Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 2, 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 Saturday, June 3, at 11:30 AM 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,[5] 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.
Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.933 and an average speed of 144.387 miles per hour (232.368 km/h) in the first round.[6][7]
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
Referencesedit
^Higgins, Tom (June 5, 1989). "Earnhardt Gives Chevrolet A Dover Victory (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 15. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (June 5, 1989). "Earnhardt Gives Chevrolet A Dover Victory (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 18. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Vehorn, Frank (June 5, 1989). "Dale Earnhardt settles old score with Dover Downs (Part 1)". The Roanoke Times. p. 9. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Vehorn, Frank (June 5, 1989). "Dale Earnhardt settles old score with Dover Downs (Part 2)". The Roanoke Times. p. 14. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (June 2, 1989). "Martin, Ford Cruise Away For Dover Pole (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 29. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (June 2, 1989). "Martin, Ford Cruise Away For Dover Pole (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 32. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1989 Budweiser 500 was the 11th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday June 4 1989 before an audience of 66 000 in Dover Delaware at Dover Downs International Speedway a 1 mile 1 6 km permanent oval shaped racetrack The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete On the final restart with seven laps left in the race Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to pull away from the field completing a dominant performance where Earnhardt led 456 laps of the race The victory was Earnhardt s 36th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season 1 2 3 4 To fill out the top three Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would finish second and third respectively 1989 Budweiser 500Race detailsRace 11 of 29 in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1989 Budweiser 500 program cover featuring Terry Labonte DateJune 4 1989Official name21st Annual Budweiser 500LocationDover Delaware Dover Downs International SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility1 mi 1 6 km Distance500 laps 500 mi 804 672 km Scheduled Distance500 laps 500 mi 804 672 km Average speed121 67 miles per hour 195 81 km h Attendance66 000Pole positionDriverMark MartinRoush RacingTime24 933Most laps ledDriverDale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingLaps456WinnerNo 3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingTelevision in the United StatesNetworkESPNAnnouncersBob Jenkins Ned Jarrett Benny ParsonsRadio 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 Dover Downs International Speedway the venue where the race was held Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover Delaware United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969 In addition to NASCAR the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series The track features one layout a 1 mile 1 6 km concrete oval with 24 banking in the turns and 9 banking on the straights The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports The track nicknamed The Monster Mile was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L Joseph Construction Company Inc with an asphalt surface but was replaced with concrete in 1995 Six years later in 2001 the track s capacity moved to 135 000 seats making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid Atlantic In 2002 the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split making Dover Motorsports From 2007 to 2009 the speedway worked on an improvement project called The Monster Makeover which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track After the 2014 season the track s capacity was reduced to 95 500 seats 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 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Levi Garrett 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Stroh s Light 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 Filters 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford Budweiser 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 23 Eddie Bierschwale B amp B Racing Oldsmobile B amp B Racing 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 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 49 Bill Flowers Hylton Motorsports Buick Hylton Motorsports 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 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 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 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco 99 Norm Benning O Neil Racing Chevrolet O Neil RacingQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday June 2 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 Saturday June 3 at 11 30 AM 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 5 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 Mark Martin driving for Roush Racing would win the pole setting a time of 24 933 and an average speed of 144 387 miles per hour 232 368 km h in the first round 6 7 No drivers would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 24 933 144 387 2 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 25 011 143 937 3 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 25 059 143 661 4 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 25 072 143 586 5 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25 074 143 575 6 4 Rick Wilson Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 25 081 143 535 7 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 25 095 143 455 8 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 25 120 143 312 9 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 25 135 143 227 10 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25 163 143 067 11 16 Larry Pearson R Pearson Racing Buick 25 200 142 857 12 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25 