1989 Champion Spark Plug 400

May 2023 19th race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON Brooklyn, Michigan, Michigan International Speedway 400 40.968 643.737 643.737 200 200 3.2 400 2 157.704 mph km/h 1989 August 20 Champion Spark Plug 400 20th Annual Champion Spark Plug 400 The 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 program cover. Motor Racing Network 19 29 27 162 Hendrick Motorsports Geoff Bodine Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Blue Max Racing ESPN Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400.jpeg 80,000 The 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 was the 19th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 20, 1989, before an audience of 80,000 in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace would manage to dominate a majority of the race, leading 162 laps en route to his 15th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fifth victory of the season.Higgins Tom August 21, 1989 Crew Lifts Wallace To Victory (Part 1) 15 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-crew-lifts-wallac/124903526/ May 18, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom August 21, 1989 Crew Lifts Wallace To Victory (Part 2) 18 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-crew-lifts-wallac/124903549/ May 18, 2023 Newspapers.com Crowe Steve August 21, 1989 Wallace wins MIS, points to season title (Part 1) 44 Detroit Free Press https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-wallace-wins-mis-poi/124903599/ May 18, 2023 Newspapers.com Crowe Steve August 21, 1989 Wallace wins MIS, points to season title (Part 2) 51 Detroit Free Press https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-wallace-wins-mis-poi/124903614/ May 18, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, RahMoc Enterprises driver Morgan Shepherd and Jackson Bros. Motorsports driver Harry Gant would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Michigan International Speedway, the venue where the race was held. The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards). Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor2Ernie IrvanU.S. RacingPontiacKroger3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletGM Goodwrench Service Plus4Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobileKodak5Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevroletLevi Garrett6Mark MartinRoush RacingFordStroh's Light7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFordZerex8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuickMiller High Life9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFordCoors Light10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingPontiacPurolator11Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesFordBudweiser14Tracy LeslieA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobileCopenhagen15Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFordMotorcraft16Larry Pearson (R)Pearson RacingBuickChattanooga Chew17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevroletTide18Rick JeffreyTriStar MotorsportsPontiacTriStar Motorsports21Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFordCitgo23Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobileMelling Oil Pumps25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevroletFolgers26Ricky RuddKing RacingBuickQuaker State27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiacKodiak28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFordTexaco, Havoline29Dale JarrettCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiacHardee's30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiacCountry Time33Harry GantJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal Bandit38Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFordRedkote Steel Tubing42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiacPeak Antifreeze43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP44Jim SauterGroup 44PontiacGroup 4448Greg SacksWinkle MotorsportsPontiacDinner Bell Foods49James HyltonHylton MotorsportsBuickHylton Motorsports51Butch MillerMiller RacingChevroletMiller Racing52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiacAlka-Seltzer55Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal, Crown Central Petroleum57Hut Stricklin (R)Osterlund RacingPontiacHeinz71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevroletLifebuoy75Morgan ShepherdRahMoc EnterprisesPontiacValvoline77Ken RaganRagan RacingFordJasper Engines & Transmissions83Joe RuttmanSpeed RacingOldsmobileBull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce84Dick Trickle (R)Stavola Brothers RacingBuickMiller High Life88Jimmy Spencer (R)Baker–Schiff RacingPontiacCrisco90Chad Little (R)Donlavey RacingFordHawaiian Tropic94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobileSunoco Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Saturday, August 19, at 11:30 AM 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 Saturday, August 19, 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,August 19, 1989 NASCAR Today 19 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-nascar-today/124904802/ May 11, 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. Geoff Bodine, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 40.968 and an average speed of 175.962 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom August 20, 1989 Bodine Regains Form, Speeds To Pole Win (Part 1) 81 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-bodine-regains-fo/124904895/ May 18, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom August 20, 1989 Bodine Regains Form, Speeds To Pole Win (Part 2) 90 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-bodine-regains-fo/124904915 May 18, 2023 Newspapers.com Two drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed15Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet40.968175.962227Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac41.014175.33637Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord41.067175.32346Mark MartinRoush RacingFord41.084175.25154Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile41.088175.234625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet41.190174.800775Morgan ShepherdRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac41.198174.76689Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord41.216174.689942Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac41.315174.2711094Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile41.333174.1951128Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord41.378174.0061215Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord41.419173.833132Ernie IrvanU.S. RacingPontiac41.520173.4101411Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord41.532173.360153Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet41.534173.3521626Ricky RuddKing RacingBuick41.536173.3441743Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac41.545173.3061810Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingPontiac41.575173.1811917Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet41.613173.0232055Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile41.692172.695Failed to lock in Round 12133Harry GantJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile41.551173.2812230Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac41.704172.6452383Joe RuttmanSpeed RacingOldsmobile41.736172.5132490Chad Little (R)Donlavey RacingFord41.740172.4962521Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord41.776172.3482657Hut Stricklin (R)Osterlund RacingPontiac41.799172.2532729Dale JarrettCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac41.835172.1052848Greg SacksWinkle MotorsportsPontiac41.851172.0392988Jimmy Spencer (R)Baker–Schiff RacingPontiac41.868171.9693084Dick Trickle (R)Stavola Brothers RacingBuick41.920171.7563151Butch MillerMiller RacingChevrolet41.950171.6333244Jim SauterGroup 44Pontiac42.009171.3923352Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac42.034171.290348Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick42.038171.2743571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet42.093171.0503616Larry Pearson (R)Pearson RacingBuick42.115170.9603718Rick JeffreyTriStar MotorsportsPontiac42.154170.8023814Tracy LeslieA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile42.231170.4913977Ken RaganRagan RacingFord42.758168.3904023Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile42.869167.954Failed to qualify4138Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFord -* -*4249James HyltonHylton MotorsportsBuick -* -*Official starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1227Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac200162running185$67,9002775Morgan ShepherdRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac2007running175$38,97532133Harry GantJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile2004running170$28,42542657Hut Stricklin (R)Osterlund RacingPontiac2003running165$20,232515Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2002running160$23,75061810Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingPontiac2001running155$15,37571128Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord2000running146$17,15081626Ricky RuddKing RacingBuick2000running142$15,050946Mark MartinRoush RacingFord2002running143$13,0751037Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord2009running139$14,70011625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1993running135$13,400122988Jimmy Spencer (R)Baker–Schiff RacingPontiac1990running127$10,35013942Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac1990running124$5,80014348Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick1990running121$9,400152521Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord1980running118$9,600163616Larry Pearson (R)Pearson RacingBuick1980running115$6,45017153Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1980running112$13,450181743Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1980running109$5,750193084Dick Trickle (R)Stavola Brothers RacingBuick1970running106$7,350203814Tracy LeslieA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile1970running103$4,875212383Joe RuttmanSpeed RacingOldsmobile1970running0$6,825223151Butch MillerMiller RacingChevrolet1970running97$3,725233244Jim SauterGroup 44Pontiac1960running94$3,625243571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1960running91$6,47525132Ernie IrvanU.S. RacingPontiac1960running88$4,500262490Chad Little (R)Donlavey RacingFord1960running85$3,325273352Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac1950running82$3,275284023Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile1940running79$3,225293977Ken RaganRagan RacingFord1930running76$3,125303718Rick JeffreyTriStar MotorsportsPontiac1910running73$3,125312230Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac1901running75$5,7353254Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile1860engine67$5,645332055Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile1770running64$5,580341094Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile1720running61$5,490352848Greg SacksWinkle MotorsportsPontiac1580running58$2,815361215Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord1280clutch55$5,425371917Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1196camshaft57$12,115382729Dale JarrettCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac1190rear end49$5,3503989Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord1030engine46$13,585401411Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord690engine43$9,725Failed to qualify4138Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFord4249James HyltonHylton MotorsportsBuickOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 2,726 10px 2 2 Rusty Wallace 2,644 (-82) 10px 1 3 Mark Martin 2,631 (-95) 10px 1 4 Darrell Waltrip 2,526 (–200) 10px 1 5 Davey Allison 2,465 (–261) 10px 1 6 Bill Elliott 2,440 (–286) 10px 1 7 Ken Schrader 2,379 (–347) 10px 1 8 Terry Labonte 2,333 (–393)10px 1 9 Geoff Bodine 2,314 (–412) 10px 1 10 Ricky Rudd 2,292 (–434)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1989 The Budweiser at The Glen 1989 Busch 500 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion Spark Plug 400 Category:NASCAR races at Michigan International Speedway Champion Spark Plug 400 Champion Spark Plug 400