Pocono International Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.
Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCarrace. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.
Qualifying was originally scheduled to be split into two rounds. The first round was scheduled to be held on Friday, July 21, at 3:00 PM EST. However, due to fog, the first round was cancelled, and qualifying was condensed into one round,[5] which was held on Saturday, July 22, at 8:00 AM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 1–40 would be decided on time,[6] 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.
Ken Schrader, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 57.031 and an average speed of 157.809 miles per hour (253.969 km/h).[7]
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
Referencesedit
^Higgins, Tom (July 24, 1989). "Elliott Rallies For Sparkling Finish (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 15. Retrieved May 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (July 24, 1989). "Elliott Rallies For Sparkling Finish (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 18. Retrieved May 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Walsh, Scott (July 24, 1989). "Elliott's Victory a Little Bit of History Repeating (Part 1)". The Scranton Times-Tribune. p. 15. Retrieved May 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Walsh, Scott (July 24, 1989). "Elliott's Victory a Little Bit of History Repeating (Part 2)". The Scranton Times-Tribune. p. 18. Retrieved May 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (July 22, 1989). "Fog Puts Damper On Qualifying For Pocono Race". The Charlotte Observer. p. 28. Retrieved May 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (July 23, 1989). "Schrader Leads Lumina Charge In Qualifying". The Charlotte Observer. p. 82. Retrieved May 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1989 AC Spark Plug 500 was the 16th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 17th iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday July 23 1989 before an audience of 70 000 in Long Pond Pennsylvania at Pocono Raceway a 2 5 miles 4 0 km triangular permanent course The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete In the final laps of the race Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott would make a late race charge passing for the lead with six laps left in the race to take his 31st career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season 1 2 3 4 To fill out the top three Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third respectively 1989 AC Spark Plug 500Race detailsRace 16 of 29 in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1989 AC Spark Plug 500 program coverDateJuly 23 1989Official name17th Annual AC Spark Plug 500LocationLong Pond Pennsylvania Pocono RacewayCoursePermanent racing facility2 5 mi 4 0 km Distance200 laps 500 mi 804 672 km Scheduled Distance200 laps 500 mi 804 672 km Average speed117 847 miles per hour 189 656 km h Attendance70 000Pole positionDriverKen SchraderHendrick MotorsportsTime57 031Most laps ledDriverRusty WallaceBlue Max RacingLaps68WinnerNo 9Bill ElliottMelling RacingTelevision in the United StatesNetworkESPNAnnouncersBob Jenkins Benny Parsons Ned JarrettRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor Racing Network Contents 1 Background 1 1 Entry list 2 Qualifying 2 1 Full qualifying results 3 Race results 4 Standings after the race 5 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Pocono International Raceway the venue where the race was held The race was held at Pocono International Raceway which is a three turn superspeedway located in Long Pond Pennsylvania The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event Until 2019 the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race Pocono International Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports Inc or International Speedway Corporation It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon Nicholas and sister Ashley and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli all of whom are third generation members of the family owned Mattco Inc started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli Outside of the NASCAR races the track is used throughout the year by the Sports Car Club of America SCCA and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack North Course East Course and South Course Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri oval to complete the track During regular non race weekends multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction or multiple infield sections can be put together such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri oval to connect the two Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 2 Ernie Irvan U S Racing Pontiac Kroger 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus 4 Rick Wilson Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile Kodak 04 Bob Schacht Hakes Racing Ford Hakes Racing 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Levi Garrett 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Stroh s Light 06 Terry Byers Byers Racing Buick Byers Racing 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Zerex 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller High Life 