1990 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 29

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:00:59
Average speed of winner: 165.761 mph
Margin of victory: 1.5 car lengths
Lead changes: 27 among 14 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 15 laps
Lap leaders: Schrader pole, G. Bodine 1, Earnhardt 2-27, Spencer 28-31, Earnhardt 32-39, Elliott 40, Earnhardt 41-44, Pennington 45-50, Martin 51-53, Cope 54, Earnhardt 55-90, Allison 91-92, G. Bodine 93-95, Hillin 96, Speed 97-99, Gant 100, Earnhardt 101-134, G. Bodine 135-137, Rudd 138, G. Bodine 139, Labonte 140-146, Hillin 147-149, Earnhardt 150-179, Cope 180, Earnhardt 181-193, Cope 194-195, Earnhardt 196-199, Cope 200

Race notes: First win for Derrike Cope.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	12	Derrike Cope	10	Purolator	Chevrolet	Whitcomb	Buddy Parrott		200	4	5	running	188150	180
2	20	Terry Labonte	1	Skoal Classic	Oldsmobile	Richard Jackson	Champion		200	1	7	running	117800	175
3	4	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Beam		200	1	1	running	114100	170
4	19	Ricky Rudd	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		200	1	1	running	77050	165
5	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		200	8	155	running	109325	165
6	10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Snickers	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Hyde		200	2	4	running	63225	155
7	38	Rusty Wallace	27	Miller Genuine Draft	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		200	0	0	running	59682	146
8	24	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Ingle		199	0	0	running	46200	142
9	3	Geoff Bodine	11	Budweiser	Ford	Johnson	Brewer		199	4	8	running	80950	143
10	30	Morgan Shepherd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Wingo		199	0	0	running	44125	134
11	31	Neil Bonnett	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		199	0	0	running	38400	130
12	32	Dick Trickle	66	TropArtic	Pontiac	Yarborough			199	0	0	running	36200	127
13	18	Ernie Irvan	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey	Donlavey		199	0	0	running	31455	124
14	9	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		199	0	0	running	49340	121
15	6	Jimmy Spencer	57	Heinz	Pontiac	Osterlund			199	1	4	running	41050	123
16	14	Lake Speed	83	Prestone	Oldsmobile	Speed			199	1	3	running	29930	120
17	33	Brett Bodine	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		199	0	0	running	27160	112
18	5	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	Leo Jackson	Petree		199	1	1	running	58990	114
19	21	Sterling Marlin	94	Sunoco	Oldsmobile	Hagan	Steve Lloyd		198	0	0	running	26070	106
20	16	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	Yates		198	1	2	running	31935	108
21	7	Mark Martin	6	Folgers	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		198	1	3	running	39955	105
22	17	Butch Miller	98	Winn-Dixie	Chevrolet	Carter	Carter		198	0	0	running	22100	97
23	42	Dave Marcis	71	Big Apple Market	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis		197	0	0	running	22995	94
24	22	Kyle Petty	42	Peak Antifreeze	Pontiac	SABCO	Nelson		196	0	0	handling	21640	91
25	23	Jack Pennington	47	Close Racing	Oldsmobile	Close			196	1	6	running	20935	93
26	27	Joe Ruttman	32	Sears Roadhandler Suspension	Pontiac	Wellings			196	0	0	running	22950	85
27	26	Larry Pearson	16	Publix	Buick	Pearson			195	0	0	running	22275	82
28	29	Rich Bickle	02	Bickle Racing	Oldsmobile	Bickle			195	0	0	running	19120	79
29	37	Jimmy Means	52	Alka-Seltzer	Pontiac	Means	Darrell Bryant		195	0	0	running	19090	76
30	28	Rick Wilson	75	Dinner Bell Foods	Oldsmobile	RahMoc	Rahilly		193	0	0	engine	21260	73
31	39	Jerry O'Neil	53	Aroneck Racing	Oldsmobile	Aroneck			193	0	0	running	17805	70
32	41	Eddie Bierschwale	2	Native Tan	Oldsmobile	Ulrich	Bob Johnson		191	0	0	running	20125	67
33	34	Hut Stricklin	68	Tri-Star Motorsports	Chevrolet	Hendrick			190	0	0	running	18195	64
34	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		183	0	0	running	22840	61
35	25	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		180	0	0	running	19835	58
36	13	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			115	0	0	fatigue	18380	55
37	40	Jimmy Horton	80	Miles Concrete	Ford	George Smith			108	0	0	drive train	16800	52
38	36	Rob Moroso	20	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Moroso			82	0	0	fatigue	15595	49
39	35	Phil Barkdoll	73	Ultra Slim-Fast	Oldsmobile	Barkdoll			64	0	0	engine	15610	46
40	1	Ken Schrader	25	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Broome	196.515	58	0	0	engine	34900	43
41	15	Mike Alexander	12	Raybestos Brakes	Buick	Allison	Fennig		42	0	0	accident	17750	40
42	8	Phil Parsons	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		41	0	0	accident	25100	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Derrike Cope	180	1	0	1	1	1
2	Terry Labonte	175	1	0	0	1	1
3	Bill Elliott	170	1	0	0	1	1
4	Ricky Rudd	165	1	0	0	1	1
5	Dale Earnhardt	165	1	0	0	1	1
6	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	155	1	0	0	0	1
7	Rusty Wallace	146	1	0	0	0	1
8	Geoff Bodine	143	1	0	0	0	1
9	Michael Waltrip	142	1	0	0	0	1
10	Morgan Shepherd	134	1	0	0	0	1
11	Neil Bonnett	130	1	0	0	0	0
12	Dick Trickle	127	1	0	0	0	0
13	Ernie Irvan	124	1	0	0	0	0
14	Jimmy Spencer	123	1	0	0	0	0
15	Darrell Waltrip	121	1	0	0	0	0
16	Lake Speed	120	1	0	0	0	0
17	Harry Gant	114	1	0	0	0	0
18	Brett Bodine	112	1	0	0	0	0
19	Davey Allison	108	1	0	0	0	0
20	Sterling Marlin	106	1	0	0	0	0
21	Mark Martin	105	1	0	0	0	0
22	Butch Miller	97	1	0	0	0	0
23	Dave Marcis	94	1	0	0	0	0
24	Jack Pennington	93	1	0	0	0	0
25	Kyle Petty	91	1	0	0	0	0