1990 Daytona 500

The 1990 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 18, 1990, in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. On the final lap of the race, Whitcomb Racing driver Derrike Cope would manage to take advantage of a misfortunate Dale Earnhardt, when Earnhardt suffered a flat tire on the final turn of the race, allowing Cope to take the lead. The victory was Cope's first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2][3][4] To fill out the top three, Precision Products Racing driver Terry Labonte and Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third, respectively.

1990 Daytona 500
Race details
Race 1 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1990 Daytona 500 program cover, featuring Darrell Waltrip.
The 1990 Daytona 500 program cover, featuring Darrell Waltrip.
Date February 18, 1990
Official name 32nd Annual Daytona 500
Location Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance 500 laps, 400 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed 165.761 miles per hour (266.766 km/h)
Attendance 150,000
Pole position
Driver
Hendrick Motorsports
Time 45.798
Most laps led
Driver Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Laps 155
Winner
No. 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing
Television in the United States
Network CBS
Announcers Ken Squier, Chris Economaki, Ned Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

Background
The layout of Daytona International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

Entry list
  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford Masters Inn Economy
1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal
01 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford Special Days Inn
2 Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing Pontiac Native Tan
02 Rich Bickle Bickle Racing Oldsmobile Aarco
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Phil Parsons Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile Kodak
5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Levi Garrett
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Folgers
7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Zerex
8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Snickers
9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Coors Light
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters
11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
12 Mike Alexander Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick Raybestos
13 Mike Potter Mansion Motorsports Chevrolet Glidden
14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile Copenhagen
15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
16 Larry Pearson Pearson Racing Buick Publix
17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Crown Central Petroleum
21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick Quaker State
27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac Miller Genuine Draft
28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
29 Joe Booher Booher Racing Pontiac Booher Farms
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Country Time
32 Joe Ruttman CalCar Motorsports Pontiac Sears Roadhandler Suspension
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
34 Charlie Glotzbach AAG Racing Pontiac AAG Racing
35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet Rain-X
37 Dennis Langston Langston Motorsports Ford Langston Motorsports
39 Blackie Wangerin Wangerin Racing Ford Wangerin Racing
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
44 Jim Sauter Group 44 Pontiac Group 44
47 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile Close Racing
48 Trevor Boys Lusty Racing Buick Lusty Racing
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka-Seltzer
53 Jerry O'Neil (R) Aroneck Racing Oldsmobile Aroneck Racing
57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac Heinz
59 Mark Gibson CoHo Racing Pontiac CoHo Racing
66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Hut Stricklin TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet TriStar Motorsports
70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Rumple Furniture
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Big Apple Market
72 Stan Barrett Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile Barkdoll Racing
73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile SlimFast
75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile Dinner Bell Foods
77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions
80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Ford Miles Concrete
82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford Auto Bell Car Wash
83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile Prestone
85 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet James Chevrolet
89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac Evinrude Outboard Motors
90 Ernie Irvan Donlavey Racing Ford Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco
96 Philip Duffie Duffie Racing Buick Duffie Racing
98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet Winn-Dixie

Qualifying

Qualifying was set by the 1990 Twin 125 Qualifiers. The top two positions were set by qualifying speeds held for the Twin 125 Qualifiers held on Saturday, February 10, with the top two qualifiers in the session earning the top two positions for the Daytona 500. The rest of the starting was set in the Twin 125 Qualifiers, held on Thursday, February 15 during two races. The top 14 finishers in the first race, excluding the pole position winner, would set the inside row from rows two to 15, and the top 14 finishers in the second race, excluding the outside pole position winner, would set the outside row from rows two to 15. The remaining non-qualifiers would set positions 31-40 based on qualifying speeds from the first qualifying session held on Saturday. If needed, up to two extra provisionals were given to teams high enough in the previous season's owner's standings that did not qualify for the race by either qualifying speed or from the Twin 125 Qualifiers.

Ken Schrader, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 45.798 and an average speed of 196.515 miles per hour (316.260 km/h) in Saturday's session.[5][6]

