1989 Daytona 500

The 1989 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 31st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 19, 1989, before an audience of 150,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Gambling on fuel mileage, Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip would manage to run the last 53 laps on one tank of fuel to take his 74th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his first and only Daytona 500 victory, and his first victory of the season.[1][2][3][4] To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.

1989 Daytona 500
Race details
Race 1 of 29 in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1989 Daytona 500 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott.
The 1989 Daytona 500 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott.
Date February 19, 1989
Official name 31st Annual Daytona 500
Location Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed 148.466 miles per hour (238.933 km/h)
Attendance 150,000
Pole position
Driver
Hendrick Motorsports
Time 45.686
Most laps led
Driver Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 114
Winner
No. 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network CBS
Announcers Ken Squier, Chris Economaki, Ned Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

Background
The layout of Daytona International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

Entry list
  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Chevrolet J. W. Exley Lumber
1 Doug Heveron Ellington Racing Buick Ellington 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
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 Ken Bouchard Whitcomb Racing Pontiac Simoniz
11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
14 A. J. Foyt 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
19 Ronnie Sanders Gray Racing Chevrolet Hamby Chevrolet
21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile Peak Antifreeze
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
31 Jim Sauter Bob Clark Motorsports Pontiac Slender You Figure Salons
32 Philip Duffie Duffie Racing Buick Bob Beard Buick
33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
34 Charlie Glotzbach AAG Racing Buick Allen's Glass
39 Ricky Woodward Wangerin Racing Ford Moen Incorporated
40 Ben Hess (R) Hess Racing Oldsmobile Hess Racing
41 Jim Bown Bown Racing Chevrolet Rose Auto Wrecking
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
45 Joe Ruttman CalCar Motorsports Pontiac Schaefer Beer, Machinists Union
48 Mickey Gibbs[N 1] (R) Winkle Motorsports Pontiac GMAC
49 Tony Spanos 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
59 Mark Gibson Gibson Racing Pontiac Ingalls Construction
66 Rick Mast (R) Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet Mach 1 Racing
67 Brad Teague[N 1] Arrington Racing Pontiac Arrington Racing
68 Derrike Cope Testa Racing Pontiac Purolator
69 Lee Raymond LC Racing Ford LC Racing
70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Rumple Furniture
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Lifebuoy
73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile Barkdoll Racing
74 Randy LaJoie Wawak Racing Pontiac Wawak Racing
75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Valvoline
77 Connie Saylor Ragan Racing Ford Ragan Racing
80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Pontiac Miles Concrete
83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile Kraft Dinner
84 Mike Alexander Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller High Life
85 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet James Chevrolet
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 Purolator
93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Chevrolet Salmon Racing
94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco
95 Trevor Boys Sadler Racing Chevrolet Sadler Racing

Qualifying

Qualifying was set by the 1989 Twin 125 Qualifiers. The top two positions were set by qualifying speeds held for the Twin 125 Qualifiers held on Saturday, February 11, with the top two qualifiers in the session earning the top two positions for the Daytona 500. The rest of the starting was set in the Twin 125 Qualifiers, held on Thursday, February 16 during two races. The top 14 finishers in the first race, excluding the pole position winner, would set the inside row from rows two to 15, and the top 14 finishers in the second race, excluding the outside pole position winner, would set the outside row from rows two to 15. The remaining non-qualifiers would set positions 31-40 based on qualifying speeds from the first qualifying session held on Saturday. If needed, up to two extra provisionals were given to teams high enough in the previous season's owner's standings that did not qualify for the race by either qualifying speed or from the Twin 125 Qualifiers.

Ken Schrader, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 45.686 and an average speed of 196.996 miles per hour (317.034 km/h) in Saturday's session.[7]

