1992 Coca-Cola 600

Tenth race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series January 2023 NASWINSTON 1992 5 24 965.606 132.98 mph km/h Junior Johnson & Associates TBS Kyle Petty Performance Racing Network Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett SABCO Racing Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing 141 29 Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway 30.773 400 2.41 1.5 10 33rd Annual Coca-Cola 600 3 Coca-Cola 600 1992 600 Bill Elliott 1992 Coca-Cola 600.jpeg The 1992 Coca-Cola 600 program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. The 1992 Coca-Cola 600 was the 10th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 24, 1992, in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to make a late-race pass with 54 to go for the lead to take his 53rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.Foreman Jr. Tom May 25, 1992 Earnhardt avoids trouble to win 600 21 The Tampa Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117442865/earnhardt-avoids-trouble-to-win-600/ January 28, 2023 Newspapers.com Clarke Liz May 25, 1992 Earnhardt's crew savors flavor of victory 13 Sun-News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117443629/earnhardts-crew-savors-flavor-of/ January 28, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan and SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake0Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFord1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord9Dave Mader IIIMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet15Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord16Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet18Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet20Joe RuttmanMoroso RacingOldsmobile21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord23Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingFord27Gary BaloughLinro MotorsportsChevrolet28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Bobby Hillin Jr.Team IrelandChevrolet32Randy PorterPorter RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile41Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac48James HyltonHylton MotorsportsPontiac49Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobile66Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord68Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet73Phil BarkdollBarkdoll RacingOldsmobile77Mike PotterBalough RacingChevrolet83Lake SpeedSpeed RacingFord85Mike SkinnerMansion MotorsportsChevrolet89Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac90Charlie GlotzbachDonlavey RacingFord94Terry LabonteHagan RacingFord95Bob Schacht (R)Sadler Brothers RacingChevrolet98Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, May 20, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 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 Thursday, May 21, at 2:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,May 19, 1992 Race week schedule 12 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117443844/race-week-schedule/ January 28, 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; up to two were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field. Bill Elliott, driving for Junior Johnson & Associates, would win the pole, setting a time of 30.773 and an average speed of 175.479 mph km/h in the first round.Nowell Paul May 21, 1992 Charlotte pole another high for Elliott 25 The Item https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117444163/charlotte-pole-another-high-for-elliott/ January 28, 2023 Newspapers.com Six drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed111Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord30.773175.479242Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac30.795175.35335Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30.814175.245426Brett BodineKing RacingFord30.838175.10956Mark MartinRoush RacingFord30.907174.718625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30.952174.46472Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac30.996174.21687Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord31.011174.132922Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord31.075173.773108Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord31.132173.455114Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet31.182173.1771243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac31.236172.877133Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet31.243172.8391494Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile31.261172.7391530Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31.270172.6891655Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord31.274172.6671728Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord31.275172.6621817Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet31.294172.5571915Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord31.303172.5072066Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord31.339172.309Failed to lock in Round 1219Dave Mader IIIMelling RacingFord31.221172.9612268Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile31.386172.0512318Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet31.391172.0242431Bobby Hillin Jr.Team IrelandChevrolet31.411171.9142521Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord31.453171.6852633Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile31.472171.5812741Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.527171.2822812Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet31.551171.1512949Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet31.551171.1513010Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet31.565171.076311Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile31.565171.0763220Joe RuttmanMoroso RacingOldsmobile31.602170.8753389Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac31.616170.8003427Gary BaloughLinro MotorsportsChevrolet31.667170.5253571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet31.683170.4383683Lake SpeedSpeed RacingFord31.684170.4333798Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet31.709170.2993816Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord31.717170.2563932Randy PorterPorter RacingPontiac31.744170.1114095Bob Schacht (R)Sadler Brothers RacingChevrolet31.753170.063Provisionals4152Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac31.941169.0624290Charlie GlotzbachDonlavey RacingFord33.056163.359Failed to qualify4385Mike SkinnerMansion MotorsportsChevrolet31.818169.7154423Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile -* -*4548James HyltonHylton MotorsportsPontiac -* -*460Delma CowartH. 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Waters RacingFord -* -*4777Mike PotterBalough RacingChevrolet -* -*4873Phil BarkdollBarkdoll RacingOldsmobile -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1133Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet40054running180$125,1002114Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet4002running175$67,2753242Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac400141running175$60,90041728Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord40033running165$45,75052633Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile4000running155$35,80061494Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile4000running150$27,100787Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord40043running151$39,85081655Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord3990running142$23,150935Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet39833running143$30,10010108Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord3980running134$22,800112066Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord39811running135$17,250122318Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3971running132$15,400132431Bobby Hillin Jr.Team IrelandChevrolet3970running124$11,80014111Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3960running121$57,600153571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3940running118$12,975162741Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet3906running120$9,750173010Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet3880running112$11,1501872Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac38638engine114$18,050193683Lake SpeedSpeed RacingFord3850running106$7,65020426Brett BodineKing RacingFord3780running103$15,780212268Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile3770engine100$13,12022922Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3640running97$12,16023311Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile3480running94$11,450243932Randy PorterPorter RacingPontiac3220engine91$6,340251530Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3210running88$10,88026625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30929accident90$16,845273798Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet2881engine87$10,465283816Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord2790engine79$5,710292521Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord2520accident76$10,230302949Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet2480no tires73$5,555314095Bob Schacht (R)Sadler Brothers RacingChevrolet2450engine70$5,725321915Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord2444engine72$9,9753356Mark MartinRoush RacingFord2344engine69$14,850342812Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet2200crank61$9,850353220Joe RuttmanMoroso RacingOldsmobile2130accident58$5,250364290Charlie GlotzbachDonlavey RacingFord1940piston55$5,200373389Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac1940ignition52$5,165381817Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet1850piston49$14,54039219Dave Mader IIIMelling RacingFord1840accident46$10,145403427Gary BaloughLinro MotorsportsChevrolet1310accident43$5,100411243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1150accident40$10,600424152Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac80engine37$5,100Failed to qualify4385Mike SkinnerMansion MotorsportsChevrolet4423Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile4548James HyltonHylton MotorsportsPontiac460Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFord4777Mike PotterBalough RacingChevrolet4873Phil BarkdollBarkdoll RacingOldsmobileOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Davey Allison 1,564 10px 2 Bill Elliott 1,453 (-111) 10px 3 Harry Gant 1,444 (-120) 10px 4 Alan Kulwicki 1,432 (–132) 10px 1 5 Dale Earnhardt 1,420 (–144) 10px 1 6 Terry Labonte 1,378 (–186) 10px 2 7 Morgan Shepherd 1,333 (–231) 10px 8 Geoff Bodine 1,248 (–316) 10px 1 9 Dick Trickle 1,245 (–319) 10px 1 10 Mark Martin 1,217 (–347)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1992 Winston 500 1992 Budweiser 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1992 Coca-Cola 600 Coca-Cola 600 Category:NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Coca-Cola 600