Pontiac 400

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1989

Rusty Wallace

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Rusty Wallace won the 1989 Pontiac 400 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1989, leading 88 of 400 laps. Alan Kulwicki finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1989

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1989

Winner

Rusty Wallace

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	400	—	Running	88	180
2	4	+2	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	400	—	Running	108	175
3	6	+3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	400	—	Running	43	170
4	18	+14	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	400	—	Running	—	160
5	35	+30	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	399	—	Running	11	160
6	12	+6	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	399	—	Running	—	150
7	11	+4	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	399	—	Running	—	146
8	8	—	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	398	—	Running	—	142
9	15	+6	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	398	—	Running	—	138
10	9	-1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	397	—	Running	—	134
11	3	-8	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	397	—	Running	—	130
12	23	+11	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	397	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	397	—	Running	—	124
14	26	+12	Harry Gant	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	396	—	Running	—	121
15	29	+14	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	396	—	Running	—	118
16	16	—	Rick Mast	Mach 1 Racing	396	—	Running	—	115
17	5	-12	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	396	—	Running	—	112
18	1	-17	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	395	—	Running	126	119
19	7	-12	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	394	—	Running	—	106
20	36	+16	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	394	—	Running	—	103
21	28	+7	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	393	—	Running	—	100
22	17	-5	Chad Little	Donlavey Racing	392	—	Running	—	97
23	32	+9	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	390	—	Running	—	94
24	25	+1	Ben Hess	Hess Racing	385	—	Running	—	91
25	14	-11	Dick Trickle	Stavola Brothers Racing	377	—	DNF - Engine	1	93
26	10	-16	Butch Miller	Miller Racing	376	—	Running	—	85
27	20	-7	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	323	—	Running	23	87
28	13	-15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	275	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	34	+5	Mickey Gibbs	Winkle Motorsports	229	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	19	-11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	202	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	24	-7	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	152	—	DNF	—	70
32	21	-11	Rodney Combs	AAG Racing	133	—	DNF	—	67
33	30	-3	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	128	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	27	-7	Greg Sacks	Baker-Schiff Racing	87	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	31	-4	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	15	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	33	-3	Jim Sauter	Bob Clark Motorsports	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	55