1990 Checker 500

April 202328th race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON November 4 The 1990 Checker 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt. Blue Max Racing Richard Childress Racing Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Dale Earnhardt 262 Rusty Wallace ESPN Jerry Punch, Benny Parsons, Ned Jarrett 3 Motor Racing Network 96.786 mph km/h 29 Avondale, Arizona, Phoenix International Raceway 28 502.115 502.115 312 312 1.6 312 1 3rd Annual Checker 500 Checker 500 1990 28.929 312 75,000 1990 Checker 500.jpeg The 1990 Checker 500 was the 28th and penultimate stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the ninth and final race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston West Series season, and the third iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, November 4, 1990, before an audience of 75,000 in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix International Raceway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent low-banked tri-oval race track. The race took the scheduled 312 laps to complete. At race's end, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to dominate the majority of the race, leading 262 laps of the race en route to his 48th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his ninth and final victory of the season.Higgins Tom November 5, 1990 Phoenix Victory Gives Earnhardt Points Lead (Part 1) 29 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122733570/phoenix-victory-gives-earnhardt-points/ April 12, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom November 5, 1990 Phoenix Victory Gives Earnhardt Points Lead (Part 2) 34 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122733586/phoenix-victory-gives-earnhardt-points-l/ April 12, 2023 Newspapers.com Armijo Mark November 5, 1990 Earnhardt cruises (Part 1) 39 The Arizona Republic https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122734459/earnhardt-cruises-part-1/ April 12, 2023 Newspapers.com Armijo Mark November 5, 1990 Earnhardt cruises (Part 2) 48 The Arizona Republic https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122734474/earnhardt-cruises-part-2/ April 12, 2023 Newspapers.com With the victory and a poor finish from championship contender in the driver's championship, Mark Martin, Earnhardt would manage to take the driver's championship lead, leading Martin by six points heading into the final race of the season, the 1990 Atlanta Journal 500.Ward Larry November 5, 1990 Martin fades in heavy traffic, loses points lead 48 The Arizona Republic https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122734654/martin-fades-in-heavy-traffic-loses/ April 12, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom November 5, 1990 Duel Goes Down To Final Race 34 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122734718/duel-goes-down-to-final-race/ April 12, 2023 Newspapers.com Background thumb|The layout of Phoenix International Raceway, the venue where the race was held. Phoenix International Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation. The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobileSkoal2Ted MusgraveU.S. RacingChevroletWide World of Maps3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletGM Goodwrench Service Plus4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobileKodak04Hershel McGriffLipseia RacingPontiacU.S. Bank5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevroletLevi Garrett6Mark MartinRoush RacingFordFolgers7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFordZerex8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuickSnickers9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFordCoors Light10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevroletPurolator Filters11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFordBudweiser12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuickRaybestos15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFordMotorcraft17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevroletTide18Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevroletSlimFast20Chad LittleMoroso RacingOldsmobileCrown Central Petroleum21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFordCitgo22St. James DavisSt. James RacingChevroletSt. James Racing23Mike ChaseFreymiller RacingBuickFreymiller Trucking24Butch GillilandGilliland RacingChevroletGear Engineering25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevroletKodiak26Brett BodineKing RacingBuickQuaker State27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiacMiller Genuine Draft28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFordTexaco, Havoline29Gary CollinsCollins MotorsportsOldsmobile30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiacCountry Time33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal Bandit34Ted KennedyEmerson RacingOldsmobilePower Burst42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiacPeak Antifreeze43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP44Jack SellersEmerson RacingBuickCoca-Cola51Jeff PurvisPhoenix RacingChevroletPlasti-Kote52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiacAlka-Seltzer57Jim BownOsterlund RacingPontiacHeinz61Rick ScribnerScribner RacingChevroletAll-Pro Auto Parts66Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiacPhillips 66 TropArtic69Brent KaedingSmith RacingChevroletLos Gatos Ferrari71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevroletBig Apple Market72Mark ReedReed RacingChevroletAM Plumbing73Bill SchmittSchmitt RacingChevroletBank of California75Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesPontiacDinner Bell Foods76Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevroletSpears Manufacturing89Rodney CombsMueller Brothers RacingPontiacEvinrude Outboard Motors93Troy BeebeBeebe RacingBuickTaco Bell94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobileSunoco97Chuck BownTex RacingOldsmobileKellogg's Frosted Flakes98Rick MastTravis Carter EnterprisesChevroletBanquet Foods99John KrebsKrebs RacingPontiacSkoal Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, November 2, at 5:30 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, November 3, 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 26-40 would be decided on time,November 2, 1990 NASCAR today 38 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122734971/nascar-today/ April 12, 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 up to two for cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and up to two extra provisionals for the cars in the NASCAR Winston West Series. Rusty Wallace, driving for Blue Max Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 28.929 and an average speed of 124.443 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom November 3, 1990 Wallace Tops Schrader For Pole At Phoenix (Part 1) 73 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122735136/wallace-tops-schrader-for-pole-at/ April 12, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom November 3, 1990 Wallace Tops Schrader For Pole At Phoenix (Part 2) 75 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122735154/wallace-tops-schrader-for-pole-at-phoeni/ April 12, 2023 Newspapers.com Six drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed127Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28.929124.443225Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.958124.31833Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet28.990124.181428Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord29.035123.988566Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac29.088123.762618Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.169123.419798Rick MastTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet29.188123.33886Mark MartinRoush RacingFord29.190123.33095Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.197123.3001017Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.234123.144117Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord29.243123.106129Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord29.258123.0431311Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord29.297122.879148Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick29.356122.6331594Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile29.408122.4161626Brett BodineKing RacingBuick29.412122.399174Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet29.424122.3491812Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick29.466122.1751971Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet29.477122.1292010Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet29.497122.046Failed to lock in Round 12121Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord29.416122.3822220Chad LittleMoroso RacingOldsmobile29.504122.017231Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile29.508122.0012475Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile29.513121.980252Ted MusgraveU.S. RacingPontiac29.520121.9512633Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile29.533121.8982742Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac29.574121.7292897Chuck BownTex RacingOldsmobile29.588121.6712930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac29.592121.6553015Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord29.618121.5483189Rodney CombsMueller Brothers RacingPontiac29.618121.5483276Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet29.631121.4943372Mark ReedReed RacingChevrolet29.749121.0123451Jeff PurvisPhoenix RacingChevrolet29.760120.9683523Mike ChaseFreymiller RacingBuick29.799120.8093643Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac29.834120.6683793Troy BeebeBeebe RacingBuick29.884120.4663869Brent KaedingSmith RacingChevrolet29.968120.1283929Gary CollinsCollins MotorsportsOldsmobile30.029119.8844073Bill SchmittSchmitt RacingChevrolet30.046119.816Winston Cup provisionals4157Jim BownOsterlund RacingPontiac -* -*4252Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac -* -*Winston West provisional4399John KrebsKrebs RacingPontiac -* -*Failed to qualify4404Hershel McGriffLipseia RacingPontiac -* -*4534Ted KennedyEmerson RacingOldsmobile -* -*4624Butch GillilandGilliland RacingChevrolet -* -*4761Rick ScribnerScribner RacingChevrolet -* -*4844Jack SellersEmerson RacingBuick -* -*4922St. James DavisSt. James RacingChevrolet -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings133Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet312262running185$72,1002225Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3120running170$32,90033015Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord3120running165$23,35741017Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3120running160$21,5005129Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord3120running155$19,7756117Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3120running150$12,2257798Rick MastTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet3120running146$10,25081311Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3120running142$14,9509174Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3120running138$10,1501086Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3120running134$14,87511428Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord3120running130$13,35012618Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3120running127$4,85013231Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile3120running124$8,650142010Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet3110running121$9,450151626Brett BodineKing RacingBuick3110running118$8,625161594Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile3100running115$7,525171971Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3100running112$7,200184073Bill SchmittSchmitt RacingChevrolet3100running109$4,875192475Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile3100running106$6,650203276Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet3100running103$5,300212220Chad LittleMoroso RacingOldsmobile3090running100$4,45022252Ted MusgraveU.S. RacingPontiac3090running97$5,375233643Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3080running94$4,300242897Chuck BownTex RacingOldsmobile3070running91$3,300254252Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac3070running88$4,275261812Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick3060running85$4,175273189Rodney CombsMueller Brothers RacingPontiac3050running82$3,300284157Jim BownOsterlund RacingPontiac3040running79$3,950293869Brent KaedingSmith RacingChevrolet3040running76$3,230302121Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord2990accident73$6,395314399John KrebsKrebs RacingPontiac2930running70$3,8353295Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2930running67$5,780333929Gary CollinsCollins MotorsportsOldsmobile2800running64$3,125343372Mark ReedReed RacingChevrolet2690ignition61$3,100353793Troy BeebeBeebe RacingBuick2630accident58$3,085363451Jeff PurvisPhoenix RacingChevrolet2560brakes55$3,055372633Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile1520tires52$10,04538127Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac7750engine54$15,975393523Mike ChaseFreymiller RacingBuick700accident46$3,00040566Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac680engine43$6,575412742Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac480accident40$9,97542148Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick470accident37$4,975432930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac470accident34$4,975Failed to qualify4404Hershel McGriffLipseia RacingPontiac4534Ted KennedyEmerson RacingOldsmobile4624Butch GillilandGilliland RacingChevrolet4761Rick ScribnerScribner RacingChevrolet4844Jack SellersEmerson RacingBuick4922St. James DavisSt. James RacingChevroletOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 Dale Earnhardt 4,260 10px 1 2 Mark Martin 4,254 (-6) 10px 3 Bill Elliott 3,871 (-389) 10px 4 Geoff Bodine 3,842 (–418) 10px 5 Rusty Wallace 3,533 (–727) 10px 2 6 Morgan Shepherd 3,509 (–751) 10px 7 Ricky Rudd 3,486 (–774) 10px 2 8 Kyle Petty 3,461 (–799) 10px 1 9 Alan Kulwicki 3,452 (–808) 10px 1 10 Ernie Irvan 3,447 (–813)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1990 AC Delco 500 1990 Atlanta Journal 500 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1990 Spears Manufacturing 400 NASCAR Winston West Series 1990 1991 Winston 300 Checker 500 Checker 500 Category:November 1990 sports events in the United States Category:1990 in sports in Arizona Category:NASCAR races at Phoenix Raceway