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1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500

23rd race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1990 Peak Antifreeze 500 was the 23rd stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 16, 1990, before an audience of 74,000 in Dover, Delaware at Dover Downs International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. At race's end, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott would manage to dominate a majority of the race, leading 364 laps of the race to take his 33rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
1	Terry Labonte	Precision Products Racing	Oldsmobile	Skoal
2	Jim Sauter	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	Prego
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Kodak
5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Levi Garrett
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	Folgers
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	Zerex
8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Snickers
9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	Coors Light
09	Jerry Hufflin	Smith Racing	Pontiac	Smith Racing
10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	Chevrolet	Purolator Filters
11	Geoff Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	Budweiser
12	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Buick	Raybestos
15	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Motorcraft
17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Tide
18	Greg Sacks	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	SlimFast
20	Rob Moroso (R)	Moroso Racing	Oldsmobile	Crown Central Petroleum
21	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Citgo
25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Kodiak
26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Buick	Quaker State
27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	Miller Genuine Draft
28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	Texaco, Havoline
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	Country Time
33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Skoal Bandit
42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	Peak Antifreeze
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	STP
48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Buick	Hylton Motorsports
51	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	Plasti-Kote
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	Alka-Seltzer
54	Tommy Riggins	Hakes–Welliver Racing	Oldsmobile	Hakes–Welliver Racing
57	Jimmy Spencer	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac	Heinz
66	Dick Trickle	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	Phillips 66 TropArtic
70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie Racing
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Big Apple Market
74	Mike Potter	Wawak Racing	Pontiac	Wawak Racing
75	Rick Wilson	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	Dinner Bell Foods
80	Jimmy Horton	S&H Racing	Pontiac	S&H Racing
83	Lake Speed*	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Prestone
94	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	Sunoco
98	Butch Miller	Travis Carter Enterprises	Chevrolet	Banquet Foods

*Driver changed to Tommy Ellis for the race after Speed broken his right shoulder in the race weekend's final practice session.

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 14, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 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, September 15, at 11:30 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time, 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.

Bill Elliott, driving for Melling Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.840 and an average speed of 144.928 mph in the first round.

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time
9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	24.840	144.928
11	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	24.850	144.869
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	24.892	144.625
4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	24.924	144.439
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	24.988	144.069
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	24.989	144.063
28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	25.004	143.977
33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Oldsmobile	25.014	143.919
27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	25.042	143.758
26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Buick	25.097	143.443
21	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	25.108	143.381
66	Dick Trickle	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	25.114	143.346
15	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	25.145	143.170
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	25.244	142.608
42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	25.247	142.591
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	25.294	142.326
20	Rob Moroso (R)	Moroso Racing	Oldsmobile	25.306	142.259
94	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	25.312	142.225
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	25.330	142.124
5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	25.338	142.079
8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	25.339	142.073
1	Terry Labonte	Precision Products Racing	Oldsmobile	25.345	142.040
25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	25.357	141.973
17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	25.363	141.939
10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	Chevrolet	25.366	141.922
12	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Buick	25.393	141.771
98	Butch Miller	Travis Carter Enterprises	Chevrolet	25.533	140.994
51	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	25.559	140.851
18	Greg Sacks	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	25.560	140.845
57	Jimmy Spencer	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac	25.603	140.609
75	Rick Wilson	RahMoc Enterprises	Oldsmobile	25.612	140.559
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	25.650	140.351
2	Jim Sauter	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	25.713	140.007
80	Jimmy Horton	S&H Racing	Pontiac	25.805	139.508
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	26.099	137.936
74	Mike Potter	Wawak Racing	Pontiac	26.108	137.889
54	Tommy Riggins	Hakes–Welliver Racing	Oldsmobile	26.441	136.152
48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Buick	26.717	134.746
70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	26.806	134.298
09	Jerry Hufflin	Smith Racing	Pontiac	28.058	128.306