18 drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results
Pos. # Driver Team Make Reason
1 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Qualified on pole
2 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Qualified on outside pole
3 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Second in Twin 125 #1
4 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford First in Twin 125 #2
5 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Third in Twin 125 #1
6 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Second in Twin 125 #2
7 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile Fourth in Twin 125 #1
8 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Third in Twin 125 #2
9 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Fifth in Twin 125 #1
10 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Fourth in Twin 125 #2
11 66 Rick Mast (R) Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet Sixth in Twin 125 #1
12 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile Fifth in Twin 125 #2
13 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Seventh in Twin 125 #1
14 16 Larry Pearson (R) Pearson Racing Buick Sixth in Twin 125 #2
15 10 Ken Bouchard Whitcomb Racing Pontiac Eighth in Twin 125 #1
16 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Seventh in Twin 125 #2
17 45 Joe Ruttman CalCar Motorsports Pontiac Ninth in Twin 125 #1
18 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford Ninth in Twin 125 #2
19 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Tenth in Twin 125 #1
20 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Tenth in Twin 125 #2
21 69 Lee Raymond LC Racing Ford 11th in Twin 125 #1
22 84 Mike Alexander Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 11th in Twin 125 #2
23 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 12th in Twin 125 #1
24 14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 12th in Twin 125 #2
25 93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Chevrolet 13th in Twin 125 #1
26 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 13th in Twin 125 #2
27 19 Ronnie Sanders Gray Racing Chevrolet 14th in Twin 125 #1
28 90 Chad Little (R) Donlavey Racing Ford 14th in Twin 125 #2
29 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 15th in Twin 125 #1
30 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 15th in Twin 125 #2
31 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (191.906)
32 40 Ben Hess (R) Hess Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (191.217)
33 2 Ernie Irvan U.S. Racing Pontiac Speed provisional (190.585)
34 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Owner's points provisional
35 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac Speed provisional (190.694)
36 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick Owner's points provisional
37 88 Greg Sacks Baker–Schiff Racing Pontiac Speed provisional (190.521)
38 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Speed provisional (194.611)
39 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (192.230)
40 4 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile Speed provisional (192.287)
41 23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (191.583)
42 67 Mickey Gibbs (R) Arrington Racing Pontiac Speed provisional (190.428)
Failed to qualify or withdrew
43 74 Randy LaJoie Wawak Racing Pontiac 16th in Twin 125 #1
44 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 17th in Twin 125 #2
45 57 Hut Stricklin (R) Osterlund Racing Pontiac 17th in Twin 125 #1
46 59 Mark Gibson Gibson Racing Pontiac 18th in Twin 125 #1
47 41 Jim Bown Bown Racing Chevrolet 18th in Twin 125 #2
48 77 Connie Saylor Ragan Racing Ford 19th in Twin 125 #2
49 80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Pontiac 19th in Twin 125 #1
50 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 20th in Twin 125 #2
51 34 Charlie Glotzbach AAG Racing Buick 25th in Twin 125 #1
52 85 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 22nd in Twin 125 #2
53 49 Tony Spanos Hylton Motorsports Buick 26th in Twin 125 #1
54 31 Jim Sauter Bob Clark Motorsports Pontiac 23rd in Twin 125 #2
55 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Chevrolet 27th in Twin 125 #1
56 68 Derrike Cope Testa Racing Pontiac 24th in Twin 125 #2
57 32 Philip Duffie Duffie Racing Buick 25th in Twin 125 #2
58 95 Trevor Boys Sadler Racing Chevrolet 27th in Twin 125 #2
59 1 Doug Heveron Ellington Racing Buick 29th in Twin 125 #2
60 39 Ricky Woodward Wangerin Racing Ford 30th in Twin 125 #2
WD 48 Mickey Gibbs (R) Winkle Motorsports Pontiac Lack of backup car
Official Twin 125 Qualifiers results
Official starting lineup

