1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

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1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mar 1, 2020 12:27:08 GMT -5

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Main changes from the previous season:

Buick left NASCAR, so Kenny Bernstein, Bobby Allison Motorsposrts, Stavola Brothers team switches to Ford, Stanley Smith switches to Chevrolet
Melling Racing loses his main sponsor and his driver: Bill Elliott, who joins in the #11 Ford of Junior Johnson. Phil Parsons will drive the #9 Ford for the first two races of the season.
Geoffrey Bodine: from #11 car of Junior Johnson, to Bud Moore Racing #15 car.
Morgan Shepherd: from Bud Moore Racing car #15, to Wood Brothers Racing #21 car
Dale Jarrett: joins in the rookie team Joe Gibbs Racing, driving the #18 Chevrolet
Bobby Hillin Jr: left Dick Moroso team to join in the Team Ireland #31 Chevy for a part time schedule
Moroso Racing: the #20 car became a part time ride.
At the beginning of the season there are no full-time ROTY contender.

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1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mar 7, 2020 8:52:48 GMT -5

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1992 Busch Clash

Entry list (starting position by random draw)

#2-Rusty Wallace (7°)
#3-Dale Earnhardt (10°)
#5-Ricky Rudd (5°)
#6-Mark Martin (11°)
#7-Alan Kulwicki (6°)
#8-Rick Wilson (2°)
#10-Derrick Cope (4°)
#11-Bill Elliott (9°)
#22-Sterling Marlin (3°)
#28-Davey Allison (1°)
#94-Terry Labonte (8°)

Race format: two segments 10 laps + 10 laps. The field is inverted at the end of the first segment.

Green flag!

Sterling Marlin leads the first lap of the season

Lap 5; Bill Elliott with his new Junior Johnson's ride takes the lead

Lap 8; now is the 1991 Winston Cup Series champion in the lead

Lap 10; Earnhardt beats at the line Terry Labonte in the first segment.

Green flag! Marlin and Rudd in the front row for the last segment

Lap 2; three wide for the lead between Marlin (left), Kulwicki (middle) and Wilson (right)

Lap 3; Kulwicki makes contact with Marlin and hits the wall out of turn 4, then the #7 car flips numerous times on the frontstretch. Kulwicki is out, while Rudd and Marlin are damaged but able to continue

Lap 7; green flag with 3 laps to go

Last lap; Martin passes Wallace and Earnhardt in turn 1, but the #2 Penske car is able to hold Martin on the back stretch.

Rusty Wallace wins the Busch Clash!

SEGMENT TWO RESULTS

1°-Rusty Wallace 115.280 mph
2°-Davey Allison    -0.10
3°-Mark Martin    -0.12
4°-Bill Elliott    -0.18
5°-Dale Earnhardt    -0.20
6°-Terry Labonte    -0.28
7°-Rick Wilson -0.28
8°-Derrick Cope -0.47
9°-Sterling Marlin    -12.58
10°-Ricky Rudd -19.54
11°-Alan Kulwicki    DNF

Most Laps led: Bill Elliott and Rick Wilson (6 laps)

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1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mar 7, 2020 9:19:42 GMT -5

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Daytona 500 qualifying Time trials

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	3	Dale Earnhardt	190.812
2	83	Lake Speed	190.711
3	25	Ken Schrader	190.678
4	6	Mark Martin	190.642
5	55	Ted Musgrave	190.521
6	13	Mike Skinner	190.227
7	7	Alan Kulwicki	190.183
8	8	Rick Wilson	190.086
9	17	Darrell Waltrip	190.018
10	2	Rusty Wallace	189.950
11	18	Dale Jarrett	189.802
12	66	Chad Little	189.802
13	11	Bill Elliott	189.710
14	43	Richard Petty	189.698
15	75	Dick Trickle	189.698
16	94	Terry Labonte	189.662
17	68	Bobby Hamilton	189.626
18	4	Ernie Irvan	189.602
19	16	Dallenbach Jr.	189.494
20	59	Andy Belmont	189.490
21	1	Rick Mast	189.446
22	9	Phil Parsons	189.422
23	42	Kyle Petty	189.418
24	95	Bob Schacht	189.410
25	0	Delma Cowart	189.382
26	52	Jimmy Means	189.330
27	22	Sterling Marlin	189.307
28	14	AJ Foyt	189.295
29	15	Geoffrey Bodine	189.247
30	10	Derrick Cope	189.104
31	5	Ricky Rudd	189.076
32	49	Stanley Smith	189.072
33	28	Davey Allison	189.064
34	30	Micheal Waltrip	189.060
35	47	Buddy Baker	189.056
36	12	Hut Stricklin	189.044
37	33	Harry Gant	188.600
38	77	Mike Potter	188.600
39	31	Bobby Hillin Jr	188.529
40	89	Jim Sauter	188.454
41	98	Jimmy Spencer	188.391
42	73	Phil Barkdoll	188.383
43	41	Greg Sacks	188.360
44	71	Dave Marcis	188.356
45	3	Kerry Teague	188.348
46	48	James Hylton	188.025
47	20	Mike Wallace	188.009
48	99	Brad Teague	187.982
49	26	Brett Bodine	187.880
50	23	E. Bierschwale	187.837
51	21	Morgan Shepherd	187.641