253 142 557 13 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 25 299 142 298 14 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 25 305 142 264 15 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 25 335 142 096 16 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 25 337 142 085 17 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 25 344 142 045 18 84 Dick Trickle R Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 25 357 141 973 19 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 25 389 141 794 20 88 Jimmy Spencer R Baker Schiff Racing Pontiac 25 467 141 359 Failed to lock in Round 1 21 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 25 137 143 215 22 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 25 146 143 164 23 2 Ernie Irvan U S Racing Pontiac 25 218 142 755 24 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 25 398 141 743 25 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 25 490 141 232 26 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 25 543 140 939 27 23 Eddie Bierschwale B amp B Racing Oldsmobile 25 556 140 867 28 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 25 573 140 773 29 80 Jimmy Horton S amp H Racing Pontiac 25 637 140 422 30 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 25 644 140 384 31 57 Hut Stricklin R Osterlund Racing Pontiac 25 703 140 061 32 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 25 787 139 605 33 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 26 166 137 583 34 49 Bill Flowers Hylton Motorsports Buick 27 384 131 464 35 99 Norm Benning O Neil Racing Chevrolet Official first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 2 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 456 running 185 59 350 2 1 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 500 2 running 175 38 950 3 5 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 22 running 170 36 525 4 15 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 500 6 running 165 18 425 5 3 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 500 9 running 160 20 975 6 7 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 500 0 running 150 11 675 7 21 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 499 3 running 151 10 925 8 8 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 499 0 running 142 16 625 9 12 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 498 0 running 138 13 675 10 25 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 497 0 running 134 11 275 11 14 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 494 0 running 130 8 025 12 31 57 Hut Stricklin R Osterlund Racing Pontiac 493 0 running 127 6 732 13 26 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 493 0 running 124 7 400 14 6 4 Rick Wilson Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 492 0 running 121 6 825 15 9 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 492 0 running 118 7 175 16 32 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 491 0 running 115 6 100 17 23 2 Ernie Irvan U S Racing Pontiac 491 0 running 112 3 850 18 19 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 490 0 running 109 5 700 19 11 16 Larry Pearson R Pearson Racing Buick 490 0 running 106 3 850 20 30 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 489 0 running 103 4 375 21 18 84 Dick Trickle R Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 487 0 running 100 6 050 22 16 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 483 0 accident 97 5 200 23 13 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 482 2 running 99 9 450 24 33 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 477 0 running 91 2 400 25 17 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 444 0 running 88 5 150 26 24 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 434 0 running 85 4 950 27 27 23 Eddie Bierschwale B amp B Racing Oldsmobile 355 0 running 82 2 875 28 28 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 304 0 engine 79 2 200 29 10 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 294 0 piston 76 9 150 30 35 99 Norm Benning O Neil Racing Chevrolet 226 0 steering 73 2 150 31 29 80 Jimmy Horton S amp H Racing Pontiac 211 0 engine 70 2 050 32 22 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 171 0 engine 67 10 400 33 4 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 140 0 accident 64 9 950 34 20 88 Jimmy Spencer R Baker Schiff Racing Pontiac 75 0 engine 0 4 500 35 34 49 Bill Flowers Hylton Motorsports Buick 2 0 engine 58 1 800 Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 Darrell Waltrip 1 617 nbsp 1 2 Dale Earnhardt 1 615 2 nbsp 3 3 Mark Martin 1 543 74 nbsp 2 4 Geoff Bodine 1 534 83 nbsp 2 5 Rusty Wallace 1 473 144 nbsp 2 6 Alan Kulwicki 1 463 154 nbsp 2 7 Sterling Marlin 1 459 158 nbsp 1 8 Ken Schrader 1 408 209 nbsp 1 9 Davey Allison 1 358 259 nbsp 10 Bill Elliott 1 353 264 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Higgins Tom June 5 1989 Earnhardt Gives Chevrolet A Dover Victory Part 1 The Charlotte Observer p 15 Retrieved May 6 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom June 5 1989 Earnhardt Gives Chevrolet A Dover Victory Part 2 The Charlotte Observer p 18 Retrieved May 6 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Vehorn Frank June 5 1989 Dale Earnhardt settles old score with Dover Downs Part 1 The Roanoke Times p 9 Retrieved May 6 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Vehorn Frank June 5 1989 Dale Earnhardt settles old score with Dover Downs Part 2 The Roanoke Times p 14 Retrieved May 6 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp NASCAR Today The Charlotte Observer June 2 1989 p 28 Retrieved May 6 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom June 2 1989 Martin Ford Cruise Away For Dover Pole Part 1 The Charlotte Observer p 29 Retrieved May 6 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom June 2 1989 Martin Ford Cruise Away For Dover Pole Part 2 The Charlotte Observer p 32 Retrieved May 6 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1989 Coca Cola 600 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1989 season Next race 1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1989 Budweiser 500 amp oldid 1159177724, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,