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Coors Light 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac Purolator 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford Budweiser 13 Eddie Bierschwale Rosenblum Racing Chevrolet Genesee Brewing Company 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft 16 Larry Pearson R Pearson Racing Buick Chattanooga Chew 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Folgers 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick Quaker State 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac Kodiak 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Hardee s 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Country Time 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit 38 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Redkote Steel Tubing 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 44 Jim Sauter Group 44 Pontiac Group 44 48 Greg Sacks Winkle Motorsports Pontiac Dinner Bell Foods 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka Seltzer 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Crown Central Petroleum 57 Hut Stricklin R Osterlund Racing Pontiac Heinz 62 Joe Ruttman Douglas Smith Racing Oldsmobile Baja Boats 70 J D McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Rumple Furniture 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Lifebuoy 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Valvoline 80 Jimmy Horton S amp H Racing Pontiac S amp H Racing 81 Mike Potter Welch Racing Ford O C Welch Ford 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile Bull s Eye Barbecue Sauce 84 Dick Trickle R Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller High Life 88 Jimmy Spencer R Baker Schiff Racing Pontiac Crisco 93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Buick Salmon Racing 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco 99 Norm Benning O Neil Racing Chevrolet O Neil RacingQualifying editQualifying was originally scheduled to be split into two rounds The first round was scheduled to be held on Friday July 21 at 3 00 PM EST However due to fog the first round was cancelled and qualifying was condensed into one round 5 which was held on Saturday July 22 at 8 00 AM EST Each driver would have one lap to set a time For this specific race positions 1 40 would be decided on time 6 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 Ken Schrader driving for Hendrick Motorsports would win the pole setting a time of 57 031 and an average speed of 157 809 miles per hour 253 969 km h 7 Four drivers would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 031 157 809 2 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 095 157 632 3 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 57 174 157 414 4 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 57 223 157 279 5 15 Brett Bodine RahMoc Enterprises Ford 57 292 157 090 6 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 57 312 157 036 7 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 57 348 156 937 8 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 57 447 156 666 9 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 57 484 156 565 10 4 Rick Wilson Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 57 600 156 250 11 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 57 652 156 109 12 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 57 675 156 047 13 16 Larry Pearson Pearson Racing Buick 57 680 156 033 14 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 57 713 155 944 15 48 Greg Sacks Winkle Motorsports Pontiac 57 753 155 836 16 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 57 810 155 682 17 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 57 812 155 677 18 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 57 834 155 618 19 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 57 876 155 505 20 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 57 915 155 400 21 88 Jimmy Spencer Baker Schiff Racing Pontiac 57 974 155 242 22 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 58 037 155 073 23 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 58 078 154 964 24 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 58 117 154 860 25 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 58 132 154 820 26 62 Joe Ruttman Douglas Smith Racing Oldsmobile 58 155 154 759 27 2 Ernie Irvan U S Racing Pontiac 58 179 154 695 28 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 58 279 154 430 29 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 58 313 154 340 30 44 Jim Sauter Group 44 Pontiac 58 532 153 762 31 84 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 58 557 153 696 32 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 58 651 153 450 33 80 Jimmy Horton S amp H Racing Pontiac 58 670 153 400 34 57 Hut Stricklin Osterlund Racing Pontiac 58 743 153 210 35 04 Bob Schacht Hakes Racing Ford 58 784 153 103 36 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 58 901 152 799 37 38 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford 58 998 152 548 38 13 Eddie Bierschwale Rosenblum Racing Chevrolet 59 085 152 323 39 06 Terry Byers Byers Racing Chevrolet 59 110 152 259 40 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 59 331 151 691 Failed to qualify 41 93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Buick 42 70 J D McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 43 81 Mike Potter Welch Racing Ford 44 99 Norm Benning O Neil Racing Chevrolet Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 14 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 200 8 running 180 58 400 2 6 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 200 68 running 180 46 875 3 7 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 200 4 running 170 26 300 4 24 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 19 running 165 23 850 5 8 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 200 0 running 155 20 350 6 23 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 200 1 running 155 16 225 7 1 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 7 running 151 16 050 8 12 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 200 0 running 142 13 925 9 3 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 3 running 143 14 275 10 5 15 Brett Bodine RahMoc Enterprises Ford 200 0 running 134 12 250 11 29 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 200 16 running 135 8 950 12 36 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 200 0 running 127 11 207 13 22 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 199 2 running 129 12 850 14 11 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 199 16 running 126 4 150 15 21 88 Jimmy Spencer Baker Schiff Racing Pontiac 199 0 running 118 9 400 16 30 44 Jim Sauter Group 44 Pontiac 199 0 running 115 3 850 17 2 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 199 41 running 117 12 750 18 17 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 198 0 running 109 7 550 19 32 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 198 5 running 111 7 325 20 31 84 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 198 7 running 108 8 175 21 39 06 Terry Byers Byers Racing Chevrolet 197 0 running 100 3 175 22 37 38 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford 196 0 running 97 3 075 23 19 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 195 3 running 99 6 295 24 40 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 195 0 running 91 2 925 25 10 4 Rick Wilson Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 192 0 running 88 6 100 26 27 2 Ernie Irvan U S Racing Pontiac 164 0 running 85 3 825 27 35 04 Bob Schacht Hakes Racing Ford 139 0 engine 82 2 775 28 28 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 128 0 water pump 79 6 675 29 16 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 127 0 crash 76 5 525 30 15 48 Greg Sacks Winkle Motorsports Pontiac 114 0 crash 73 3 425 31 18 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 111 0 engine 70 9 575 32 38 13 Eddie Bierschwale Rosenblum Racing Chevrolet 83 0 crash 67 2 575 33 33 80 Jimmy Horton S amp H Racing Pontiac 71 0 crash 64 3 175 34 26 62 Joe Ruttman Douglas Smith Racing Oldsmobile 60 0 engine 61 2 400 35 20 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 56 0 engine 58 3 100 36 9 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 45 0 engine 55 5 000 37 34 57 Hut Stricklin Osterlund Racing Pontiac 24 0 engine 52 2 925 38 25 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 22 0 engne 49 2 875 39 4 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 10 0 engine 46 4 825 40 13 16 Larry Pearson Pearson Racing Buick 2 0 oil line 43 2 740 Failed to qualify 41 93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Buick 42 70 J D McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 43 81 Mike Potter Welch Racing Ford 44 99 Norm Benning O Neil Racing Chevrolet Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 Dale Earnhardt 2 314 nbsp 2 Rusty Wallace 2 227 87 nbsp 3 Darrell Waltrip 2 179 135 nbsp 1 4 Bill Elliott 2 153 161 nbsp 1 5 Mark Martin 2 148 166 nbsp 3 6 Davey Allison 2 016 298 nbsp 1 7 Geoff Bodine 1 996 318 nbsp 2 8 Sterling Marlin 1 995 319 nbsp 1 9 Terry Labonte 1 984 330 nbsp 1 10 Ken Schrader 1 971 343 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Higgins Tom July 24 1989 Elliott Rallies For Sparkling Finish Part 1 The Charlotte Observer p 15 Retrieved May 13 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom July 24 1989 Elliott Rallies For Sparkling Finish Part 2 The Charlotte Observer p 18 Retrieved May 13 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Walsh Scott July 24 1989 Elliott s Victory a Little Bit of History Repeating Part 1 The Scranton Times Tribune p 15 Retrieved May 13 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Walsh Scott July 24 1989 Elliott s Victory a Little Bit of History Repeating Part 2 The Scranton Times Tribune p 18 Retrieved May 13 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom July 22 1989 Fog Puts Damper On Qualifying For Pocono Race The Charlotte Observer p 28 Retrieved May 13 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp NASCAR Today The Charlotte Observer July 21 1989 p 37 Retrieved May 13 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom July 23 1989 Schrader Leads Lumina Charge In Qualifying The Charlotte Observer p 82 Retrieved May 13 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1989 Pepsi 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1989 season Next race 1989 Talladega DieHard 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1989 AC Spark Plug 500 amp oldid 1195698108, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