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1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mar 8, 2020 10:27:19 GMT -5

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Gatorade Twin 125 Qualifier #1

Starting grid

#	Name
3	Dale Earnhardt
25	Ken Schrader
55	Ted Musgrave
7	Alan Kulwicki
17	Darrell Waltrip
18	Dale Jarrett
11	Bill Elliott
75	Dick Trickle
68	Bobby Hamilton
16	Dallenbach Jr.
1	Rick Mast
42	Kyle Petty
0	Delma Cowart
22	Sterling Marlin
15	Geoffrey Bodine
5	Ricky Rudd
28	Davey Allison
47	Buddy Baker
33	Harry Gant
31	Bobby Hillin Jr
98	Jimmy Spencer
41	Greg Sacks
3	Kerry Teague
20	Mike Wallace
26	Brett Bodine
21	Morgan Shepherd

Green flag

Lap 7; Bill Elliott puts his Ford in front of Earnhardt

Lap 8; Darrell Waltrip leads the race

Lap 15; three Chevrolet side by side behind the leader

Not a great race for Jarrett with his new team Joe Gibbs Racing. He is in last place

Last lap, Elliott choices the inside lane at the beginning of the lap

Bill Elliott wins the Twin #1!

RACE RESULTS

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1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mar 8, 2020 10:46:51 GMT -5

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Gatorade Twin 125 Qualifier #2

Starting grid

#	Name
83	Lake Speed
6	Mark Martin
13	Mike Skinner
8	Rick Wilson
2	Rusty Wallace
66	Chad Little
43	Richard Petty
94	Terry Labonte
4	Ernie Irvan
59	Andy Belmont
9	Phil Parsons
95	Bob Schacht
52	Jimmy Means
14	AJ Foyt
10	Derrick Cope
49	Stanley Smith
30	Micheal Waltrip
12	Hut Stricklin
77	Mike Potter
89	Jim Sauter
73	Phil Barkdoll
71	Dave Marcis
48	James Hylton
99	Brad Teague
23	E. Bierschwale

Green Flag!

Lap 4; Mike Skinner trying to squeeze between Speed and Martin

Lap 5; Phil Parsons in the lead

Lap 14; Derrick Cope takes the 1st position in the tri-oval. Stanley Smith (#49) is second.

Lap 16; crash in the back of the pack. Hilton and Means are out of the race, while other cars are damaged but able to finish the race.

Lap 20; green flag is back on the track. Smith is leading

Lap 24; Mark Martin takes the lead in turn 2

Mark Martin wins the Gatorade Twin #2 and completes the second row for the Daytona 500!

RACE RESULTS

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1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mar 8, 2020 11:38:32 GMT -5

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1992 Daytona 500 Starting grid

Position	Driver
1°	Dale Earnhardt
2°	Lake Speed
3°	Bill Elliott
4°	Mark Martin
5°	Ricky Rudd
6°	Derrick Cope
7°	Kyle Petty
8°	Mike Skinner
9°	Bobby Hillin Jr
10°	Stanley Smith
11°	Ken Schrader
12°	Bob Schacht
13°	Sterling Marlin
14°	Phil Parsons
15°	Ted Musgrave
16°	Hut Stricklin
17°	Jimmy Spencer
18°	Dave Marcis
19°	Delma Cowart
20°	Chad Little
21°	Morgan Shepherd
22°	Mike Potter
23°	Dallenbach Jr.
24°	Richard Petty
25°	Brett Bodine
26°	Rusty Wallace
27°	Buddy Baker
28°	Micheal Waltrip
29°	Darrell Waltrip
30°	Alan Kulwicki
31°	Brad Teague
32°	Rick Wilson
33°	Dale Jarrett
34°	Dick Trickle
35°	Terry Labonte
36°	Bobby Hamilton
37°	Ernie Irvan
38°	Andy Belmont
39°	Rick Mast
40°	Jimmy Means
41°	Davey Allison (prov)
42°	Geoffrey Bodine (prov)

DNQ

AJ Foyt

Harry Gant

Jim Sauter

Phil Barkdoll

Greg Sacks

Kerry Teague

James Hylton

Mike Wallace

E. Bierschwale

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1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mar 14, 2020 11:51:53 GMT -5

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Race #1 of 29 -Daytona 500 by STP @ Daytona International Speedway

Green flag!

