The 1992 Mountain Dew Southern 500 was the 21st stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 43rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 6, 1992, before an audience of 70,000 in Darlington, South Carolina, at Darlington Raceway, a 1.366 miles (2.198 km) permanent egg-shaped oval racetrack. The race was shortened from its scheduled 367 laps to 293 due to rain. In the final laps of the race, owner-driver Darrell Waltrip and his team decided to pit for fuel only on the final pit stop, contrary to most, who had pitted for tires and fuel. With a shorter pit stop, he was able to lead the final six laps before the red flag was put out to stop the race, with NASCAR officials deciding to end the race early, handing Waltrip the victory. The victory was Waltrip's 84th and final career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third and final victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Junior Johnson & Associates driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third, respectively.
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 4, 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, September 5, 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[3] 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. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.
Sterling Marlin, driving for Junior Johnson & Associates, would win the pole, setting a time of 30.309 and an average speed of 162.249 miles per hour (261.114 km/h) in the first round.[4]
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The 1992 Mountain Dew Southern 500 was the 21st stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 43rd iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday September 6 1992 before an audience of 70 000 in Darlington South Carolina at Darlington Raceway a 1 366 miles 2 198 km permanent egg shaped oval racetrack The race was shortened from its scheduled 367 laps to 293 due to rain In the final laps of the race owner driver Darrell Waltrip and his team decided to pit for fuel only on the final pit stop contrary to most who had pitted for tires and fuel With a shorter pit stop he was able to lead the final six laps before the red flag was put out to stop the race with NASCAR officials deciding to end the race early handing Waltrip the victory The victory was Waltrip s 84th and final career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third and final victory of the season 1 2 To fill out the top three Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Junior Johnson amp Associates driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third respectively 1992 Mountain Dew Southern 500Race detailsRace 21 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1992 Southern 500 program cover feautring Davey Allison and Richard Petty DateSeptember 6 1992Official name43rd Annual Mountain Dew Southern 500LocationDarlington Raceway Darlington South CarolinaCoursePermanent racing facility1 366 mi 2 221 km Distance298 laps 407 068 mi 655 112 km Scheduled Distance367 laps 501 322 mi 806 799 km Average speed129 114 miles per hour 207 789 km h Attendance70 000Pole positionDriverSterling MarlinJunior Johnson amp AssociatesTime30 309Most laps ledDriverHarry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsLaps91WinnerNo 17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsTelevision in the United StatesNetworkESPNAnnouncersBob Jenkins Ned Jarrett Benny ParsonsRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor Racing NetworkContents 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 Darlington Raceway the venue where the race was held Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington South Carolina It is nicknamed The Lady in Black and The Track Too Tough to Tame by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as A NASCAR Tradition It is of a unique somewhat egg shaped design an oval with the ends of very different configurations a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars handling in a way that is effective at both ends Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac Miller Genuine Draft 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Hooters 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Snickers 9 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford Melling Racing 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford Budweiser 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet Raybestos 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr Roush Racing Ford Keystone 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Western Auto 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford Maxwell House 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford Quaker State 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil 31 Bobby Hillin Jr Team Ireland Chevrolet Team Ireland 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit 41 Dick Trickle Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg s Frosted Flakes 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac McElroy s Flower Shop 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac CAS Inc 53 John McFadden Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Jimmy Means Racing 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Oldsmobile Jasper Engines amp Transmissions 59 Andy Belmont R Pat Rissi Racing Ford FDP Brakes 66 Jimmy Hensley R Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Phillips 66 TropArtic 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile Country Time 71 Jim Sauter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Marcis Auto Racing 77 Mike Potter Balough Racing Buick Lance Inc 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Ford Purex 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile SunocoQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday September 4 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 September 5 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 3 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 If needed a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion s provisional adding one more spot to the field Sterling Marlin driving for Junior Johnson amp Associates would win the pole setting a time of 30 309 and an average speed of 162 249 miles per hour 261 114 km h in the first round 4 No drivers would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 30 309 162 249 2 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 30 357 161 992 3 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30 370 161 923 4 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 30 411 161 705 5 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 30 419 161 662 6 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 30 436 161 572 7 66 Jimmy Hensley R Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 