1990 Hanes Activewear 500

The 1990 Hanes Activewear 500 was the eighth stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 41st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 30, 1990, before an audience of 43,500 in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 miles (0.847 km) permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. At race's end, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Geoff Bodine would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his eighth 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 Bud Moore Engineering driver Morgan Shepherd would finish second and third, respectively.

1990 Hanes Activewear 500
Race details
Race 8 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1990 Hanes Activewear 500 program cover.
The 1990 Hanes Activewear 500 program cover.
Date April 30, 1990
Official name 41st Annual Hanes Activewear 500
Location Martinsville, Virginia, Martinsville Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Scheduled Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Average speed 77.423 miles per hour (124.600 km/h)
Attendance 43,500
Pole position
Driver Junior Johnson & Associates
Time 20.644
Most laps led
Driver Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates
Laps 270
Winner
No. 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

Background

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The layout of Martinsville Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal
2 Rick Mast U.S. Racing Pontiac Raven Boats
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Ernie Irvan 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 Jeff Purvis Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick Raybestos
15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Crown Central Petroleum
21 Dale Jarrett 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
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Country Time, Maxwell House
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Peak Antifreeze
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka-Seltzer
57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac Heinz
66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Phillips 66 TropArtic
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Big Apple Market
75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile Dinner Bell Foods
76 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet Spears Manufacturing
94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco
98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet IGA

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, April 27, at 3:00 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, April 28, at 12:30 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-30 would be decided on time,[5] 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.

Geoff Bodine, driving for Junior Johnson & Associates, would win the pole, setting a time of 20.644 and an average speed of 91.726 miles per hour (147.619 km/h) in the first round.[6][7]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 20.644 91.726
2 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20.738 91.311
3 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 20.802 91.030
4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 20.810 90.995
5 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 20.909 90.564
6 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.927 90.486
7 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.946 90.404
8 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 20.999 90.176
9 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 21.017 90.098
10 20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 21.074 89.855
11 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.091 89.782
12 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 21.096 89.761
13 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 21.097 89.757
14 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 21.105 89.723
15 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 21.128 89.625
16 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 21.131 89.612
17 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 21.172 89.439
18 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 21.197 89.333
19 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 21.224 89.220
20 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 21.234 89.178
Failed to lock in Round 1
21 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 21.030 90.043
22 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 21.069 89.876
23 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 21.159 89.494
24 76 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 21.179 89.409
25 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 21.229 89.199
26 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 21.256 89.085
27 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 21.280 88.985
28 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 21.290 88.943
29 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 21.298 88.910
30 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 21.329 88.781
Provisionals
31 12 Jeff Purvis Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 21.330 88.776
32 2 Rick Mast U.S. Racing Pontiac 21.339 88.739
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 1 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 500 270 running 185 $95,950
2 17 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 500 200 running 175 $36,800
3 12 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 500 0 running 165 $19,750
4 7 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 6 running 165 $19,600
5 2 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 499 21 running 160 $20,800
6 6 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 498 0 running 150 $12,875
7 4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 498 0 running 146 $14,000
8 23 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 497 0 running 142 $10,657
9 9 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 497 0 running 138 $10,800
10 13 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 497 0 running 134 $14,925
11 21 57 Jimmy Spencer Osterlund Racing Pontiac 496 0 running 130 $8,085
12 8 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 495 0 running 127 $7,100
13 10 20 Rob Moroso (R) Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 495 0 running 124 $5,050
14 28 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 495 0 running 121 $7,700
15 3 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 490 0 running 118 $8,075
16 15 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 490 0 running 115 $9,200
17 14 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 489 0 running 112 $7,600
18 18 98 Butch Miller Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 485 0 running 109 $4,600
19 30 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 484 0 running 106 $4,400
20 22 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 484 0 running 103 $4,875
21 26 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 458 0 running 100 $5,300
22 19 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 456 0 running 97 $8,550
23 11 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 417 0 running 94 $5,100
24 24 76 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 359 0 running 91 $2,750
25 20 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 332 3 pump belt 93 $5,725
26 27 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 305 0 running 85 $8,250
27 29 75 Rick Wilson RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 301 0 accident 82 $4,675
28 31 12 Jeff Purvis Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 247 0 accident $3,300
29 32 2 Rick Mast U.S. Racing Pontiac 246 0 transmission 76 $4,400
30 5 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 171 0 clutch 73 $4,050
31 16 1 Terry Labonte Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 91 0 engine 70 $3,750
32 25 94 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 12 0 camshaft 67 $3,750
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Higgins, Tom (April 30, 1990). "Bodine Wins Again - This Time It's Geoff (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 23. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  2. ^ Higgins, Tom (April 30, 1990). "Bodine Wins Again - This Time It's Geoff (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 29. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  3. ^ Pearce, Al (April 30, 1990). "Bodine makes good on boast at Martinsville (Part 1)". Daily Press. p. 23. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  4. ^ Pearce, Al (April 30, 1990). "Bodine makes good on boast at Martinsville (Part 2)". Daily Press. p. 28. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  5. ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. April 27, 1990. p. 27. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  6. ^ Higgins, Tom (April 28, 1990). "G. Bodine On Pole Again; Earnhardt 2nd Again (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 33. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  7. ^ Higgins, Tom (April 28, 1990). "G. Bodine On Pole Again; Earnhardt 2nd Again (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 44. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
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