1990 GM Goodwrench 500

The 1990 GM Goodwrench 500 was the third stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 25th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 4, 1990, before an audience of 52,700 in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a permanent high-banked racetrack. At race's end, SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his third career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Geoff Bodine and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would finish second and third, respectively.

Terri O'Connell, driving a second car for Donlavey Racing, is credited with being the only openly transgender driver to ever race in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series to date, finishing last in a 38-car field.

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.

#DriverTeamMake1Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile01Mickey GibbsGibbs RacingFord2Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Phil ParsonsMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Mike AlexanderBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord16Larry PearsonPearson RacingBuick17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet20Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile21Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac57Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac66Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile82Mark StahlStahl RacingFord90Ernie IrvanDonlavey RacingFord91Terri O'ConnellDonlavey RacingFord93Charlie BakerBaker RacingBuick94Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile98Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet

Qualifying Qualifying was originally scheduled to be split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, March 1, at 2:30 PM EST. Originally, the first 20 positions were going to be determined by first round qualifying, with positions 21-40 meant to be determined the following day on Friday, March 2. However, due to rain, the second round was cancelled. As a result, the rest of the starting lineup was set using the results from the first round. 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.

Kyle Petty, driving for SABCO Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.613 and an average speed of in the first round.

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac24.613148.75126Mark MartinRoush RacingFord24.801147.62337Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord24.875147.18443Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet24.876147.178517Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet24.876147.178625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet24.903147.018727Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac24.904147.013811Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24.908146.989920Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile24.933146.8421094Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile24.997146.466119Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord25.005146.419124Phil ParsonsMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile25.005146.4191366Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac25.041146.2081430Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac25.075146.0101510Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet25.113145.7891671Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet25.138145.6441790Ernie IrvanDonlavey RacingFord25.141145.6271828Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord25.148145.5861933Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile25.149145.580202Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac25.153145.557Failed to lock in Round 12126Brett BodineKing RacingBuick25.154145.5512216Larry PearsonPearson RacingBuick25.167145.4762321Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord25.187145.361248Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick25.199145.291255Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25.294144.7462657Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac25.318144.6092715Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord25.318144.609281Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile25.354144.4032975Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile25.419144.0343012Mike AlexanderBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick25.427143.9893101Mickey GibbsGibbs RacingFord25.561143.2343243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac25.582143.1163352Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac25.876141.4903493Charlie BakerBaker RacingBuick25.944141.1193582Mark StahlStahl RacingFord26.008140.7723670J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac26.438138.4823798Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet - -3891Terri O'ConnellDonlavey RacingFord - -Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup

Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac492433running185$284,4502811Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4921running175$31,8253625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4910running165$24,57541094Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile4903running165$17,7255727Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac49028running160$21,6256517Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4890running150$16,27572715Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord4890running146$10,97582657Jimmy SpencerOsterlund RacingPontiac4890running142$10,5259281Terry LabontePrecision Products RacingOldsmobile4891running143$10,2251043Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4890running134$17,150111933Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile4880running130$12,775121510Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet4870running127$10,475133798Butch MillerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet4860running124$5,83214124Phil ParsonsMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile4860running121$8,975153101Mickey GibbsGibbs RacingFord4840running118$5,350163012Mike AlexanderBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick4840running115$4,77517248Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick4830running112$8,425182975Rick WilsonRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile4820running109$8,07519202Rick MastU.S. RacingPontiac4790running106$7,575202216Larry PearsonPearson RacingBuick4770running103$8,000213352Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac4700running100$4,925221671Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet4610running97$6,800231366Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac4391accident99$7,600243582Mark StahlStahl RacingFord4340running91$3,675252126Brett BodineKing RacingBuick4290running88$6,4502626Mark MartinRoush RacingFord4208valve90$12,0502737Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord4150timing chain82$6,800281430Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3980engine79$6,125291790Ernie IrvanDonlavey RacingFord3970accident76$3,37530920Rob Moroso (R)Moroso RacingOldsmobile3240engine73$4,07531255Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30215oil pan75$6,600323243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac2940engine67$3,77533119Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord2652accident69$11,600341828Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord2630engine61$10,950353670J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac1710handling58$2,825362321Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord950engine55$5,350373493Charlie BakerBaker RacingBuick490engine52$2,725383891Terri O'ConnellDonlavey RacingFord100flagged49$2,700Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dale Earnhardt 474 2 2 Rusty Wallace 466 (-8) 3 3 Morgan Shepherd 426 (-48) 2 4 Ricky Rudd 410 (–64) 11 5 Kyle Petty 406 (–68) 1 6 Jimmy Spencer 403 (–71) 4 7 Bill Elliott 399 (–75) 2 8 Darrell Waltrip 398 (–76) 4 9 Sterling Marlin 395 (–79) 9 10 Geoff Bodine 387 (–87)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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