Budweiser 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1989

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1989 Budweiser 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1989, leading 456 of 500 laps. Mark Martin finished second; Ken Schrader rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1989

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1989

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	500	—	Running	456	185
2	1	-1	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	500	—	Running	2	175
3	5	+2	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	500	—	Running	22	170
4	15	+11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	500	—	Running	6	165
5	3	-2	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	500	—	Running	9	160
6	7	+1	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	500	—	Running	—	150
7	21	+14	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	499	—	Running	3	151
8	8	—	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	499	—	Running	—	142
9	12	+3	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	498	—	Running	—	138
10	25	+15	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	497	—	Running	—	134
11	14	+3	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	494	—	Running	—	130
12	31	+19	Hut Stricklin	Osterlund Motorsports	493	—	Running	—	127
13	26	+13	Bobby Hillin Jr.	BACE Motorsports	493	—	Running	—	124
14	6	-8	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	492	—	Running	—	121
15	9	-6	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	492	—	Running	—	118
16	32	+16	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	491	—	Running	—	115
17	23	+6	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	491	—	Running	—	112
18	19	+1	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	490	—	Running	—	109
19	11	-8	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	490	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	489	—	Running	—	103
21	18	-3	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	487	—	Running	—	100
22	16	-6	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	483	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	13	-10	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	482	—	Running	2	99
24	33	+9	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	477	—	Running	—	91
25	17	-8	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	444	—	Running	—	88
26	24	-2	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	434	—	Running	—	85
27	27	—	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	355	—	Running	—	82
28	28	—	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	304	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	10	-19	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	294	—	DNF	—	76
30	35	+5	Norm Benning	O'Neil Racing	226	—	DNF	—	73
31	29	-2	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	211	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	22	-10	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	171	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	4	-29	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	140	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	20	-14	Jimmy Spencer	Baker-Schiff Racing	75	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	34	-1	Bill Flowers	Hylton Engineering	2	—	DNF - Engine	—	58