Race results
Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 2 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 25 running 180 $184,900
2 1 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 114 running 180 $182,700
3 8 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 3 running 170 $95,550
4 10 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 9 running 165 $79,250
5 7 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 200 12 running 160 $70,325
6 11 66 Rick Mast (R) Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 200 9 running 155 $52,525
7 9 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 200 6 running 151 $52,325
8 40 4 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 200 7 running 147 $47,325
9 4 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 200 3 running 143 $68,400
10 41 23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile 200 2 running 139 $31,725
11 6 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 199 0 running 130 $47,325
12 12 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 199 0 running 127 $30,000
13 17 45 Joe Ruttman CalCar Motorsports Pontiac 199 0 running 0 $24,505
14 14 16 Larry Pearson (R) Pearson Racing Buick 199 0 running 121 $23,915
15 3 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 199 0 running 118 $44,900
16 15 10 Ken Bouchard Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 198 0 running 115 $23,180
17 34 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 198 0 running 112 $19,335
18 35 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 197 0 running 109 $24,790
19 36 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 197 2 running 111 $19,120
20 19 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 197 1 running 108 $20,785
21 23 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 197 1 running 105 $18,825
22 32 40 Ben Hess (R) Hess Racing Oldsmobile 196 0 running 97 $14,300
23 37 88 Greg Sacks Baker–Schiff Racing Pontiac 196 0 running 94 $15,595
24 29 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 193 0 running 91 $13,640
25 16 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 193 0 running 88 $22,985
26 21 69 Lee Raymond LC Racing Ford 189 0 running 0 $13,530
27 22 84 Mike Alexander Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 188 0 running 82 $16,275
28 27 19 Ronnie Sanders Gray Racing Chevrolet 184 0 running 79 $12,570
29 18 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 177 0 valve 76 $16,015
30 39 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 150 0 running 73 $14,010
31 31 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 143 2 accident 75 $10,855
32 20 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 131 0 running 67 $15,000
33 5 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 110 0 accident 64 $23,445
34 42 67 Mickey Gibbs (R) Arrington Racing Pontiac 76 0 engine 61 $9,940
35 13 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 72 0 accident 58 $24,310
36 28 90 Chad Little (R) Donlavey Racing Ford 72 0 accident 55 $11,605
37 30 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 72 0 accident 52 $10,650
38 24 14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 41 4 shocks 54 $11,970
39 26 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 39 0 accident 46 $13,335
40 25 93 Charlie Baker Salmon Racing Chevrolet 39 0 accident 43 $10,450
41 33 2 Ernie Irvan U.S. Racing Pontiac 8 0 engine 40 $9,275
42 38 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 2 0 oil line 37 $11,800
Failed to qualify or withdrew
43 74 Randy LaJoie Wawak Racing Pontiac
44 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac
45 57 Hut Stricklin (R) Osterlund Racing Pontiac
46 59 Mark Gibson Gibson Racing Pontiac
47 41 Jim Bown Bown Racing Chevrolet
48 77 Connie Saylor Ragan Racing Ford
49 80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Pontiac
50 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac
51 34 Charlie Glotzbach AAG Racing Buick
52 85 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet
53 49 Tony Spanos Hylton Motorsports Buick
54 31 Jim Sauter Bob Clark Motorsports Pontiac
55 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Chevrolet
56 68 Derrike Cope Testa Racing Pontiac
57 32 Philip Duffie Duffie Racing Buick
58 95 Trevor Boys Sadler Racing Chevrolet
59 1 Doug Heveron Ellington Racing Buick
60 39 Ricky Woodward Wangerin Racing Ford
WD 48 Mickey Gibbs (R) Winkle Motorsports Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

Notes
  1. In a practice session on Tuesday, February 14, Mickey Gibbs would crash his car beyond repair. As Winkle Motorsports did not have a backup car, the team withdrew, with Gibbs negotiating a deal to buy out Brad Teague's ride and qualifying time from Saturday, February 11, from team owner Buddy Arrington.[5] In Gibbs' qualifying race, Gibbs would crash Arrington's car beyond repair, but was still able to qualify for the race using the speed that Teague had set. Negotiating a deal with an owner-driver who did not qualify for the race, Jimmy Means, Gibbs would agree to rent out Means' car in order to race the event.[6]

References
  1. Higgins, Tom (February 20, 1989). "Waltrip Triumphs At Daytona (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 17. Retrieved June 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. Higgins, Tom (February 20, 1989). "Waltrip Triumphs At Daytona (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 21. Retrieved June 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. Coble, Don (February 20, 1989). "No. 17 a charm for Waltrip (Part 1)". Florida Today. p. 17. Retrieved June 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. Coble, Don (February 20, 1989). "No. 17 a charm for Waltrip (Part 2)". Florida Today. p. 18. Retrieved June 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. Harris, Mike (February 15, 1989). "Petty and Gibbs need strong runs". Sun Journal. p. 9. Retrieved June 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. Coble, Don (February 19, 1989). "Experts favor Wallace in 500". Florida Today. p. 32. Retrieved June 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  7. Higgins, Tom (February 12, 1989). "Schrader Takes Pole Position For 500-Miler". The Charlotte Observer. p. 74. Retrieved June 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
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