30 482 161 328 8 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 30 523 161 111 9 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 30 547 160 985 10 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 30 566 160 885 11 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 30 580 160 811 12 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr Roush Racing Ford 30 592 160 748 13 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30 644 160 475 14 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 30 644 160 475 15 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 30 648 160 454 16 31 Bobby Hillin Jr Team Ireland Chevrolet 30 649 160 449 17 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 30 658 160 402 18 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30 675 160 313 19 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 30 693 160 219 20 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 30 713 160 115 Failed to lock in Round 1 21 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 30 764 159 849 22 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 30 816 159 579 23 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 30 819 159 564 24 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford 30 831 159 502 25 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 30 966 158 806 26 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 31 034 158 458 27 9 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford 31 055 158 351 28 41 Dave Marcis Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 162 157 808 29 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 31 202 157 606 30 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 31 203 157 600 31 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 31 351 156 856 32 71 Jim Sauter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 31 676 155 247 33 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Ford 31 888 154 215 34 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 32 135 153 029 35 59 Andy Belmont R Pat Rissi Racing Ford 33 175 148 232 36 77 Mike Potter Balough Racing Buick 37 53 John McFadden Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 38 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac Official first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 5 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 298 6 running 180 66 030 2 25 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 298 26 running 175 41 355 3 4 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 298 4 running 170 32 620 4 8 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 298 0 running 160 23 260 5 6 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 298 72 running 160 38 845 6 17 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 298 21 running 155 19 055 7 30 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 298 0 running 146 16 310 8 9 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 298 0 running 142 17 890 9 21 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 298 7 running 143 17 060 10 18 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 297 3 running 139 18 470 11 23 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 297 0 running 130 13 985 12 19 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 297 0 running 127 10 690 13 3 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 297 0 running 124 16 600 14 15 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 297 0 running 121 13 210 15 7 66 Jimmy Hensley R Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 297 0 running 118 11 320 16 11 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 297 91 running 125 18 600 17 16 31 Bobby Hillin Jr Team Ireland Chevrolet 297 0 running 112 6 880 18 28 41 Dave Marcis Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 296 0 running 109 9 205 19 10 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 295 0 running 106 11 725 20 31 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 295 0 running 103 12 055 21 24 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford 293 0 running 100 11 920 22 34 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 284 0 running 97 5 900 23 20 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 280 0 running 94 10 630 24 12 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr Roush Racing Ford 276 0 running 91 7 355 25 2 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 266 10 transmission 93 15 395 26 33 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Ford 253 0 running 85 5 335 27 14 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 242 0 running 82 6 875 28 1 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 241 57 running 84 13 265 29 13 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 241 0 running 76 16 555 30 29 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 225 1 crank 78 9 520 31 26 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 224 0 crash 70 9 310 32 35 59 Andy Belmont R Pat Rissi Racing Ford 212 0 ignition 67 4 670 33 36 77 Mike Potter Balough Racing Buick 164 0 engine 64 4 605 34 27 9 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford 135 0 crash 61 4 570 35 22 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 102 0 engine 58 8 985 36 32 71 Jim Sauter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 47 0 engine 55 5 900 37 38 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac 13 0 engine 52 4 330 38 37 53 John McFadden Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 3 0 vibration 49 4 290 Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 Bill Elliott 3 116 nbsp 2 Davey Allison 2 997 119 nbsp 3 Alan Kulwicki 2 955 161 nbsp 4 Harry Gant 2 876 240 nbsp 5 Mark Martin 2 779 337 nbsp 6 Kyle Petty 2 737 379 nbsp 4 7 Darrell Waltrip 2 703 413 nbsp 1 8 Ricky Rudd 2 667 449 nbsp 2 9 Dale Earnhardt 2 646 470 nbsp 2 10 Morgan Shepherd 2 609 507 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Harris Mike September 7 1992 Race called Waltrip wins rain shortened event The Beaufort Gazette p 14 Retrieved February 5 2023 nbsp McKee Sandra September 7 1992 Waltrip completes Big Four bonanza The Baltimore Sun p 41 Retrieved February 5 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp NASCAR today The Charlotte Observer September 4 1992 p 13 Retrieved February 5 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Harris Mike September 5 1992 Marlin takes fifth pole of year in Southern 500 The Times and Democrat p 15 Retrieved February 5 2023 nbsp Previous race 1992 Bud 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1992 season Next race 1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 Richmond Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1992 Mountain Dew Southern 500 amp oldid 1137541249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
