1992 First Union 400

January 2023Seventh race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON 1992 7 29 1992_First_Union_400.jpeg The 1992 First Union 400 program cover, featuring Darrell Waltrip. 42nd Annual First Union 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 400 0.625 1.006 250 402.336 90.653 mph km/h Alan Kulwicki AK Racing 19.191 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing 219 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing ESPN Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons 400 250 402.336 Motor Racing Network First Union 400 April 26 44,000 The 1992 First Union 400 was the seventh stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 42nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 4, 1992, before an audience of 44,000 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, a 0.625 mi km oval short track. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison would manage to defend the field in the last 88 laps to take his 15th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season. With the victory, Allison was able to grow his driver's championship points lead to 86 points.Higgins Tom April 13, 1992 Allison wins First Union 18 The Macon Telegraph https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117288975/allison-wins-first-union/ January 26, 2023 Newspapers.com Droschak David April 13, 1992 Allison gets win despite injury 8 The Messenger https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117289364/allison-gets-win-despite-injury/ January 26, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ricky Rudd would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of North Wilkesboro Speedway, the venue where the race was held. North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about five miles east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi km on and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch. It has previously held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races. The track, a NASCAR original, operated from 1949, NASCAR's inception, until the track's original closure in 1996. The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races before closing again in the spring of 2011. It was re-opened in August 2022 for grassroots racing. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet15Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord16Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet18Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingFord28Davey Allison*Robert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile41Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobile66Bobby Hillin Jr.Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord68Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile98Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet *Replaced by Jimmy Hensley in qualifying due to injuries. Allison would, however, race in the event.Parrish Will April 11, 1992 Allison's ribs, pride hurtin' 15 The Herald https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117289732/allisons-ribs-pride-hurtin/ January 26, 2023 Newspapers.com Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, April 10, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 15 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, April 11, at 12:15 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 16-30 would be decided on time,April 10, 1993 NASCAR today 10 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117289492/nascar-today/ January 26, 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. Alan Kulwicki, driving for his own AK Racing team, won the pole, setting a time of 19.191 and an average speed of 117.242 mph km/h on in the first round.Droschak David April 11, 1992 Kulwicki keeps Ford domination rolling 48 The Herald-Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117289647/kulwicki-keeps-ford-domination-rolling/ January 26, 2023 Newspapers.com No drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed17Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord19.191117.24225Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.275116.732394Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile19.279116.70744Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet19.290116.64152Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac19.302116.56868Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord19.303116.562728Jimmy Hensley (R)Robert Yates RacingFord19.321116.454826Brett BodineKing RacingFord19.323116.44293Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19.359116.2251022Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord19.367116.1771115Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord19.397115.997126Mark MartinRoush RacingFord19.406115.9441355Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobile19.423115.8421421Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord19.432115.7881542Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac19.454115.657Failed to lock in Round 11633Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile19.461115.6161730Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac19.461115.6161825Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.463115.6041941Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.468115.5742011Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord19.494115.4202198Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet19.513115.3082210Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet19.546115.1132368Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile19.546115.1132418Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet19.552115.0782517Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet19.576114.9372671Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet19.647114.521271Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile19.692114.2602843Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac19.695114.2422912Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet19.698114.2253052Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac19.772113.797Provisionals3116Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord -* -*3266Bobby Hillin Jr.Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1728Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord40088running180$51,740252Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac40047running175$29,140325Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4000running165$23,46541115Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord40028running165$22,66551633Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile4000running155$19,590693Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet40036running155$32,540717Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord400182running156$21,99081022Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4000running142$11,8359394Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile4000running138$11,08510826Brett BodineKing RacingFord40019running139$12,9651168Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord4000running130$10,610121421Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord4000running127$10,2601344Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet4000running124$13,935142210Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet3990running121$6,860152517Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet3990running118$13,73516126Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3990running115$11,960172418Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3990running112$3,885182912Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet3990running109$9,835191355Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobile3980running106$9,010202011Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3980running103$12,410211941Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet3970running100$3,660221825Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3970running97$12,61023271Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile3960running94$8,460242671Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3960running91$5,310253266Bobby Hillin Jr.Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord3930running88$5,260262198Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet3930running85$8,060272368Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile3930running82$8,885281542Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac3670running79$7,770291730Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3470running76$9,735303116Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord3460running73$3,060312843Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac2340handling70$8,610323052Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac2190engine67$4,535Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Davey Allison 1,129 10px 1 2 Harry Gant 1,043 (-86) 10px 1 3 Bill Elliott 1,023 (-106) 10px 4 Terry Labonte 1,013 (–116) 10px 5 Alan Kulwicki 1,006 (–123) 10px 1 6 Geoff Bodine 985 (–144) 10px 1 7 Morgan Shepherd 969 (–160) 10px 8 Dale Earnhardt 927 (–202) 10px 9 Dick Trickle 893 (–236) 10px 1 10 Ricky Rudd 869 (–260)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1992 Food City 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1992 1992 Hanes 500 Category:1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at North Wilkesboro Speedway Category:April 1992 sports events in the United States Category:1992 in sports in North Carolina