Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1989

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1989 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1989, leading 25 of 200 laps. Ken Schrader finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 15 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1989

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1989

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

15 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	25	180
2	1	-1	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	114	180
3	8	+5	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	200	—	Running	3	170
4	10	+6	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	9	165
5	7	+2	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	200	—	Running	12	160
6	11	+5	Rick Mast	Mach 1 Racing	200	—	Running	9	155
7	9	+2	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	200	—	Running	6	151
8	40	+32	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	200	—	Running	7	147
9	4	-5	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	200	—	Running	3	143
10	41	+31	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	200	—	Running	2	139
11	6	-5	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	199	—	Running	—	130
12	12	—	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	127
13	17	+4	Joe Ruttman	Chuck Wellings (Owner)	199	—	Running	—	0
14	14	—	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	199	—	Running	—	121
15	3	-12	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	199	—	Running	—	118
16	15	-1	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	198	—	Running	—	115
17	34	+17	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	198	—	Running	—	112
18	35	+17	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	197	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	197	—	Running	2	111
20	19	-1	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	197	—	Running	1	108
21	23	+2	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	197	—	Running	1	105
22	32	+10	Ben Hess	Hess Racing	196	—	Running	—	97
23	37	+14	Greg Sacks	Baker-Schiff Racing	196	—	Running	—	94
24	29	+5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	193	—	Running	—	91
25	16	-9	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	193	—	Running	—	88
26	21	-5	Lee Raymond	LC Racing	189	—	Running	—	0
27	22	-5	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	188	—	Running	—	82
28	27	-1	Ronnie Sanders	Gray Racing	184	—	Running	—	79
29	18	-11	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	177	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	39	+9	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	150	—	Running	—	73
31	31	—	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Motorsports	143	—	DNF - Crash	2	75
32	20	-12	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	131	—	Running	—	67
33	5	-28	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	110	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	42	+8	Mickey Gibbs	Jimmy Means Racing	76	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	13	-22	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	72	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	28	-8	Chad Little	Donlavey Racing	72	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	30	-7	Rodney Combs	Mueller Brothers Racing	72	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	24	-14	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	41	—	DNF	4	54
39	26	-13	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	39	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	25	-15	Charlie Baker	Salmon Racing	39	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	33	-8	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	8	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	38	-4	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	2	—	DNF	—	37