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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 29
Sunday, February 19, 1989 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:22:04
Average speed: 148.466 mph
Pole speed: 196.996 mph

Cautions: 7 for 30 laps
Margin of victory: 7.64 sec
Attendance: 145000
Lead changes: 30

Glossary 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1989 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide With Bleach (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	184900	running	25	180
2	1	25	Ken Schrader	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	182700	running	114	180
3	8	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	95550	running	3	170
4	10	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	79250	running	9	165
5	7	55	Phil Parsons	Crown Petroleum (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	200	70325	running	12	160
6	11	66	Rick Mast	Bill Edwards	Chevrolet	200	52525	running	9	155
7	9	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	200	52325	running	6	151
8	40	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	200	47325	running	7	147
9	4	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Ford	200	68400	running	3	143
10	41	23	Eddie Bierschwale	Peak Antifreeze (Don Bierschwale)	Oldsmobile	200	31725	running	2	139
11	6	94	Sterling Marlin	Sunoco Ultra (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	199	47325	running	0	130
12	12	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	199	30000	running	0	127
13	17	45	Joe Ruttman	Schaefer / Machinists Union (Chuck Wellings)	Pontiac	199	24505	running	0
14	14	16	Larry Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (David Pearson)	Buick	199	23915	running	0	121
15	3	75	Morgan Shepherd	Valvoline (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	199	44900	running	0	118
16	15	10	Ken Bouchard	Simoniz (Bob Whitcomb)	Pontiac	198	23180	running	0	115
17	34	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	198	19335	running	0	112
18	35	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	197	24790	running	0	109
19	36	26	Ricky Rudd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	197	19120	running	2	111
20	19	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy Soap (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	197	20785	running	1	108
21	23	30	Michael Waltrip	Country Time Lemonade (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	197	18825	running	1	105
22	32	40	Ben Hess	Oldsmobile (Ben Hess)	Oldsmobile	196	14300	running	0	97
23	37	88	Greg Sacks	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Pontiac	196	15595	running	0	94
24	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture / Son's Auto Supply (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	193	13640	running	0	91
25	16	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	193	22985	running	0	88
26	21	69	Lee Raymond	Bobby Fisher Distribution (Lucky Compton)	Ford	189	13530	running	0
27	22	84	Mike Alexander	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	188	16275	running	0	82
28	27	19	Ronnie Sanders	Hardy Chevrolet (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	184	12570	running	0	79
29	18	15	Brett Bodine	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	177	16015	valve	0	76
30	39	83	Lake Speed	Kraft BBQ Sauce (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	150	14010	running	0	73
31	31	73	Phil Barkdoll	Oldsmobile / Bobby Fisher (Phil Barkdoll)	Oldsmobile	143	10855	crash	2	75
32	20	29	Dale Jarrett	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Pontiac	131	15000	running	0	67
33	5	6	Mark Martin	Stroh's Light (Jack Roush)	Ford	110	23445	crash	0	64
34	42	67	Mickey Gibbs	Alka-Seltzer (Buddy Arrington)	Pontiac	76	9940	engine	0	61
35	13	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	72	24310	crash	0	58
36	28	90	Chad Little	Purolator / Accu-Turn (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	72	11605	crash	0	55
37	30	89	Rodney Combs	Evinrude OMC (Mueller Brothers)	Pontiac	72	10650	crash	0	52
38	24	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	41	11970	shocks	4	54
39	26	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	39	13335	crash	0	46
40	25	93	Charlie Baker	Sirchie (Patsy Salmon)	Chevrolet	39	10450	crash	0	43
41	33	2	Ernie Irvan	Kroger (D.K. Ulrich)	Pontiac	8	9275	engine	0	40
42	38	21	Neil Bonnett	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	2	11800	oil line	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Delma Cowart	0	J.W. Exley Lumber Co.	H.L. Waters	Chevrolet
	Doug Heveron	1	Ellington Racing	Hoss Ellington	Buick
	Jim Sauter	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Bob Clark	Pontiac
	Philip Duffie	32	U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel	Philip Duffie	Buick
	Charlie Glotzbach	34	Allen's Associated Glass	Ken Allen	Buick
	Ricky Woodward	39	Moen Ford	Blackie Wangerin	Ford
	Jim Bown	41	Rose Auto Wrecking	Dick Bown	Chevrolet
	Kyle Petty	42	Peak Antifreeze	Felix Sabates	Pontiac
	Tony Spanos	49	Hylton Engineering	James Hylton	Buick
	Jimmy Means	52	Alka-Seltzer	Jimmy Means	Pontiac
	Hut Stricklin	57	Heinz	Rod Osterlund	Pontiac
	Mark Gibson	59	CoHo Racing	John Collins	Pontiac
	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator	Jim Testa	Pontiac
	Randy LaJoie	74	Wawak Racing	Bobby Wawak	Pontiac
	Brad Noffsinger	76	Jaehne Motorsports	Skip Jaehne	Pontiac
	Connie Saylor	77	Branch-Ragan Racing	Marvin Ragan	Ford
	Jimmy Horton	80	Miles Concrete	George Smith	Pontiac
	Bobby Gerhart	85	J. Omar Landis / James	Bobby Gerhart / Billy Gerhart	Chevrolet
	Trevor Boys	95	Sadler Racing	Earl Sadler	Chevrolet
DC	Brad Teague	67	Arrington Racing	Buddy Arrington	Chevrolet
WD	Mickey Gibbs	48	GMAC	Tom Winkle	Pontiac

