Hours after the race, 1990 NASCAR Rookie of the Year contender Rob Moroso was killed in a drunk-driving crash, with Moroso speeding into another car at around 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) according to The Charlotte Observer, killing Moroso and nursing assistant Tammy Williams. Moroso's blood alcohol content at the time of the crash was found to be over twice the North Carolina legal limit of 0.1, with Moroso's BAC coming in as a 0.22.[5][6]
North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about five miles east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi (1.006 km) and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch. It has previously held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races. The track, a NASCAR original, operated from 1949, NASCAR's inception, until the track's original closure in 1996. The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races before closing again in the spring of 2011. It was re-opened in August 2022 for grassroots racing.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 28, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top ten 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, September 29, at 12:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 11-30 would be decided on time,[7] 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.
Kyle Petty, driving for SABCO Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 19.332 and an average speed of 116.387 miles per hour (187.307 km/h) in the first round.[8][9]
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
Referencesedit
^Higgins, Tom (October 1, 1990). "Martin Dials Right Numbers To Shake Earnhardt, Keep Lead (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 21. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (October 1, 1990). "Martin Dials Right Numbers To Shake Earnhardt, Keep Lead (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 28. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^King, Randy (October 1, 1990). "Martin gets Holly Farms 400 win (Part 1)". The Roanoke Times. p. 14. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^King, Randy (October 1, 1990). "Martin gets Holly Farms 400 win (Part 2)". The Roanoke Times. p. 16. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (October 2, 1990). "Speeding Rookie Loses Control, Killing Woman (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 1. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (October 2, 1990). "Speeding Rookie Loses Control, Killing Woman (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 10. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (September 29, 1990). "K. Petty On Pole At N. Wilkesboro (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 29. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (September 29, 1990). "K. Petty On Pole At N. Wilkesboro (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 32. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1990 Tyson Holly Farms 400 was the 25th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 41st iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday September 30 1990 before an audience of 39 000 in North Wilkesboro North Carolina at the North Wilkesboro Speedway a 0 625 miles 1 006 km oval short track The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete In the final laps of the race Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to mount a late race charge to maintain his driver s championship lead over second place finisher and driver in the driver s championship Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt The victory was Martin s fourth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and third and final victory of the season 1 2 3 4 1990 Tyson Holly Farms 400Race detailsRace 25 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1990 Tyson Holly Farms 400 program cover featuring Geoff Bodine DateSeptember 30 1990Official name41st Annual Tyson Holly Farms 400LocationNorth Wilkesboro Speedway North Wilkesboro North CarolinaCoursePermanent racing facility0 625 mi 1 006 km Distance400 laps 250 mi 402 336 km Scheduled Distance400 laps 250 mi 402 336 km Average speed93 818 miles per hour 150 985 km h Attendance39 000Pole positionDriverKyle PettySABCO RacingTime19 332Most laps ledDriverDale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingLaps291WinnerNo 6Mark MartinRoush RacingTelevision in the United StatesNetworkESPNAnnouncersBob Jenkins Ned Jarrett Benny ParsonsRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor Racing Network Hours after the race 1990 NASCAR Rookie of the Year contender Rob Moroso was killed in a drunk driving crash with Moroso speeding into another car at around 75 miles per hour 121 km h according to The Charlotte Observer killing Moroso and nursing assistant Tammy Williams Moroso s blood alcohol content at the time of the crash was found to be over twice the North Carolina legal limit of 0 1 with Moroso s BAC coming in as a 0 22 5 6 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 North Wilkesboro Speedway the venue where the race was held North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U S Route 421 about five miles east of the town of North Wilkesboro North Carolina or 80 miles north of Charlotte It measures 0 625 mi 1 006 km and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch It has previously held races in NASCAR s top three series including 93 Winston Cup Series races The track a NASCAR original operated from 1949 NASCAR s inception until the track s original closure in 1996 The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races before closing again in the spring of 2011 It was re opened in August 2022 for grassroots racing Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal 2 Ron Esau U S Racing Pontiac U S Racing 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 Darrell Waltrip 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 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 40 Tommy Kendall Reno Enterprises Chevrolet Electronic Data Systems 41 Larry Pearson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet General Motors Auctions 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 47 Jack Pennington R Close Racing Oldsmobile Kanawha Insurance 51 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet Plasti Kote 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 70 J D McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Run A Bout Auto Sales 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Big Apple Market 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Dinner Bell Foods 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco 98 Rick Mast Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet Galaxy Food CentersQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday September 28 at 3 00 PM EST Each driver would have one lap to set a time During the first round the top ten 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 September 29 at 12 00 PM EST As with the first round each driver would have one lap to set a time For this specific race positions 11 30 would be decided on time 7 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 Kyle Petty driving for SABCO Racing would win the pole setting a time of 19 332 and an average speed of 116 387 miles per hour 187 307 km h in the first round 8 9 Five drivers would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 19 332 116 387 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 19 372 116 147 