1989 Miller High Life 400 (Michigan)
Race details | |||
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Race 14 of 29 in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
![]() The 1989 Miller High Life 400 program cover, featuring Bobby Hillin Jr. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. | |||
Date | June 25, 1989 | ||
Official name | 21st Annual Miller High Life 400 | ||
Location | Brooklyn, Michigan, Michigan International Speedway | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 2 mi (3.2 km) | ||
Distance | 200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km) | ||
Average speed | 139.023 miles per hour (223.736 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 85,000 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
Time | 41.207 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Rusty Wallace | Blue Max Racing | |
Laps | 131 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | CBS | ||
Announcers | Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, Chris Economaki | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Motor Racing Network |
The 1989 Miller High Life 400 was the 14th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 25, 1989, before an audience of 85,000 in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. On the final restart with 11 laps left in the race, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott would manage to fend off the field and secure his 30th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2][3][4] To fill out the top three, Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace and Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Michigan_International_Speedway_track_map.png/220px-Michigan_International_Speedway_track_map.png)
The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).
Entry list
[edit]- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Saturday, June 23, at 11:30 AM 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, June 23, at 2:00 PM 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,[6][7] 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 were given.
Ken Schrader, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 41.207 and an average speed of 174.728 miles per hour (281.197 km/h) in the first round.[8]
Lee Raymond was the only driver that failed to qualify.
Full qualifying results
[edit]Race results
[edit]Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings |
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1 | 2 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Racing | Ford | 200 | 44 | running | 180 | $71,450 |
2 | 9 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Blue Max Racing | Pontiac | 200 | 131 | running | 180 | $53,025 |
3 | 14 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 7 | running | 170 | $31,800 |
4 | 33 | 26 | Ricky Rudd | King Racing | Buick | 200 | 0 | running | 160 | $24,575 |
5 | 13 | 15 | Brett Bodine | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 200 | 0 | running | 155 | $22,025 |
6 | 12 | 4 | Rick Wilson | Morgan–McClure Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 200 | 0 | running | 150 | $15,475 |
7 | 15 | 83 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing | Oldsmobile | 200 | 2 | running | 151 | $13,900 |
8 | 8 | 94 | Sterling Marlin | Hagan Racing | Oldsmobile | 200 | 0 | running | 142 | $12,900 |
9 | 16 | 10 | Derrike Cope | Whitcomb Racing | Pontiac | 200 | 0 | running | 138 | $10,075 |
10 | 22 | 42 | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing | Pontiac | 199 | 0 | running | 134 | $9,900 |
11 | 1 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 199 | 15 | running | 135 | $16,900 |
12 | 4 | 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 127 | $10,775 |
13 | 20 | 88 | Jimmy Spencer (R) | Baker–Schiff Racing | Pontiac | 199 | 0 | running | 124 | $10,725 |
14 | 11 | 11 | Terry Labonte | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 121 | $12,825 |
15 | 32 | 55 | Phil Parsons | Jackson Bros. Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 199 | 0 | running | 118 | $9,675 |
16 | 28 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahari Racing | Pontiac | 199 | 0 | running | 115 | $7,500 |
17 | 6 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | running | 112 | $13,775 |
18 | 30 | 2 | Ernie Irvan | U.S. Racing | Pontiac | 198 | 0 | running | 109 | $6,350 |
19 | 26 | 16 | Larry Pearson (R) | Pearson Racing | Buick | 198 | 0 | running | 106 | $5,785 |
20 | 27 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | Stavola Brothers Racing | Buick | 198 | 0 | running | 103 | $8,195 |
21 | 34 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | running | 100 | $7,000 |
22 | 18 | 29 | Dale Jarrett | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Pontiac | 197 | 0 | running | 97 | $6,785 |
23 | 24 | 69 | Ronnie Thomas | LC Racing | Ford | 196 | 0 | running | 94 | $3,925 |
24 | 17 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 194 | 0 | running | 91 | $6,515 |
25 | 25 | 84 | Dick Trickle (R) | Stavola Brothers Racing | Buick | 194 | 0 | running | 88 | $6,605 |
26 | 40 | 36 | H. B. Bailey | Bailey Racing | Pontiac | 192 | 0 | running | 85 | $3,595 |
27 | 5 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 0 | running | 82 | $10,535 |
28 | 39 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Pontiac | 179 | 0 | crash | 79 | $3,475 |
29 | 29 | 23 | Eddie Bierschwale | B&B Racing | Oldsmobile | 175 | 0 | running | 76 | $3,365 |
30 | 31 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 170 | 0 | engine | 73 | $4,755 |
31 | 10 | 28 | Davey Allison | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 145 | 0 | engine | 70 | $11,650 |
32 | 7 | 33 | Harry Gant | Jackson Bros. Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 141 | 1 | engine | 72 | $10,200 |
33 | 19 | 57 | Hut Stricklin (R) | Osterlund Racing | Pontiac | 141 | 0 | clutch | 64 | $3,775 |
34 | 37 | 60 | Mike Miller | Bilby Racing | Chevrolet | 137 | 0 | fatigue | 61 | $3,075 |
35 | 23 | 75 | Morgan Shepherd | RahMoc Enterprises | Pontiac | 132 | 0 | engine | 58 | $11,040 |
36 | 3 | 7 | Alan Kulwicki | AK Racing | Ford | 119 | 0 | engine | 55 | $6,110 |
37 | 38 | 35 | Bill Venturini | Venturini Motorsports | Chevrolet | 80 | 0 | crash | 52 | $2,975 |
38 | 36 | 51 | Butch Miller (R) | Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 74 | 0 | rear end | 49 | $2,960 |
39 | 21 | 48 | Greg Sacks | Winkle Motorsports | Pontiac | 34 | 0 | oil pump | 46 | $2,945 |
40 | 35 | 89 | Rodney Combs | Mueller Brothers Racing | Pontiac | 2 | 0 | engine | 43 | $2,925 |
Failed to qualify | ||||||||||
41 | 1 | Lee Raymond | Coyle Racing | Ford | ||||||
Official race results |
Standings after the race
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Higgins, Tom (June 26, 1989). "Elliott Still Awesome At Michigan (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 9. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Higgins, Tom (June 26, 1989). "Elliott Still Awesome At Michigan (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 12. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Crowe, Steve (June 26, 1989). "MIS is the place to be for Elliott (Part 1)". Detroit Free Press. p. 50. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Crowe, Steve (June 26, 1989). "MIS is the place to be for Elliott (Part 2)". Detroit Free Press. p. 59. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Pearson, Harold (June 25, 1989). "Race team calls it quits on Raymond". Dayton Daily News. p. 43. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NASCAR Today". The Charlotte Observer. June 23, 1989. p. 19. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Higgins, Tom (June 24, 1990). "Schrader Off To Fast Start For Michigan Race". The Charlotte Observer. p. 32. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Higgins, Tom (June 25, 1989). "Schrader Earns Pole, Shot At Bonus". The Charlotte Observer. p. 84. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.