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	4	4
	5	7	3	#21 engine
	8	23	16
	24	27	4	#8,19,28 accident backstretch
	28	40	13
	41	45	5	#8,93 accident turn 2
	46	60	15
	61	64	4	#19 spun backstretch
	65	73	9
	74	78	5	#6,9,11,29,83,84,89,90 accident backstretch
	79	116	38
	117	121	5	#6 accident turn 2
	122	145	24
	146	149	4	#73 accident backstretch
	150	200	51
Percent of race run under caution: 15.0% Average green flag run: 21.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	10	10
Ken Schrader	11	23	13
Darrell Waltrip	24	24	1
Dave Marcis	25	25	1
Ricky Rudd	26	27	2
A.J. Foyt	28	31	4
Ken Schrader	32	39	8
Michael Waltrip	40	40	1
Phil Barkdoll	41	42	2
Ken Schrader	43	52	10
Dale Earnhardt	53	53	1
Geoffrey Bodine	54	61	8
Rick Wilson	62	64	3
Terry Labonte	65	66	2
Eddie Bierschwale	67	68	2
Phil Parsons	69	71	3
Rick Wilson	72	72	1
Phil Parsons	73	81	9
Dale Earnhardt	82	82	1
Darrell Waltrip	83	92	10
Ken Schrader	93	113	21
Rick Wilson	114	116	3
Terry Labonte	117	117	1
Ken Schrader	118	144	27
Geoffrey Bodine	145	145	1
Rick Mast	146	154	9
Ken Schrader	155	189	35
Dale Earnhardt	190	190	1
Alan Kulwicki	191	196	6
Darrell Waltrip	197	200	4

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	180
1	Ken Schrader	180	0
3	Dale Earnhardt	170	-10
4	Geoffrey Bodine	165	-15
5	Phil Parsons	160	-20
6	Rick Mast	155	-25
7	Alan Kulwicki	151	-29
8	Rick Wilson	147	-33
9	Terry Labonte	143	-37
10	Eddie Bierschwale	139	-41
11	Sterling Marlin	130	-50
12	Harry Gant	127	-53
13	Larry Pearson	121	-59
14	Morgan Shepherd	118	-62
15	Ken Bouchard	115	-65
16	Richard Petty	112	-68
17	Ricky Rudd	111	-69
18	Rusty Wallace	109	-71
19	Dave Marcis	108	-72
20	Michael Waltrip	105	-75
21	Ben Hess	97	-83