Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1989

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1989 Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1989, leading 249 of 328 laps. Geoffrey Bodine finished second; Sterling Marlin rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1989

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1989

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	328	—	Running	249	185
2	7	+5	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	328	—	Running	—	170
3	6	+3	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	328	—	Running	5	170
4	2	-2	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	328	—	Running	38	165
5	8	+3	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	327	—	Running	1	160
6	16	+10	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	326	—	Running	—	150
7	29	+22	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	326	—	Running	—	146
8	24	+16	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	326	—	Running	—	142
9	26	+17	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	326	—	Running	—	138
10	22	+12	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	326	—	Running	—	134
11	23	+12	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	325	—	Running	—	130
12	10	-2	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	325	—	Running	—	127
13	1	-12	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	325	—	Running	—	124
14	33	+19	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	325	—	Running	1	126
15	4	-11	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	325	—	Running	—	118
16	37	+21	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	324	—	Running	—	115
17	21	+4	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	324	—	Running	—	112
18	28	+10	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	324	—	Running	—	109
19	34	+15	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	323	—	Running	—	106
20	11	-9	Hut Stricklin	Osterlund Motorsports	322	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Jim Sauter	Bob Tullius (Owner)	321	—	Running	—	100
22	40	+18	Rich Bickle	Bickle Racing	319	—	Running	—	97
23	14	-9	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	310	—	Running	—	94
24	39	+15	Jack Pennington	Close Racing	303	—	Running	—	91
25	18	-7	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	293	—	Running	3	93
26	30	+4	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	279	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	13	-14	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	278	—	Running	—	82
28	35	+7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	268	—	DNF	—	79
29	12	-17	Greg Sacks	Winkle Motorsports	257	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	20	-10	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	224	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	17	-14	Rick Mast	Mach 1 Racing	213	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	38	+6	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	198	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	42	+9	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	181	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	15	-19	Rob Moroso	Moroso Racing	169	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	9	-26	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	138	—	DNF - Engine	29	63
36	31	-5	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	94	—	DNF - Engine	2	60
37	19	-18	Jimmy Spencer	Baker-Schiff Racing	66	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	25	-13	Mickey Gibbs	Don Gibbs Racing	35	—	DNF	—	49
39	27	-12	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	35	—	DNF	—	46
40	5	-35	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	29	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	32	-9	Rodney Combs	Mueller Brothers Racing	10	—	DNF	—	40
42	41	-1	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	8	—	DNF - Engine	—	37