Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1990

Morgan Shepherd

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Morgan Shepherd won the 1990 Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1990, leading 64 of 328 laps. Geoffrey Bodine finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1990

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1990

Winner

Morgan Shepherd

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	20	+19	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	328	—	Running	64	180
2	2	—	Geoffrey Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	328	—	Running	46	175
3	6	+3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	328	—	Running	42	170
4	21	+17	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	328	—	Running	—	160
5	5	—	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	327	—	Running	35	160
6	11	+5	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	327	—	Running	—	150
7	8	+1	Ernie Irvan	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	327	—	Running	—	146
8	3	-5	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	327	—	Running	2	147
9	1	-8	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	327	—	Running	30	143
10	19	+9	Greg Sacks	Hendrick Motorsports	326	—	Running	—	134
11	14	+3	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	326	—	Running	—	130
12	18	+6	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	326	—	Running	2	132
13	15	+2	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	326	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	326	—	Running	—	121
15	9	-6	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	326	—	Running	94	128
16	10	-6	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	325	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	324	—	Running	—	112
18	7	-11	Brett Bodine	King Racing	323	—	Running	—	109
19	12	-7	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	323	—	Running	—	106
20	29	+9	Dave Mader III	Bahre Racing	323	—	Running	—	103
21	24	+3	Terry Labonte	Precision Products Racing	323	—	Running	—	100
22	31	+9	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	323	—	Running	—	97
23	16	-7	Chuck Bown	Tex Racing	322	—	Running	—	94
24	23	-1	Steve Grissom	Moroso Racing	322	—	Running	—	91
25	4	-21	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	321	—	Running	13	93
26	26	—	Ted Musgrave	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	319	—	Running	—	85
27	37	+10	Chad Little	Little Racing	318	—	Running	—	82
28	28	—	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	316	—	Running	—	79
29	25	-4	Rick Mast	Travis Carter Enterprises	316	—	Running	—	76
30	38	+8	Rodney Combs	Mueller Brothers Racing	315	—	Running	—	73
31	39	+8	Jim Sauter	HL Waters (Owner)	310	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	33	+1	Pancho Carter	Paul Romine (Owner)	298	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	34	+1	Rick Wilson	RahMoc Enterprises	291	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	36	+2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	267	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	40	+5	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	234	—	DNF	—	58
36	32	-4	Jack Pennington	Close Racing	228	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	13	-24	Dick Trickle	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	167	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	35	-3	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	132	—	DNF	—	49
39	41	+2	Jim Bown	Osterlund Motorsports	56	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	17	-23	Bobby Hamilton	TriStar Motorsports	28	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	30	-11	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	12	—	DNF - Engine	—	40