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1992 Budweiser 500

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1992 Budweiser 500
Race details
Race 11 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1992 Budweiser 500 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott, Junior Johnson. and Tim Brewer.
The 1992 Budweiser 500 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott, Junior Johnson. and Tim Brewer.
Date May 31, 1992
Official name 24th Annual Budweiser 500
Location Dover, Delaware, Dover Downs International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance 500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed 109.456 miles per hour (176.152 km/h)
Attendance 77,000
Pole position
Driver King Racing
Time 24.422
Most laps led
Driver Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports
Laps 104
Winner
No. 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network TNN
Announcers Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1992 Budweiser 500 was the 11th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 31, 1992, before an audience of 77,000 in Dover, Delaware at Dover Downs International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. Running on fumes, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would manage to save enough fuel to coast to the finish to take his 17th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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The layout of Dover Downs International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Entry list

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  • (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 & 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 & 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
32 Jimmy Horton Active Motorsports Chevrolet Active Trucking
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
41 Greg Sacks 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 Rumple Furniture
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Jimmy Means Racing
53 Graham Taylor Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Jimmy Means Racing
55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Oldsmobile Jasper Engines & Transmissions
56 Jerry Hill Hill Motorsports Pontiac Bell Motors
59 Andy Belmont (R) Pat Rissi Racing Ford FDP Brakes
65 Jerry O'Neil Aroneck Racing Oldsmobile Aroneck Racing
66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile Country Time
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Maxx Race Cards
77 Mike Potter Balough Racing Chevrolet Kenova Golf Course Construction
85 D. K. Ulrich Aroneck Racing Oldsmobile Aroneck Racing
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Ford Sunoco

Qualifying

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Qualifying was originally scheduled to be split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, May 29, at 3:00 PM EST. Originally, the first 20 positions were going to be determined by first round qualifying, with positions 21-40 meant to be determined the following day on Saturday, May 30.[3] However, due to rain, the second round was cancelled. As a result, the rest of the starting lineup was set using the results from the first round.[4]

Brett Bodine, driving for King Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.422 and an average speed of 147.408 miles per hour (237.230 km/h).[5]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 24.422 147.408
2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 24.490 146.999
3 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 24.498 146.951
4 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 24.565 146.550
5 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 24.584 146.437
6 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 24.589 146.407
7 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 24.596 146.365
8 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 24.610 146.282
9 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 24.665 145.956
10 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 24.682 145.855
11 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 24.703 145.731
12 66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 24.727 145.590
13 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 24.757 145.413
14 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 24.776 145.302
15 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 24.779 145.284
16 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 24.786 145.243
17 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 24.813 145.085
18 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 24.818 145.056
19 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 24.837 144.945
20 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 24.852 144.858
21 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 24.856 144.834
22 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 24.871 144.747
23 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 24.933 144.387
24 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 24.967 144.190
25 9 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford 24.980 144.115
26 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 24.992 144.046
27 41 Greg Sacks Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25.044 143.747
28 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 25.073 143.581
29 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 25.077 143.558
30 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 25.131 143.249
31 32 Jimmy Horton Active Motorsports Chevrolet 25.619 140.521
32 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 25.916 138.910
33 77 Mike Potter Balough Racing Chevrolet 26.084 138.016
34 65 Jerry O'Neil Aroneck Racing Oldsmobile 26.091 137.979
35 59 Andy Belmont (R) Pat Rissi Racing Ford 26.490 135.900
36 56 Jerry Hill Hill Motorsports Pontiac 27.418 131.301
Provisionals
37 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford - -
38 53 Graham Taylor Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac - -
39 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac - -
40 85 D. K. Ulrich Aroneck Racing Oldsmobile - -
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 15 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 500 41 running 180 $65,145
2 24 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 52 running 175 $43,720
3 14 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 499 0 running 165 $25,795
4 9 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 499 46 running 165 $29,445
5 4 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 499 104 running 165 $25,140
6 13 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 498 58 running 155 $21,215
7 23 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 498 58 running 151 $26,490
8 12 66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 498 0 running 142 $13,140
9 20 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 498 0 running 138 $14,340
10 7 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 498 52 running 139 $18,040
11 21 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 497 0 running 130 $17,090
12 37 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 497 3 running 132 $14,590
13 8 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 496 0 running 124 $14,290
14 10 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 496 0 running 121 $11,890
15 3 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 495 0 running 118 $11,690
16 26 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 495 0 running 115 $11,390
17 5 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 494 0 running 112 $10,940
18 29 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 494 0 running 109 $11,525
19 27 41 Greg Sacks Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 491 0 running 106 $7,240
20 17 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 489 0 running 103 $10,790
21 18 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 474 4 engine 105 $9,990
22 31 32 Jimmy Horton Active Motorsports Chevrolet 474 0 running 97 $5,090
23 6 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 470 0 running 94 $14,040
24 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 470 64 running 96 $13,890
25 19 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 435 0 crash 88 $6,690
26 25 9 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford 412 0 transmission 85 $7,890
27 28 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 308 0 engine 82 $6,490
28 33 77 Mike Potter Balough Racing Chevrolet 266 0 valve 79 $4,790
29 16 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 252 0 crash 76 $9,340
30 1 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 247 18 engine 78 $12,765
31 32 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 201 0 engine 70 $4,640
32 22 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 190 0 crash 67 $9,140
33 11 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 145 0 crash 64 $6,065
34 30 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 143 0 crash 61 $5,990
35 39 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac 118 0 handling 58 $4,290
36 34 65 Jerry O'Neil Aroneck Racing Oldsmobile 59 0 brakes 55 $4,265
37 35 59 Andy Belmont (R) Pat Rissi Racing Ford 59 0 oil leak 52 $4,490
38 36 56 Jerry Hill Hill Motorsports Pontiac 39 0 ignition 49 $4,190
39 40 85 D. K. Ulrich Aroneck Racing Oldsmobile 21 0 vibration 46 $4,165
40 38 53 Graham Taylor Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 14 0 vibration 43 $4,140
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Higgins, Tom (June 1, 1992). "Gant literally coasts to Bud 500 title". The Rock Island Argus. p. 22. Retrieved January 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Owen, Mike (June 1, 1992). "Ageless Gant coasts to Budweiser win". Alabama Journal. p. 16. Retrieved January 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. May 29, 1992. p. 42. Retrieved January 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Higgins, Tom (May 31, 1992). "Rain postpones Grand National, threatens today's Winston Cup race". The Charlotte Observer. p. 37. Retrieved January 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ Harris, Mike (May 30, 1992). "Brett Bodine stays out of troubles, zips to top spot at Dover". Messenger-Inquirer. p. 11. Retrieved January 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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