1990 Coca-Cola 600

Tenth race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series March 2023 NASWINSTON 1990 5 27 965.606 137.65 mph km/h Hendrick Motorsports TBS Rusty Wallace Performance Racing Network Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett, Lyn St. James Blue Max Racing Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing 306 29 Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway 31.041 160,000 400 2.414 1.5 10 31st Annual Coca-Cola 600 27 Coca-Cola 600 1990 600 Ken Schrader 1990 Coca-Cola 600.jpeg The 1990 Coca-Cola 600 program cover, featuring Darrell Waltrip. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. The 1990 Coca-Cola 600 was the tenth stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 31st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 27, 1990, before an audience of 160,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. In a one-lap shootout to the finish, Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace would manage to fend off the field to complete a dominant run throughout the race, leading 306 of the 400 laps in the race. The victory was Wallace's 17th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.Higgins Tom May 28, 1990 Rusty Nails Down 600 Victory (Part 1) 25 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121208090/rusty-nails-down-600-victory-part-1/ March 19, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom May 28, 1990 Rusty Nails Down 600 Victory (Part 2) 31 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121208182/rusty-nails-down-600-victory-part-2/ March 19, 2023 Newspapers.com Smith Jimmy May 28, 1990 Wallace edges Elliott to win Coca-Cola 600 (Part 1) 13 Johnson City Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121209343/wallace-edges-elliott-to-win-coca-cola/ March 19, 2023 Newspapers.com Smith Jimmy May 28, 1990 Wallace edges Elliott to win Coca-Cola 600 (Part 2) 22 Johnson City Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121209419/wallace-edges-elliott-to-win-coca-cola-6/ March 19, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 mi km from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile01Mickey GibbsGibbs RacingFord2Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile04Bill MeachamMeacham RacingOldsmobile5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord06Terry ByersByers RacingPontiac7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick13Mike PotterMansion MotorsportsPontiac15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet18Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19Chad LittleLittle RacingFord20Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord23Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord29Phil ParsonsDiamond Ridge MotorsportsPontiac30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile35Bill VenturiniVenturini MotorsportsChevrolet36H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac38Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFord42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac47Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobile52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac53Jerry O'Neil (R)Aroneck RacingOldsmobile56Ron EsauReno EnterprisesChevrolet57Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac60Robin BestBest RacingChevrolet66Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet72Tracy LeslieLeslie RacingOldsmobile75Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile77Ken RaganRagan RacingFord80Jimmy HortonS&H RacingFord83Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile88Larry PearsonEdwards RacingPontiac89Rodney CombsMueller Brothers RacingPontiac90Buddy BakerDonlavey RacingFord94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile98Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, May 23, at 3:00 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 Thursday, May 24, at 2:00 PM 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,May 22, 1990 Race week schedule 24 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121211089/race-week-schedule/ March 19, 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. Ken Schrader, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 31.041 and an average speed of 173.963 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom May 24, 1990 No Contest: Schrader's On Pole (Part 1) 47 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121211385/no-contest-schraders-on-pole-part-1/ March 19, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom May 24, 1990 No Contest: Schrader's On Pole (Part 2) 43 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121211427/no-contest-schraders-on-pole-part-2/ March 19, 2023 Newspapers.com 13 drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed125Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.041173.96326Mark MartinRoush RacingFord31.174173.22137Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord31.193173.11644Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile31.222172.955526Brett BodineKing RacingBuick31.281172.629628Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord31.368172.15079Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord31.407171.936868Bobby HamiltonDiamond Ridge MotorsportsPontiac31.423171.849927Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac31.430171.8101020Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile31.458171.6571110Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet31.464171.625123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet31.502171.4181311Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord31.513171.3581466Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac31.543171.1951533Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile31.559171.1081617Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.617170.794178Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick31.622170.7671898Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet31.652170.6051921Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord31.653170.6002030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31.673170.492Failed