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1992 Save Mart 300K
Race details
Race 12 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1992 Save Mart 300K program cover, featuring Richard Petty.
The 1992 Save Mart 300K program cover, featuring Richard Petty.
Date June 7, 1992
Official name 4th Annual Save Mart 300K
Location Sonoma, California, Sears Point Raceway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.52 mi (4.06 km)
Distance 74 laps, 186.48 mi (300.11 km)
Scheduled Distance 74 laps, 186.48 mi (300.11 km)
Average speed 81.413 miles per hour (131.022 km/h)
Attendance 83,000
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time 1:39.709
Most laps led
Driver Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates
Laps 22
Winner
No. 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1992 Save Mart 300K was the 12th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the third race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series, and the fourth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 7, 1992, before an audience of 83,000 at the Grand Prix layout of Sears Point Raceway, a 2.52 miles (4.06 km) permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan would manage to make a late-race pass for the lead with eight to go, coming back from an early penalty to take his fourth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Hagan Racing driver Terry Labonte and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time.

Sears Point Raceway at the time was one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Watkins Glen International. The standard road course at Sears Point Raceway is a 12-turn course that is 2.52 miles (4.06 km) long;[3] the track was modified in 1998, adding the Chute, which bypassed turns 5 and 6, shortening the course to 1.95 miles (3.14 km). The Chute was only used for NASCAR events such as this race, and was criticized by many drivers, who preferred the full layout.[4] In 2001, it was replaced with a 70-degree turn, 4A, bringing the track to its current dimensions of 1.99 miles (3.20 km).[5]

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Irv Hoerr Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal
1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford Skoal
2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac Miller Genuine Draft
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak
04 Bobby Woods Lipseia Racing Pontiac Graph-Ricks Racing Decals
5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Hooters
8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Snickers
9 Bill Schmitt Melling Racing Ford Raley's Supermarkets, 7 Up
09 R. K. Smith Midgley Racing Pontiac Midgley Racing
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters
11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet Raybestos
15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford Keystone
17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Western Auto
18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries
21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Maxwell House
24 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac Anaheim Electric
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford Quaker State
28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
37 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet Hoosier Racing Tire
41 Greg Sacks Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
44 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Buick Dad's Root Beer
50 Hershel McGriff JTC Racing Chevrolet Star Race Computers
51 Rick Scribner Scribner Racing Chevrolet All Pro Auto Parts
52 Tommy Kendall Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Save Mart Supermarkets
55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Oldsmobile Jasper Engines & Transmissions
58 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac Imperial Palace
60 Mike Chase Kaylan Young Racing Pontiac Bowman
66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile Country Time
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Big Apple Markets
75 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet Spears Manufacturing
92 Ron Hornaday Jr. Fisher Racing Chevrolet Palmdale Chiropractic
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Ford Sunoco
99 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac Diamond Ridge Motorsports

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 5, at 6:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 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 6, at 1:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-40 would be decided on time,[6] 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; which was one for cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and two extra provisionals for the NASCAR Winston West Series. 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.

Ricky Rudd, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:39.709 and an average speed of 90.985 miles per hour (146.426 km/h) in the first round.[7]

