1992 Tyson Holly Farms 400

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1992 Tyson Holly Farms 400
Race details
Race 25 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1992 Tyson Holly Farms 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
The 1992 Tyson Holly Farms 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
Date October 5, 1992
Official name 43rd Annual Tyson Holly Farms 400
Location North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
0.625 mi (1.006 km)
Distance 400 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km)
Scheduled Distance 400 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km)
Average speed 107.36 miles per hour (172.78 km/h)
Pole position
Driver AK Racing
Time 19.209
Most laps led
Driver Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering
Laps 181
Winner
No. 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1992 Tyson Holly Farms 400 was the 25th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 43rd iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, October 4, 1992, but was delayed to Monday, October 5 due to rain.[1] The race was held in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, a 0.625 miles (1.006 km) oval short track. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At the race's end, Bud Moore Engineering driver Geoff Bodine would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his 14th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season.[2][3] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would finish second and third, respectively.

Background[edit]

The layout of North Wilkesboro Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about five miles east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi (1.006 km) and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch. It has previously held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races. The track, a NASCAR original, operated from 1949, NASCAR's inception, until the track's original closure in 1996. The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races before closing again in the spring of 2011. It was re-opened in August 2022 for grassroots racing.

Entry list[edit]

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal
2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac Miller Genuine Draft
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak
5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Hooters
8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Snickers
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters
11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
12 Jeff Purvis Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet Raybestos
15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford Keystone
17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Western Auto
18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries
21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Maxwell House
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford Quaker State
28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
41 Dick Trickle Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
45 Rich Bickle Terminal Trucking Motorsports Ford Terminal Trucking
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Hurley Limo
55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions
66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford Country Time
71 Jim Sauter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Staley's Steakhouse
90 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford Norton's Yacht Sales
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco

Qualifying[edit]

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 2, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 15 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 Saturday, October 3, 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 16-30 would be decided on time,[4] 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 were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.

Alan Kulwicki, driving for his own AK Racing team, would win the pole, setting a time of 19.209 and an average speed of 117.133 miles per hour (188.507 km/h) in the first round.[5]

Jimmy Means was the only driver to fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results[edit]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 19.209 117.133
2 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 19.251 116.877
3 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 19.305 116.550
4 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 19.335 116.369
5 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.343 116.321
6 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 19.345 116.309
7 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 19.352 116.267
8 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 19.360 116.219
9 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 19.381 116.093
10 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 19.387 116.057
11 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 19.390 116.039
12 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 19.395 116.009
13 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19.408 115.932
14 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 19.438 115.753
15 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 19.447 115.699
Failed to lock in Round 1
16 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 19.459 115.628
17 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 19.470 115.562
18 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.480 115.503
19 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 19.502 115.373
20 66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 19.529 115.213
21 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 19.566 114.995
22 45 Rich Bickle Terminal Trucking Motorsports Ford 19.569 114.978
23 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 19.570 114.972
24 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford 19.591 114.849
25 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 19.594 114.831
26 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 19.603 114.778
27 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 19.622 114.667
28 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 19.670 114.387
29 41 Dave Marcis Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.672 114.376
30 90 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford 19.768 113.820
Provisionals
31 12 Jeff Purvis Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet -* -*
32 71 Jim Sauter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet -* -*
Failed to qualify
33 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac -* -*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results[edit]

Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 3 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 400 312 running 185 $71,625
2 16 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 400 2 running 175 $36,475
3 4 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 399 34 running 170 $20,325
4 2 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 399 14 running 165 $18,600
5 6 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 399 1 running 160 $20,000
6 8 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 399 0 running 150 $19,175
7 11 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 398 0 running 146 $13,780
8 7 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 398 0 running 142 $11,225
9 17 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 397 3 running 143 $14,350
10 10 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 397 0 running 134 $12,755
11 14 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 397 0 running 130 $14,875
12 1 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 397 34 running 132 $18,950
13 28 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 397 0 running 124 $14,300
14 25 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 397 0 running 121 $9,850
15 5 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 396 0 running 118 $12,275
16 23 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 396 0 running 115 $9,450
17 9 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 396 0 running 112 $9,100
18 12 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 396 0 running 109 $5,825
19 13 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 395 0 running 106 $15,350
20 22 45 Rich Bickle Terminal Trucking Motorsports Ford 395 0 running 103 $4,450
21 19 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 395 0 running 100 $8,550
22 26 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 394 0 running 97 $5,450
23 18 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 394 0 running 94 $12,450
24 27 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 393 0 running 91 $5,150
25 20 66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 392 0 running 88 $4,750
26 15 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 392 0 running 85 $11,300
27 21 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 390 0 running 82 $7,825
28 29 41 Dave Marcis Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 388 0 running 79 $4,735
29 32 71 Jim Sauter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 386 0 running 76 $4,700
30 30 90 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford 384 0 running 73 $5,100
31 24 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford 383 0 running 70 $8,625
32 31 12 Jeff Purvis Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 35 0 engine 67 $8,500
Failed to qualify
33 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Higgins, Tom (October 5, 1992). "Race washed out, will run today". The Charlotte Observer. p. 47. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Foreman Jr., Tom (October 6, 1992). "Bodine's Monday loneliness takes place on track". The Herald. p. 32. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Hamer, Jim (October 6, 1992). "Bodine blisters field". Asheville Citizen-Times. p. 23. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. October 2, 1992. p. 39. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ Foreman Jr., Tom (October 3, 1992). "Kulwicki takes pole for Holly Farm 400". The Times and Democrat. p. 17. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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