3 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 19 389 116 045 4 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 19 416 115 884 5 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 19 417 115 878 6 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 19 428 115 812 7 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 19 434 115 776 8 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19 468 115 574 9 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19 472 115 551 10 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 19 473 115 545 Failed to lock in Round 1 11 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19 477 115 521 12 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 19 488 115 456 13 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 19 516 115 290 14 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 19 523 115 249 15 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19 530 115 207 16 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 19 531 115 201 17 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 19 541 115 143 18 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 19 558 115 042 19 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 19 577 114 931 20 98 Rick Mast Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 19 577 114 931 21 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 19 582 114 901 22 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 19 587 114 872 23 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 19 602 114 784 24 51 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 19 626 114 644 25 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 19 642 114 550 26 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 19 653 114 486 27 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 19 677 114 347 28 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 19 697 114 231 29 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 19 742 113 970 30 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 19 751 113 918 Provisionals 31 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 19 776 113 774 32 20 Rob Moroso R Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 19 773 113 792 Failed to qualify 33 41 Larry Pearson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 70 J D McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 35 40 Tommy Kendall Reno Enterprises Chevrolet 36 2 Ron Esau U S Racing Pontiac 37 47 Jack Pennington R Close Racing Oldsmobile Official first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 400 39 running 180 52 875 2 8 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 291 running 180 32 075 3 12 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 400 0 running 165 18 750 4 7 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 400 0 running 160 16 775 5 9 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 6 running 160 15 325 6 23 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 400 0 running 150 10 007 7 11 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 0 running 146 14 125 8 16 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 400 0 running 142 13 325 9 6 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 400 0 running 138 7 125 10 1 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 399 64 running 139 18 025 11 15 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 399 0 running 130 6 650 12 26 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 399 0 running 127 6 350 13 3 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 399 0 running 124 6 075 14 18 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 399 0 running 121 5 875 15 10 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 398 0 running 118 6 350 16 19 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 398 0 running 115 9 950 17 28 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 397 0 running 112 4 025 18 22 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 396 0 running 109 5 300 19 4 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 396 0 running 106 5 150 20 27 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 395 0 running 103 4 325 21 32 20 Rob Moroso R Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 394 0 running 100 4 200 22 25 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 393 0 running 97 6 900 23 31 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 390 0 running 94 4 750 24 29 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 390 0 running 91 2 600 25 14 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 383 0 running 88 4 775 26 13 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 383 0 running 85 9 200 27 5 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 334 0 running 82 5 350 28 17 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 327 0 running 79 8 150 29 21 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 194 0 accident 76 5 025 30 30 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 128 0 rocker arm 73 2 375 31 24 51 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 100 0 brakes 70 2 375 32 20 98 Rick Mast Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 17 0 accident 67 2 375 Failed to qualify 33 41 Larry Pearson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 70 J D McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 35 40 Tommy Kendall Reno Enterprises Chevrolet 36 2 Ron Esau U S Racing Pontiac 37 47 Jack Pennington R Close Racing Oldsmobile Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 Mark Martin 3 869 nbsp 2 Dale Earnhardt 3 853 16 nbsp 3 Geoff Bodine 3 475 394 nbsp 4 Bill Elliott 3 413 465 nbsp 5 Rusty Wallace 3 363 506 nbsp 6 Kyle Petty 3 143 726 nbsp 7 Ricky Rudd 3 123 746 nbsp 8 Ernie Irvan 3 084 785 nbsp 1 9 Ken Schrader 3 054 815 nbsp 1 10 Morgan Shepherd 3 042 827 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Higgins Tom October 1 1990 Martin Dials Right Numbers To Shake Earnhardt Keep Lead Part 1 The Charlotte Observer p 21 Retrieved April 8 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom October 1 1990 Martin Dials Right Numbers To Shake Earnhardt Keep Lead Part 2 The Charlotte Observer p 28 Retrieved April 8 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp King Randy October 1 1990 Martin gets Holly Farms 400 win Part 1 The Roanoke Times p 14 Retrieved April 8 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp King Randy October 1 1990 Martin gets Holly Farms 400 win Part 2 The Roanoke Times p 16 Retrieved April 8 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom October 2 1990 Speeding Rookie Loses Control Killing Woman Part 1 The Charlotte Observer p 1 Retrieved April 8 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom October 2 1990 Speeding Rookie Loses Control Killing Woman Part 2 The Charlotte Observer p 10 Retrieved April 8 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp NASCAR today The Charlotte Observer September 28 1990 p 57 Retrieved April 8 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom September 29 1990 K Petty On Pole At N Wilkesboro Part 1 The Charlotte Observer p 29 Retrieved April 8 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom September 29 1990 K Petty On Pole At N Wilkesboro Part 2 The Charlotte Observer p 32 Retrieved April 8 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1990 Goody s 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1990 season Next race 1990 Mello Yello 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org 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