1989 Coca-Cola 600

Race 10 of 29

Charlotte
400 laps
Time of race: 4:09:52
Average speed of winner: 144.077 mph
Margin of victory: 0.99 sec.
Lead changes: 22 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 36 laps
Lap leaders: Kulwicki 1-5, Martin 6-58, Gant 59, Schrader 60, D. Waltrip 61-63, Sacks 64-65, Gant 66-114, Wallace 115-124, Kulwicki 125-164, Wilson 165-179, Kulwicki 180-192, Elliott 193-194, Marlin 195-198, D. Waltrip 199-202, Wallace 203-214, Kulwicki 215-221, Earnhardt 222-223, Elliott 224-233, Kulwicki 234-257, Allison 258, Marlin 259-271, Kulwicki 272-320, D. Waltrip 321-400

Race notes: Debut for Terry Byers and Tracy Leslie. Finale for Allan Grice. Darrell Waltrip took the points lead from Dale Earnhardt.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		400	3	87	running	126400	180
2	18	Sterling Marlin	94	Sunoco	Oldsmobile	Hagan			400	2	17	running	61675	175
3	3	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Broome		400	1	1	running	44275	170
4	13	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		399	0	0	running	30950	160
5	15	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		399	2	12	running	32305	160
6	2	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		399	1	53	running	29675	155
7	25	Neil Bonnett	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		399	0	0	running	17800	146
8	10	Brett Bodine	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Wingo		398	0	0	running	16900	142
9	27	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Hyde		397	0	0	running	15200	138
10	9	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		397	0	0	running	16925	134
11	41	Rick Mast	66	Banquet Foods	Chevrolet	Needham			396	0	0	running	13107	130
12	22	Derrike Cope	10	Purolator	Pontiac	Whitcomb	Buddy Parrott		396	0	0	running	8500	127
13	31	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			395	0	0	running	11725	124
14	26	Hut Stricklin	57	Heinz	Pontiac	Osterlund			395	0	0	running	7625	121
15	36	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Pontiac	Ulrich			394	0	0	running	9175	118
16	42	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			394	0	0	running	9650	115
17	33	Kyle Petty	42	Peak Antifreeze	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		392	0	0	running	6000	112
18	39	Chad Little	90	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Donlavey			392	0	0	running	5650	109
19	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		391	0	0	running	6400	106
20	30	Ben Hess	40	Hess Racing	Oldsmobile	Ben Hess			388	0	0	running	5775	103
21	35	Terry Byers	06	Byers Racing	Chevrolet	Byers			379	0	0	running	4700	100
22	21	Larry Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Buick	Pearson			377	0	0	running	5450	97
23	1	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews	173.021	371	6	138	engine	58500	104
24	20	Lake Speed	83	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Oldsmobile	Speed			364	0	0	running	6800	91
25	29	Tracy Leslie	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			360	0	0	crankshaft	3925	88
26	37	Jerry O'Neil	53	Aroneck Racing	Chevrolet	Aroneck			353	0	0	running	3100	85
27	7	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		333	0	0	engine	6150	82
28	24	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Pontiac	Yarborough			331	0	0	engine	5200	79
29	16	Dick Trickle	84	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		330	0	0	oil line	4975	76
30	19	Greg Sacks	88	Crisco	Pontiac	Baker-Schiff			320	1	2	accident	4800	78
31	6	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		306	2	22	engine	13950	75
32	23	Morgan Shepherd	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		303	0	0	engine	10000	67
33	17	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	Yates		298	1	1	engine	10550	69
34	32	Allan Grice	47	Foster's	Pontiac	Grice			294	0	0	engine	1900	61
35	5	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		292	1	15	running	6975	63
36	40	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Autofinders	Oldsmobile	Bierschwale			242	0	0	accident	2400	55
37	38	Jim Sauter	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Pontiac	Bob Clark			236	0	0	engine	1775	52
38	14	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		223	1	2	engine	10750	54
39	12	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Ford	Johnson	Brewer		186	0	0	engine	8725	46
40	8	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		148	2	50	engine	10600	48
41	34	Jimmy Means	52	Alka-Seltzer	Pontiac	Means			113	0	0	engine	1700	40
42	28	Butch Miller	51	Fruit of the Loom	Chevrolet	Throop			24	0	0	wheel bearing	2200	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	1479	10	0	4	6	8
2	Geoff Bodine	1458	10	2	0	5	6
3	Dale Earnhardt	1430	10	0	1	6	7
4	Alan Kulwicki	1375	10	2	0	3	5
5	Sterling Marlin	1374	10	0	0	3	6
6	Mark Martin	1368	10	3	0	4	7
7	Rusty Wallace	1313	10	2	3	3	6
8	Davey Allison	1291	10	0	1	4	5
9	Ken Schrader	1238	10	1	0	2	4
10	Bill Elliott	1211	10	0	0	1	4
11	Rick Wilson	1170	10	0	0	1	3
12	Ricky Rudd	1151	10	0	0	1	4
13	Harry Gant	1138	10	0	1	1	3
14	Neil Bonnett	1129	10	0	0	0	4
15	Terry Labonte	1116	10	0	0	3	4
16	Lake Speed	1086	10	0	0	0	2
17	Michael Waltrip	1073	10	0	0	0	1
18	Morgan Shepherd	1056	10	0	0	1	2
19	Phil Parsons	1040	10	0	0	1	1
20	Dick Trickle	1035	9	0	0	4	4
21	Ernie Irvan	1017	10	0	0	0	2
22	Larry Pearson	998	10	0	0	0	1
23	Greg Sacks	936	10	0	0	0	2
24	Rick Mast	930	9	0	0	0	1
25	Ben Hess	921	9	0	0	0	0