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1989 Daytona 500

First race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1989 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 31st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 19, 1989, before an audience of 150,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Gambling on fuel mileage, Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip would manage to run the last 53 laps on one tank of fuel to take his 74th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his first and only Daytona 500 victory, and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
0	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Chevrolet	J. W. Exley Lumber
1	Doug Heveron	Ellington Racing	Buick	Ellington Racing
2	Ernie Irvan	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	Kroger
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Kodak
5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Levi Garrett
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	Stroh's Light
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	Zerex
8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Miller High Life
9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	Coors Light
10	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	Pontiac	Simoniz
11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	Budweiser
14	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	Copenhagen
15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Motorcraft
16	Larry Pearson (R)	Pearson Racing	Buick	Chattanooga Chew
17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Tide
19	Ronnie Sanders	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	Hamby Chevrolet
21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Citgo
23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	Peak Antifreeze
25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Folgers
26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	Quaker State
27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	Kodiak
28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	Texaco, Havoline
29	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	Hardee's
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	Country Time
31	Jim Sauter	Bob Clark Motorsports	Pontiac	Slender You Figure Salons
32	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing	Buick	Bob Beard Buick
33	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Skoal Bandit
34	Charlie Glotzbach	AAG Racing	Buick	Allen's Glass
39	Ricky Woodward	Wangerin Racing	Ford	Moen Incorporated
40	Ben Hess (R)	Hess Racing	Oldsmobile	Hess Racing
41	Jim Bown	Bown Racing	Chevrolet	Rose Auto Wrecking
42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	Peak Antifreeze
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	STP
45	Joe Ruttman	CalCar Motorsports	Pontiac	Schaefer Beer, Machinists Union
48	Mickey Gibbs (R)	Winkle Motorsports	Pontiac	GMAC
49	Tony Spanos	Hylton Motorsports	Buick	Hylton Motorsports
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	Alka-Seltzer
55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Skoal, Crown Central Petroleum
57	Hut Stricklin (R)	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac	Heinz
59	Mark Gibson	Gibson Racing	Pontiac	Ingalls Construction
66	Rick Mast (R)	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	Mach 1 Racing
67	Brad Teague	Arrington Racing	Pontiac	Arrington Racing
68	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	Pontiac	Purolator
69	Lee Raymond	LC Racing	Ford	LC Racing
70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	Rumple Furniture
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Lifebuoy
73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Oldsmobile	Barkdoll Racing
74	Randy LaJoie	Wawak Racing	Pontiac	Wawak Racing
75	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	Valvoline
77	Connie Saylor	Ragan Racing	Ford	Ragan Racing
80	Jimmy Horton	S&H Racing	Pontiac	Miles Concrete
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Kraft Dinner
84	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Miller High Life
85	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart Racing	Chevrolet	James Chevrolet
88	Greg Sacks	Baker–Schiff Racing	Pontiac	Crisco
89	Rodney Combs	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac	Evinrude Outboard Motors
90	Chad Little (R)	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Purolator
93	Charlie Baker	Salmon Racing	Chevrolet	Salmon Racing
94	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	Sunoco
95	Trevor Boys	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	Sadler Racing

Qualifying

Qualifying was set by the 1989 Twin 125 Qualifiers. The top two positions were set by qualifying speeds held for the Twin 125 Qualifiers held on Saturday, February 11, with the top two qualifiers in the session earning the top two positions for the Daytona 500. The rest of the starting was set in the Twin 125 Qualifiers, held on Thursday, February 16 during two races. The top 14 finishers in the first race, excluding the pole position winner, would set the inside row from rows two to 15, and the top 14 finishers in the second race, excluding the outside pole position winner, would set the outside row from rows two to 15. The remaining non-qualifiers would set positions 31-40 based on qualifying speeds from the first qualifying session held on Saturday. If needed, up to two extra provisionals were given to teams high enough in the previous season's owner's standings that did not qualify for the race by either qualifying speed or from the Twin 125 Qualifiers.

Ken Schrader, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 45.686 and an average speed of 196.996 mph in Saturday's session.

