Checker 500

Phoenix Raceway — January 1, 1990

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

312

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1990 Checker 500 at Phoenix Raceway on January 1, 1990, leading 262 of 312 laps. Ken Schrader finished second; Morgan Shepherd rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1990

Track

Phoenix Raceway

Season

1990

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

2 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	312	—	Running	262	185
2	2	—	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	312	—	Running	—	170
3	30	+27	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	312	—	Running	—	165
4	10	+6	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	312	—	Running	—	160
5	12	+7	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	312	—	Running	—	155
6	11	+5	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	312	—	Running	—	150
7	7	—	Rick Mast	Travis Carter Enterprises	312	—	Running	—	146
8	13	+5	Geoffrey Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	312	—	Running	—	142
9	17	+8	Ernie Irvan	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	312	—	Running	—	138
10	8	-2	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	312	—	Running	—	134
11	4	-7	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	312	—	Running	—	130
12	6	-6	Greg Sacks	Hendrick Motorsports	312	—	Running	—	127
13	23	+10	Terry Labonte	Precision Products Racing	312	—	Running	—	124
14	20	+6	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	311	—	Running	—	121
15	16	+1	Brett Bodine	King Racing	311	—	Running	—	118
16	15	-1	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	310	—	Running	—	115
17	19	+2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	310	—	Running	—	112
18	40	+22	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing	310	—	Running	—	109
19	24	+5	Rick Wilson	RahMoc Enterprises	310	—	Running	—	106
20	32	+12	Bill Sedgwick	Spears Racing	310	—	Running	—	103
21	22	+1	Chad Little	Moroso Racing	309	—	Running	—	100
22	25	+3	Ted Musgrave	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	309	—	Running	—	97
23	36	+13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	308	—	Running	—	94
24	28	+4	Chuck Bown	Tex Racing	307	—	Running	—	91
25	42	+17	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	307	—	Running	—	88
26	18	-8	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	306	—	Running	—	85
27	31	+4	Rodney Combs	Mueller Brothers Racing	305	—	Running	—	82
28	41	+13	Jim Bown	Osterlund Motorsports	304	—	Running	—	79
29	38	+9	Brent Kaeding	Gerald Smith (Owner)	304	—	Running	—	76
30	21	-9	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	299	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	43	+12	John Krebs	KC Racing	293	—	Running	—	70
32	9	-23	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	293	—	Running	—	67
33	39	+6	Gary Collins	Marion Collins (Owner)	280	—	Running	—	64
34	33	-1	Mark Reed	James Reed (Owner)	269	—	DNF	—	61
35	37	+2	Troy Beebe	Allen Beebe	263	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	34	-2	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	256	—	DNF	—	55
37	26	-11	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	152	—	DNF	—	52
38	1	-37	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	77	—	DNF - Engine	50	54
39	35	-4	Mike Chase	Don Freymiller (Owner)	70	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	5	-35	Dick Trickle	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	68	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	27	-14	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	48	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	14	-28	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	47	—	DNF - Crash	—	37
43	29	-14	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	47	—	DNF - Crash	—	34