1989 Valleydale Meats 500

Race 6 of 29

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:30:18
Average speed of winner: 76.034 mph
Margin of victory: 0.26 sec.
Lead changes: 34 among 16 drivers
Cautions: 20 for 98 laps
Lap leaders: Martin 1-37, Irvan 38-82, G. Bodine 83-88, Kulwicki 89-91, Bonnett 92-94, Gant 95, Elliott 96-107, Sacks 108-124, Irvan 125-126, Hillin 127-132, Gant 133-147, Shepherd 148-151, Marlin 152, Wallace 153-158, Irvan 159-167, Wilson 168-169, G. Bodine 170-205, Mast 206-210, Earnhardt 211-217, Wallace 218, Earnhardt 219-285, Allison 286-313, Elliott 314-335, Bonnett 336-340, Sacks 341-362, Gant 363-365, G. Bodine 366, Sacks 367-412, Gant 413-414, Marlin 415-421, Gant 422, Sacks 423-424, Wallace 425, Sacks 426-437, Wallace 438-500

Race notes: Geoff Bodine took the points lead from Alan Kulwicki.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		500	4	71	running	48750	180
2	13	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		500	0	0	running	28900	170
3	2	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		500	3	43	running	21950	170
4	31	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	Yates		500	1	28	running	17802	165
5	27	Dick Trickle	84	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		500	0	0	running	12950	155
6	1	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton	120.278	500	1	37	running	13975	155
7	21	Greg Sacks	88	Crisco	Pontiac	Baker-Schiff			500	4	99	running	9300	156
8	18	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		500	0	0	running	7325	142
9	16	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		500	2	34	running	13150	143
10	11	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		500	5	22	running	10350	139
11	7	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		499	0	0	running	6500	130
12	29	Neil Bonnett	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		499	2	8	running	6075	132
13	23	Jim Sauter	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Pontiac	Bob Clark			498	0	0	running	6300	124
14	15	Rick Mast	66	Mach One Racing	Chevrolet	Needham			496	1	5	running	5800	126
15	14	Sterling Marlin	94	Sunoco	Oldsmobile	Hagan			493	2	8	running	6930	123
16	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		492	2	74	running	21280	120
17	28	Brad Teague	67	You Can Rent	Pontiac	Arrington			488	0	0	running	2480	112
18	32	Larry Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Buick	Pearson			480	0	0	oil line	2430	109
19	12	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Americraft	Oldsmobile	Bierschwale			479	0	0	running	2390	106
20	3	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		458	1	3	running	6075	108
21	4	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		442	1	2	running	4710	105
22	20	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Pontiac	Yarborough			440	0	0	running	4520	97
23	6	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			420	0	0	accident	4395	94
24	19	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Ford	Johnson	Brewer		400	0	0	running	7825	91
25	30	Lake Speed	83	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Oldsmobile	Speed			397	0	0	running	4405	88
26	10	Morgan Shepherd	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		234	1	4	accident	8745	90
27	22	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Hyde		215	1	6	accident	4160	87
28	26	Hut Stricklin	57	Heinz	Pontiac	Osterlund			167	0	0	accident	1970	79
29	25	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Pontiac	Ulrich			167	3	56	accident	2535	81
30	24	Brett Bodine	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Wingo		167	0	0	accident	3450	73
31	9	Butch Miller	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Throop			80	0	0	accident	1950	70
32	17	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Broome		35	0	0	accident	7650	67

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Geoff Bodine	900	6	1	0	4	4
2	Rusty Wallace	881	6	1	3	3	4
3	Alan Kulwicki	875	6	1	0	2	4
4	Dale Earnhardt	869	6	0	0	4	4
5	Sterling Marlin	851	6	0	0	2	4
6	Darrell Waltrip	807	6	0	2	3	4
7	Davey Allison	786	6	0	0	3	4
8	Rick Wilson	756	6	0	0	0	2
9	Mark Martin	728	6	2	0	2	3
10	Michael Waltrip	727	6	0	0	0	1
11	Harry Gant	723	6	0	1	1	2
12	Bill Elliott	721	6	0	0	0	3
13	Ricky Rudd	703	6	0	0	1	2
14	Lake Speed	674	6	0	0	0	2
15	Larry Pearson	658	6	0	0	0	1
16	Ken Schrader	646	6	1	0	1	1
17	Rick Mast	645	6	0	0	0	1
18	Greg Sacks	627	6	0	0	0	2
19	Morgan Shepherd	603	6	0	0	0	1
20	Eddie Bierschwale	594	6	0	0	0	1
21	Terry Labonte	585	6	0	0	0	1
22	Neil Bonnett	582	6	0	0	0	1
23	Dale Jarrett	574	6	0	0	0	1
24	Ernie Irvan	571	6	0	0	0	1
25	Phil Parsons	553	6	0	0	1	1