DieHard 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1990

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1990 DieHard 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1990, leading 134 of 188 laps. Bill Elliott finished second; Sterling Marlin rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1990

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1990

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

13 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	188	—	Running	134	185
2	9	+7	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	188	—	Running	21	175
3	14	+11	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	188	—	Running	10	170
4	5	+1	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	188	—	Running	—	160
5	25	+20	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	188	—	Running	—	155
6	16	+10	Ernie Irvan	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	188	—	Running	—	150
7	21	+14	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	188	—	Running	—	146
8	3	-5	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	188	—	Running	3	147
9	4	-5	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	188	—	Running	—	138
10	17	+7	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	187	—	Running	4	139
11	39	+28	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	187	—	Running	—	130
12	6	-6	Rob Moroso	Moroso Racing	187	—	Running	1	132
13	15	+2	Jimmy Horton	Hendrick Motorsports	187	—	Running	—	124
14	41	+27	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	187	—	Running	—	121
15	7	-8	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	187	—	Running	1	123
16	24	+8	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	186	—	DNF - Crash	—	115
17	13	-4	Geoffrey Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	186	—	Running	3	117
18	38	+20	Greg Sacks	Hendrick Motorsports	186	—	Running	—	109
19	33	+14	Chad Little	Little Racing	186	—	Running	—	106
20	2	-18	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	186	—	Running	4	108
21	32	+11	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	186	—	Running	1	105
22	30	+8	Mickey Gibbs	Don Gibbs Racing	186	—	Running	—	97
23	27	+4	Jack Pennington	Close Racing	186	—	Running	—	94
24	31	+7	Jimmy Spencer	Osterlund Motorsports	186	—	Running	—	91
25	28	+3	Bill Venturini	Venturini Motorsports	185	—	Running	—	88
26	10	-16	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	185	—	Running	—	85
27	29	+2	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	185	—	Running	4	87
28	35	+7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	183	—	Running	—	79
29	42	+13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	183	—	Running	—	76
30	23	-7	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	180	—	DNF	—	73
31	40	+9	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	178	—	Running	—	70
32	26	-6	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	149	—	DNF - Engine	1	72
33	18	-15	Brett Bodine	King Racing	148	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	19	-15	Butch Miller	Travis Carter Enterprises	144	—	DNF - Engine	1	66
35	37	+2	Rick Wilson	RahMoc Enterprises	133	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	20	-16	Dick Trickle	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	132	—	Running	—	55
37	12	-25	Stanley Smith	TriStar Motorsports	54	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	34	-4	Tracy Leslie	Parker Racing	54	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	22	-17	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	51	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	36	-4	Buddy Baker	Donlavey Racing	47	—	DNF	—	43
41	8	-33	Phil Parsons	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	25	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	11	-31	Terry Labonte	Precision Products Racing	6	—	DNF - Engine	—	37