1990 Atlanta Journal 500

29th race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series April 2023 March 2026 NASWINSTON 140.911 mph km/h Motor Racing Network The 1990 Atlanta Journal 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt. 31st Annual Atlanta Journal 500 Rusty Wallace 31.270 Bud Moore Engineering Melling Racing Morgan Shepherd Bill Elliott 94 15 Blue Max Racing November 18 Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta Motor Speedway 29 29 ESPN Atlanta Journal 500 1990 328 328 803.41 499.216 803.41 2.449 1.522 499.216 Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons 1990 Atlanta Journal 500.jpeg 75,000 The 1990 Atlanta Journal 500 was the 29th and final stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 31st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, November 18, 1990, before an audience of 75,000 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. In the final laps of the race, Bud Moore Engineering driver Morgan Shepherd would manage to defend the field on the final 21-lap green flag stint of the race to take his third career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.Higgins Tom November 19, 1990 Earnhardt Earns Million (Part 1) 25 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122846854/earnhardt-earns-million-part-1/ April 14, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom November 19, 1990 Earnhardt Earns Million (Part 2) 29 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122846912/earnhardt-earns-million-part-2/ April 14, 2023 Newspapers.com McCarter Mark November 19, 1990 Call him champ (Part 1) 13 The Anniston Star https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122848263/call-him-champ-part-1/ April 14, 2023 Newspapers.com McCarter Mark November 19, 1990 Call him champ (Part 2) 15 The Anniston Star https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122848397/call-him-champ-part-2/ April 14, 2023 Newspapers.com In the driver's championship, Dale Earnhardt, after keeping his car within the lead pack throughout the race, was able to finish third and ahead of championship contender Mark Martin. Earnhardt was able to win his fourth NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship by a margin of 26 points, a margin that would not have existed if Martin had not been penalized at the 1990 Pontiac Excitement 400 where Martin had gotten penalized 46 points after the race.Higgins Tom November 19, 1990 Earnhardt Bows To 'The King' 29 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122849554/earnhardt-bows-to-the-king/ April 14, 2023 Newspapers.com On lap 300 of the race, an accident would occur on pit road when Ricky Rudd locked up his car's brakes and spun into Bill Elliott's car while Elliott was pitting, with Rudd's car hitting numerous pit crew members of Elliott's team. One of the team members for Elliott, Mike Rich, would die due to a cardiac arrest caused by injuries sustained in the crash.King Randy November 19, 1990 Pit-road accident kills Elliott crew member 15 The Roanoke Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122849830/pit-road-accident-kills-elliott-crew/ April 14, 2023 Newspapers.com 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. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Delma Cowart*H. L. Waters RacingFordMasters Inn Economy1Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobileSkoal2Ted MusgraveU.S. RacingChevroletCrunch Ice Cream3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletGM Goodwrench Service Plus4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobileKodak04Bill MeachamMeacham RacingOldsmobileMeacham Racing5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevroletLevi Garrett6Mark MartinRoush RacingFordFolgers7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFordZerex8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuickSnickers9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFordCoors Light10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevroletPurolator Filters11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFordBudweiser12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuickRaybestos15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFordMotorcraft17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevroletTide18Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevroletSlimFast19Chad LittleLittle RacingFordBull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce20Steve GrissomMoroso RacingOldsmobileCrown Central Petroleum21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFordCitgo25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevroletKodiak26Brett BodineKing RacingBuickQuaker State27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiacMiller Genuine Draft28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFordTexaco, Havoline29Pancho CarterRomine RacingFordDealers Engine Sales30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiacCountry Time33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal Bandit35Bill VenturiniVenturini MotorsportsChevroletAmoco36H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiacAlmeda Auto Parts41Larry PearsonLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevroletGeneral Motors Auctions42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiacPeak Antifreeze43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP47Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobileKanawha Insurance52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiacAlka-Seltzer57Jim BownOsterlund RacingPontiacHeinz65Dave Mader IIIBahre RacingPontiacJasper Engines & Transmissions66Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiacPhillips 66 TropArtic68Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsPontiacCountry Time71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevroletBig Apple Market72Tracy LeslieParker RacingOldsmobileDetroit Gasket75Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesPontiacDinner Bell Foods79Bill IngramGray RacingOldsmobileGray Racing80Jimmy HortonS&H RacingChevroletMiles Concrete82Mark StahlStahl RacingFordHooters83Tommy EllisSpeed RacingChevroletPrestone89Rodney CombsMueller Brothers RacingPontiacEvinrude Outboard Motors94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobileSunoco97Chuck BownTex RacingChevroletKellogg's Corn Flakes98Rick MastTravis Carter EnterprisesChevroletWinn-Dixie *Replaced by Jim Sauter following first-round qualifying. Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, November 16, at 2:00 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 Saturday, November 17, 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,November 16, 1990 NASCAR today 61 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122860957/nascar-today/ April 14, 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. Rusty Wallace, driving for Blue Max Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 31.270 and an average speed of 175.222 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom November 17, 1990 Wallace Leader Of Pack 23 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122861318/wallace-leader-of-pack/ April 14, 2023 Newspapers.com Eight drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed127Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac31.270175.222211Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord31.287175.12737Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord31.320174.943428Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord31.413174.425517Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.498173.95463Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet31.529173.783726Brett BodineKing RacingBuick31.541173.71784Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet31.585173.47599Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord31.628173.239105Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.643173.157116Mark MartinRoush RacingFord31.655173.0911233Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile31.657173.0801366Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac31.716172.7581425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.745172.6001512Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick31.761172.5131697Chuck BownTex RacingChevrolet31.761172.5131768Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsPontiac31.806172.2691810Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet31.817172.2101918Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.821172.1882015Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord31.835172.112Failed to lock in Round 12121Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord31.655173.0912243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac31.680172.9552320Steve GrissomMoroso RacingOldsmobile31.699172.851241Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile31.718172.7472598Rick MastTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet31.730172.682262Ted MusgraveU.S. RacingPontiac31.802172.2912730Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31.829172.1452852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac31.859171.9832965Dave Mader IIIBahre RacingPontiac31.864171.9563042Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac31.866171.945318Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick31.926171.6223247Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobile31.936171.5683329Pancho CarterRomine RacingFord31.945171.5203475Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile31.963171.4233594Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile31.991171.2733671Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet32.016171.1393719Chad LittleLittle RacingFord32.023171.1023889Rodney CombsMueller Brothers RacingPontiac32.093170.729390Jim SauterH. L. Waters RacingFord32.101170.6864080Jimmy HortonS&H RacingChevrolet32.131170.527Provisional4157Jim BownOsterlund RacingPontiac - -Failed to qualify4282Mark StahlStahl RacingFord -* -*4335Bill VenturiniVenturini MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4436H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac -* -*4541Larry PearsonLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4672Tracy LeslieParker RacingOldsmobile -* -*4779Bill IngramGray RacingOldsmobile -* -*4804Bill MeachamMeacham RacingOldsmobile -* -*4983Tommy EllisSpeed RacingChevrolet -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings12015Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord32864running180$62,2502211Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord32846running175$40,850363Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32842running170$26,70042121Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord3280running160$17,2255517Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet32735running160$22,3006116Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3270running150$14,700784Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3270running146$11,200837Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3272running147$10,6509127Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac32730running143$20,700101918Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3260running134$7,625111425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3260running130$11,750121810Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet3262running132$9,550131512Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick3260running124$6,450142730Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3260running121$7,8501599Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord32694running128$37,80016105Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3250running115$7,550172243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3240running112$5,65018726Brett BodineKing RacingBuick3230running109$7,250191233Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile3230running106$10,850202965Dave Mader IIIBahre RacingPontiac3230running103$4,52521241Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile3230running100$6,65022318Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick3230running97$6,475231697Chuck BownTex RacingChevrolet3220running94$3,400242320Steve GrissomMoroso RacingOldsmobile3220running91$4,27525428Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord32113running93$16,45026262Ted MusgraveU.S. RacingPontiac3190running85$5,225273719Chad LittleLittle RacingFord3180running82$3,200282852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac3160running79$4,025292598Rick MastTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet3160running76$3,600303889Rodney CombsMueller Brothers RacingPontiac3150running73$3,12531390Jim SauterH. L. Waters RacingFord3100engine70$3,050323329Pancho CarterRomine RacingFord2980accident67$3,040333475Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile2910accident64$5,705343671Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet2670engine61$5,700354080Jimmy HortonS&H RacingChevrolet2340rear end58$3,000363247Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobile2280engine55$3,490371366Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac1670engine52$6,600383594Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile1320steering49$5,560394157Jim BownOsterlund RacingPontiac560accident46$3,530401768Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsPontiac280engine43$2,925413042Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac120engine40$9,925Failed to qualify4282Mark StahlStahl RacingFord4335Bill VenturiniVenturini MotorsportsChevrolet4436H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac4541Larry PearsonLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet4672Tracy LeslieParker RacingOldsmobile4779Bill IngramGray RacingOldsmobile4804Bill MeachamMeacham RacingOldsmobile4983Tommy EllisSpeed RacingChevroletOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 4,430 10px 2 Mark Martin 4,404 (-26) 10px 1 3 Geoff Bodine 4,017 (-413) 10px 1 4 Bill Elliott 3,999 (–431) 10px 1 5 Morgan Shepherd 3,689 (–741) 10px 1 6 Rusty Wallace 3,676 (–754) 10px 7 Ricky Rudd 3,601 (–829) 10px 1 8 Alan Kulwicki 3,599 (–831) 10px 1 9 Ernie Irvan 3,593 (–837) 10px 1 10 Ken Schrader 3,572 (–858)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1990 Checker 500 1991 Daytona 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1990 Category:1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Category:November 1990 sports events in the United States Category:1990 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)