1990 AC Spark Plug 500

March 202316th race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON Junior Johnson & Associates 29 16 Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Ned Jarrett 119 ESPN Motor Racing Network 124.07 mph km/h Mark Martin Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Roush Racing 11 Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pocono Raceway 804.672 804.672 500 200 200 4.0 2.5 18th Annual AC Spark Plug 500 AC Spark Plug 500 56.867 1990 500 July 22 1990 AC Spark Plug 500.jpeg The 1990 AC Spark Plug 500 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. 90,000 The 1990 AC Spark Plug 500 was the 16th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 18th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 22, 1990, before an audience of 90,000 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Depending on fuel mileage, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Geoff Bodine would manage to coast his car for the final 43 laps of the race to take his ninth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.Higgins Tom July 23, 1990 No Gas Guzzling For Bodine In Pocono Win (Part 1) 9 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121740269/no-gas-guzzling-for-bodine-in-pocono/ March 27, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom July 23, 1990 No Gas Guzzling For Bodine In Pocono Win (Part 2) 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121740282/no-gas-guzzling-for-bodine-in-pocono-win/ March 27, 2023 Newspapers.com Fleischman Bill July 23, 1990 Bodine's Cup Runneth Over; His Gas Tank Doesn't 77 Philadelphia Daily News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121740586/bodines-cup-runneth-over-his-gas-tank/ March 27, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott and Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Pocono International Raceway, the venue where the race was held. The race was held at Pocono International Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Until 2019, the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race. Pocono International Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli. Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Troy BeebeU.S. RacingPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick13Randy LaJoieLinro MotorsportsBuick15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet18Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet20Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord22Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile38Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFord42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac50Rich Vogler*RaDiUs MotorsportsChevrolet52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac53Jerry O'Neil (R)Aroneck RacingOldsmobile54Tommy RigginsHakes–Welliver RacingOldsmobile57Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac58Brian RossKen Schrader RacingPontiac66Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet74Mike PotterWawak RacingPontiac75Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac77Ken RaganRagan RacingFord85Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevrolet94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile98Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet *Withdrew due to Vogler dying the day before the race in a USAC event.Higgins Tom July 23, 1990 USAC Driver Vogler Dies In Race Crash 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121740759/usac-driver-vogler-dies-in-race-crash/ March 27, 2023 Newspapers.com Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, July 20, 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, July 21, 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 16-40 would be decided on time,July 20, 1990 NASCAR today 14 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121740942/nascar-today/ March 27, 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. Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 56.867 and an average speed of 158.264 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom July 21, 1990 Martin Speeds To Pole (Part 1) 75 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121741196/martin-speeds-to-pole-part-1/ March 27, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom July 21, 1990 Martin Speeds To Pole (Part 2) 79 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121741236/martin-speeds-to-pole-part-2/ March 27, 2023 Newspapers.com Three drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed16Mark MartinRoush RacingFord56.867158.264225Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet57.245157.219318Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet57.282157.117411Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord57.490156.549533Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile57.531156.43769Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord57.545156.399720Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile57.566156.342827Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac57.614156.21297Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord57.629156.171104Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile57.645156.128113Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet57.650156.1141210Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet57.729155.901135Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet57.751155.8411442Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac57.757155.8251528Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord57.759155.820Failed to lock in Round 11694Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile57.785155.750178Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick57.817155.6641821Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord57.837155.6101975Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile57.848155.5802012Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick57.883155.4862126Brett BodineKing RacingBuick57.896155.451221Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile57.926155.3712366Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac57.936155.3442443Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac57.954155.2962517Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet57.968155.2592698Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet58.030155.0922715Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord58.078154.9642830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac58.184154.6822957Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac58.197154.6473022Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac58.371154.1863153Jerry O'Neil (R)Aroneck RacingOldsmobile58.426154.0413250Rich VoglerRaDiUs MotorsportsChevrolet58.528153.7733338Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFord58.587153.6183454Tommy RigginsHakes–Welliver RacingOldsmobile58.658153.4323571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet58.754153.1813658Brian RossKen Schrader RacingPontiac58.893152.8203777Ken RaganRagan RacingFord58.948152.6773852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac59.041152.4363913Randy LaJoieLinro MotorsportsBuick59.392151.5364074Mike PotterWawak RacingPontiac1:00.025149.938Failed to qualify4170J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac -* -*4285Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevrolet -* -*432Troy BeebeU.S. RacingPontiac -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1411Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord200119running185$58,500269Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord2000running170$33,6503827Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac2007running170$30,0004113Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2006running165$22,80051528Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord20024running160$25,950616Mark MartinRoush RacingFord2000running150$21,0507135Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2000running146$12,65082698Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet2000running142$10,58292443Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac2000running138$8,67510221Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2000running134$12,45011225Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2003running135$12,75012178Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick2000running127$9,550131210Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet2004running129$11,35014533Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile2000running121$12,150152366Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac1990running118$10,325162126Brett BodineKing RacingBuick1990running115$8,6501797Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord1990running112$8,350181821Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord1980running109$7,950192957Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac1971running111$7,625202517Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1970running103$14,175213852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac1970running100$4,175223022Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac1960running97$4,075232830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac1930running94$6,975243777Ken RaganRagan RacingFord1900accident91$3,925254074Mike PotterWawak RacingPontiac1890running88$3,97526104Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile1810running85$6,775273658Brian RossKen Schrader RacingPontiac1750engine82$3,775283571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1720running79$6,575292012Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick1670engine76$4,425301694Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile1550accident73$6,825311975Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile1540accident70$6,25032720Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile1380accident67$4,82533318Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet13733accident69$14,950343153Jerry O'Neil (R)Aroneck RacingOldsmobile1340accident61$3,650351442Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac1313oil pan63$10,350362715Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord1210accident55$5,925373454Tommy RigginsHakes–Welliver RacingOldsmobile1200accident52$3,250383913Randy LaJoieLinro MotorsportsBuick100engine49$3,225393338Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFord40accident46$3,200403250Rich VoglerRaDiUs MotorsportsChevrolet00did not start0$0Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Mark Martin 2,371 10px 2 Dale Earnhardt 2,323 (-48) 10px 3 Rusty Wallace 2,266 (-105) 10px 4 Geoff Bodine 2,257 (–114) 10px 5 Morgan Shepherd 2,113 (–258) 10px 6 Kyle Petty 2,072 (–299) 10px 7 Ken Schrader 2,065 (–306) 10px 1 8 Bill Elliott 2,005 (–366) 10px 1 9 Ernie Irvan 1,945 (–426) 10px 1 10 Ricky Rudd 1,920 (–451)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1990 Pepsi 400 1990 DieHard 500 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series AC Spark Plug 500 Category:NASCAR races at Pocono Raceway AC Spark Plug 500 AC Spark Plug 500