Motorcraft 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1990

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1990 Motorcraft 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1990, leading 216 of 328 laps. Morgan Shepherd finished second; Ernie Irvan rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1990

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1990

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	328	—	Running	216	185
2	3	+1	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	328	—	Running	14	175
3	30	+27	Ernie Irvan	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	328	—	Running	1	170
4	14	+10	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	328	—	Running	10	165
5	17	+12	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	328	—	Running	—	155
6	5	-1	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	328	—	Running	3	155
7	10	+3	Geoffrey Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	328	—	Running	80	151
8	31	+23	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	327	—	Running	—	142
9	21	+12	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	327	—	Running	—	138
10	9	-1	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	326	—	Running	2	139
11	15	+4	Brett Bodine	King Racing	326	—	Running	—	130
12	7	-5	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	326	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	326	—	Running	—	124
14	11	-3	Dick Trickle	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	326	—	Running	—	121
15	6	-9	Jimmy Spencer	Osterlund Motorsports	325	—	Running	—	118
16	16	—	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	325	—	Running	—	115
17	29	+12	Rick Wilson	RahMoc Enterprises	324	—	Running	—	112
18	27	+9	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	322	—	Running	—	109
19	34	+15	Chad Little	Little Racing	322	—	Running	—	106
20	18	-2	Butch Miller	Travis Carter Enterprises	321	—	Running	—	103
21	22	+1	Buddy Baker	Donlavey Racing	319	—	Running	—	0
22	20	-2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	317	—	Running	—	97
23	25	+2	Mike Alexander	Bobby Allison Motorsports	317	—	Running	—	94
24	2	-22	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	316	—	DNF - Engine	1	96
25	32	+7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	315	—	Running	—	88
26	8	-18	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	312	—	Running	1	90
27	4	-23	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	307	—	Running	—	82
28	39	+11	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	300	—	Running	—	79
29	13	-16	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	255	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	40	+10	Jack Pennington	Close Racing	253	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	23	-8	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	251	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	35	+3	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	214	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	36	+3	Rob Moroso	Moroso Racing	149	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	24	-10	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	135	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	26	-9	Rick Mast	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	113	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	33	-3	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	101	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	38	+1	Hut Stricklin	TriStar Motorsports	84	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	19	-19	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	53	—	DNF	—	49
39	37	-2	Mickey Gibbs	Don Gibbs Racing	40	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	12	-28	Terry Labonte	Precision Products Racing	4	—	DNF - Engine	—	43