18 drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make
25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Qualified on pole
17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Qualified on outside pole
75	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	Second in Twin 125 #1
11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	First in Twin 125 #2
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	Third in Twin 125 #1
94	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	Second in Twin 125 #2
55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Fourth in Twin 125 #1
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Third in Twin 125 #2
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	Fifth in Twin 125 #1
5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Fourth in Twin 125 #2
66	Rick Mast (R)	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	Sixth in Twin 125 #1
33	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Fifth in Twin 125 #2
9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	Seventh in Twin 125 #1
16	Larry Pearson (R)	Pearson Racing	Buick	Sixth in Twin 125 #2
10	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	Pontiac	Eighth in Twin 125 #1
28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	Seventh in Twin 125 #2
45	Joe Ruttman	CalCar Motorsports	Pontiac	Ninth in Twin 125 #1
15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Ninth in Twin 125 #2
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Tenth in Twin 125 #1
29	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	Tenth in Twin 125 #2
69	Lee Raymond	LC Racing	Ford	11th in Twin 125 #1
84	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	11th in Twin 125 #2
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	12th in Twin 125 #1
14	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	12th in Twin 125 #2
93	Charlie Baker	Salmon Racing	Chevrolet	13th in Twin 125 #1
8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	13th in Twin 125 #2
19	Ronnie Sanders	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	14th in Twin 125 #1
90	Chad Little (R)	Donlavey Racing	Ford	14th in Twin 125 #2
70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	15th in Twin 125 #1
89	Rodney Combs	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac	15th in Twin 125 #2
73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Oldsmobile	Speed provisional (191.906)
40	Ben Hess (R)	Hess Racing	Oldsmobile	Speed provisional (191.217)
2	Ernie Irvan	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	Speed provisional (190.585)
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	Owner's points provisional
27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	Speed provisional (190.694)
26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	Owner's points provisional
88	Greg Sacks	Baker–Schiff Racing	Pontiac	Speed provisional (190.521)
21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Speed provisional (194.611)
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Speed provisional (192.230)
4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Speed provisional (192.287)
23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	Speed provisional (191.583)
67	Mickey Gibbs (R)	Arrington Racing	Pontiac	Speed provisional (190.428)
74	Randy LaJoie	Wawak Racing	Pontiac	16th in Twin 125 #1
42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	17th in Twin 125 #2
57	Hut Stricklin (R)	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac	17th in Twin 125 #1
59	Mark Gibson	Gibson Racing	Pontiac	18th in Twin 125 #1
41	Jim Bown	Bown Racing	Chevrolet	18th in Twin 125 #2
77	Connie Saylor	Ragan Racing	Ford	19th in Twin 125 #2
80	Jimmy Horton	S&H Racing	Pontiac	19th in Twin 125 #1
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	20th in Twin 125 #2
34	Charlie Glotzbach	AAG Racing	Buick	25th in Twin 125 #1
85	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart Racing	Chevrolet	22nd in Twin 125 #2
49	Tony Spanos	Hylton Motorsports	Buick	26th in Twin 125 #1
31	Jim Sauter	Bob Clark Motorsports	Pontiac	23rd in Twin 125 #2
0	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Chevrolet	27th in Twin 125 #1
68	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	Pontiac	24th in Twin 125 #2
32	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing	Buick	25th in Twin 125 #2
95	Trevor Boys	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	27th in Twin 125 #2
1	Doug Heveron	Ellington Racing	Buick	29th in Twin 125 #2
39	Ricky Woodward	Wangerin Racing	Ford	30th in Twin 125 #2
48	Mickey Gibbs (R)	Winkle Motorsports	Pontiac	Lack of backup car