Two drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:39.709 90.985
2 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 1:40.392 90.366
3 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 1:40.831 89.972
4 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 1:40.874 89.934
5 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1:40.975 89.844
6 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 1:41.512 89.369
7 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 1:41.646 89.251
8 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1:41.709 89.196
9 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 1:41.794 89.121
10 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 1:41.904 89.025
11 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1:41.907 89.022
12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:41.911 89.019
13 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:41.913 89.017
14 52 Tommy Kendall Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 1:41.921 89.010
15 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 1:41.939 88.994
16 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 1:42.037 88.909
17 92 Ron Hornaday Jr. Fisher Racing Chevrolet 1:42.073 88.878
18 0 Irv Hoerr Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 1:42.344 88.642
19 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 1:42.540 88.473
20 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 1:42.543 88.470
21 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:42.669 88.362
22 66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 1:42.952 88.119
23 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 1:43.045 88.039
24 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 1:43.053 88.032
25 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 1:43.568 87.595
Failed to lock in Round 1
26 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 1:41.770 89.142
27 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1:43.185 87.920
28 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 1:43.189 87.916
29 09 R. K. Smith Midgley Racing Pontiac 1:43.691 87.491
30 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1:43.727 87.460
31 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Oldsmobile 1:43.730 87.458
32 75 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 1:43.796 87.402
33 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 1:43.828 87.375
34 9 Bill Schmitt Melling Racing Ford 1:43.910 87.306
35 50 Hershel McGriff JTC Racing Chevrolet 1:44.071 87.171
36 24 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac 1:44.323 86.961
37 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 1:44.506 86.808
38 37 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 1:44.942 86.448
39 60 Mike Chase Kaylan Young Racing Pontiac 1:45.213 86.225
40 99 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac 1:46.172 85.446
Winston Cup provisional
41 41 Greg Sacks Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet -* -*
Winston West provisionals
42 51 Rick Scribner Scribner Racing Chevrolet -* -*
43 44 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Buick -* -*
Failed to qualify
44 58 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac -* -*
45 04 Bobby Woods Lipseia Racing Pontiac -* -*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 2 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 74 8 running 180 $61,810
2 6 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 74 15 running 175 $36,685
3 8 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 74 1 running 170 $28,185
4 1 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 9 running 165 $25,710
5 5 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 74 22 running 165 $32,585
6 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 74 0 running 150 $21,910
7 3 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 74 12 running 151 $18,110
8 4 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 142 $18,610
9 13 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 138 $17,360
10 15 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 74 0 running 134 $16,360
11 33 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 74 0 running 130 $13,460
12 19 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 74 0 running 127 $12,960
13 14 52 Tommy Kendall Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 74 0 running 124 $6,755
14 7 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 74 5 running 126 $14,255
15 16 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 74 0 running 118 $11,905
16 11 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 74 0 running 115 $11,405
17 24 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 74 2 running 117 $15,530
18 20 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 74 0 running 109 $6,345
19 32 75 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 106 $9,080
20 26 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 74 0 running 103 $11,155
21 30 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 74 0 running 100 $11,055
22 31 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Oldsmobile 73 0 running 97 $10,230
23 27 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 73 0 running 94 $7,155
24 34 9 Bill Schmitt Melling Racing Ford 73 0 running 91 $8,235
25 9 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 73 0 running 88 $6,975
26 28 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 73 0 running 85 $9,855
27 37 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 73 0 running 82 $9,780
28 10 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 73 0 running 79 $16,305
29 21 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 72 0 running 76 $9,670
30 22 66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 72 0 running 73 $5,815
31 40 99 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Pontiac 72 0 running 70 $6,530
32 17 92 Ron Hornaday Jr. Fisher Racing Chevrolet 72 0 running 67 $4,930
33 29 09 R. K. Smith Midgley Racing Pontiac 70 0 engine 64 $4,880
34 25 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 70 0 running 61 $10,380
35 39 60 Mike Chase Kaylan Young Racing Pontiac 69 0 running 58 $6,330
36 42 51 Rick Scribner Scribner Racing Chevrolet 68 0 running 55 $4,820
37 38 37 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 57 0 rear end 52 $4,800
38 36 24 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac 55 0 handling 49 $4,780
39 23 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 52 0 transmission 46 $4,750
40 43 44 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Buick 48 0 transmission 43 $4,725
41 18 0 Irv Hoerr Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 42 0 engine 40 $4,725
42 35 50 Hershel McGriff JTC Racing Chevrolet 19 0 transmission 37 $4,725
43 41 41 Greg Sacks Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2 0 engine 34 $4,725
Failed to qualify
44 58 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac
45 04 Bobby Woods Lipseia Racing Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Schiffmann, William (June 8, 1992). "Irvan overcomes black flag for victory in Save Mart 300 event". The Advocate-Messenger. p. 11. Retrieved January 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Glick, Shav (June 8, 1992). "After Field Gets a Head Start, Irvan Wins". The Los Angeles Times. p. 171. Retrieved January 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Sears Point". www.gt-racing.co.uk. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Passing is tough in Chute | chronicle.augusta.com". June 7, 2011. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "SEARS POINT BREAKS GROUND ON MODIFIED CHUTE - RacingWest". September 29, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. June 5, 1993. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ Sakkis, Tony (June 6, 1992). "Rudd waits... learns... zooms". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 28. Retrieved January 29, 2023. Open access icon
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