Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, May 24, 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 Thursday, May 25, at 2:00 PM 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 were given.
Alan Kulwicki, driving for his own AK Racing team, would win the pole, setting a time of 31.210 and an average speed of 173.021 miles per hour (278.450 km/h) in the first round.[6][7]
^Mulhern, Mike (May 29, 1989). "Wallace Streaks to 4th Victory of Season (Part 1)". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 17. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Mulhern, Mike (May 29, 1989). "Wallace Streaks to 4th Victory of Season (Part 2)". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 22. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1989 Coca Cola 600 was the 10th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 30th iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday May 28 1989 before an audience of 161 000 in Concord North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway a 1 5 miles 2 4 km permanent quad oval The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete With the help of a fast final pit stop Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip would manage control the final laps of the race leading the final 80 laps to take his 77th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth victory of the season 1 2 3 4 To fill out the top three Hagan Racing driver Sterling Marlin and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would finish second and third respectively 1989 Coca Cola 600Race detailsRace 10 of 29 in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1989 Coca Cola 600 program cover featuring Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty and Fred Lorenzen Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass DateMay 28 1989Official name30th Annual Coca Cola 600LocationConcord North Carolina Charlotte Motor SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility1 5 mi 2 41 km Distance400 laps 600 mi 965 606 km Scheduled Distance400 laps 600 mi 965 606 km Average speed144 077 miles per hour 231 869 km h Attendance161 000Pole positionDriverAlan KulwickiAK RacingTime31 210Most laps ledDriverAlan KulwickiAK RacingLaps138WinnerNo 17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsTelevision in the United StatesNetworkTBSAnnouncersKen Squier Johnny HayesRadio in the United StatesRadioPerformance 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 Charlotte Motor Speedway the venue where the race was held Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord North Carolina United States 13 miles from Charlotte North Carolina The complex features a 1 5 miles 2 4 km quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All Star Challenge as well as the UAW GM Quality 500 The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc SMI with Marcus G Smith son of Bruton Smith as track president Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 0 Delma Cowart H L Waters Racing Ford H L Waters Racing 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 06 Terry Byers Byers Racing Chevrolet 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 14 Tracy Leslie A J Foyt Racing Oldsmobile Copenhagen 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft 16 Larry Pearson R Pearson Racing Buick Chattanooga Chew 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide 18 Jim Bown TriStar Motorsports Pontiac TriStar Motorsports 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo 23 Eddie Bierschwale B amp B Racing Oldsmobile B amp B Racing 24 John McFadden McFadden Racing Pontiac Alliance Training Centers 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 Ghostbusters II 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Country Time 31 Jim Sauter Bob Clark Motorsports Pontiac Slender You Figure Salons 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit 34 Jimmy Spencer R Frank Cicci Racing Buick Frank Cicci Racing 36 H B Bailey Bailey Racing Pontiac Almeda Auto Parts 40 Ben Hess R Hess Racing Oldsmobile Hess Racing 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 47 Allan Grice Allan Grice Racing Pontiac Foster s Lager 51 Butch Miller R Miller Racing Chevrolet Fruit of the Loom 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka Seltzer 53 Jerry O Neil Aroneck Racing Chevrolet Aroneck Racing 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Crown Central Petroleum 57 Hut Stricklin R Osterlund Racing Pontiac Heinz 66 Rick Mast R Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet Banquet Foods 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Lifebuoy 73 Don Hume Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile Barkdoll Racing 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Valvoline 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile Bull s Eye Barbecue Sauce 84 Dick Trickle R Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller High Life 88 Greg Sacks Baker Schiff Racing Pontiac Crisco 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac Evinrude Outboard Motors 90 Chad Little R Donlavey Racing Ford Donlavey Racing 93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Buick Salmon Racing 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco 95 Slick Johnson Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet Sadler Brothers RacingQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Wednesday May 24 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 Thursday May 25 at 2 00 PM 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 were given Alan Kulwicki driving for his own AK Racing team would win the pole setting a time of 31 210 and an average speed of 173 021 miles per hour 278 450 km h in the first round 6 7 Nine drivers would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 31 210 173 021 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 31 277 172 651 3 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 390 172 029 4 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 480 171 537 5 4 Rick Wilson Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 31 540 171 211 6 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 31 570 171 048 7 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 31 586 170 962 8 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 31 620 170 778 9 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 31 656 170 584 10 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 31 726 170 207 11 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 31 785 169 891 12 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 31 803 169 795 13 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 823 169 689 14 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 836 169 619 15 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 31 838 169 609 16 84 Dick Trickle R Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 31 840 169 603 17 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 31 845 169 571 18 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 31 884 169 364 19 88 Greg Sacks Baker Schiff Racing Pontiac 31 885 169 359 20 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 31 887 169 348 Failed to lock in Round 1 21 16 Larry Pearson R Pearson Racing Buick 31 960 168 961 22 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 31 972 168 898 23 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 31 988 168 813 24 