1992 Pepsi 400

February 202315th race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON 34th Annual Pepsi 400 The 1992 Pepsi 400 program cover, featuring Richard Petty. July 4 170.457 mph km/h 29 15 160 4.0 160 643.737 2.5 643.737 400 Pepsi 400 Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Ned Jarrett Motor Racing Network ESPN Morgan-McClure Motorsports Ernie Irvan Junior Johnson & Associates Morgan-McClure Motorsports Sterling Marlin Ernie Irvan 117 4 1992 400 47.527 1992_Pepsi_400.jpeg 80,000 The 1992 Pepsi 400 was the 15th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 34th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 4, 1992, before an audience of 80,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 160 laps to complete. At race's end, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan would manage to dominate the majority of the race to take his fifth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.Goodall Fred July 5, 1992 Irvan breaks up Petty's party 22 The Burlington Free Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117703520/irvan-breaks-up-pettys-party/ February 1, 2023 Newspapers.com Coble Don July 5, 1992 Irvan cruises to easy win 20 Palladium-Item https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117703679/irvan-cruises-to-easy-win/ February 1, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Sterling Marlin and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Dale Jarrett would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Daytona International Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFordMasters Inn Economy1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobileSkoal2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiacMiller Genuine Draft3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletGM Goodwrench Service Plus4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevroletKodak5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevroletTide6Mark MartinRoush RacingFordValvoline7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFordHooters8Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFordSnickers9Chad LittleMelling RacingFordMelling Racing10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevroletPurolator Filters11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFordBudweiser12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevroletRaybestos15Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFordMotorcraft16Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFordKeystone17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevroletWestern Auto18Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevroletInterstate Batteries21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFordCitgo22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFordMaxwell House23Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobileSplitFire25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevroletKodiak26Brett BodineKing RacingFordQuaker State28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFordTexaco, Havoline30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiacPennzoil31Bobby Hillin Jr.Team IrelandChevroletSpam33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal Bandit37Randy PorterPorter RacingPontiacPorter Racing41Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevroletKellogg's Frosted Flakes42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiacMello Yello43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP48James HyltonHylton MotorsportsPontiacRumple Furniture49Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevroletAmeritron Batteries52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiacJimmy Means Racing55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobileJasper Engines & Transmissions59Andy Belmont (R)Pat Rissi RacingFordFDP Brakes66Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFordPhillips 66 TropArtic68Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobileCountry Time71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevroletWehrs Chevrolet73Phil BarkdollBarkdoll RacingOldsmobileX-1R85Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevroletThomas Chevrolet90Charlie GlotzbachDonlavey RacingFordSplitFire94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobileSunoco99Brad TeagueBall MotorsportsChevroletTraffic Engineering Services Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, July 2, at 2:30p.m. 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 Friday, July 3, at 1:30p.m. 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,July 2, 1992 NASCAR today 12 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117703953/nascar-today/ February 1, 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 provisionals 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. Sterling Marlin, driving for Junior Johnson & Associates, would win the pole, setting a time of 47.527 and an average speed of 189.366 mph km/h in the first round.Long Gary July 3, 1992 Pity Marlin, who topped The King 165 The Miami Herald https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117704044/pity-marlin-who-topped-the-king/ February 1, 2023 Newspapers.com Three drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed122Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord47.527189.366243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac47.629188.961328Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord47.778188.37146Mark MartinRoush RacingFord47.798188.29255Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet47.861188.04564Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet47.907187.864726Brett BodineKing RacingFord47.913187.840821Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord47.984187.563930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac48.054187.2891018Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet48.095187.1301125Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet48.143186.9431242Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac48.155186.8961317Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet48.186186.7761494Terry LabonteHagan RacingFord48.192186.7531516Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord48.249186.5321633Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile48.283186.4011715Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord48.307186.3081890Charlie GlotzbachDonlavey RacingFord48.311186.293191Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile48.330186.2202011Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord48.353186.131Failed to lock in Round 12149Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet48.388185.997223Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet48.448185.7662366Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord48.454185.7432412Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet48.486185.6212568Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet48.535185.433267Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord48.558185.3452755Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsChevrolet48.631185.0672852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac48.650184.995292Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac48.672184.9113010Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet48.710184.7673141Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet48.745184.634329Chad LittleMelling RacingFord48.851184.234338Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord48.862184.1923431Bobby Hillin Jr.Team IrelandChevrolet49.143183.1393573Phil BarkdollBarkdoll RacingOldsmobile49.266182.6823685Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevrolet49.345182.3893759Andy Belmont (R)Pat Rissi RacingFord49.467181.9393823Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile49.920180.2883999Brad TeagueBall MotorsportsChevrolet50.588177.9084071Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet51.212175.740Failed to qualify410Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFord52.052172.9044248James HyltonHylton MotorsportsChevrolet52.470171.5274337Randy PorterPorter RacingPontiac - -Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings164Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet160117running185$86,3002122Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1602running175$50,02531018Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet16026running170$37,20041715Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord1600running160$26,07552011Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1604running160$26,50061125Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1600running150$22,625755Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1602running151$20,875846Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1600running142$19,3259292Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac1600running138$18,32510328Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord1603running139$23,075111516Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord1600running130$8,91512726Brett BodineKing RacingFord1600running127$14,350131317Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet1590running124$17,460141242Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac1590running121$13,720152366Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord1590running118$11,280162755Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsChevrolet1590running115$13,09017191Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile1590running112$12,675182412Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet1590running109$12,16019821Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord1590running106$11,745201890Charlie GlotzbachDonlavey RacingFord1590running103$7,180211494Terry LabonteHagan RacingFord1580running100$11,160222149Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet1580running97$6,140231633Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile1580running94$15,97024329Chad LittleMelling RacingFord1580running91$5,850253431Bobby Hillin Jr.Team IrelandChevrolet1580running88$5,730263141Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet1570running85$7,41027930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac1560running82$10,065283573Phil BarkdollBarkdoll RacingOldsmobile1560running79$5,295293999Brad TeagueBall MotorsportsChevrolet1470running76$5,20030267Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord1441running78$13,105313759Andy Belmont (R)Pat Rissi RacingFord1330running70$5,300324071Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1300engine67$6,670332568Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet1240crash64$10,590343010Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet1220crash61$6,53535338Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord1220crash58$6,48036243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac845fatigue60$10,925373685Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevrolet580fatigue52$4,870383823Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile450quit49$4,855392852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac240wheel bearing46$7,04540223Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet70engine43$16,355Failed to qualify410Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFord4248James HyltonHylton MotorsportsChevrolet4337Randy PorterPorter RacingPontiacOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Davey Allison 2,257 10px 2 Bill Elliott 2,211 (-46) 10px 3 Alan Kulwicki 2,123 (-134) 10px 4 Harry Gant 2,085 (–172) 10px 5 Dale Earnhardt 2,005 (–252) 10px 1 6 Mark Martin 1,955 (–302) 10px 1 7 Terry Labonte 1,941 (–316) 10px 1 8 Geoff Bodine 1,905 (–352) 10px 1 9 Ricky Rudd 1,872 (–385) 10px 2 10 Morgan Shepherd 1,869 (–388)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Michigan) 1992 Miller Genuine Draft 500 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway Category:July 1992 sports events in the United States Category:1992 in sports in Florida