1992 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

January 2023Fourth race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta Motor Speedway 499.216 30.453 1.522 2.449 803.41 803.41 499.216 328 328 1992 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 33rd Annual Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 4 29 Motor Racing Network March 15 ABC Paul Page, Benny Parsons, Bobby Unser 11 Roush Racing Davey Allison Junior Johnson & Associates Bill Elliott Robert Yates Racing 160 Mark Martin 147.746 mph km/h 1992 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500.jpeg The 1992 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 program cover, featuring Geoff Bodine. The 1992 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 15, 1992, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.522 mi km permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 328 laps to complete. With the help of a late caution, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Bill Elliott would manage to pull away on the final restart with 40 to go to take his 37th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his third victory of the season, and his third consecutive victory.Harris Mike March 16, 1992 Elliott's luck brings third in row 8 The Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117148412/elliotts-luck-brings-third-in-row/ January 24, 2023 Newspapers.comHiggins Tom March 16, 1992 'Pure luck' 16 Muncie Evening Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117148687/pure-luck/ January 24, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway, 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. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord9Dorsey SchroederMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet13Dave Mader IIIFolsom RacingChevrolet15Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord16Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet18Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet20Mike WallaceMoroso RacingOldsmobile21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord23Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingFord28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Bobby Hillin Jr.Team IrelandChevrolet32Jimmy HortonActive MotorsportsChevrolet33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile41Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac47Buddy BakerClose RacingOldsmobile49Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet50Clay YoungClay Young RacingPontiac52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobile66Chad LittleCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord68Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet77Mike PotterBalough RacingChevrolet83Lake SpeedSpeed RacingChevrolet85Mike SkinnerMansion MotorsportsChevrolet90Charlie GlotzbachDonlavey RacingFord94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile95Bob Schacht (R)Sadler Brothers RacingOldsmobile98Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, March 13, at 2:30 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 Saturday, March 14, at 10:30 AM 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,March 12, 1992 NASCAR today 14 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117148868/nascar-today/ January 24, 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 usually two. 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. Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, won the pole, setting a time of 30.453 and an average speed of 179.923 mph km/h on in the first round.Harris Mike March 14, 1992 Mark Martin outdoes Trickle for NASCAR's Motorcraft 500 pole 16 The Times and Democrat https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117149023/mark-martin-outdoes-trickle-for/ January 24, 2023 Four drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed16Mark MartinRoush RacingFord30.453179.92328Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord30.497179.664394Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile30.609179.006411Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord30.619178.948525Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30.664178.685622Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord30.744178.22073Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30.759178.13387Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord30.761178.122926Brett BodineKing RacingFord30.803177.8791033Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile30.822177.769111Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile30.904177.297122Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac30.969176.9251317Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet30.987176.8231421Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord30.994176.7831542Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac31.092176.2251655Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsChevrolet31.140175.9541718Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet31.149175.9031841Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.189175.6771968Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile31.222175.4922098Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet31.247175.351Failed to lock in Round 12130Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac30.852177.596224Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet30.894177.3552315Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord30.970176.920245Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.266175.2452528Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord31.270175.2222612Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet31.279175.1722716Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord31.309175.0042810Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet31.331174.8812966Chad LittleCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord31.338174.8423090Charlie GlotzbachDonlavey RacingFord31.391174.5473171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet31.392174.5413243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac31.462174.1533313Bob Schacht (R)Folsom RacingChevrolet31.523173.8163449Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet31.551173.6623520Mike WallaceMoroso RacingOldsmobile31.555173.6403631Bobby Hillin Jr.Team IrelandChevrolet31.562173.6013747Buddy BakerClose RacingOldsmobile31.634173.2063832Jimmy HortonActive MotorsportsChevrolet31.662173.0533983Lake SpeedSpeed RacingChevrolet31.672172.9984023Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile31.715172.764Provisionals419Dorsey SchroederMelling RacingFord32.227170.0194252Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac31.813172.231Failed to qualify4395Bob Schacht (R)Sadler Brothers RacingOldsmobile31.721172.7314485Mike SkinnerMansion MotorsportsChevrolet31.814172.2264577Mike PotterBalough RacingChevrolet32.527168.4514650Clay YoungClay Young RacingPontiac32.293169.671Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1411Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord32846running180$71,00021033Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile32843running175$45,875373Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3280running165$36,85042528Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord328160running170$32,550528Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord3280running155$28,12562315Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord3280running150$18,600787Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord32853running151$20,85081542Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac3280running142$15,6509394Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile32823running143$17,150101421Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord3280running134$16,000111718Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3280running130$7,67012245Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3280running127$15,4251316Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3280running124$19,230142810Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet3280running121$9,81015122Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3270running118$14,980163243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3270running115$12,47017622Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3270running112$15,660183090Charlie GlotzbachDonlavey RacingFord3260running109$6,600191655Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsChevrolet3260running106$13,99020926Brett BodineKing RacingFord3250running103$11,920213631Bobby Hillin Jr.Team IrelandChevrolet3230running100$6,26022111Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile3230running97$13,050232966Chad LittleCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord3220running94$9,590241968Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile3210running91$13,13025224Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3170running88$16,725263832Jimmy HortonActive MotorsportsChevrolet3160running85$6,820272716Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord3160running82$6,460282130Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac2980engine79$12,740292612Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet2810engine76$10,100303171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet2770running73$8,940311841Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet2680running70$5,330323449Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet2610oil leak67$5,270333520Mike WallaceMoroso RacingOldsmobile2510running64$5,180343983Lake SpeedSpeed RacingChevrolet2180crash61$5,13535419Dorsey SchroederMelling RacingFord1760timing chain58$10,385363747Buddy BakerClose RacingOldsmobile1720engine55$5,070372098Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet910engine52$9,555384252Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac870engine49$5,040391317Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet793oil pressure51$15,715404023Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile710valve43$4,97541525Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet380crash40$13,975423313Bob Schacht (R)Folsom RacingChevrolet230valve37$5,225Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Davey Allison 695 10px 1 2 Bill Elliott 637 (-58) 10px 1 3 Harry Gant 637 (-58) 10px 1 4 Terry Labonte 577 (–118) 10px 1 5 Morgan Shepherd 572 (–123) 10px 1 6 Alan Kulwicki 551 (–144) 10px 1 7 Geoff Bodine 551 (–144) 10px 3 8 Dale Earnhardt 524 (–171) 10px 5 9 Kyle Petty 476 (–219) 10px 10 10 Dick Trickle 462 (–233)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1992 Pontiac Excitement 400 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1992 TranSouth 500 Category:1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Category:March 1992 sports events in the United States Category:1992 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)