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1992 Coca-Cola 600

Tenth race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1992 Coca-Cola 600 was the 10th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 24, 1992, in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to make a late-race pass with 54 to go for the lead to take his 53rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan and SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
0	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Ford	Masters Inn Economy
1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Oldsmobile	Skoal
2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	Miller Genuine Draft
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	Kodak
5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Tide
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	Valvoline
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	Hooters
8	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	Snickers
9	Dave Mader III	Melling Racing	Ford	Melling Racing
10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	Chevrolet	Purolator Filters
11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	Budweiser
12	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Chevrolet	Raybestos
15	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Motorcraft
16	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Roush Racing	Ford	Keystone
17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	Western Auto
18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries
20	Joe Ruttman	Moroso Racing	Oldsmobile	Orkin
21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Citgo
22	Sterling Marlin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	Maxwell House
23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	SplitFire
25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Kodiak
26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Ford	Quaker State
27	Gary Balough	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet	Linro Motorsports
28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	Texaco, Havoline
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	Pennzoil
31	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Team Ireland	Chevrolet	Team Ireland
32	Randy Porter	Porter Racing	Pontiac	Porter Racing
33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Skoal Bandit
41	Greg Sacks	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	Mello Yello
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	STP
48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Pontiac	Rumple Furniture
49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet	Ameritron Batteries
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	Jimmy Means Racing
55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Jasper Engines & Transmissions
66	Jimmy Hensley (R)	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	Phillips 66 TropArtic
68	Bobby Hamilton	TriStar Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Country Time
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Food Lion
73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Oldsmobile	X-1R
77	Mike Potter	Balough Racing	Chevrolet	Kenova Trucking
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Ford	Purex
85	Mike Skinner	Mansion Motorsports	Chevrolet	Glidden
89	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac	Evinrude
90	Charlie Glotzbach	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Donlavey Racing
94	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Ford	Sunoco
95	Bob Schacht (R)	Sadler Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	Glidden
98	Jimmy Spencer	Travis Carter Enterprises	Chevrolet	Moly Black Gold

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, May 20, 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 Thursday, May 21, 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 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 were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.

Bill Elliott, driving for Junior Johnson & Associates, would win the pole, setting a time of 30.773 and an average speed of 175.479 mph in the first round.

Six drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time
11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	30.773	175.479
42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	30.795	175.353
5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	30.814	175.245
26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Ford	30.838	175.109
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	30.907	174.718
25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	30.952	174.464
2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	30.996	174.216
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	31.011	174.132
22	Sterling Marlin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	31.075	173.773
8	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	31.132	173.455
4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.182	173.177
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	31.236	172.877
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	31.243	172.839
94	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	31.261	172.739
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	31.270	172.689
55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	31.274	172.667
28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	31.275	172.662
17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.294	172.557
15	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	31.303	172.507
66	Jimmy Hensley (R)	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	31.339	172.309
9	Dave Mader III	Melling Racing	Ford	31.221	172.961
68	Bobby Hamilton	TriStar Motorsports	Oldsmobile	31.386	172.051
18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	31.391	172.024
31	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Team Ireland	Chevrolet	31.411	171.914
21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	31.453	171.685
33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Oldsmobile	31.472	171.581
41	Greg Sacks	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.527	171.282
12	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.551	171.151
49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.551	171.151
10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	Chevrolet	31.565	171.076
1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Oldsmobile	31.565	171.076
20	Joe Ruttman	Moroso Racing	Oldsmobile	31.602	170.875
89	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac	31.616	170.800
27	Gary Balough	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.667	170.525
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	31.683	170.438
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Ford	31.684	170.433
98	Jimmy Spencer	Travis Carter Enterprises	Chevrolet	31.709	170.299
16	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Roush Racing	Ford	31.717	170.256
32	Randy Porter	Porter Racing	Pontiac	31.744	170.111
95	Bob Schacht (R)	Sadler Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	31.753	170.063
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	31.941	169.062
90	Charlie Glotzbach	Donlavey Racing	Ford	33.056	163.359
85	Mike Skinner	Mansion Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.818	169.715
23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	-*	-*
48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Pontiac	-*	-*
0	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Ford	-*	-*
77	Mike Potter	Balough Racing	Chevrolet	-*	-*
73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Oldsmobile	-*	-*