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	500	364	running	185	$83,100
6	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	500	31	running	175	$35,325
3	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	102	running	170	$29,375
8	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Oldsmobile	499	1	running	165	$19,425
19	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	499	0	running	155	$16,825
11	21	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	499	0	running	150	$13,675
9	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	499	0	running	146	$18,175
15	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	499	0	running	142	$13,675
7	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	499	0	running	138	$14,075
23	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	498	0	running	134	$14,875
26	12	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Buick	497	0	running	130	$8,282
18	94	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	497	0	running	127	$8,625
25	10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	Chevrolet	496	0	running	124	$9,775
21	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	495	0	running	121	$8,025
22	1	Terry Labonte	Precision Products Racing	Oldsmobile	495	0	running	118	$8,350
16	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	494	0	running	115	$5,600
27	98	Butch Miller	Travis Carter Enterprises	Chevrolet	493	0	running	112	$5,350
30	57	Jimmy Spencer	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac	493	0	running	109	$7,000
24	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	492	0	running	106	$12,650
10	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Buick	492	0	running	103	$7,475
29	18	Greg Sacks	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	491	0	running	100	$3,550
14	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	491	0	running	97	$6,500
12	66	Dick Trickle	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	478	0	running	94	$7,400
35	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	461	0	engine	91	$4,250
13	15	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	441	0	running	88	$6,200
4	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	427	0	running	85	$6,000
31	75	Rick Wilson	RahMoc Enterprises	Oldsmobile	395	0	engine	82	$5,925
17	20	Rob Moroso (R)	Moroso Racing	Oldsmobile	394	0	accident	79	$4,600
5	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	342	0	engine	76	$5,775
34	80	Jimmy Horton	S&H Racing	Pontiac	318	0	engine	73	$3,100
32	83	Tommy Ellis	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	285	0	engine	0	$3,050
20	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	246	0	overheating	67	$5,600
28	51	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	222	0	accident	64	$2,950
33	2	Jim Sauter	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	203	0	engine	61	$4,900
38	48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Buick	202	0	engine	0	$2,800
2	11	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	175	2	engine	60	$12,825
40	09	Jerry Hufflin	Smith Racing	Pontiac	130	0	oil leak	52	$2,750
36	74	Mike Potter	Wawak Racing	Pontiac	113	0	handling	49	$2,700
37	54	Tommy Riggins	Hakes–Welliver Racing	Oldsmobile	105	0	oil pan	46	$2,675
39	70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	18	0	transmission	43	$2,650

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points	[Official driver's standings](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122334459/winston-cup-points-standings/)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	1	Mark Martin	3,519
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	2	Dale Earnhardt	3,498 (-21)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	3	Geoff Bodine	3,180 (-339)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	4	Bill Elliott	3,106 (–413)
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 1	5	Rusty Wallace	3,908 (–421)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 2	6	Kyle Petty	2,910 (–609)
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 1	7	Ricky Rudd	2,904 (–615)
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 1	8	Morgan Shepherd	2,822 (–697)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	9	Ken Schrader	2,807 (–712)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	10	Ernie Irvan	2,804 (–715)

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

References

Higgins, Tom. (September 17, 1990). "Elliott Finally Pays Visit To Victory Lane (Part 1)". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
Higgins, Tom. (September 17, 1990). "Elliott Finally Pays Visit To Victory Lane (Part 2)". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
McKee, Sandra. (September 17, 1990). "Elliott happy to see 'sooner or later' arrive". [[The Baltimore Sun]].
Vehorn, Frank. (September 17, 1990). "Rudd's Peak performance cools off his hot streak". [[The Roanoke Times]].
(September 14, 1990). "NASCAR today". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
Higgins, Tom. (September 15, 1990). "Elliott Takes Pole, Tries To End Bad-Luck Streak (Part 1)". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
Higgins, Tom. (September 15, 1990). "Elliott Takes Pole, Tries To End Bad-Luck Streak (Part 2)". [[The Charlotte Observer]].

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