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
2	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	25	running	180	$184,900
1	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	114	running	180	$182,700
8	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	200	3	running	170	$95,550
10	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	9	running	165	$79,250
7	55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	200	12	running	160	$70,325
11	66	Rick Mast (R)	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	200	9	running	155	$52,525
9	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	200	6	running	151	$52,325
40	4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	200	7	running	147	$47,325
4	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	200	3	running	143	$68,400
41	23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	200	2	running	139	$31,725
6	94	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	199	0	running	130	$47,325
12	33	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	199	0	running	127	$30,000
17	45	Joe Ruttman	CalCar Motorsports	Pontiac	199	0	running	0	$24,505
14	16	Larry Pearson (R)	Pearson Racing	Buick	199	0	running	121	$23,915
3	75	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	199	0	running	118	$44,900
15	10	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	Pontiac	198	0	running	115	$23,180
34	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	198	0	running	112	$19,335
35	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	197	0	running	109	$24,790
36	26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	197	2	running	111	$19,120
19	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	197	1	running	108	$20,785
23	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	197	1	running	105	$18,825
32	40	Ben Hess (R)	Hess Racing	Oldsmobile	196	0	running	97	$14,300
37	88	Greg Sacks	Baker–Schiff Racing	Pontiac	196	0	running	94	$15,595
29	70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	193	0	running	91	$13,640
16	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	193	0	running	88	$22,985
21	69	Lee Raymond	LC Racing	Ford	189	0	running	0	$13,530
22	84	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	188	0	running	82	$16,275
27	19	Ronnie Sanders	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	184	0	running	79	$12,570
18	15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	177	0	valve	76	$16,015
39	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	150	0	running	73	$14,010
31	73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Oldsmobile	143	2	accident	75	$10,855
20	29	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	131	0	running	67	$15,000
5	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	110	0	accident	64	$23,445
42	67	Mickey Gibbs (R)	Arrington Racing	Pontiac	76	0	engine	61	$9,940
13	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	72	0	accident	58	$24,310
28	90	Chad Little (R)	Donlavey Racing	Ford	72	0	accident	55	$11,605
30	89	Rodney Combs	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac	72	0	accident	52	$10,650
24	14	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	41	4	shocks	54	$11,970
26	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	39	0	accident	46	$13,335
25	93	Charlie Baker	Salmon Racing	Chevrolet	39	0	accident	43	$10,450
33	2	Ernie Irvan	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	8	0	engine	40	$9,275
38	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	2	0	oil line	37	$11,800
74	Randy LaJoie	Wawak Racing	Pontiac
42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac
57	Hut Stricklin (R)	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac
59	Mark Gibson	Gibson Racing	Pontiac
41	Jim Bown	Bown Racing	Chevrolet
77	Connie Saylor	Ragan Racing	Ford
80	Jimmy Horton	S&H Racing	Pontiac
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac
34	Charlie Glotzbach	AAG Racing	Buick
85	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart Racing	Chevrolet
49	Tony Spanos	Hylton Motorsports	Buick
31	Jim Sauter	Bob Clark Motorsports	Pontiac
0	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Chevrolet
68	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	Pontiac
32	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing	Buick
95	Trevor Boys	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet
1	Doug Heveron	Ellington Racing	Buick
39	Ricky Woodward	Wangerin Racing	Ford
48	Mickey Gibbs (R)	Winkle Motorsports	Pontiac

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points	[Official driver's standings](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-nascar-winston/126272242/)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	1	Darrell Waltrip	180 (1st)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	2	Ken Schrader	180 (2nd)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	3	Dale Earnhardt	170 (-10)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	4	Geoff Bodine	165 (–15)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	5	Phil Parsons	160 (–20)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	6	Rick Mast	155 (–25)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	7	Alan Kulwicki	151 (–29)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	8	Rick Wilson	147 (–34)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	9	Terry Labonte	143 (–37)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	10	Eddie Bierschwale	139 (–41)

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes

References

Higgins, Tom. (February 20, 1989). "Waltrip Triumphs At Daytona (Part 1)". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
Higgins, Tom. (February 20, 1989). "Waltrip Triumphs At Daytona (Part 2)". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
Coble, Don. (February 20, 1989). "No. 17 a charm for Waltrip (Part 1)". [[Florida Today]].
Coble, Don. (February 20, 1989). "No. 17 a charm for Waltrip (Part 2)". [[Florida Today]].
Harris, Mike. (February 15, 1989). "Petty and Gibbs need strong runs". [[Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine).
Coble, Don. (February 19, 1989). "Experts favor Wallace in 500". [[Florida Today]].
Higgins, Tom. (February 12, 1989). "Schrader Takes Pole Position For 500-Miler". [[The Charlotte Observer]].

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