The 1992 GM Goodwrench 500 was the second stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 27th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 1, 1992, before an audience of 43,600 in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 492 laps to complete. At race's end, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Bill Elliott would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 35th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison and Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

North Carolina Motor Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#DriverTeamMake0Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFord1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord9Phil ParsonsMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet13Mike SkinnerMansion MotorsportsChevrolet15Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord16Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet18Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingFord28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile41Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac49Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac53John McFaddenJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobile56Jerry HillHill MotorsportsPontiac59Andy Belmont (R)Pat Rissi RacingFord66Chad LittleCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord68Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet87Randy BakerBuck Baker RacingChevrolet94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile98Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet

Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, February 28, at 2:30 PM 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 Saturday, February 29, at 11:30 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, 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. 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.

Kyle Petty, driving for SABCO Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.420 and an average speed of in the first round.

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac24.420149.926211Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24.527149.27236Mark MartinRoush RacingFord24.663148.449426Brett BodineKing RacingFord24.808147.58152Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac24.832147.43964Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet24.909146.98377Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord24.958146.69483Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet24.978146.577925Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet24.979146.5711028Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord25.014146.366118Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord25.014146.3661215Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord25.023146.3131333Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile25.062146.0861430Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac25.082145.9691512Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet25.089145.9281641Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet25.158145.5281771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet25.177145.4181818Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet25.184145.378191Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile25.210145.2282068Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile25.214145.205Failed to lock in Round 12194Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile25.235145.0842221Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord25.249145.004235Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25.250144.9982417Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet25.294144.7462522Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord25.337144.5002610Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet25.369144.3182798Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet25.399144.1472855Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobile25.431143.9662943Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac25.533143.3913066Chad LittleCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord25.582143.1163149Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet25.599143.0213213Mike SkinnerMansion MotorsportsChevrolet25.661142.676339Phil ParsonsMelling RacingFord25.674142.6033416Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord25.730142.2933552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac26.039140.604360Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFord26.425138.5513753John McFaddenJimmy Means RacingPontiac26.443138.4573887Randy BakerBuck Baker RacingChevrolet26.467138.3313959Andy Belmont (R)Pat Rissi RacingFord26.661137.3244056Jerry HillHill MotorsportsPontiac27.219134.509Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup

Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1211Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord492260running185$57,80021028Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord492190running175$48,87531333Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile4920running165$31,60041430Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac4910running160$18,6505925Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4910running155$21,650636Mark MartinRoush RacingFord4900running150$20,57572194Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile4900running146$15,2008426Brett BodineKing RacingFord4900running142$14,70091512Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet4900running138$14,400102417Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet4900running134$19,9001164Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet4890running130$18,40012191Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile4890running127$13,300132221Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord4891running129$13,000141215Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord4890running121$12,600152522Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4890running118$12,150162943Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac4880running115$11,700172855Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsOldsmobile4860running112$11,400182068Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile4860running109$12,150192610Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet4820running106$8,375202798Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet4800running103$10,950213416Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord4800running100$5,650223066Chad LittleCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord4750running97$7,200233213Mike SkinnerMansion MotorsportsChevrolet4700running94$6,1502483Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4690running91$16,850253887Randy BakerBuck Baker RacingChevrolet4590running88$8,7002652Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac44217water pump90$13,100274056Jerry HillHill MotorsportsPontiac4400running82$5,25028235Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4370running79$12,95029142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43024camshaft81$12,37530339Phil ParsonsMelling RacingFord3680running73$9,3253177Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3560running70$9,075323149Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet3320running67$4,500333552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac2690engine64$5,850341641Greg SacksLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet2320engine61$4,30035360Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFord2100brakes58$4,20036118Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord1130water pump55$4,125371818Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet730camshaft52$4,075383959Andy Belmont (R)Pat Rissi RacingFord270engine49$4,060391771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet220engine46$5,525403753John McFaddenJimmy Means RacingPontiac80valve43$4,000Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Davey Allison 360 2 Morgan Shepherd 304 (-56) 9 3 Harry Gant 292 (-68) 3 4 Terry Labonte 292 (–68) 1 5 Geoff Bodine 286 (–74) 11 6 Michael Waltrip 274 (–86) 20 7 Bill Elliott 272 (–88) 8 Ted Musgrave 254 (–106) 4 9 Rick Mast 251 (–109) 4 10 Kyle Petty 231 (–129)Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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