19 drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results
Pos. # Driver Team Make Reason
1 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Qualified on pole
2 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Qualified on outside pole
3 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford First in Twin 125 #1
4 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Second in Twin 125 #2
5 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Second in Twin 125 #1
6 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac Third in Twin 125 #2
7 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Third in Twin 125 #1
8 4 Phil Parsons Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile Fourth in Twin 125 #2
9 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Fourth in Twin 125 #1
10 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Fifth in Twin 125 #2
11 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Fifth in Twin 125 #1
12 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Sixth in Twin 125 #2
13 14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile Sixth in Twin 125 #1
14 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile Seventh in Twin 125 #2
15 12 Mike Alexander Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick Eighth in Twin 125 #1
16 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Eighth in Twin 125 #2
17 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet Ninth in Twin 125 #1
18 90 Ernie Irvan Donlavey Racing Ford Ninth in Twin 125 #2
19 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tenth in Twin 125 #1
20 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Tenth in Twin 125 #2
21 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 11th in Twin 125 #1
22 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 11th in Twin 125 #2
23 47 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile 12th in Twin 125 #1
24 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 12th in Twin 125 #2
25 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 13th in Twin 125 #1
26 16 Larry Pearson Pearson Racing Buick 13th in Twin 125 #2
27 32 Joe Ruttman CalCar Motorsports Pontiac 14th in Twin 125 #1
28 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 14th in Twin 125 #2
29 02 Rich Bickle Bickle Racing Oldsmobile 15th in Twin 125 #1
30 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 15th in Twin 125 #2
31 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Speed provisional (194.523)
32 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Speed provisional (193.536)
33 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick Speed provisional (193.473)
34 68 Hut Stricklin TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet Speed provisional (193.175)
35 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (192.761)
36 20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (192.394)
37 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Speed provisional (192.217)
38 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac Speed provisional (190.267)
39 53 Jerry O'Neil (R) Aroneck Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (189.601)
40 80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Ford Speed provisional (189.601)
41 2 Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing Oldsmobile Owner's points provisional
42 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Owner's points provisional
Failed to qualify
43 72 Stan Barrett Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 16th in Twin 125 #1
44 35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 17th in Twin 125 #2
45 44 Jim Sauter Group 44 Pontiac 17th in Twin 125 #1
46 01 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford 19th in Twin 125 #2
47 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 22nd in Twin 125 #1
48 48 Trevor Boys Lusty Racing Buick 21st in Twin 125 #2
49 85 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 23rd in Twin 125 #1
50 37 Dennis Langston Langston Motorsports Ford 23rd in Twin 125 #2
51 13 Mike Potter Mansion Motorsports Chevrolet 24th in Twin 125 #1
52 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford 24th in Twin 125 #2
53 96 Philip Duffie Duffie Racing Buick 25th in Twin 125 #1
54 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 25th in Twin 125 #2
55 77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford 26th in Twin 125 #1
56 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 26th in Twin 125 #2
57 59 Mark Gibson CoHo Racing Pontiac 30th in Twin 125 #1
58 34 Charlie Glotzbach AAG Racing Pontiac 27th in Twin 125 #2
59 39 Blackie Wangerin Wangerin Racing Ford 28th in Twin 125 #2
60 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 30th in Twin 125 #2
61 29 Joe Booher Booher Racing Pontiac 31st in Twin 125 #2
Official Twin 125 Qualifiers results
Official starting lineup

Race results
Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 12 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 200 5 running 180 $188,150
2 20 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 200 7 running 175 $117,800
3 4 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 200 1 running 170 $114,100
4 19 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 1 running 165 $77,050
5 2 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 155 running 165 $109,325
6 10 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 200 4 running 155 $63,225
7 38 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 200 0 running 146 $59,682
8 24 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 199 0 running 142 $46,200
9 3 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 199 8 running 143 $80,950
10 30 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 199 0 running 134 $44,125
11 31 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 199 0 running 130 $38,400
12 32 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 199 0 running 127 $36,200
13 18 90 Ernie Irvan Donlavey Racing Ford 199 0 running 124 $31,455
14 9 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 199 0 running 121 $49,340
15 6 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 199 4 running 123 $41,050
16 14 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 199 3 running 120 $29,930
17 33 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 199 0 running 112 $27,160
18 5 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 199 1 running 114 $58,990
19 21 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 198 0 running 106 $26,070
20 16 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 198 2 running 108 $31,935
21 7 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 198 3 running 105 $39,955
22 17 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 198 0 running 97 $22,100
23 42 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 197 0 running 94 $22,995
24 22 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 196 0 handling 91 $21,640
25 23 47 Jack Pennington (R) Close Racing Oldsmobile 196 6 running 93 $20,935
26 27 32 Joe Ruttman CalCar Motorsports Pontiac 196 0 running 85 $22,950
27 26 16 Larry Pearson Pearson Racing Buick 195 0 running 82 $22,275
28 29 02 Rich Bickle Bickle Racing Oldsmobile 195 0 running 79 $19,120
29 37 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 195 0 running 76 $19,090
30 28 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 193 0 engine 73 $21,260
31 39 53 Jerry O'Neil (R) Aroneck Racing Oldsmobile 193 0 running 70 $17,805
32 41 2 Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing Oldsmobile 191 0 running 67 $20,125
33 34 68 Hut Stricklin TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 190 0 running 64 $18,195
34 11 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 183 0 running 61 $22,840
35 25 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 180 0 running 58 $19,835
36 13 14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 115 0 quit 55 $18,380
37 40 80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Ford 108 0 drivetrain 52 $16,800
38 36 20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 82 0 accident 49 $15,595
39 35 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 64 0 engine 46 $15,610
40 1 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 58 0 engine 43 $34,900
41 15 12 Mike Alexander Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 42 0 accident 40 $17,750
42 8 4 Phil Parsons Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 41 0 accident 37 $25,100
Failed to qualify
43 72 Stan Barrett Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile
44 35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet
45 44 Jim Sauter Group 44 Pontiac
46 01 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford
47 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford
48 48 Trevor Boys Lusty Racing Buick
49 85 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet
50 37 Dennis Langston Langston Motorsports Ford
51 13 Mike Potter Mansion Motorsports Chevrolet
52 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford
53 96 Philip Duffie Duffie Racing Buick
54 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac
55 77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford
56 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford
57 59 Mark Gibson CoHo Racing Pontiac
58 34 Charlie Glotzbach AAG Racing Pontiac
59 39 Blackie Wangerin Wangerin Racing Ford
60 89 Rodney Combs Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac
61 29 Joe Booher Booher Racing Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

References
  1. Higgins, Tom (February 19, 1990). "Cope Capitalizes At Daytona (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 21. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. Higgins, Tom (February 19, 1990). "Cope Capitalizes At Daytona (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 25. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. Coble, Don (February 19, 1990). "Cope shocks Daytona 500 (Part 1)". Florida Today. p. 19. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. Coble, Don (February 19, 1990). "Cope shocks Daytona 500 (Part 2)". Florida Today. p. 20. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. Higgins, Tom (February 11, 1990). "Schrader Flies To Daytona Pole (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 87. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. Higgins, Tom (February 11, 1990). "Schrader Flies To Daytona Pole (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 98. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
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