Coca-Cola 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1989

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1989 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1989, leading 87 of 400 laps. Sterling Marlin finished second; Ken Schrader rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1989

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1989

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

12 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	400	—	Running	87	180
2	18	+16	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	400	—	Running	17	175
3	3	—	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	400	—	Running	1	170
4	13	+9	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	399	—	Running	—	160
5	15	+10	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	399	—	Running	12	160
6	2	-4	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	399	—	Running	53	155
7	25	+18	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	399	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	398	—	Running	—	142
9	27	+18	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	397	—	Running	—	138
10	9	-1	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	397	—	Running	—	134
11	41	+30	Rick Mast	Mach 1 Racing	396	—	Running	—	130
12	22	+10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	396	—	Running	—	127
13	31	+18	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	395	—	Running	—	124
14	26	+12	Hut Stricklin	Osterlund Motorsports	395	—	Running	—	121
15	36	+21	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	394	—	Running	—	118
16	42	+26	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	394	—	Running	—	115
17	33	+16	Kyle Petty	Hendrick Motorsports	392	—	Running	—	112
18	39	+21	Chad Little	Donlavey Racing	392	—	Running	—	109
19	11	-8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	391	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Ben Hess	Hess Racing	388	—	Running	—	103
21	35	+14	Terry Byers	Byers Racing	379	—	Running	—	100
22	21	-1	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	377	—	Running	—	97
23	1	-22	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	371	—	DNF - Engine	138	104
24	20	-4	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	364	—	Running	—	91
25	29	+4	Tracy Leslie	A.J. Foyt Racing	360	—	DNF	—	88
26	37	+11	Jerry O'Neil	Aroneck Racing	353	—	Running	—	85
27	7	-20	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	333	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	24	-4	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	331	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	16	-13	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	330	—	DNF	—	76
30	19	-11	Greg Sacks	Baker-Schiff Racing	320	—	DNF - Crash	2	78
31	6	-25	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	306	—	DNF - Engine	22	75
32	23	-9	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	303	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	17	-16	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	298	—	DNF - Engine	1	69
34	32	-2	Allan Grice	Allan Grice Racing	294	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	5	-30	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	292	—	Running	15	63
36	40	+4	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	242	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	38	+1	Jim Sauter	Bob Clark Motorsports	236	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	14	-24	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	223	—	DNF - Engine	2	54
39	12	-27	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	186	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	8	-32	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	148	—	DNF - Engine	50	48
41	34	-7	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	113	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	28	-14	Butch Miller	Miller Racing	24	—	DNF	—	37