1989 Goody's 500

The 1989 Goody's 500 was the 24th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 41st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 24, 1989, in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 miles (0.847 km) permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. In the closing stages of the race, Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip would make a late-race charge to the front, passing for the lead with 47 laps left in the race. Afterwards, Jackson Bros. Motorsports driver Harry Gant would make an attempted charge before a caution came out with two laps left in the race, ending the race and handing Waltrip the victory.[1][2][3][4] The victory was Waltrip's 79th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his sixth and final victory of the season. To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Harry Gant and Stavola Brothers Racing driver Dick Trickle would finish second and third, respectively.

1989 Goody's 500
Race details
Race 24 of 29 in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1989 Goody's 500 program cover.
The 1989 Goody's 500 program cover.
Date September 24, 1989
Official name 41st Annual Goody's 500
Location Ridgeway, Virginia, Martinsville Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Scheduled Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Average speed 76.571 miles per hour (123.229 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Richard Childress Racing
Time 20.602
Most laps led
Driver Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing
Laps 198
Winner
No. 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

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

Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

Entry list
  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
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 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac Purolator
11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
16 Larry Pearson (R) Pearson Racing Buick Chattanooga Chew
17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
21 Tommy Ellis Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
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
33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
48 Greg Sacks Winkle Motorsports Pontiac Dinner Bell Foods
51 Butch Miller (R) Miller Racing Chevrolet Miller Racing
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
70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Rumple Furniture
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Lifebuoy
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 Jimmy Spencer (R) Baker–Schiff Racing Pontiac Crisco
94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 22, 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 23, at 12:30 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-30 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.

Jimmy Hensley, who was replacing the regular driver for Richard Childress Racing, Dale Earnhardt, would win the pole, setting a time of 20.602 and an average speed of 91.913 miles per hour (147.920 km/h) in the first round.[6][7]

Three drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results
Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 3 Jimmy Hensley[N 1] Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20.602 91.913
2 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.620 91.833
3 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.648 91.709
4 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 20.738 91.311
5 84 Dick Trickle (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 20.799 91.043
6 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 20.803 91.025
7 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 20.839 90.868
8 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 20.851 90.816
9 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 20.855 90.798
10 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 20.858 90.785
11 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 20.872 90.724
12 16 Larry Pearson (R) Pearson Racing Buick 20.877 90.703
13 2 Ernie Irvan U.S. Racing Pontiac 20.892 90.638
14 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 20.914 90.542
15 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 20.935 90.451
16 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 20.960 90.344
17 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 20.977 90.270
18 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 20.989 90.219
19 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 20.990 90.214
20 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 21.004 90.154
Failed to lock in Round 1
21 25 Ken Schrader[N 2] Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.855 90.798
22 4 Rick Wilson[N 3] Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 21.017 90.098
23 48 Greg Sacks Winkle Motorsports Pontiac 21.038 90.009
24 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 21.060 89.915
25 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 21.067 89.885
26 21 Tommy Ellis Wood Brothers Racing Ford 21.074 89.855
27 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 21.087 89.799
28 57 Hut Stricklin (R) Osterlund Racing Pontiac 21.176 89.422
29 51 Butch Miller (R) Miller Racing Chevrolet 21.189 89.367
30 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 21.237 89.165
Provisionals
31 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 21.247 89.123
32 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 21.367 88.623
Failed to qualify
33 88 Jimmy Spencer (R) Baker–Schiff Racing Pontiac -* -*
34 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet -* -*
35 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac -* -*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results
Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 2 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 118 running 180 $55,650
2 24 33 Harry Gant Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 500 0 running 170 $33,802
3 5 84 Dick Trickle (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 500 1 running 170 $22,250
4 20 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 500 198 running 170 $18,875
5 25 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 500 96 running 160 $15,125
6 13 2 Ernie Irvan U.S. Racing Pontiac 500 6 running 155 $7,275
7 16 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 500 0 running 146 $7,700
8 7 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 499 0 running 142 $10,900
9 1 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 499 74 running 143 $15,950
10 21 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 497 0 running 134 $11,700
11 6 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 496 0 running 130 $9,220
12 15 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 495 0 running 127 $6,070
13 19 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Pontiac 495 0 running 124 $4,120
14 32 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 494 0 running 121 $5,220
15 10 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 494 0 running 118 $12,620
16 3 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 493 0 running 115 $9,800
17 28 57 Hut Stricklin (R) Osterlund Racing Pontiac 490 0 running 112 $3,580
18 22 4 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 489 0 running 109 $4,705
19 23 48 Greg Sacks Winkle Motorsports Pontiac 486 0 running 106 $1,975
20 4 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 438 0 running 103 $6,675
21 17 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 429 0 running 100 $9,250
22 31 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 380 0 engine 97 $4,155
23 9 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 368 0 engine 94 $4,570
24 30 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 357 0 crash 91 $3,220
25 12 16 Larry Pearson (R) Pearson Racing Buick 356 0 running 88 $2,850
26 8 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 316 7 crash 90 $4,450
27 27 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 306 0 overheating 82 $3,775
28 14 75 Morgan Shepherd RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 288 0 rear end 79 $8,950
29 26 21 Tommy Ellis Wood Brothers Racing Ford 271 0 engine 0 $3,125
30 11 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 248 0 engine 73 $1,960
31 18 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 80 0 engine 70 $1,810
32 29 51 Butch Miller (R) Miller Racing Chevrolet 44 0 rear end 67 $1,610
Failed to qualify
33 88 Jimmy Spencer (R) Baker–Schiff Racing Pontiac
34 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet
35 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

Notes
  1. Jimmy Hensley would replace Dale Earnhardt in first-round qualifying due to traveling difficulties Earnhardt had experienced due to Hurricane Hugo.
  2. Tommy Houston would replace Ken Schrader in first-round qualifying due to traveling difficulties Schrader had experienced due to Hurricane Hugo.
  3. Brad Teague would replace Rick Wilson in first-round qualifying due to traveling difficulties Wilson had experienced due to Hurricane Hugo.

References
  1. Higgins, Tom (September 25, 1989). "Waltrip Passes Rivals To Gain Martinsville Win (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 53. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. Higgins, Tom (September 25, 1989). "Waltrip Passes Rivals To Gain Martinsville Win (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 60. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. Pearce, Al (September 25, 1989). "Waltrip captures Goody's 500, Gant takes 2nd (Part 1)". Daily Press. p. 19. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. Pearce, Al (September 25, 1989). "Waltrip captures Goody's 500, Gant takes 2nd (Part 2)". Daily Press. p. 24. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. "NASCAR Today". The Charlotte Observer. September 22, 1989. p. 52. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. Higgins, Tom (September 23, 1989). "This Tale Is For Real (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 45. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  7. Higgins, Tom (September 23, 1989). "This Tale Is For Real (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 58. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
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