1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

April 2023Third race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Seriesthe 1989 Motorcraft 500, a NASCAR Winston West Series raceNASWINSTON Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta International Raceway 499.216 30.969 1.522 2.449 803.41 803.41 499.216 328 328 1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 30th Annual Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 3 29 Motor Racing Network ABC Paul Page, Sam Posey, Bobby Unser 17 AK Racing Rusty Wallace Hendrick Motorsports Darrell Waltrip Blue Max Racing 130 Alan Kulwicki 139.684 mph km/h 1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500.jpeg The 1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott. 41,000 March 19 The 1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was the third stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 30th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 19, 1989, before an audience of 41,000 in Hampton, Georgia, at Atlanta International Raceway, a 1.522 mi km permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 328 laps to complete. With the assist of a fast final pit-stop, Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip would manage to hold off the field on the final restart with nine laps left in the race to take his 75th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.Higgins Tom March 20, 1989 Waltrip Wins Atlanta Race (Part 1) 23 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123220283/waltrip-wins-atlanta-race-part-1/ April 21, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom March 20, 1989 Waltrip Wins Atlanta Race (Part 2) 27 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123220315/waltrip-wins-atlanta-race-part-2/ April 21, 2023 Newspapers.com Hinton Ed March 20, 1989 Waltrip Makes It 2 Out of 3 (Part 1) 39 The Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123252596/waltrip-makes-it-2-out-of-3-part-1/ April 21, 2023 Newspapers.com Hinton Ed March 20, 1989 Waltrip Makes It 2 Out of 3 (Part 2) 47 The Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123252640/waltrip-makes-it-2-out-of-3-part-2/ April 21, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Stavola Brothers Racing driver Dick Trickle would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Atlanta International Raceway, 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. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor2Ernie IrvanU.S. RacingPontiacKroger3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletGM Goodwrench Service Plus4Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobileKodak5Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevroletLevi Garrett6Mark MartinRoush RacingFordStroh's Light7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFordZerex8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuickMiller High Life9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFordCoors Light10Ken BouchardWhitcomb RacingPontiacWhitcomb Racing11Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesFordBudweiser14A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobileCopenhagen15Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFordMotorcraft16Larry Pearson (R)Pearson RacingBuickChattanooga Chew17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevroletTide18Rick JeffreyJeffrey RacingChevroletJeffrey Racing21Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFordCitgo23Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobileAuto Finders25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevroletFolgers26Ricky RuddKing RacingBuickQuaker State27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiacKodiak28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFordTexaco, Havoline29Dale JarrettCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiacHardee's30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiacCountry Time31Jim SauterBob Clark MotorsportsPontiacSlender You Figure Salons33Harry GantJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal Bandit36H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiacAlmeda Auto Parts40Ben Hess (R)Hess RacingOldsmobileHess Racing41Jim BownBown RacingChevroletBown Racing42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiacPeak Antifreeze43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP48Mickey Gibbs (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiacSmartLease52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiacAlka-Seltzer55Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal, Crown Central Petroleum57Hut Stricklin (R)Osterlund RacingPontiacHeinz66Rick Mast (R)Mach 1 RacingChevroletBanquet Foods68Derrike CopeTesta RacingPontiacPurolator69Lee RaymondRaymond RacingFordRaymond Racing71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevroletLifebuoy75Morgan ShepherdRahMoc EnterprisesPontiacValvoline80Jimmy HortonS&H RacingPontiacMiles Concrete83Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobileBull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce84Dick Trickle (R)Stavola Brothers RacingBuickMiller High Life88Greg SacksBaker–Schiff RacingPontiacCrisco90Chad Little (R)Donlavey RacingFordDonlavey Racing93Charlie BakerBaker RacingChevroletBaker Racing94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobileSunoco Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, March 17, 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, March 18, 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,March 17, 1989 NASCAR today 71 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123253253/nascar-today/ April 21, 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. Alan Kulwicki, driving for his own AK Racing team, would win the pole, setting a time of 30.969 and an average speed of 176.925 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom March 18, 1989 Kulwicki Speeds To Pole In Qualifying At Atlanta 35 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123253391/kulwicki-speeds-to-pole-in-qualifying/ April 21, 2023 Newspapers.com Four drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed17Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord30.969176.92526Mark MartinRoush RacingFord31.000176.748327Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac31.136175.976417Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.228175.45853Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet31.230175.44765Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.305175.026733Harry GantJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile31.310174.998894Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile31.314174.976928Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord31.316174.9651029Dale JarrettCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac31.413174.4251111Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord31.447174.2361215Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord31.455174.1921330Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31.457174.1811483Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile31.470174.1091526Ricky RuddKing RacingBuick31.492173.987169Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord31.497173.9591721Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord31.608173.3491884Dick Trickle (R)Stavola Brothers RacingBuick31.622173.2721975Morgan ShepherdRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac31.638173.1842014A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile31.638173.184Failed to lock in Round 12125Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.237175.4072288Greg SacksBaker–Schiff RacingPontiac31.507173.9042342Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac31.527173.7942443Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac31.692172.8892555Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile31.706172.8132668Derrike CopeTesta RacingPontiac31.729172.687272Ernie IrvanU.S. RacingPontiac31.742172.6172866Rick Mast (R)Mach 1 RacingChevrolet31.790172.356298Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick31.795172.3293040Ben Hess (R)Hess RacingOldsmobile31.797172.3183171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet31.811172.242324Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile31.850172.0313390Chad Little (R)Donlavey RacingFord31.879171.8753431Jim SauterBob Clark MotorsportsPontiac31.950171.4933557Hut Stricklin (R)Osterlund RacingPontiac31.990171.2793652Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac32.017171.1343741Jim BownBown RacingChevrolet32.103170.6763816Larry Pearson (R)Pearson RacingBuick32.182170.2573910Ken BouchardWhitcomb RacingPontiac32.236169.9714080Jimmy HortonS&H RacingPontiac32.256169.866Provisionals4123Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile33.047165.8004248Mickey Gibbs (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiac33.687162.650Failed to qualify4318Rick JeffreyJeffrey RacingChevrolet -* -*4436H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac -* -*4569Lee RaymondRaymond RacingFord -* -*4693Charlie BakerBaker RacingChevrolet -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1417Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet32829running180$63,500253Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32892running175$39,67531884Dick Trickle (R)Stavola Brothers RacingBuick32815running170$30,25042342Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac3270running160$13,2505894Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile3260running155$22,5006324Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile3260running150$16,32571721Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord3250running146$11,35083557Hut Stricklin (R)Osterlund RacingPontiac3240running142$8,52591029Dale JarrettCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac3240running138$11,200101975Morgan ShepherdRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac3230running134$15,50011169Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord3230running130$15,29512272Ernie IrvanU.S. RacingPontiac3230running127$7,525134080Jimmy HortonS&H RacingPontiac3200running124$5,562142555Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile3193running126$7,655152125Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31628running123$13,4551617Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3160running115$11,195173040Ben Hess (R)Hess RacingOldsmobile3150running112$4,705183652Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac3140running109$4,3751965Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3122accident111$10,265201330Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3100running103$8,070211483Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile3060running100$6,085223816Larry Pearson (R)Pearson RacingBuick3000running97$3,400234123Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile2780running94$2,815241526Ricky RuddKing RacingBuick2700engine91$5,730252866Rick Mast (R)Mach 1 RacingChevrolet2620engine88$5,820262288Greg SacksBaker–Schiff RacingPontiac2570engine85$5,455272443Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac2579engine87$3,295282014A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile2540engine79$2,51029733Harry GantJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile2400running76$2,47530298Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick2330engine73$5,14031327Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac217130engine80$23,110323431Jim SauterBob Clark MotorsportsPontiac1660engine67$3,075331215Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord1641accident69$4,925342668Derrike CopeTesta RacingPontiac1600accident61$2,250353390Chad Little (R)Donlavey RacingFord1010camshaft58$2,855361111Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord973engine60$9,205373910Ken BouchardWhitcomb RacingPontiac560overheating52$3,7853826Mark MartinRoush RacingFord4816engine54$4,165394248Mickey Gibbs (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiac300engine46$2,14040928Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord190engine43$10,660413741Jim BownBown RacingChevrolet100engine40$2,060423171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet90engine37$4,060Failed to qualify4318Rick JeffreyJeffrey RacingChevrolet4436H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac4569Lee RaymondRaymond RacingFord4693Charlie BakerBaker RacingChevroletOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 510 10px 1 2 Alan Kulwicki 441 (-69) 10px 1 3 Geoff Bodine 441 (-69) 10px 4 4 Darrell Waltrip 436 (–74) 10px 5 Sterling Marlin 431 (–79) 10px 1 6 Rick Wilson 409 (–101) 10px 1 7 Ken Schrader 391 (–119) 10px 4 8 Rusty Wallace 374 (–136) 10px 9 Rick Mast 343 (–167) 10px 10 10 Dale Jarrett 340 (–170)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1989 Goodwrench 500 1989 Pontiac Excitement 400 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500