Motorcraft 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1989

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1989 Motorcraft 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1989, leading 29 of 328 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Dick Trickle rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1989

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1989

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	328	—	Running	29	180
2	5	+3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	328	—	Running	92	175
3	18	+15	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	328	—	Running	15	170
4	23	+19	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	327	—	Running	—	160
5	8	+3	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	326	—	Running	—	155
6	32	+26	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	326	—	Running	—	150
7	17	+10	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	325	—	Running	—	146
8	35	+27	Hut Stricklin	Osterlund Motorsports	324	—	Running	—	142
9	10	+1	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	324	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	323	—	Running	—	134
11	16	+5	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	323	—	Running	—	130
12	27	+15	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	323	—	Running	—	127
13	40	+27	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	320	—	Running	—	124
14	25	+11	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	319	—	Running	3	126
15	21	+6	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	316	—	Running	28	123
16	1	-15	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	316	—	Running	—	115
17	30	+13	Ben Hess	Hess Racing	315	—	Running	—	112
18	36	+18	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	314	—	Running	—	109
19	6	-13	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	312	—	DNF - Crash	2	111
20	13	-7	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	310	—	Running	—	103
21	14	-7	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	306	—	Running	—	100
22	38	+16	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	300	—	Running	—	97
23	41	+18	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	278	—	Running	—	94
24	15	-9	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	270	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	28	+3	Rick Mast	Mach 1 Racing	262	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	22	-4	Greg Sacks	Baker-Schiff Racing	257	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	24	-3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	257	—	DNF - Engine	9	87
28	20	-8	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	254	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	7	-22	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	240	—	Running	—	76
30	29	-1	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	233	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	3	-28	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	217	—	DNF - Engine	130	80
32	34	+2	Jim Sauter	Bob Clark Motorsports	166	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	12	-21	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	164	—	DNF - Crash	1	69
34	26	-8	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	160	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	33	-2	Chad Little	Donlavey Racing	101	—	DNF	—	58
36	11	-25	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	97	—	DNF - Engine	3	60
37	39	+2	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	56	—	DNF	—	52
38	2	-36	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	48	—	DNF - Engine	16	54
39	42	+3	Mickey Gibbs	Winkle Motorsports	30	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	9	-31	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	19	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	37	-4	Jim Bown	Bown Racing	10	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	31	-11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	9	—	DNF - Engine	—	37