Lap 10; Chevrolets up front in the first 10 laps

Last Daytona 500 for the King Richard Petty

Lap 24; Earnhardt in the lead with Wilson and Skinner on the inside

Lap 29; Brad Teague and Hut Stricklin made contact with Petty on the backstretch and slide on the grass. Mike Potter is also involved.

Derrick Cope comes out of pit road first and leads the field at the restart

Lap 48; with the lapped cars the field is now divided in groups

Lap 53; contact between Schacht and Baker on the tri-oval. The #47 goes in the grass but is able to be back on track.

Lap 55; Mark Martin in the lead

Lap 66; Earnhardt loses the draft from the main group. He is in 24th place

Lap 67; Ernie Irvan Chevy stops with some engine problem

Lap 70; green flag pit stops with 10 laps to go

Lap 71; the yellow is out. Little, Shepherd and Labonte crash out of turn 4. Stanley Smith is involved while was entering the pit road and he has to retire.

On the next restart Schrader is the leader with Petty and Kulwicki behind.

With the lapped cars in front of the leader Rudd takes the lead after the restart

Lap 79; Skinner takes the white flag in 1st position

On the backstretch Cope is pushed by Waltrip and takes the lead

Derrick Cope wins the Daytona 500 with a last lap pass!!

RACE RESULTS

Race Awards
Pole
Dale Earnhardt, 189,853 mph (47.405 s.)
Front Runner
Ken Schrader, 17 laps Lead
Meet the Challenge
Jimmy Means, 34 places improved
Headache
Stanley Smith, 30 places dropped
Diehard Racer
Terry Labonte

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Race #2 of 29 -GM Goodwrench 500 @ North Carolina Speedway

Starting grid

Green flag!

Lap 13; Rusty Wallace increase his lead over Kyle Petty and Dale Earnhardt

Lap 18; battle for the 4th place with the Daytona 500 winner Derrick Cope, Ricky Rudd, Mark Martin and Dale Jarrett

Lap 47-49; green flag stops. With the undercut strategy Cope takes the lead. Wallace cycles out in 4th place

Lap 72; with better tires, Wallace is back in the lead

Lap 81; Jimmy Spencer is spun out by Dallenbach Jr in turn 3. The cautions is out

The pit lane on the backstretch creates some issues: Gant, Bodine and Belmont crash together and the #33 has to retire. Davey Allison race is ruined by a long stop.

The #26 Ford of Brett Bodine stalls during the next restart causing another yellow flag. Wallace maintains the lead

Lap 118; for the second race in a row Ernie Irvan Chevy stop for technical issues and brings another caution. Everybody stop for fuel and tires.

Lap 122; just one lap after the restart Wallace has to stop from the lead to secure one lug nut. He cycles out just in front of the leader, still on the lead lap.

Lap 132; Wallace is the fastest car on the track, now is trying to stays on the lead, just in front of the leader Kyle Petty.

Lap 163; green flag stops. No changes up front

Lap 187; the caution is out with 10 laps to go. Richard Petty is spun by Terry Labonte in turn 3.

On the restart Kyle Petty has 6 lapped cars between him and the 2nd place car of Phil Parsons.

Lap 194; Earnhardt takes the 2nd place

Kyle Petty score his 1st win of the season!

RACE RESULTS

Race Awards
Pole
Rusty Wallace, 145,87 mph (25.099 s.)
Front Runner
Rusty Wallace, 91 laps Lead
Meet the Challenge
Greg Sacks, 26 places improved
Headache
Darrell Waltrip, 20 places dropped
Diehard Racer
Mike Skinner

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1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mar 15, 2020 9:37:01 GMT -5

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STANDING AFTER RACE #2 OF 29

