The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Saturday, August 18, at 11:00 AM 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, August 18, at 1:30 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 41.147 and an average speed of 174.982 miles per hour (281.606 km/h) in the first round.[6][7]
^Crowe, Steve (August 20, 1990). "Martin tunes in, tunes out field (Part 1)". Detroit Free Press. p. 23. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Crowe, Steve (August 20, 1990). "Martin tunes in, tunes out field (Part 2)". Detroit Free Press. p. 25. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1990 Champion Spark Plug 400 was the 19th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday August 19 1990 before an audience of 60 000 in Brooklyn Michigan at Michigan International Speedway a two mile 3 2 km moderate banked D shaped speedway The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete At race s end Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his third career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season 1 2 3 4 To fill out the top three Hendrick Motorsports driver Greg Sacks and Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace would finish second and third respectively 1990 Champion Spark Plug 400Race detailsRace 19 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1990 Champion Spark Plug 400 program cover featuring Michael Waltrip Geoff Bodine and Mark Martin Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass DateAugust 19 1990Official name21st Annual Champion Spark Plug 400LocationBrooklyn Michigan Michigan International SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility2 mi 3 2 km Distance200 laps 400 mi 643 737 km Scheduled Distance200 laps 400 mi 643 737 km Average speed138 822 miles per hour 223 412 km h Attendance60 000Pole positionDriverAlan KulwickiAK RacingTime41 147Most laps ledDriverMark MartinRoush RacingLaps72WinnerNo 6Mark MartinRoush 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 Michigan International Speedway the venue where the race was held The race was held at Michigan International Speedway a two mile 3 2 km moderate banked D shaped speedway located in Brooklyn Michigan The track is used primarily for NASCAR events It is known as a sister track to Texas World Speedway as MIS s oval design was a direct basis of TWS with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking by open wheel standards the 18 degree banking is modest by stock car standards Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile Kodak 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Levi Garrett 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Folgers 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Zerex 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Snickers 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Coors Light 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford Budweiser 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick Raybestos 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft 17 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford Pelco 20 Rob Moroso R Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Crown Central Petroleum 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo 22 Rick Mast U S Racing Pontiac Plasti Kote 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick Quaker State 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac Miller Genuine Draft 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Country Time 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit 34 Charlie Glotzbach AAG Racing Pontiac Allen s Glass 35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet Amoco 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 47 Jack Pennington R Close Racing Oldsmobile Kanawha Insurance 48 Ben Hess Winkle Motorsports Pontiac ACDelco 50 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Chevrolet Auto Value 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka Seltzer 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac Heinz 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Phillips 66 TropArtic 68 Mike Chase TriStar Motorsports Pontiac Freymiller Trucking 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Big Apple Market 72 Tracy Leslie Parker Racing Oldsmobile Detroit Gasket 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Dinner Bell Foods 77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford Jasper Engines amp Transmissions 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac Evinrude Outboard Motors 90 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford Donlavey Racing 91 Ed Cooper Ed Cooper Racing Oldsmobile Refrigeration Sales 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet KrogerQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Saturday August 18 at 11 00 AM 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 August 18 at 1 30 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 41 147 and an average speed of 174 982 miles per hour 281 606 km h in the first round 6 7 Two drivers would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 41 147 174 982 2 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 41 265 174 482 3 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 41 304 174 317 4 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 41 402 173 905 5 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 41 484 173 561 6 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 41 503 173 481 7 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 41 515 173 431 8 17 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 41 539 173 331 9 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 41 556 173 260 10 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 41 572 173 193 11 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 41 573 173 189 12 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 41 649 172 873 13 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 41 674 172 770 14 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 41 732 172 529 15 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 41 740 172 496 16 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 41 814 172 191 17 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 41 821 172 162 18 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 41 838 172 092 19 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 41 839 172 088 20 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 41 856 172 018 Failed to lock in Round 1 21 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 41 887 171 891 22 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 41 888 171 887 