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1990 Pepsi 400

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1990 Pepsi 400
Race details
Race 15 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1990 Pepsi 400 program cover.
The 1990 Pepsi 400 program cover.
Date July 7, 1990
Official name 32nd Annual Pepsi 400
Location Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Scheduled Distance 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed 160.894 miles per hour (258.934 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time 46.028
Most laps led
Driver Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Laps 127
Winner
No. 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Ned Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1990 Pepsi 400 was the 15th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 7, 1990, in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 160 laps to complete. In a three-lap shootout to the finish, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to defend the field to complete a dominant performance throughout the race, leading 127 laps. The victory was Earnhardt's 44th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fifth victory of the season.[1][2][3][4] To fill out the top three, owner-driver Alan Kulwicki and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would finish second and third, respectively.

Heading into lap two of the race, a 23-car crash would occur on the track's front-stretch after Derrike Cope's car would accidentally scuff into the right side of Greg Sacks's car, sending Sacks loose into Richard Petty's car, sending Petty's car directly crashing in front of the oncoming field, triggering a major pileup, commonly referred to in NASCAR as a big one.[5]

Background

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The layout of Daytona International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal
01 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford Special Days Inn
2 Charlie Glotzbach U.S. Racing Pontiac Taco Bell
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile Kodak
5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Levi Garrett
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Folgers
06 Terry Byers Byers Racing Pontiac Byers Racing
7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Zerex
8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Snickers
9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Coors Light
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters
11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick Raybestos
14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile Copenhagen
15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
17 Darrell Waltrip[a] Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
18 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet SlimFast
19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Crown Central Petroleum
21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick Quaker State
27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac Miller Genuine Draft
28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Country Time
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
47 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile Kanawha Insurance
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka-Seltzer
57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac Heinz
66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Phillips 66 TropArtic
70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac McDuffie Racing
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Big Apple Market
72 Tracy Leslie Parker Racing Oldsmobile Detroit Gasket
73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile SlimFast
75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Dinner Bell Foods
82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford Auto Bell Car Wash
90 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford Publix
94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco
96 Philip Duffie Duffie Racing Buick Duffie Racing
98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet Banquet Foods

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, July 5, at 10:00 AM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Friday, July 6, at 11:00 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,[8] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two provisionals were given.

Greg Sacks, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 46.028 and an average speed of 195.533 miles per hour (314.680 km/h) in the first round.[9][10]

Three drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 18 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.028 195.533
2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 46.069 195.359
3 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 46.133 195.088
4 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 46.168 194.940
5 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.393 193.995
6 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.395 193.986
7 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 46.474 193.657
8 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 46.479 193.636
9 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.497 193.561
10 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 46.537 193.395
11 20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 46.662 192.876
12 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 46.714 192.662
13 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 46.735 192.575
14 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 46.781 192.386
15 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 46.795 192.328
16 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 46.818 192.234
17 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 46.856 192.078
18 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 46.972 191.604
19 14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 47.008 191.457
20 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 47.020 191.408
Failed to lock in Round 1
21 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 47.072 191.196
22 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 47.087 191.136
23 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 47.102 191.075
24 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 47.156 190.856
25 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 47.196 190.694
26 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 47.222 190.589
27 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 47.246 190.492
28 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 47.252 190.468
29 01 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford 47.308 190.243
30 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 47.335 190.134
31 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 47.347 190.086
32 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 47.399 189.877
33 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 47.420 189.793
34 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Pontiac 47.426 189.769
35 90 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford 47.502 189.466
36 47 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile 47.582 189.147
37 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 47.739 188.525
38 2 Charlie Glotzbach U.S. Racing Pontiac 48.237 186.579
39 06 Terry Byers Byers Racing Pontiac 48.799 184.430
40 96 Philip Duffie Duffie Racing Buick 48.933 183.925
Failed to qualify
41 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 49.361 182.331
42 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 49.781 180.792
43 72 Tracy Leslie Parker Racing Oldsmobile - -
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 3 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 127 running 185 $72,850
2 12 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 160 1 running 175 $38,700
3 6 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 2 running 170 $31,400
4 8 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 160 0 running 160 $23,450
5 13 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 160 15 running 160 $21,250
6 28 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 160 7 running 155 $16,832
7 16 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 160 1 running 151 $17,400
8 24 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 160 0 running 142 $13,500
9 11 20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 160 4 running 143 $11,000
10 10 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 159 0 running 134 $16,875
11 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 158 0 running 130 $14,490
12 22 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 158 0 running 127 $7,300
13 9 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 158 0 running 124 $10,135
14 25 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 158 0 running 121 $17,020
15 33 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 157 3 running 123 $10,030
16 27 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 155 0 running 115 $8,950
17 5 17 Jimmy Horton Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 155 0 running 112 $14,495
18 36 47 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile 152 0 running 109 $5,495
19 30 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 151 0 running 106 $9,125
20 34 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Pontiac 140 0 engine 103 $8,570
21 40 96 Philip Duffie Duffie Racing Buick 139 0 running 100 $4,710
22 20 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 138 0 running 97 $7,515
23 37 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 134 0 running 94 $5,270
24 17 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 133 0 running 91 $12,325
25 15 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 119 0 running 88 $12,730
26 21 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 118 0 running 85 $4,860
27 32 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 114 0 running 82 $4,140
28 18 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 100 0 running 79 $8,920
29 4 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 95 0 running 76 $12,525
30 35 90 Buddy Baker Donlavey Racing Ford 71 0 accident 73 $3,730
31 26 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 17 0 accident 70 $3,675
32 29 01 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford 13 0 accident 67 $3,645
33 14 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 6 0 accident 64 $6,310
34 31 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 2 0 accident 61 $6,260
35 38 2 Charlie Glotzbach U.S. Racing Pontiac 2 0 accident 58 $6,205
36 7 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1 0 accident 55 $4,900
37 1 18 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1 0 accident 52 $6,995
38 19 14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 1 0 accident 49 $3,480
39 23 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 1 0 accident 46 $6,060
40 39 06 Terry Byers Byers Racing Pontiac 1 0 accident 43 $3,505
Failed to qualify
41 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford
42 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac
43 72 Tracy Leslie Parker Racing Oldsmobile
Official race results

Standings after the race

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Notes

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  1. ^ Driver changed to Jimmy Horton for the race due to Waltrip suffering injuries in a practice session on Friday.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Higgins, Tom (July 8, 1990). "Earnhardt Stays Ahead Of Trouble, Field (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 89. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Higgins, Tom (July 8, 1990). "Earnhardt Stays Ahead Of Trouble, Field (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 98. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Coble, Don (July 8, 1990). "Earnhardt rules at Daytona (Part 1)". Florida Today. p. 29. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Coble, Don (July 8, 1990). "Earnhardt rules at Daytona (Part 2)". Florida Today. p. 30. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ Higgins, Tom (July 8, 1990). "Crash Sets Off Verbal 'Bombs'". The Charlotte Observer. p. 98. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Higgins, Tom (July 7, 1990). "Wreck Traps Waltrip (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 63. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ Higgins, Tom (July 7, 1990). "Wreck Traps Waltrip (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 72. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. July 4, 1991. p. 25. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ Higgins, Tom (July 6, 1990). "Sacks Cruises To First Pole – And It's Daytona (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 15. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ Higgins, Tom (July 6, 1990). "Sacks Cruises To First Pole – And It's Daytona (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 17. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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