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Post by bnsf1995 on Jun 16, 2019 19:28:16 GMT -5
1992 Peak AntiFreeze 500 As the fight for the Winston Cup continues, so do the unscrupulous tactics being used by both teams and manufacturers. For Dover, Ford experimented with the Thunderbird body to get more aero efficiency out of them, and hopefully slay the General Motors giant. Drivers were also making ballsy moves throughout the day, and this led to nearly half the field being wrecked, including all three Pacific Coast drivers. At the end of an intense day of racing, Todd Bodine, who replaced his older brother Brett after the latter was involved in a career-ending crash at San Jose Superspeedway last season, slew the Goliaths of NASCAR for his first career Winston Cup win. Ford's gambit had paid off. Next stop: Martinsville. |
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Post by bnsf1995 on Jun 16, 2019 19:48:34 GMT -5
1992 Goody's 500 Ken Schrader started on the pole for another Martinsville doozy. Andy Sammonds dominated the early portions of the race, before losing the lead after his rear was damaged. In the closing stages, five drivers were contending for the win: Andy Sammonds, Dale Earnhardt, Neil Bonnett Lake Speed, and Ted Musgrave. After a two-lap shootout coming back from the caution, Lake Speed prevailed for his first career win, with Dale Earnhardt second, Ted Musgrave third, Neil Bonnett fourth, and Andy Sammonds fifth. Katie Sammonds finshed off the lead lap in 10th, while Belle was scored dead last after she was parked for flaring the rear panels on the left-hand side. Following his strong performance, Andy has moved up to fourth in standings. Next stop: North Wilkesboro. |
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Post by bnsf1995 on Jun 16, 2019 20:01:06 GMT -5
1992 Tyson Holly Farms 400 Bill Elliott started on the pole for the umpteenth short track doozy. Once again, Andy Sammonds dominated early, before a crash involving lap traffic cost him his front fender. Still, he was able to run in the top ten before being relegated to 18th. Meanwhile, Alan Kulwicki got the win. After the race, Andy has been dropped to 6th in points. Next stop: Charlotte. |
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Post by bnsf1995 on Jun 16, 2019 20:12:27 GMT -5
1992 Mello Yello 500 The shorter of the two Charlotte points races, this was nonetheless a grueling race, not helped by how much of the field was off the lead lap. None of the Pacific Coast cars could make things happen. Ricky Rudd took the checkers. Following the race, Neil Bonnett has taken the points lead from Bill Elliott, who trails by 14 points. Harry Gant and Darrell Waltrip could also potentially steal, making four drivers mathematically eligible for the 1992 championship. Andy Sammonds, meanwhile, has fallen to seventh in points thanks to finishing two laps down. Next stop: Nazareth. |
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Post by bnsf1995 on Jun 16, 2019 20:38:53 GMT -5
1992 Goodyear NASCAR 400 As NASCAR returned to Nazareth, the air was thick with tension. Drivers contending for the championship were constantly watching their backs in the garage, knowing that at any moment, one of them could pull a Tonya Harding two years before Harding pulled that crap on Nancy Kerrigan. Mark Martin started on the pole. The first half of the race saw the lead change hands multiple times. The second half was another round of "Husband vs. Wife", as Andy and Belle Sammonds played a game of cat and mouse. In the end, though, Andy lost the lead, but still managed to finish on the lead lap in seventh, while Belle was passed in the closing stages by eventual race winner Darrell Waltrip. Andy has vaulted back into fifth in points, and could potentially steal the championship from Neil Bonnett. If he did so, he would set the record for most championships in the shortest amount of time since his career began. This means five drivers could now potentially win the 1992 championship. Next stop: North Carolina. |
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Post by bnsf1995 on Jun 16, 2019 21:27:50 GMT -5
1992 AC Delco 500 Tim Richmond started on the pole of another nail-biter at North Carolina Speedway. The war of nerves that had defined the latter half of 1992 came to a head when all but one of the major championship competitors finished off the lead lap. In fact, only three drivers finished on the lead lap, these being Lake Speed in third, Mike Wallace in second, and Andy Sammonds taking his second win of the season, putting him within striking distance of the points lead. Next stop: Phoenix. |
