1992 Save Mart 300K

12th race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series January 2023 NASWINSTON The 1992 Save Mart 300K program cover, featuring Richard Petty. Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons Motor Racing Network ESPN Ricky Rudd Morgan-McClure Motorsports Junior Johnson & Associates Ernie Irvan Bill Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 22 81.413 mph km/h June 7 29 Sonoma, California, Sears Point Raceway 12 4 Save Mart 300K 186.48 4.06 300.11 300.11 74 74 2.52 1992 1:39.709 186.48 4th Annual Save Mart 300K 1992_Save_Mart_300K.jpeg 83,000 The 1992 Save Mart 300K was the 12th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the third race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series, and the fourth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 7, 1992, before an audience of 83,000 at the Grand Prix layout of Sears Point Raceway, a 2.52 mi km permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan would manage to make a late-race pass for the lead with eight to go, coming back from an early penalty to take his fourth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.Schiffmann William June 8, 1992 Irvan overcomes black flag for victory in Save Mart 300 event 11 The Advocate-Messenger https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117476006/irvan-overcomes-black-flag-for-victory/ January 29, 2023 Newspapers.com Glick Shav June 8, 1992 After Field Gets a Head Start, Irvan Wins 171 The Los Angeles Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117476445/after-field-gets-a-head-start-irvan/ January 29, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Hagan Racing driver Terry Labonte and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time. Sears Point Raceway at the time was one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Watkins Glen International. The standard road course at Sears Point Raceway is a 12-turn course that is 2.52 mi km long;Sears Point http://www.gt-racing.co.uk/circuits/northamerica/searspoint.html 2021-11-13 www.gt-racing.co.uk the track was modified in 1998, adding the Chute, which bypassed turns 5 and 6, shortening the course to 1.95 mi km. The Chute was only used for NASCAR events such as this race, and was criticized by many drivers, who preferred the full layout.2011-06-07 Passing is tough in Chute chronicle.augusta.com http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/06/28/oth_232051.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20110607182441/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/06/28/oth_232051.shtml 2011-06-07 2021-11-13 In 2001, it was replaced with a 70-degree turn, 4A, bringing the track to its current dimensions of 1.99 mi km.2007-09-29 SEARS POINT BREAKS GROUND ON MODIFIED CHUTE - RacingWest http://www.racingwest.com/news/story.php3/2094/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070929002246/http://www.racingwest.com/news/story.php3/2094/index.htm 2007-09-29 2021-11-13 Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Irv HoerrPrecision Products RacingOldsmobileSkoal1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFordSkoal2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiacMiller Genuine Draft3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletGM Goodwrench Service Plus4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevroletKodak04Bobby WoodsLipseia RacingPontiacGraph-Ricks Racing Decals5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevroletTide6Mark MartinRoush RacingFordValvoline7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFordHooters8Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFordSnickers9Bill SchmittMelling RacingFordRaley's Supermarkets, 7 Up09R. 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SmithMidgley RacingPontiacMidgley 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 House24Butch GillilandGilliland RacingPontiacAnaheim Electric25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevroletKodiak26Brett BodineKing RacingFordQuaker State28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFordTexaco, Havoline30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiacPennzoil33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal Bandit37Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevroletHoosier Racing Tire41Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevroletKellogg's Frosted Flakes42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiacMello Yello43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP44Jack SellersEmerson RacingBuickDad's Root Beer50Hershel McGriffJTC RacingChevroletStar Race Computers51Rick ScribnerScribner RacingChevroletAll Pro Auto Parts52Tommy KendallJimmy Means RacingPontiacSave Mart Supermarkets55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobileJasper Engines & Transmissions58Wayne JacksJacks MotorsportsPontiacImperial Palace60Mike ChaseKaylan Young RacingPontiacBowman66Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFordPhillips 66 TropArtic68Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobileCountry Time71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevroletBig Apple Markets75Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevroletSpears Manufacturing92Ron Hornaday Jr.Fisher RacingChevroletPalmdale Chiropractic94Terry LabonteHagan RacingFordSunoco99John KrebsDiamond Ridge MotorsportsPontiacDiamond Ridge Motorsports Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 5, at 6:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 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, June 6, at 1:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-40 would be decided on time,June 5, 1993 NASCAR today 7 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117476621/nascar-today/ January 28, 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; which was one for cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and two extra provisionals for the NASCAR Winston West Series. 