-sears-point-co/ March 21, 2023 Newspapers.com Leef Ralph June 11, 1990 The road was Rusty's (Part 1) 15 The Press Democrat https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121331547/the-road-was-rustys-part-1/ March 21, 2023 Newspapers.com Leef Ralph June 11, 1990 The road was Rusty's (Part 2) 19 The Press Democrat https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121331564/the-road-was-rustys-part-2/ March 21, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ricky Rudd would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
thumb|The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time.
Sears Point Raceway is one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Watkins Glen International. The standard road course at Sears Point Raceway is a 12-turn course that is 2.52 miles (4.06 km) long;Sears Point http://www.gt-racing.co.uk/circuits/northamerica/searspoint.html 2021-11-13 www.gt-racing.co.uk the track was modified in 1998, adding the Chute, which bypassed turns 5 and 6, shortening the course to 1.95 miles (3.14 km). The Chute was only used for NASCAR events such as this race, and was criticized by many drivers, who preferred the full layout.2011-06-07 Passing is tough in Chute chronicle.augusta.com http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/06/28/oth_232051.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20110607182441/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/06/28/oth_232051.shtml 2011-06-07 2021-11-13 In 2001, it was replaced with a 70-degree turn, 4A, bringing the track to its current dimensions of 1.99 miles (3.20 km).2007-09-29 SEARS POINT BREAKS GROUND ON MODIFIED CHUTE - RacingWest http://www.racingwest.com/news/story.php3/2094/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070929002246/http://www.racingwest.com/news/story.php3/2094/index.htm 2007-09-29 2021-11-13
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
#DriverTeamMake0Irv HoerrPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile1Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Jim BownU.S. RacingPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet03Mike HickingbottomHickingbottom RacingPontiac4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile04Hershel McGriffLipseia RacingPontiac5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord09Terry FisherMidgley RacingPontiac10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet18Stan BarrettHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19Chad LittleLittle RacingFord20Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord22St. James DavisSt. James RacingBuick23Mike ChaseFreymiller RacingBuick24Butch GillilandGilliland RacingChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile34Ted KennedyEmerson RacingOldsmobile40Tommy KendallReno EnterprisesChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac44Jack SellersEmerson RacingBuick52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac57Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac66Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet73Bill SchmittSchmitt RacingChevrolet75Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac76Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet84J. C. DanielsenDanielsen RacingFord93Troy BeebeBeebe RacingBuick94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile98Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet99John KrebsKC RacingPontiac
Qualifying
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 8, at 4:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, June 9, at 1:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-40 would be decided on time,June 8, 1990 NASCAR today 16 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121332141/nascar-today/ March 21, 2023 Newspapers.com and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; which was two for cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and two extra provisionals for the NASCAR Winston West Series.
Ricky Rudd, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:39.743 and an average speed of 90.954 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom June 9, 1990 Favored Rudd Top Qualifier On Road Course (Part 1) 75 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121332928/favored-rudd-top-qualifier-on-road/ March 21, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom June 9, 1990 Favored Rudd Top Qualifier On Road Course (Part 2) 76 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121332941/favored-rudd-top-qualifier-on-road-cours/ March 21, 2023 Newspapers.com
Four drivers would fail to qualify:Jimmy Means,J .C . Danielsen ,St. James Davis And Mike Hickingbottom
Full qualifying results
Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed15Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:39.74390.95424Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile1:40.08490.64433Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:40.24790.49649Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord1:40.64690.13856Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1:40.65890.134640Tommy KendallReno EnterprisesChevrolet1:40.71590.076725Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:40.85389.953815Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord1:41.34389.51891Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile1:41.36289.5011021Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord1:41.42389.4471127Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac1:41.43189.4401217Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:41.51289.3671342Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac1:41.57189.3171475Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile1:41.59489.2971528Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord1:41.80389.1121612Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick1:41.86889.0561794Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile1:42.05788.8921826Brett BodineKing