1990 Miller Genuine Draft 500

March 202313th race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON Leo Jackson Motorsports 29 13 Dave Despain, Lyn St. James, Phil Parsons 31 Viewer's Choice (PPV) Motor Racing Network 120.6 mph km/h Ernie Irvan Harry Gant Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Morgan-McClure Motorsports 33 Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pocono Raceway 804.672 804.672 500 200 200 4.0 2.5 9th Annual Miller Genuine Draft 500 Miller Genuine Draft 500 56.693 1990 500 June 17 1990_Miller_Genuine_Draft_500.jpeg The 1990 Miller Genuine Draft 500 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. 80,000 The 1990 Miller Genuine Draft 500 was the 13th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the ninth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 17, 1990, before an audience of 80,000 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In the final laps, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant mounted a late-race charge, passing for the lead with 12 laps to go in the race to take his 11th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.Higgins Tom June 18, 1990 One For The Ages: Gant Wins At Pocono (Part 1) 9 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121455665/one-for-the-ages-gant-wins-at-pocono/ March 23, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom June 18, 1990 One For The Ages: Gant Wins At Pocono (Part 2) 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121455673/one-for-the-ages-gant-wins-at-pocono-p/ March 23, 2023 Newspapers.com Fitzpatrick Frank June 18, 1990 Gant surprises with Pocono win 57 The Philadelphia Inquirer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121456662/gant-surprises-with-pocono-win/ March 23, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace and Junior Johnson & Associates driver Geoff Bodine would finish second and third, respectively. This would also be the final televised NASCAR race to exclusively air on pay-per-view. Background thumb|The layout of Pocono International Raceway, the venue where the race was held. The race was held at Pocono International Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Until 2019, the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race. Pocono International Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli. Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Troy BeebeU.S. RacingPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick13Randy LaJoieLinro MotorsportsBuick15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet18Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19Chad LittleLittle RacingFord20Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile38Jim SauterDick Johnson RacingFord42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac47Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobile52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac53Jerry O'Neil (R)Aroneck RacingOldsmobile54Tommy RigginsHakes–Welliver RacingOldsmobile57Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac66Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet74Mike PotterWawak RacingPontiac75Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac80Jimmy HortonS&H RacingFord94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile98Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 15, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 15 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 16, 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 16-40 would be decided on time,June 15, 1990 NASCAR today 23 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121456861/nascar-today/ March 23, 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 provisionals were given. Ernie Irvan, driving for Morgan–McClure Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 56.693 and an average speed of 158.750 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom June 16, 1990 Irvan Takes Pole; It's Almost A Record (Part 1) 29 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121456943/irvan-takes-pole-its-almost-a-record/ March 23, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom June 16, 1990 Irvan Takes Pole; It's Almost A Record (Part 2) 33 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121456954/irvan-takes-pole-its-almost-a-record/ March 23, 2023 Newspapers.com Mike Potter was the only driver to fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed14Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile56.693158.750266Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac57.060157.72939Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord57.110157.591411Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord57.122157.558518Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet57.226157.27163Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet57.243157.224794Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile57.261157.175825Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet57.278157.128917Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet57.291157.093107Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord57.303157.060116Mark MartinRoush RacingFord57.353156.9231228Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord57.441156.6831321Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord57.448156.6631442Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac57.482156.571155Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet57.535156.427Failed to lock in Round 11633Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile57.629156.1711710Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet57.651156.1121875Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile57.659156.0901930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac57.712155.9472026Brett BodineKing RacingBuick57.720155.9252112Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick57.868155.5262243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac57.908155.4192357Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac57.922155.3812427Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac57.935155.347258Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick58.067154.9932698Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet58.085154.945271Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile58.194154.6552813Randy LaJoieLinro MotorsportsBuick58.235154.5462915Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord58.256154.4913020Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile58.319154.3243171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet58.325154.3083280Jimmy HortonS&H RacingFord58.603153.5763347Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobile58.672153.3953438Jim SauterDick Johnson RacingFord58.795153.0743519Chad LittleLittle RacingFord58.862152.9003654Tommy RigginsHakes–Welliver RacingOldsmobile58.990152.5683753Jerry O'Neil (R)Aroneck RacingOldsmobile59.461151.3603852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac59.517151.217392Troy BeebeU.S. RacingPontiac59.565151.0954070J. 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McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac1:00.116149.711Failed to qualify4174Mike PotterWawak RacingPontiac -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings11633Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile20015running180$54,35022427Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac20019running175$37,3073411Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord20031running175$30,75042026Brett BodineKing RacingBuick20012running165$19,85051228Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord2000running155$20,70062112Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick2000running150$11,4257518Greg SacksHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet20029running151$11,0508917Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2000running142$15,9259794Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile2000running138$10,675101442Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac20012running139$15,350112915Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord20018running135$9,850121710Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet2003running132$10,5501363Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2003running129$14,15014116Mark MartinRoush RacingFord2004running126$13,15015825Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2000running118$12,5251639Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord2000running115$13,4501714Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile20018running117$15,125183519Chad LittleLittle RacingFord2000running109$4,650191930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac2001running111$8,42520271Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2000running103$8,975213347Jack Pennington (R)Close RacingOldsmobile2001running105$4,925223171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet2000running97$7,675232698Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet1990running94$5,775243438Jim SauterDick Johnson RacingFord1990running91$3,92525266Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac1980accident88$7,075263654Tommy RigginsHakes–Welliver RacingOldsmobile1960running85$3,825273852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac1940running82$3,775284070J. 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McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac1880running79$3,72529258Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick1800engine76$6,675302357Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac1721accident78$6,575311321Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord1710accident70$6,42532155Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1690running67$6,275332813Randy LaJoieLinro MotorsportsBuick1670accident64$3,45034107Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord16529accident66$6,850351875Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile1500engine58$6,025363020Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile1344accident60$4,95037392Troy BeebeU.S. RacingPontiac1190accident0$5,875382243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac940accident49$3,825393280Jimmy HortonS&H RacingFord650engine46$3,200403753Jerry O'Neil (R)Aroneck RacingOldsmobile220crank43$3,150Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Mark Martin 1,926 10px 2 Morgan Shepherd 1,873 (-53) 10px 3 Rusty Wallace 1,863 (-63) 10px 1 4 Geoff Bodine 1,819 (–107) 10px 1 5 Dale Earnhardt 1,793 (–133) 10px 6 Kyle Petty 1,733 (–193) 10px 7 Ken Schrader 1,673 (–253) 10px 8 Bill Elliott 1,661 (–265) 10px 9 Darrell Waltrip 1,659 (–267) 10px 10 Ernie Irvan 1,621 (–305)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Michigan) 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Pocono Raceway Miller Genuine Draft 500 Miller Genuine Draft 500