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. Ricky Rudd, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:39.709 and an average speed of 90.985 mph km/h in the first round.Sakkis Tony June 6, 1992 Rudd waits... learns... zooms 28 The San Francisco Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117476933/rudd-waits-learns-zooms/ January 29, 2023 Two drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed15Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:39.70990.98524Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet1:40.39290.36632Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac1:40.83189.972417Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet1:40.87489.934511Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1:40.97589.844694Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile1:41.51289.36977Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord1:41.64689.25186Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1:41.70989.196916Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord1:41.79489.1211028Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord1:41.90489.0251122Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1:41.90789.022123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:41.91189.0191325Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:41.91389.0171452Tommy KendallJimmy Means RacingPontiac1:41.92189.0101515Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord1:41.93988.9941626Brett BodineKing RacingFord1:42.03788.9091792Ron Hornaday Jr.Fisher RacingChevrolet1:42.07388.878180Irv HoerrPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile1:42.34488.6421942Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac1:42.54088.4732010Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet1:42.54388.4702121Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord1:42.66988.3622266Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord1:42.95288.1192318Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet1:43.04588.0392433Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile1:43.05388.0322568Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile1:43.56887.595Failed to lock in Round 12630Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac1:41.77089.1422771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1:43.18587.920288Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord1:43.18987.9162909R. 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SmithMidgley RacingPontiac1:43.69187.4913043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1:43.72787.4603155Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobile1:43.73087.4583275Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet1:43.79687.402331Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile1:43.82887.375349Bill SchmittMelling RacingFord1:43.91087.3063550Hershel McGriffJTC RacingChevrolet1:44.07187.1713624Butch GillilandGilliland RacingPontiac1:44.32386.9613712Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet1:44.50686.8083837Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevrolet1:44.94286.4483960Mike ChaseKaylan Young RacingPontiac1:45.21386.2254099John KrebsDiamond Ridge MotorsportsPontiac1:46.17285.446Winston Cup provisional4141Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*Winston West provisionals4251Rick ScribnerScribner RacingChevrolet -* -*4344Jack SellersEmerson RacingBuick -* -*Failed to qualify4458Wayne JacksJacks MotorsportsPontiac -* -*4504Bobby WoodsLipseia RacingPontiac -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings124Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet748running180$61,8102694Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile7415running175$36,685386Mark MartinRoush RacingFord741running170$28,185415Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet749running165$25,7105511Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord7422running165$32,5856123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet740running150$21,910732Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac7412running151$18,1108417Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet740running142$18,61091325Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet740running138$17,360101515Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord740running134$16,36011331Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile740running130$13,460121942Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac740running127$12,960131452Tommy KendallJimmy Means RacingPontiac740running124$6,7551477Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord745running126$14,255151626Brett BodineKing RacingFord740running118$11,905161122Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord740running115$11,405172433Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile742running117$15,530182010Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet740running109$6,345193275Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet740running106$9,080202630Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac740running103$11,155213043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac740running100$11,055223155Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobile730running97$10,230232771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet730running94$7,15524349Bill SchmittMelling RacingFord730running91$8,23525916Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord730running88$6,97526288Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord730running85$9,855273712Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet730running82$9,780281028Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord730running79$16,305292121Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord720running76$9,670302266Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord720running73$5,815314099John KrebsDiamond Ridge MotorsportsPontiac720running70$6,530321792Ron Hornaday Jr.Fisher RacingChevrolet720running67$4,930332909R. 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SmithMidgley RacingPontiac700engine64$4,880342568Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile700running61$10,380353960Mike ChaseKaylan Young RacingPontiac690running58$6,330364251Rick ScribnerScribner RacingChevrolet680running55$4,820373837Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevrolet570rear end52$4,800383624Butch GillilandGilliland RacingPontiac550handling49$4,780392318Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet520transmission46$4,750404344Jack SellersEmerson RacingBuick480transmission43$4,72541180Irv HoerrPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile420engine40$4,725423550Hershel McGriffJTC RacingChevrolet190transmission37$4,725434141Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet20engine34$4,725Failed to qualify4458Wayne JacksJacks MotorsportsPontiac4504Bobby WoodsLipseia RacingPontiacOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Davey Allison 1,773 10px 1 2 Dale Earnhardt 1,745 (-28) 10px 1 3 Bill Elliott 1,742 (-31) 10px 2 4 Harry Gant 1,741 (–32) 10px 5 Alan Kulwicki 1,690 (–83) 10px 6 Terry Labonte 1,658 (–115) 10px 7 Morgan Shepherd 1,548 (–225) 10px 2 8 Ricky Rudd 1,511 (–262) 10px 9 Geoff Bodine 1,494 (–279) 10px 3 10 Ernie Irvan 1,488 (–285)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1992 Budweiser 500 1992 Champion Spark Plug 500 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1992 Alpha Beta 200 NASCAR Winston West Series 1992 1992 Holiday Quality Foods 200 Save Mart 300K Save Mart 300K Category:NASCAR races at Sonoma Raceway Save Mart 300K Save Mart 300K