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 32 010 168 697 25 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 32 018 168 655 26 57 Hut Stricklin R Osterlund Racing Pontiac 32 023 168 629 27 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 32 051 168 481 28 51 Butch Miller R Miller Racing Chevrolet 32 065 168 408 29 14 Tracy Leslie A J Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 32 075 168 355 30 40 Ben Hess R Hess Racing Oldsmobile 32 098 168 235 31 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 32 110 168 172 32 47 Allan Grice Allan Grice Racing Pontiac 32 134 168 046 33 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Chevrolet 32 135 168 041 34 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 32 166 167 879 35 06 Terry Byers Byers Racing Chevrolet 32 176 167 827 36 2 Ernie Irvan U S Racing Pontiac 32 178 167 817 37 53 Jerry O Neil Aroneck Racing Chevrolet 32 195 167 728 38 31 Jim Sauter Bob Clark Motorsports Pontiac 32 201 167 697 39 90 Chad Little R Donlavey Racing Ford 32 212 167 639 40 23 Eddie Bierschwale B amp B Racing Oldsmobile 32 255 167 416 Provisionals 41 66 Rick Mast R Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 32 290 167 234 42 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 32 646 165 411 Failed to qualify 43 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 44 18 Jim Bown TriStar Motorsports Pontiac 45 34 Jimmy Spencer R Frank Cicci Racing Buick 46 95 Slick Johnson Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet 47 36 H B Bailey Bailey Racing Pontiac 48 93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Chevrolet 49 24 John McFadden McFadden Racing Pontiac 50 73 Don Hume Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 51 0 Delma Cowart H L Waters Racing Ford Official first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 4 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 87 running 180 126 400 2 18 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 400 17 running 175 61 675 3 3 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 1 running 170 44 275 4 13 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 399 0 running 160 30 950 5 15 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 399 12 running 160 32 305 6 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 399 53 running 155 29 675 7 25 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 399 0 running 146 17 800 8 10 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 398 0 running 142 16 900 9 27 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 397 0 running 138 15 200 10 9 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 397 0 running 134 16 925 11 41 66 Rick Mast R Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 396 0 running 130 13 107 12 22 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 396 0 running 127 8 500 13 31 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 395 0 running 124 11 725 14 26 57 Hut Stricklin R Osterlund Racing Pontiac 395 0 running 121 7 625 15 36 2 Ernie Irvan U S Racing Pontiac 394 0 running 118 9 175 16 42 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 394 0 running 115 9 650 17 33 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Chevrolet 392 0 running 112 6 000 18 39 90 Chad Little R Donlavey Racing Ford 392 0 running 109 5 650 19 11 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 391 0 running 106 6 400 20 30 40 Ben Hess R Hess Racing Oldsmobile 388 0 running 103 5 775 21 35 06 Terry Byers Byers Racing Chevrolet 379 0 running 100 4 700 22 21 16 Larry Pearson R Pearson Racing Buick 377 0 running 97 5 450 23 1 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 371 138 engine 104 58 500 24 20 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 364 0 running 91 6 800 25 29 14 Tracy Leslie A J Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 360 0 crank 88 3 925 26 37 53 Jerry O Neil Aroneck Racing Chevrolet 353 0 running 85 3 100 27 7 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 333 0 engine 82 6 150 28 24 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 331 0 engine 79 5 200 29 16 84 Dick Trickle R Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 330 0 oil line 76 4 975 30 19 88 Greg Sacks Baker Schiff Racing Pontiac 320 2 accident 78 4 800 31 6 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 306 22 engine 75 13 950 32 23 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 303 0 engine 67 10 000 33 17 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 298 1 engine 69 10 550 34 32 47 Allan Grice Allan Grice Racing Pontiac 294 0 engine 61 1 900 35 5 4 Rick Wilson Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 292 15 running 63 6 975 36 40 23 Eddie Bierschwale B amp B Racing Oldsmobile 242 0 accident 55 2 400 37 38 31 Jim Sauter Bob Clark Motorsports Pontiac 236 0 engine 52 1 775 38 14 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 223 2 engine 54 10 750 39 12 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 186 0 engine 46 8 725 40 8 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 148 50 engine 48 10 600 41 34 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 113 0 engine 40 1 700 42 28 51 Butch Miller R Miller Racing Chevrolet 24 0 wheel bearing 37 2 200 Failed to qualify 43 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 44 18 Jim Bown TriStar Motorsports Pontiac 45 34 Jimmy Spencer R Frank Cicci Racing Buick 46 95 Slick Johnson Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet 47 36 H B Bailey Bailey Racing Pontiac 48 93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Chevrolet 49 24 John McFadden McFadden Racing Pontiac 50 73 Don Hume Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 51 0 Delma Cowart H L Waters Racing Ford Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 1 Darrell Waltrip 1 479 nbsp 1 2 Geoff Bodine 1 458 21 nbsp 2 3 Dale Earnhardt 1 430 49 nbsp 4 Alan Kulwicki 1 375 104 nbsp 3 5 Sterling Marlin 1 374 105 nbsp 1 6 Mark Martin 1 368 111 nbsp 2 7 Rusty Wallace 1 313 166 nbsp 2 8 Davey Allison 1 291 188 nbsp 4 9 Ken Schrader 1 238 241 nbsp 4 10 Bill Elliott 1 211 268 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Higgins Tom May 29 1989 Waltrip Runs Off With 5th 600 Part 1 The Charlotte Observer p 17 Retrieved May 3 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom May 29 1989 Waltrip Runs Off With 5th 600 Part 2 The Charlotte Observer p 21 Retrieved May 3 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Mulhern Mike May 29 1989 Wallace Streaks to 4th Victory of Season Part 1 Winston Salem Journal p 17 Retrieved May 3 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Mulhern Mike May 29 1989 Wallace Streaks to 4th Victory of Season Part 2 Winston Salem Journal p 22 Retrieved May 3 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Speedway Calendar The Charlotte Observer May 19 1989 p 16 Retrieved May 3 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom May 25 1989 Kulwicki Quick On 600 Trigger Part 1 The Charlotte Observer p 47 Retrieved May 3 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom May 25 1989 Kulwicki Quick On 600 Trigger Part 2 The Charlotte Observer p 52 Retrieved May 3 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1989 Winston 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1989 season Next race 1989 Budweiser 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1989 Coca Cola 600 amp oldid 1159178417, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