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Post by bnsf1995 on Jun 16, 2019 21:43:57 GMT -5
1992 Pyroil 500K Many would say the most intense championship fight in recent NASCAR history was 1989. 1992 responded with "hold my beer". The five drivers competing for the 1992 Winston Cup championship (Neil Bonnett, Bill Elliott, Harry Gant, Andy Sammonds, and Alan Kulwicki) were all hellbent on beating one another in the Diamond of the Desert, a more recent addition to the Winston Cup schedule. They put it all on the line just to make it to victory lane. Of course, they do this every week for a living, but with four races to go, they were driving as if their lives depended on it. All five championship competitors ran a clean race, and finished within the top 20: Sammonds in 14th, Gant in 12th, Bonnett in sixth, Kulwicki in second, and Bill Elliott taking the checkers. Despite being the lowest finisher of the five, Andy Sammonds moved up to fourth in standings, not only gaining more ground on the points lead but also dashing Kulwicki's hopes. Next stop: Riverside. |
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Post by bnsf1995 on Jun 16, 2019 22:00:16 GMT -5
1992 Budweiser 400 The third-to-last race of the 1992 campaign was also the last road course race of the season. The pressure was on to perform well, as it was go big or go home now. Luck was on Andy Sammonds' side today. He was able to get back into the fray after falling back, then a late caution set up a three-lap shootout to the end. On this restart, Andy passed Ricky Rudd for the lead. Then the caution came out on Lap 94, and Andy took his third win of 1992 under yellow, completing a Riverside sweep. In victory lane, Katie once again gave Andy the same broom she gave her when he swept the Milwaukee Mile poles for 1992, but he didn't play it like a guitar (mainly because Delma Cowart wasn't at the track that weekend), so he settled for spreading the dust the other championship contenders would be eating, in his own words. Next stop: Coca-Cola. |
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Post by bnsf1995 on Jun 16, 2019 22:14:30 GMT -5
1992 Sprite 500 The penultimate race of the season came at the last restrictor-plate race of 1992. For several years now, the Sprite 500 had been the big wildcard race in the championship hunt. Through an intense and hard-fought race, Harry Gant took the checkers. Despite this, the top 4 in points did not change, but Bill Elliott is now 7 points behind Neil Bonnett. Next week will be BIG for NASCAR. Not only will it be the epic conclusion to an intense title fight, it will also be the final race of Richard Petty's storied career. Not only that, but Rick Hendrick will field a fourth car that will run full-time next season. It will be driven by a rising star in the Busch Series. His name... Jeff Gordon. Final stop: Atlanta. |
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Post by bnsf1995 on Jun 16, 2019 22:32:42 GMT -5
1992 Hooter's 500 The 1992 Hooter's 500 will go down as perhaps the greatest NASCAR race ever. Ever unpredictable, the championship resolution came down to the wire. Richard Petty, in the final start of his storied career, started sixth. Jeff Gordon was supposed to run the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, but the hauler broke down en route and didn't make it in time for qualifying. On the flipside, Chris and Brentyn Horton were able to cobble together a pair of Toyotas and enter the race, in one last hurrah for Horton Motorsports. Neil Bonnett led early, before a pin on his hood failed, causing the entire front half of his car to self-destruct from abnormal aerodynamics. The second half of the race was an intense duel between Andy Sammonds and Mike Wallace. Andy would have won the race (and possibly even the championship), had the race not ended in the midst of green flag pit stops. Kyle Petty ended up being the only lead lap car, taking the win. Of the four championship competitors, only Sammonds and Harry Gant finished in the top ten. But even though Bonnett had wrecked, it wasn't enough for either to steal. At the same time, though, Bonnett didn't win the championship either. Following the race, Richard Petty, who finished eleventh, took one last lap around the track (pretend the fenders are still on his car, because the lap 94 wreck never happened): |
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