1988 The Budweiser at The Glen

July 2023 18th race of 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON Melling Racing Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett 3rd Annual The Budweiser at The Glen August 14 29 74.096 mph km/h 3.907 Hendrick Motorsports 1:12.537 Geoff Bodine 18 Motor Racing Network ESPN Bill Elliott Watkins Glen, New York, Watkins Glen International 19 King Racing Ricky Rudd 26 218.52 351.673 90 90 351.673 2.428 The Budweiser at The Glen 1988 218.52 The 1988 The Budweiser at The Glen program cover, featuring Alan Kulwicki. 1988 The Budweiser at The Glen.jpeg 100,000 The 1988 The Budweiser at The Glen was the 18th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the third iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 13, 1989, before an audience of 100,000 in Watkins Glen, New York, at the shortened layout of Watkins Glen International, a 2.428 mi km on permanent road course layout. In the final laps of the race, King Racing driver Ricky Rudd would manage to fend off Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace to the finish to take his ninth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.Higgins Tom August 15, 1988 Rudd Fends Off Wallace In Duel At The Glen (Part 1) 45 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-rudd-fends-off-wa/128277638/ July 15, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom August 15, 1988 Rudd Fends Off Wallace In Duel At The Glen (Part 2) 47 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-rudd-fends-off-wa/128277680/ July 15, 2023 Newspapers.com Sherman Doug August 15, 1988 Rudd repels charge by Wallace (Part 1) 33 Democrat and Chronicle https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-rudd-repels-charg/128277954/ July 15, 2023 Newspapers.com Sherman Doug August 15, 1988 Rudd repels charge by Wallace (Part 2) 35 Democrat and Chronicle https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-rudd-repels-charg/128277983/ July 15, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Rusty Wallace and Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Watkins Glen International NASCAR used at the time. Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series. Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J. D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event. The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by NASCAR. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake2Ernie Irvan (R)U.S. RacingChevrolet3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile04Hershel McGriffMcGriff RacingPontiac5Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Ken Bouchard (R)Whitcomb RacingFord11Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet12Mike AlexanderStavola Brothers RacingBuick15Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord16Tom RotsellChilson RacingFord17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet21Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Ricky RuddKing RacingBuick27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28Davey AllisonRanier-Lundy RacingFord29Dale JarrettCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Joe RuttmanBob Clark MotorsportsOldsmobile33Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet37Patty MoiseRandy Hope MotorsportsBuick43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac44Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile63Jocko MaggiacomoLinro MotorsportsChevrolet67Ron EsauArrington RacingFord68Derrike CopeTesta RacingFord70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac76Phil GoodGood RacingFord83Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile88Morgan ShepherdBaker-Schiff RacingOldsmobile90Benny ParsonsDonlavey RacingFord97Rodney CombsWinkle MotorsportsBuick98Brad Noffsinger (R)Curb RacingBuick Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, August 12, at 1:00 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, August 13, at 11:00 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,August 12, 1988 NASCAR Today 30 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-nascar-today/128278171/ July 15, 2023 Newspapers.com and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified on time but were high enough in owner's points; up to two provisionals were given. Geoff Bodine, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:12.537 and an average speed of 120.501 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom August 13, 1988 Bodine Scorches Watkins Glen (Part 1) 21 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-bodine-scorches-w/128280510/ July 15, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom August 13, 1988 Bodine Scorches Watkins Glen (Part 2) 25 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-bodine-scorches-w/128280548/ July 15, 2023 Newspapers.com Phil Good was the only driver to fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed15Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:12.537120.501227Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac1:12.579120.43239Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord1:12.629120.349411Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet1:12.985119.762526Ricky RuddKing RacingBuick1:13.377119.122633Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet1:13.400119.084788Morgan ShepherdBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile1:13.451119.002825Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:13.488118.942917Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:13.509118.9081055Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile1:13.838118.3781121Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord1:13.941118.2131243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1:13.994118.1281330Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac1:14.000118.1191444Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile1:14.006118.109156Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1:14.019118.0891615Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord1:14.031118.069174Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile1:14.088117.9791829Dale JarrettCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile1:14.300117.642193Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:14.307117.6312071Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1:14.365117.539Failed to lock in Round 12131Joe RuttmanBob Clark MotorsportsOldsmobile1:14.491117.340227Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord1:14.603117.164238Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick1:14.717116.9852483Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile1:14.725116.9732568Derrike CopeTesta RacingFord1:15.238116.1752690Benny ParsonsDonlavey RacingFord1:15.311116.0632797Rodney CombsWinkle MotorsportsBuick1:15.386115.9472828Davey AllisonRanier-Lundy RacingFord1:15.390115.9412912Mike AlexanderStavola Brothers RacingBuick1:15.447115.8543052Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac1:15.494115.7813163Jocko MaggiacomoLinro MotorsportsChevrolet1:15.554115.639322Ernie Irvan (R)U.S. RacingPontiac1:15.719115.4373310Ken Bouchard (R)Whitcomb RacingFord1:16.279114.5903437Patty MoiseRandy Hope MotorsportsBuick1:16.078114.8933570J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac1:16.586114.1313667Ron EsauArrington RacingOldsmobile1:16.610114.0953798Brad Noffsinger (R)Curb RacingBuick1:16.628114.0683804Hershel McGriffMcGriff RacingPontiac1:17.131113.3213916Tom RotsellChilson RacingFord1:17.365112.981To the rear4075Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac1:13.008119.724Failed to qualify4176Phil GoodGood RacingFord1:17.426112.892Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1526Ricky RuddKing RacingBuick904running180$49,6252227Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac907running175$33,900339Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord9019running175$26,64041055Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile906running165$16,54052912Mike AlexanderStavola Brothers RacingBuick900running155$19,2956193Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet900running150$18,5307788Morgan ShepherdBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile900running0$12,62081444Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile900running142$9,70592131Joe RuttmanBob Clark MotorsportsOldsmobile900running138$7,14010825Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet905running139$12,835111829Dale JarrettCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile900running130$6,18012174Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile900running127$5,84513238Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick900running124$7,915143052Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac900running121$6,880153798Brad Noffsinger (R)Curb RacingBuick900running118$4,705162828Davey AllisonRanier-Lundy RacingFord900running115$12,615171243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac900running112$6,20018411Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet9012running114$9,99019227Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord900running106$5,82520917Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet9013running108$11,865213667Ron EsauArrington RacingOldsmobile900running100$4,580223916Tom RotsellChilson RacingFord900running97$2,470231615Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord890running94$10,960242797Rodney CombsWinkle MotorsportsBuick890running91$2,300253804Hershel McGriffMcGriff RacingPontiac880running88$2,340262071Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet880running85$5,135273310Ken Bouchard (R)Whitcomb RacingFord870running82$2,38028156Mark MartinRoush RacingFord860running79$2,92529322Ernie Irvan (R)U.S. RacingPontiac860running76$2,020303437Patty MoiseRandy Hope MotorsportsBuick850running73$1,96531633Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet779transmission75$4,6603215Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet7310running72$8,525331330Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac715running69$4,440341121Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord680accident61$8,710353163Jocko MaggiacomoLinro MotorsportsChevrolet410engine58$1,655363570J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac400engine55$1,600372483Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile300engine52$2,220384075Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac210overheating49$8,540392690Benny ParsonsDonlavey RacingFord110engine46$4,140402568Derrike CopeTesta RacingFord20engine43$4,045Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Rusty Wallace 2,693 10px 2 Bill Elliott 2,682 (–11) 10px 3 Dale Earnhardt 2,635 (–58) 10px 4 Ken Schrader 2,470 (–223) 10px 5 Terry Labonte 2,423 (–270) 10px 6 Geoff Bodine 2,336 (–357) 10px 1 7 Phil Parsons 2,302 (–391) 10px 1 8 Sterling Marlin 2,287 (–406) 10px 9 Darrell Waltrip 2,236 (–457) 10px 10 Bobby Hillin Jr. 2,183 (–510)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1988 Talladega DieHard 500 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Watkins Glen International Category:August 1988 sports events in the United States Category:1988 in sports in New York (state)