23 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 41 892 171 871 24 50 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Chevrolet 41 892 171 871 25 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 41 909 171 801 26 20 Rob Moroso R Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 41 921 171 752 27 68 Mike Chase TriStar Motorsports Pontiac 41 940 171 674 28 48 Ben Hess Winkle Motorsports Pontiac 41 943 171 662 29 47 Jack Pennington R Close Racing Oldsmobile 41 958 171 600 30 90 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford 41 984 171 494 31 35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 42 014 171 371 32 22 Rick Mast U S Racing Pontiac 42 045 171 245 33 77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford 42 069 171 147 34 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 42 074 171 127 35 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 42 122 170 932 36 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 42 182 170 689 37 91 Ed Cooper Ed Cooper Racing Oldsmobile 42 190 170 657 38 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 42 247 170 426 39 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 42 284 170 277 40 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 42 378 169 899 Provisional 41 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 42 629 168 899 Failed to qualify 42 72 Tracy Leslie Parker Racing Oldsmobile 42 472 169 523 43 34 Charlie Glotzbach AAG Racing Pontiac 43 675 164 854 Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 5 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 200 72 running 185 71 200 2 8 17 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 4 running 175 41 600 3 6 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 200 32 running 170 33 900 4 2 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 200 22 running 165 27 000 5 39 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 155 20 607 6 10 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 200 0 running 150 19 325 7 9 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 200 3 running 151 18 750 8 7 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 50 running 147 19 400 9 21 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 200 1 running 143 13 550 10 16 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 200 0 running 134 14 825 11 1 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 200 0 running 130 13 000 12 38 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 200 0 running 127 9 600 13 11 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 200 0 running 124 14 300 14 36 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 200 0 running 121 10 900 15 20 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 200 0 running 118 9 075 16 18 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 200 1 running 120 13 250 17 12 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 200 9 running 117 11 900 18 41 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 199 1 running 114 9 150 19 13 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 199 0 running 106 10 650 20 4 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 199 0 running 103 9 450 21 17 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 198 0 running 100 8 225 22 14 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 198 0 running 97 5 125 23 30 90 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford 198 0 running 94 5 025 24 27 68 Mike Chase TriStar Motorsports Pontiac 198 0 running 91 4 925 25 40 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 197 0 running 88 7 875 26 26 20 Rob Moroso R Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 197 0 running 85 5 425 27 25 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 195 0 running 82 5 475 28 31 35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 192 0 running 79 4 575 29 19 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 186 0 steering 76 7 225 30 34 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 181 0 engine 73 7 125 31 28 48 Ben Hess Winkle Motorsports Pontiac 169 0 accident 70 4 275 32 15 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 162 0 accident 67 7 900 33 22 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 128 5 engine 69 4 725 34 23 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 127 0 oil line 61 4 025 35 3 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 113 0 engine 58 6 775 36 32 22 Rick Mast U S Racing Pontiac 103 0 engine 55 3 950 37 33 77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford 102 0 accident 52 3 925 38 29 47 Jack Pennington R Close Racing Oldsmobile 73 0 oil pan 49 4 150 39 24 50 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Chevrolet 65 0 valve 46 3 890 40 35 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19 0 engine 43 10 875 41 37 91 Ed Cooper Ed Cooper Racing Oldsmobile 17 0 rocker arm 40 3 875 Failed to qualify 42 72 Tracy Leslie Parker Racing Oldsmobile 43 34 Charlie Glotzbach AAG Racing Pontiac Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 Mark Martin 2 854 nbsp 2 Dale Earnhardt 2 806 48 nbsp 3 Geoff Bodine 2 700 154 nbsp 4 Rusty Wallace 2 579 275 nbsp 1 5 Morgan Shepherd 2 491 363 nbsp 1 6 Bill Elliott 2 472 382 nbsp 2 7 Kyle Petty 2 451 403 nbsp 1 8 Ricky Rudd 2 410 444 nbsp 1 9 Ken Schrader 2 361 493 nbsp 3 10 Davey Allison 2 243 611 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Higgins Tom August 20 1990 Martin Seizes Command Part 1 The Charlotte Observer p 9 Retrieved March 31 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom August 20 1990 Martin Seizes Command Part 2 The Charlotte Observer p 13 Retrieved March 31 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Crowe Steve August 20 1990 Martin tunes in tunes out field Part 1 Detroit Free Press p 23 Retrieved March 31 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Crowe Steve August 20 1990 Martin tunes in tunes out field Part 2 Detroit Free Press p 25 Retrieved March 31 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp NASCAR today The Charlotte Observer August 18 1990 p 78 Retrieved March 31 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom August 19 1990 Pole Start A Boost Part 1 The Charlotte Observer p 77 Retrieved March 31 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom August 19 1990 Pole Start A Boost Part 2 The Charlotte Observer p 78 Retrieved March 31 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1990 Budweiser at The Glen NASCAR Winston Cup Series1990 season Next race 1990 Busch 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1990 Champion Spark Plug 400 amp oldid 1159180108, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,