RacingBuick1:42.39988.5951910Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet1:42.42388.5742030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac1:42.44488.556217Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord1:42.54688.4682271Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1:42.61788.4062319Chad LittleLittle RacingFord1:42.77888.2602420Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile1:42.84888.2082504Hershel McGriffLipseia RacingPontiac1:42.86788.192Failed to lock in Round 12611Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1:40.56490.2112766Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac1:40.91389.899280Irv HoerrPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile1:41.77989.1342973Bill SchmittSchmitt RacingChevrolet1:42.88088.1103098Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet1:42.98488.091318Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick1:43.14487.9553243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1:43.16987.9333393Troy BeebeBeebe RacingBuick1:43.19287.9143476Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet1:43.38987.7463599John KrebsKC RacingPontiac1:43.65487.5223618Stan BarrettHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:43.69787.4863709Terry FisherMidgley RacingPontiac1:43.72787.4603823Mike ChaseFreymiller RacingBuick1:44.46086.8473934Ted KennedyEmerson RacingOldsmobile1:44.56686.7594057Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac1:44.57086.755Winston Cup provisionals4133Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile1:56.87677.621422Jim BownU.S. RacingChevrolet1:45.22486.216Winston West provisionals4324Butch GillilandGilliland RacingChevrolet - -4444Jack SellersEmerson RacingBuick1:56.62477.788Failed to qualify4552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac -* -*4684J. C. DanielsenDanielsen RacingFord -* -*4722St. James DavisSt. James RacingBuick -* -*4803Mike HickingbottomHickingbottom RacingPontiac -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results
FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings11127Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac7442running185$69,100256Mark MartinRoush RacingFord740running170$34,000315Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet7413running170$28,67542611Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord740running160$20,6505318Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick744running160$17,00761794Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile740running150$12,475724Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile747running151$12,7008280Irv HoerrPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile740running142$7,00092030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac740running138$10,600101475Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile740running134$12,22511217Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord740running130$9,400121612Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick740running127$6,800131910Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet740running124$10,000141021Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord740running121$5,800153709Terry FisherMidgley RacingPontiac740running118$4,575161342Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac740running115$10,925173618Stan BarrettHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet740running112$3,85018725Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet740running109$10,825194133Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile740running106$10,800202973Bill SchmittSchmitt RacingChevrolet740running103$6,6502149Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord740running100$12,60022422Jim BownU.S. RacingChevrolet730running0$6,675233599John KrebsKC RacingPontiac730running94$4,600241528Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord720running91$10,580253823Mike ChaseFreymiller RacingBuick724running93$3,575263243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac710running85$4,420274057Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac710running82$6,300284324Butch GillilandGilliland RacingChevrolet710running79$4,20029815Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord700engine76$6,165303393Troy BeebeBeebe RacingBuick700running73$3,475313098Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet680running70$4,075322271Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet670running67$6,025331217Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet650running64$12,3753433Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet650running61$12,6503591Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile620clutch58$5,935363476Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet610running55$3,305372319Chad LittleLittle RacingFord600running52$3,29538640Tommy KendallReno EnterprisesChevrolet464accident54$4,025392766Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac410engine46$6,250404444Jack SellersEmerson RacingBuick410running0$3,225411826Brett BodineKing RacingBuick380accident40$5,225422420Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile170accident37$3,975433934Ted KennedyEmerson RacingOldsmobile110oil line34$3,225442504Hershel McGriffLipseia RacingPontiac20engine31$3,225Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 Mark Martin 1,800 10px 1 2 Morgan Shepherd 1,738 (-62) 10px 1 3 Rusty Wallace 1,688 (-112) 10px 1 4 Dale Earnhardt 1,664 (–136) 10px 5 Geoff Bodine 1,644 (–156) 10px 6 Kyle Petty 1,594 (–206) 10px 2 7 Ken Schrader 1,555 (–245) 10px 8 Bill Elliott 1,546 (–254) 10px 2 9 Darrell Waltrip 1,517 (–283) 10px 10 Ernie Irvan 1,504 (–296)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References
1990 Budweiser 500 1990 Miller Genuine Draft 500 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1990 Spears Manufacturing 400 NASCAR Winston West Series 1990 1990 Winston 200
Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Category:NASCAR races at Sonoma Raceway