The 1992 Pepsi 400 was the 15th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 34th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 4, 1992, before an audience of 80,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 160 laps to complete. At race's end, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan would manage to dominate the majority of the race to take his fifth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Sterling Marlin and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Dale Jarrett would finish second and third, respectively.

1992 Pepsi 400
Race details
Race 15 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1992 Pepsi 400 program cover, featuring Richard Petty.
The 1992 Pepsi 400 program cover, featuring Richard Petty.
Date July 4, 1992
Official name 34th Annual Pepsi 400
Location Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Scheduled Distance 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed 170.457 miles per hour (274.324 km/h)
Attendance 80,000
Pole position
Driver Junior Johnson & Associates
Time 47.527
Most laps led
Driver Ernie Irvan Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Laps 117
Winner
No. 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Ned Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

Background

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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

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford Masters Inn Economy
1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 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
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 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford Melling 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
23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile SplitFire
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
31 Bobby Hillin Jr. Team Ireland Chevrolet Spam
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
37 Randy Porter Porter Racing Pontiac Porter Racing
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
48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac Rumple Furniture
49 Stanley Smith BS&S Motorsports Chevrolet Ameritron Batteries
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Jimmy Means Racing
55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Oldsmobile Jasper Engines & Transmissions
59 Andy Belmont (R) Pat Rissi Racing Ford FDP Brakes
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 Wehrs Chevrolet
73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile X-1R
85 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet Thomas Chevrolet
90 Charlie Glotzbach Donlavey Racing Ford SplitFire
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco
99 Brad Teague Ball Motorsports Chevrolet Traffic Engineering Services

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, July 2, at 2:30 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 Friday, July 3, at 1:30 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,[3] 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 provisionals were given. 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.

Sterling Marlin, driving for Junior Johnson & Associates, would win the pole, setting a time of 47.527 and an average speed of 189.366 miles per hour (304.755 km/h) in the first round.[4]

Three drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 47.527 189.366
2 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 47.629 188.961
3 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 47.778 188.371
4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 47.798 188.292
5 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 47.861 188.045
6 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 47.907 187.864
7 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 47.913 187.840
8 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 47.984 187.563
9 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 48.054 187.289
10 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 48.095 187.130
11 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48.143 186.943
12 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 48.155 186.896
13 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 48.186 186.776
14 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Ford 48.192 186.753
15 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 48.249 186.532
16 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 48.283 186.401
17 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 48.307 186.308
18 90 Charlie Glotzbach Donlavey Racing Ford 48.311 186.293
19 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 48.330 186.220
20 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 48.353 186.131
Failed to lock in Round 1
21 49 Stanley Smith BS&S Motorsports Chevrolet 48.388 185.997
22 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 48.448 185.766
23 66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 48.454 185.743
24 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 48.486 185.621
25 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 48.535 185.433
26 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 48.558 185.345
27 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Chevrolet 48.631 185.067
28 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 48.650 184.995
29 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 48.672 184.911
30 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 48.710 184.767
31 41 Greg Sacks Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48.745 184.634
32 9 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford 48.851 184.234
33 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 48.862 184.192
34 31 Bobby Hillin Jr. Team Ireland Chevrolet 49.143 183.139
35 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 49.266 182.682
36 85 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 49.345 182.389
37 59 Andy Belmont (R) Pat Rissi Racing Ford 49.467 181.939
38 23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile 49.920 180.288
39 99 Brad Teague Ball Motorsports Chevrolet 50.588 177.908
40 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 51.212 175.740
Failed to qualify
41 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford 52.052 172.904
42 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Chevrolet 52.470 171.527
43 37 Randy Porter Porter 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 6 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 160 117 running 185 $86,300
2 1 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 160 2 running 175 $50,025
3 10 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 160 26 running 170 $37,200
4 17 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 160 0 running 160 $26,075
5 20 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 160 4 running 160 $26,500
6 11 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 0 running 150 $22,625
7 5 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 2 running 151 $20,875
8 4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 160 0 running 142 $19,325
9 29 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 160 0 running 138 $18,325
10 3 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 160 3 running 139 $23,075
11 15 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 160 0 running 130 $8,915
12 7 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 160 0 running 127 $14,350
13 13 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 159 0 running 124 $17,460
14 12 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 159 0 running 121 $13,720
15 23 66 Jimmy Hensley (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 159 0 running 118 $11,280
16 27 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Chevrolet 159 0 running 115 $13,090
17 19 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 159 0 running 112 $12,675
18 24 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Chevrolet 159 0 running 109 $12,160
19 8 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 159 0 running 106 $11,745
20 18 90 Charlie Glotzbach Donlavey Racing Ford 159 0 running 103 $7,180
21 14 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Ford 158 0 running 100 $11,160
22 21 49 Stanley Smith BS&S Motorsports Chevrolet 158 0 running 97 $6,140
23 16 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 158 0 running 94 $15,970
24 32 9 Chad Little Melling Racing Ford 158 0 running 91 $5,850
25 34 31 Bobby Hillin Jr. Team Ireland Chevrolet 158 0 running 88 $5,730
26 31 41 Greg Sacks Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 157 0 running 85 $7,410
27 9 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 156 0 running 82 $10,065
28 35 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 156 0 running 79 $5,295
29 39 99 Brad Teague Ball Motorsports Chevrolet 147 0 running 76 $5,200
30 26 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 144 1 running 78 $13,105
31 37 59 Andy Belmont (R) Pat Rissi Racing Ford 133 0 running 70 $5,300
32 40 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 130 0 engine 67 $6,670
33 25 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 124 0 crash 64 $10,590
34 30 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 122 0 crash 61 $6,535
35 33 8 Dick Trickle Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 122 0 crash 58 $6,480
36 2 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 84 5 fatigue 60 $10,925
37 36 85 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 58 0 fatigue 52 $4,870
38 38 23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile 45 0 quit 49 $4,855
39 28 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 24 0 wheel bearing 46 $7,045
40 22 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 7 0 engine 43 $16,355
Failed to qualify
41 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford
42 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Chevrolet
43 37 Randy Porter Porter Racing Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Goodall, Fred (July 5, 1992). "Irvan breaks up Petty's party". The Burlington Free Press. p. 22. Retrieved February 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  2. ^ Coble, Don (July 5, 1992). "Irvan cruises to easy win". Palladium-Item. p. 20. Retrieved February 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  3. ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. July 2, 1992. p. 12. Retrieved February 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  4. ^ Long, Gary (July 3, 1992). "Pity Marlin, who topped The King". The Miami Herald. p. 165. Retrieved February 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
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