Champion 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1989

Rusty Wallace

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Rusty Wallace won the 1989 Champion 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1989, leading 162 of 200 laps. Morgan Shepherd finished second; Harry Gant rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1989

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1989

Winner

Rusty Wallace

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	200	—	Running	162	185
2	7	+5	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	200	—	Running	7	175
3	21	+18	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	200	—	Running	4	170
4	26	+22	Hut Stricklin	Osterlund Motorsports	200	—	Running	3	165
5	1	-4	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	2	160
6	18	+12	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	200	—	Running	1	155
7	11	+4	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	200	—	Running	—	146
8	16	+8	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	200	—	Running	—	142
9	4	-5	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	200	—	Running	2	143
10	3	-7	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	200	—	Running	9	139
11	6	-5	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	199	—	Running	3	135
12	29	+17	Jimmy Spencer	Baker-Schiff Racing	199	—	Running	—	127
13	9	-4	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	199	—	Running	—	124
14	34	+20	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	199	—	Running	—	121
15	25	+10	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	198	—	Running	—	118
16	36	+20	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	198	—	Running	—	115
17	15	-2	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	198	—	Running	—	112
18	17	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	198	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	197	—	Running	—	106
20	38	+18	Tracy Leslie	A.J. Foyt Racing	197	—	Running	—	103
21	23	+2	Joe Ruttman	Lake Speed Racing	197	—	Running	—	0
22	31	+9	Butch Miller	Miller Racing	197	—	Running	—	97
23	32	+9	Jim Sauter	Bob Tullius (Owner)	196	—	Running	—	94
24	35	+11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	196	—	Running	—	91
25	13	-12	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	196	—	Running	—	88
26	24	-2	Chad Little	Donlavey Racing	196	—	Running	—	85
27	33	+6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	195	—	Running	—	82
28	40	+12	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	194	—	Running	—	79
29	39	+10	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	193	—	Running	—	76
30	37	+7	Rick Jeffrey	TriStar Motorsports	191	—	Running	—	73
31	22	-9	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	190	—	Running	1	75
32	5	-27	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	186	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	20	-13	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	177	—	Running	—	64
34	10	-24	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	172	—	Running	—	61
35	28	-7	Greg Sacks	Winkle Motorsports	158	—	Running	—	58
36	12	-24	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	128	—	DNF	—	55
37	19	-18	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	119	—	DNF	6	57
38	27	-11	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	119	—	DNF	—	49
39	8	-31	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	103	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	14	-26	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	69	—	DNF - Engine	—	43