to lock in Round 12175Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile31.676170.4762294Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile31.700170.3472312Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick31.709170.2992415Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord31.752170.0682519Chad LittleLittle RacingFord31.771169.9662657Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac31.795169.8382790Buddy BakerDonlavey RacingFord31.797169.8272818Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.803169.7952988Larry PearsonEdwards RacingPontiac31.812169.7473043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac31.819169.7103106Terry ByersByers RacingPontiac31.854169.5233277Ken RaganRagan RacingFord31.893169.3163380Jimmy HortonS&H RacingFord31.895169.306345Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.904169.2583571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet31.921169.168362Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac31.926169.1413747Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobile31.929169.1253883Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile31.940169.0673989Rodney CombsMueller Brothers RacingPontiac31.962168.9514072Tracy LeslieLeslie RacingOldsmobile31.979168.861Provisionals4142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac32.286167.255421Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile32.286167.255Failed to qualify4352Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac -* -*4470J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac -* -*4538Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFord -* -*4613Mike PotterMansion MotorsportsPontiac -* -*4753Jerry O'Neil (R)Aroneck RacingOldsmobile -* -*4836H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac -* -*4923Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile -* -*5004Bill MeachamMeacham RacingOldsmobile -* -*5156Ron EsauReno EnterprisesChevrolet -* -*5235Bill VenturiniVenturini MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*5360Robin BestBest RacingChevrolet -* -*5401Mickey GibbsGibbs RacingFord -* -*5529Phil ParsonsDiamond Ridge MotorsportsPontiac -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1927Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac400306running185$151,000279Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord4000running170$67,450326Mark MartinRoush RacingFord40012running170$51,70042030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac4000running160$32,600544Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile4000running155$28,350637Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord4000running150$23,7757628Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord4001running151$24,40082415Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord4000running142$18,10091110Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet4002running143$18,750101311Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4005running139$23,12511125Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet40063running135$63,100121466Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac3990running127$15,00013421Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile3990running124$14,257142818Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3980running121$8,668152790Buddy BakerDonlavey RacingFord3980running118$10,465163571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3980running115$10,850174142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac3970running112$13,900181898Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet3960running109$7,890192175Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile3950engine106$9,370203747Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobile3950running103$7,775212657Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac3940running100$8,800221617Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3932running102$14,800233380Jimmy HortonS&H RacingFord3890running94$5,400242519Chad LittleLittle RacingFord3850running91$5,200251533Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile3831running93$12,100261020Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile3560engine85$5,600273043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3520oil leak82$5,65028345Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3200camshaft79$7,45029526Brett BodineKing RacingBuick3174engine81$8,95030123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2620running73$13,95031362Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac2510engine70$7,000321921Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord2414engine72$7,120333989Rodney CombsMueller Brothers RacingPontiac2260engine64$4,19034178Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick2080accident61$6,800352294Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile2010engine58$6,750364072Tracy LeslieLeslie RacingOldsmobile1950engine55$4,100372312Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick1730oil line52$4,680383883Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile1130accident49$4,06039868Bobby HamiltonDiamond Ridge MotorsportsPontiac1020accident46$4,540403106Terry ByersByers RacingPontiac400engine0$4,020413277Ken RaganRagan RacingFord50engine40$4,520422988Larry PearsonEdwards RacingPontiac20engine37$4,520Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 1,533 10px 2 Morgan Shepherd 1,512 (-21) 10px 3 Mark Martin 1,465 (-68) 10px 1 4 Geoff Bodine 1,366 (–167) 10px 2 5 Rusty Wallace 1,359 (–174) 10px 1 6 Darrell Waltrip 1,347 (–186) 10px 1 7 Kyle Petty 1,336 (–197) 10px 2 8 Bill Elliott 1,299 (–234) 10px 9 Ken Schrader 1,271 (–262) 10px 2 10 Brett Bodine 1,236 (–297)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1990 Winston 500 1990 Budweiser 500 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 Coca-Cola 600 Category:NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Category:May 1990 sports events in the United States