1990 First Union 400

Seventh race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON 1990 7 29 1990_First_Union_400.jpg The 1990 First Union 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt. 40th Annual First Union 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 400 0.625 1.006 250 402.336 83.908 mph km/h Mark Martin Roush Racing Brett Bodine King Racing 146 26 Brett Bodine King Racing ESPN Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons 400 250 402.336 Motor Racing Network First Union 400 April 22 The 1990 First Union 400 was the seventh stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 40th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 22, 1990, in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, a 0.625 mi km oval short track. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At the race's end, King Racing driver Brett Bodine would benefit from a late race caution and pull away in the late stages of the race to take his first and only career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.Robinson Bill April 23, 1990 Brett Bodine secures first Winston Cup win 73 The Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109710208/brett-bodine-secures-first-winston-cup/ September 17, 2022 Newspapers.com To fill out the podium, Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively. The race would become controversial after a late race caution came out for Kenny Wallace during the last round of green flag pit stops. Many had thought that when the pace car had come out, and the leaders had raced to the caution, that Dale Earnhardt was in the lead. However, after NASCAR officials had spent more than 20 laps sorting out the restart order, they determined that Brett Bodine was in the lead. Bodine would then cruise to his only victory of his career. Despite numerous protests from competitors, the victory still remains official to this day.McFadin Daniel April 22, 2020 April 22 in NASCAR: Brett Bodine gets controversial Cup win https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/04/22/brett-bodine-darrell-waltrip-dale-earnhardt-north-wilkesboro-nascar/ September 17, 2022 NBC Sports en-US Background thumb|The layout of North Wilkesboro Speedway, the venue where the race was held. North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about five miles east of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi km on and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch. It has previously held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races. The track, a NASCAR original, operated from 1949, NASCAR's inception, until the track's original closure in 1996. The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races before closing again in the spring of 2011. It was reopened in August 2022 for grassroots racing. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Rick MastU.S. RacingChevrolet3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Mike AlexanderBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet20Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantMach 1 RacingOldsmobile36Kenny WallaceRandy Hope MotorsportsPontiac42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac48Freddie CrawfordJames Hylton MotorsportsChevrolet52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac57Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac66Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile76Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile98Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, April 20, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 10 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, April 21, at 12:15 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time.April 20, 1990 NASCAR Today 30 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109711159/nascar-today/ September 17, 2022 Newspapers.com Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 19.153 and an average speed of 117.475 mph km/h.April 21, 1990 Martin nips Bodine for First Union pole 6 The Greenville News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109712978/martin-nips-bodine-for-first-union-pole/ September 17, 2022 Newspapers.com Three drivers would fail to qualify: J. D. McDuffie, Bill Sedgwick, and Freddie Crawford. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed16Mark MartinRoush RacingFord19.153117.475211Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord19.181117.304366Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac19.192117.23643Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19.207117.145542Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac19.232116.993625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.248116.895717Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.257116.84185Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.270116.76294Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile19.291116.635107Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord19.298116.592Failed to lock in Round 11175Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile19.351116.273121Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile19.361116.213139Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord19.374116.1351494Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile19.385116.0691557Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac19.393116.0211621Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord19.398115.9911728Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord19.406115.9441871Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet19.408115.9321930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac19.422115.8482026Brett BodineKing RacingBuick19.440115.7412115Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord19.444115.7172227Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac19.445115.7112343Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac19.450115.6812420Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile19.465115.5922552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac19.491115.4382610Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet19.499115.3912733Harry GantMach 1 RacingOldsmobile19.523115.2492836Kenny WallaceRandy Hope MotorsportsPontiac19.570114.972292Rick MastU.S. RacingChevrolet19.591114.8493098Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet19.603114.778318Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick19.678114.3413212Mike AlexanderBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick19.775113.780Failed to qualify3370J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac -* -*3476Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*3548Freddie CrawfordJames Hylton MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial qualifying results *Time not available. Race results Fin1990 First Union 400 - The Third Turn https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1990_First_Union_400 September 17, 2022 The Third Turn enSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings12026Brett BodineKing RacingBuick400146running185$50,6822717Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet40079running175$31,625343Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet40072running170$21,775485Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4000running160$12,77552115Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord4000running155$12,100616Mark MartinRoush RacingFord400103running155$18,97572227Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac4000running146$12,8258211Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4000running142$10,07591728Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord4000running138$8,60010542Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac3990running134$10,85011107Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3990running130$6,675121871Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3990running127$6,350132733Harry GantMach 1 RacingOldsmobile3990running124$8,050141621Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord3990running121$5,97515121Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile3980running118$6,3251694Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile3980running115$5,675173212Mike AlexanderBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick3970running112$4,12518139Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord3970running109$9,10019625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3970running106$7,800201557Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac3960running103$6,025212610Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet3930running100$7,675221175Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile3840running97$5,00023292Rick MastU.S. RacingChevrolet3840running94$6,92524366Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac3720engine91$8,600253098Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet3330running88$3,350262836Kenny WallaceRandy Hope MotorsportsPontiac3150crash85$2,550271930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3090transmission82$4,675282552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac3060oil cooler79$3,100292343Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac2010crash76$2,47530318Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick1830crash73$3,925311494Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile1500crash70$3,925322420Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile90crash67$3,175Failed to qualify3370J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac3476Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet3548Freddie CrawfordJames Hylton MotorsportsChevroletOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 1,115 10px 2 Morgan Shepherd 1,058 (-57) 10px 1 3 Mark Martin 979 (-136) 10px 1 4 Kyle Petty 958 (–157) 10px 5 Geoff Bodine 946 (–169) 10px 2 6 Darrell Waltrip 941 (–174) 10px 4 7 Ricky Rudd 908 (–207) 10px 2 8 Ken Schrader 902 (–213) 10px 6 9 Brett Bodine 901 (–214) 10px 3 10 Bill Elliott 898 (–217)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1990 Valleydale Meats 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1990 1990 Hanes Activewear 500 First Union 400 Category:NASCAR races at North Wilkesboro Speedway First Union 400 First Union 400 Category:NASCAR controversies