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
13	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	54	running	180	$125,100
11	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	2	running	175	$67,275
2	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	400	141	running	175	$60,900
17	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	33	running	165	$45,750
26	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Oldsmobile	400	0	running	155	$35,800
14	94	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	400	0	running	150	$27,100
8	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	400	43	running	151	$39,850
16	55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	399	0	running	142	$23,150
3	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	398	33	running	143	$30,100
10	8	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	398	0	running	134	$22,800
20	66	Jimmy Hensley (R)	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	398	11	running	135	$17,250
23	18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	397	1	running	132	$15,400
24	31	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Team Ireland	Chevrolet	397	0	running	124	$11,800
1	11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	396	0	running	121	$57,600
35	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	394	0	running	118	$12,975
27	41	Greg Sacks	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	390	6	running	120	$9,750
30	10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	Chevrolet	388	0	running	112	$11,150
7	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	386	38	engine	114	$18,050
36	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Ford	385	0	running	106	$7,650
4	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Ford	378	0	running	103	$15,780
22	68	Bobby Hamilton	TriStar Motorsports	Oldsmobile	377	0	engine	100	$13,120
9	22	Sterling Marlin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	364	0	running	97	$12,160
31	1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Oldsmobile	348	0	running	94	$11,450
39	32	Randy Porter	Porter Racing	Pontiac	322	0	engine	91	$6,340
15	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	321	0	running	88	$10,880
6	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	309	29	accident	90	$16,845
37	98	Jimmy Spencer	Travis Carter Enterprises	Chevrolet	288	1	engine	87	$10,465
38	16	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Roush Racing	Ford	279	0	engine	79	$5,710
25	21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	252	0	accident	76	$10,230
29	49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet	248	0	no tires	73	$5,555
40	95	Bob Schacht (R)	Sadler Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	245	0	engine	70	$5,725
19	15	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	244	4	engine	72	$9,975
5	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	234	4	engine	69	$14,850
28	12	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Chevrolet	220	0	crank	61	$9,850
32	20	Joe Ruttman	Moroso Racing	Oldsmobile	213	0	accident	58	$5,250
42	90	Charlie Glotzbach	Donlavey Racing	Ford	194	0	piston	55	$5,200
33	89	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac	194	0	ignition	52	$5,165
18	17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	185	0	piston	49	$14,540
21	9	Dave Mader III	Melling Racing	Ford	184	0	accident	46	$10,145
34	27	Gary Balough	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet	131	0	accident	43	$5,100
12	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	115	0	accident	40	$10,600
41	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	8	0	engine	37	$5,100
85	Mike Skinner	Mansion Motorsports	Chevrolet
23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile
48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Pontiac
0	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Ford
77	Mike Potter	Balough Racing	Chevrolet
73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Oldsmobile

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points	[Official driver's standings](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117444334/nascar-standings/)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	1	Davey Allison	1,564
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	2	Bill Elliott	1,453 (-111)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	3	Harry Gant	1,444 (-120)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	4	Alan Kulwicki	1,432 (–132)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	5	Dale Earnhardt	1,420 (–144)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	6	Terry Labonte	1,378 (–186)
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 2	7	Morgan Shepherd	1,333 (–231)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	8	Geoff Bodine	1,248 (–316)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	9	Dick Trickle	1,245 (–319)
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 1	10	Mark Martin	1,217 (–347)

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

References

Foreman Jr., Tom. (May 25, 1992). "Earnhardt avoids trouble to win 600". The Tampa Tribune.
Clarke, Liz. (May 25, 1992). "Earnhardt's crew savors flavor of victory". Sun-News.
(May 19, 1992). "Race week schedule". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
Nowell, Paul. (May 21, 1992). "Charlotte pole another high for Elliott". The Item.

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