Heinz Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1989

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1989 Heinz Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1989, leading 153 of 367 laps. Mark Martin finished second; Ricky Rudd rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1989

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1989

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	367	—	Running	153	185
2	3	+1	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	367	—	Running	—	170
3	8	+5	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	367	—	Running	—	165
4	5	+1	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	367	—	Running	94	165
5	2	-3	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	367	—	Running	5	160
6	6	—	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	367	—	Running	83	155
7	4	-3	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	367	—	Running	4	151
8	18	+10	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	367	—	Running	—	142
9	24	+15	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	366	—	Running	—	138
10	16	+6	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	365	—	Running	1	139
11	13	+2	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	365	—	Running	—	130
12	7	-5	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	365	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	364	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	364	—	Running	—	121
15	19	+4	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	363	—	Running	1	123
16	11	-5	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	363	—	Running	—	115
17	14	-3	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	363	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	362	—	Running	—	109
19	29	+10	Hut Stricklin	Osterlund Motorsports	362	—	Running	—	106
20	26	+6	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	361	—	Running	—	103
21	31	+10	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	360	—	Running	—	100
22	9	-13	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	359	—	Running	3	102
23	21	-2	Rodney Combs	Lake Speed Racing	351	—	Running	—	0
24	20	-4	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	325	—	Running	—	91
25	12	-13	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	320	—	Running	—	88
26	34	+8	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	309	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	35	+8	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	295	—	Running	—	82
28	30	+2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	286	—	DNF - Crash	6	84
29	17	-12	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	225	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	32	+2	Joe Ruttman	Douglas Smith (Owner)	224	—	DNF	—	73
31	37	+6	Johnny McFadden	John McFadden (Owner)	213	—	DNF	—	70
32	1	-31	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	184	—	DNF - Engine	17	72
33	28	-5	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	167	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	38	+4	Mike Potter	O.C. Welch (Owner)	137	—	DNF	—	61
35	33	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	91	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	36	—	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	90	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	27	-10	Jimmy Spencer	Baker-Schiff Racing	80	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	22	-16	Greg Sacks	Winkle Motorsports	21	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	39	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	13	—	DNF - Engine	—	46