AC SparkPlug 500

Pocono Raceway — January 1, 1989

Bill Elliott

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1989 AC SparkPlug 500 at Pocono Raceway on January 1, 1989, leading 8 of 200 laps. Rusty Wallace finished second; Mark Martin rounded out the podium. The race featured 14 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1989

Track

Pocono Raceway

Season

1989

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

14 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	14	+13	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	200	—	Running	8	180
2	6	+4	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	200	—	Running	68	180
3	7	+4	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	200	—	Running	4	170
4	24	+20	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	19	165
5	8	+3	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	155
6	23	+17	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	200	—	Running	1	155
7	1	-6	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	7	151
8	12	+4	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	200	—	Running	—	142
9	3	-6	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	200	—	Running	3	143
10	5	-5	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	200	—	Running	—	134
11	29	+18	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	200	—	Running	16	135
12	36	+24	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	199	—	Running	2	129
14	11	-3	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	199	—	Running	16	126
15	21	+6	Jimmy Spencer	Baker-Schiff Racing	199	—	Running	—	118
16	30	+14	Jim Sauter	Bob Tullius (Owner)	199	—	Running	—	115
17	2	-15	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	199	—	Running	41	117
18	17	-1	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	198	—	Running	—	109
19	32	+13	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	198	—	Running	5	111
20	31	+11	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	198	—	Running	7	108
21	39	+18	Terry Byers	Byers Racing	197	—	Running	—	100
22	37	+15	Dick Johnson (Australia)	Dick Johnson Racing	196	—	Running	—	97
23	19	-4	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	195	—	Running	3	99
24	40	+16	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	195	—	Running	—	91
25	10	-15	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	192	—	Running	—	88
26	27	+1	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	164	—	Running	—	85
27	35	+8	Bob Schacht	Hakes-Welliver Racing	139	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	28	—	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	128	—	DNF	—	79
29	16	-13	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	127	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	15	-15	Greg Sacks	Winkle Motorsports	114	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	18	-13	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	111	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	38	+6	Eddie Bierschwale	Linro Motorsports	83	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	33	—	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	71	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	26	-8	Joe Ruttman	Douglas Smith (Owner)	60	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	20	-15	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	56	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	9	-27	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	45	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	34	-3	Hut Stricklin	Osterlund Motorsports	24	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	25	-13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	22	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	4	-35	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	10	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	13	-27	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	2	—	DNF - Engine	—	43