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Pos	Driver	Events	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Points	Interval	Poles	Laps	Led	DNF
1	Derrick Cope	2	1	1	2	323	--	0	277	39	0
2	Phil Parsons	2	0	1	2	317	-6	0	277	7	0
3	Dale Earnhardt	2	0	1	1	310	-13	1	277	3	0
4	Ricky Rudd	2	0	1	2	310	-13	0	277	6	0
5	Rick Wilson	2	0	1	2	306	-17	0	277	10	0
6	Kyle Petty	2	1	1	1	268	-55	0	277	74	0
7	Bobby Hamilton	2	0	0	1	267	-56	0	277	0	0
8	Jimmy Means	2	0	0	1	262	-61	0	277	0	0
9	Dave Marcis	2	0	1	1	253	-70	0	276	1	0
10	Mark Martin	2	0	1	1	247	-76	0	277	3	0
11	Bill Elliott	2	0	0	1	247	-76	0	277	0	0
12	Dallenbach Jr.	2	0	0	0	245	-78	0	277	0	0
13	Geoffrey Bodine	2	0	0	0	242	-81	0	277	0	0
14	Chad Little	2	0	0	1	231	-92	0	277	2	0
15	Jimmy Spencer	2	0	0	0	229	-94	0	276	1	0
16	Mike Skinner	2	0	1	1	228	-95	0	273	7	0
17	Darrell Waltrip	2	0	1	1	225	-98	0	163	0	1
18	Alan Kulwicki	2	0	0	0	221	-102	0	277	0	0
19	Rusty Wallace	2	0	0	0	216	-107	1	277	91	0
20	Sterling Marlin	2	0	0	1	209	-114	0	276	13	0
21	Delma Cowart	2	0	0	0	197	-126	0	276	0	0
22	Ken Schrader	2	0	0	0	189	-134	0	276	17	0
23	Ted Musgrave	2	0	0	0	188	-135	0	276	0	0
24	Andy Belmont	2	0	0	0	182	-141	0	275	0	0
25	Terry Labonte	2	0	0	1	180	-143	0	274	0	0
26	Brett Bodine	2	0	0	0	160	-163	0	163	1	1
27	Morgan Shepherd	2	0	0	0	158	-165	0	276	0	0
28	Richard Petty	2	0	0	0	155	-168	0	274	0	0
29	Hut Stricklin	2	0	0	0	152	-171	0	274	0	0
30	Davey Allison	2	0	0	0	149	-174	0	275	0	0
31	Micheal Waltrip	2	0	0	0	146	-177	0	275	0	0
32	Dale Jarrett	2	0	0	0	143	-180	0	273	0	0
33	Greg Sacks	1	0	0	0	135	-188	0	197	1	0
34	Rick Mast	2	0	0	0	127	-196	0	272	1	0
35	Lake Speed	1	0	0	0	118	-205	0	80	0	0
36	Stanley Smith	2	0	0	0	116	-207	0	266	0	1
37	Buddy Baker	1	0	0	0	112	-211	0	80	0	0
38	Dick Trickle	1	0	0	0	109	-214	0	80	0	0
39	Ernie Irvan	2	0	0	0	107	-216	0	260	0	1
40	Johnny Mcfadden	1	0	0	0	106	-217	0	196	0	0
41	Mike Potter	1	0	0	0	73	-250	0	79	0	0
42	Bobby Hillin Jr	1	0	0	0	67	-256	0	79	0	0
43	Brad Teague	1	0	0	0	52	-271	0	78	0	0
44	Harry Gant	1	0	0	0	49	-274	0	81	0	1
45	Bob Schacht	1	0	0	0	37	-286	0	56	0	1

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1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mar 15, 2020 10:21:13 GMT -5 dollarshort likes this

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Race #3 of 29 -Pontiac Excitement 400 @ Richmond International Raceway

Starting grid

Green flag!

Lap 7; Richard Petty crashes into Jimmy Means in turn 3 and the first caution is out. After the stops Sterling Marlin cycles out 1st, while the previous leader Wilson has a slow stop and he restarts outside the top 10.

Lap 15; Allison and Schrader pass Marlin for the lead and they pulls away form the field

Lap 56; the leading trio composed by Allison, Schrader and Irvan is followed by another trio with Petty, Wallace and Earnhardt

Lap 59; Irvan passes Schrader for the 2nd place.

Lap 63; green flag stops. Allison stays in the lead

Lap 76; Bobby Hamilton retires from the race

Lap 94; Wallace overtakes Irvan for the 2nd place

Lap 98; Kyle Petty takes the lead in turn 1-2

Lap 120; green flag stops. Petty cycles out in front of Allison

Lap 127; Rick Wilson, started from the pole, is battling with Jarrett for the 9th place.

Lap 143; with less than 20 laps to go, Allison is slowly closing the gap to the leader

Time is up for Allison, Kyle Petty wins again!

RACE RESULTS

Race Awards
Pole
Rick Wilson, 126,399 mph (21.361 s.)
Front Runner
Davey Allison, 82 laps Lead
Meet the Challenge
Mark Martin, 26 places improved
Headache
Dave Marcis, 17 places dropped
Diehard Racer
Dallenbach Jr.