1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

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Busch Clash

• The race consisted of two 10-lap "sprint" segments, separated by a competition yellow, during which the field would be inverted.
• Sterling Marlin won the first 10-lap segment, and Geoffrey Bodine won the second 10-lap segment, to claim the overall victory.
• Except for the 2-lap competition yellow, the race otherwise was completed caution-free.

  Gatorade 125s

• During the second race, a crash on lap 4 took out several cars, including Alan Kulwicki, Terry Labonte and A. J. Foyt. Richard Petty also wrecked out on lap 8. All four would qualify for the Daytona 500 based on speed or by provisional.

  34th Daytona 500 by STP

• Junior Johnson's stablemates, Bill Elliott and Sterling Marlin, controlled the front row, qualifying 1st–2nd, and leading 58 of the first 91 laps.
• On lap 92, Elliott, Marlin, and Ernie Irvan went three wide coming out of turn two. Marlin, sandwiched in the middle, bounced off both his teammate and Irvan, and all three lost control in front of the entire field, triggering the "Big One". In all, 14 cars were eliminated from the event. Richard Petty, in his final Daytona 500, was among the cars spinning to the infield grass, but he was not heavily damaged, and was able to continue.
• Davey Allison and Morgan Shepherd were among the few cars who slipped by unscathed. Allison led 95 of the final 100 laps to claim his first Daytona 500 victory, following in the footsteps of his father Bobby. Shepherd was a surprise second, while Geoffrey Bodine was third.
• Alan Kulwicki started 41st after a crash in the Twin 125s qualifying race, but fought his way up to a fourth-place finish.
• This would be the final Daytona 500 start for both Richard Petty and A. J. Foyt.

  GM Goodwrench 500

1. 11-Bill Elliott
2. 28-Davey Allison
3. 33-Harry Gant
4. 30-Michael Waltrip, 1 lap down
5. 25-Ken Schrader, 1 lap down
6. 6-Mark Martin, 2 laps down
7. 94-Terry Labonte, 2 laps down
8. 26-Brett Bodine, 2 laps down
9. 12-Hut Stricklin, 2 laps down
10. 17-Darrell Waltrip, 2 laps down

• Bill Elliott recovered from his crash at Daytona to lead the final 213 laps, and win in only his second start at Junior Johnson Motorsports.
• Bill's margin of victory was a whopping 12.75 seconds, nearly half a lap.
• Davey Allison followed up his Daytona victory finishing second, and extended his points lead.
• Bill Elliott and Davey Allison led a combined 450 of 492 laps. Allison left the weekend 56 points ahead of Morgan Shepherd, who led 1 lap and finished 3 laps down in 13th.
• Polesitter Kyle Petty, the two-time defending race and pole position winner, was unable to make it three in a row. The Unocal 76 Challenge bonus money had now rolled over 25 races, and would be $197,600 for the next race.

  Pontiac Excitement 400

• Bill Elliott won his second consecutive race dominating most of the event. Elliott was pushed to the limit by Alan Kulwicki, who made a late charge and nearly pulled off a last-lap pass. The two raced clean on the final lap, and Elliott nipped Kulwicki at the finish line by 18 inches. It was just Elliott's second career win on a short track.
• Points leader Davey Allison finished 4th.
• This was Bill Elliott's second and final win at a short track. He dominated by leading 348 of the 400 laps, but beat Alan Kulwicki by only 18 inches. Davey Allison now led the points standings over Harry Gant by 63 points, and Bill Elliott by 68.
• Bill Elliott broke a streak of 25 rollovers, and claimed the Unocal 76 Challenge of $197,600 — the second-highest total awarded in the history of the program.

  Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

1. 11-Bill Elliott
2. 33-Harry Gant
3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
4. 28-Davey Allison
5. 8-Dick Trickle
6. 15-Geoffrey Bodine
7. 7-Alan Kulwicki
8. 42-Kyle Petty
9. 94-Terry Labonte
10. 21-Morgan Shepherd

• It became evident late in the race that hometown favorite Elliott would not be victorious on this day. They had missed on the set-up and he was muddled near 15th all day. Late in the race, leaders Allison, Kulwicki and Gant pitted under green for what would be their final pit stop of the day. Every car on the lead lap had pitted for tires and fuel for the final run, except Elliott, whose Budweiser Ford has always enjoyed remarkable fuel mileage. Suddenly, Mike Wallace spun his Dick Moroso-owned Oldsmobile in turn two, bringing out a caution with 40 laps to go. Astonishingly, the result left Elliott on a lap by himself because everyone else had already made a green-flag pit stop. Elliott easily kept the lead while he pitted under the yellow and then Bill's handling evidently improved, as he easily defeated Harry Gant by 18 seconds for his third straight victory. Elliott and Gant became tied for second in points, 58 behind Davey Allison. Perhaps crew chief Tim Brewer said it best when he quipped, "Maybe we should have backed into Victory Lane, that's sure how we got here!" Earnhardt, Allison and Trickle rounded out the top five.

  TranSouth 500

1. 11-Bill Elliott
2. 33-Harry Gant
3. 6-Mark Martin
4. 28-Davey Allison, 1 lap down
5. 5-Ricky Rudd, 1 lap down
6. 26-Brett Bodine, 1 lap down
7. 8-Dick Trickle, 2 laps down
8. 15-Geoffrey Bodine, 2 laps down
9. 94-Terry Labonte, 2 laps down
10. 3-Dale Earnhardt, 2 laps down

• At a place where history was reared, Elliott put his name in the record books. In dramatic fashion, Elliott outran hard-charging Gant to post his fourth consecutive victory, tying the modern-era record for most successive wins. Ironically, it was Gant who completed the feat just in September 1991. Mark Martin was third and Ricky Rudd fifth. Allison remained consistent with a fourth-place showing, giving him a 48-point lead over Elliott. Harry Gant was also consistent in the early part of the season, as he sat just 53 points behind Allison.

  Food City 500

1. 7-Alan Kulwicki
2. 18-Dale Jarrett
3. 25-Ken Schrader
4. 94-Terry Labonte, 1 lap down
5. 8-Dick Trickle, 1 lap down
6. 5-Ricky Rudd, 3 laps down
7. 21-Morgan Shepherd, 4 laps down
8. 12-Hut Stricklin, 5 laps down
9. 2-Rusty Wallace, 6 laps down
10. 10-Derrike Cope, 6 laps down

• Coach Joe Gibbs started 0–5 as head coach over the Washington Redskins. As car owner of the Interstate Batteries Chevrolet driven by Dale Jarrett, Gibbs was again 0–5. But, as he did in football, Gibbs appeared headed for victory in his sixth try. Jarrett led the late stages of the event, but on lap 474 of the 500-lap event, Kulwicki used lapped traffic to maneuver around Jarrett and post his first victory of 1992.
• Meanwhile, points leader Allison hit the wall separating the cartilage around his rib cage and knocking two vertebrae out of place and finished 28th. Elliott finished 20th and Allison's points lead was 29 over Elliott and 61 over Gant who finished 29th due to an engine failure after 277 laps.
• Bill Elliott experienced trouble during the race, finishing 30 laps down in 20th.
• This was the last asphalt race at Bristol International Raceway. After the race ended, the blacktop was torn up and a new concrete surface was laid down.
• Rusty Wallace earned his first Top 10 finish in what would be a very difficult season for the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion.

  First Union 400

1. 28-Davey Allison
2. 2-Rusty Wallace
3. 5-Ricky Rudd
4. 15-Geoffrey Bodine
5. 33-Harry Gant
6. 3-Dale Earnhardt
7. 7-Alan Kulwicki
8. 22-Sterling Marlin
9. 94-Terry Labonte
10. 26-Brett Bodine

• In one of the grittiest runs of the year, Allison overcame excruciating pain to collect his second win of the season. The pain was so overwhelming, Jimmy Hensley was called to qualify the Texaco Ford. He gave Davey a seventh-place starting position. Wearing a flak jacket and using an electrode-shock apparatus to help ease the pain, Allison held off a stiff challenge from Rusty Wallace and expanded his points lead to 86 over Gant, 106 over Elliott, 116 over Terry Labonte and 123 over Kulwicki.
• Prior to the race, a special tribute was held for Junior Johnson, a native of nearby Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Incidentally, both of his drivers would fall short of victory lane, as in addition to Sterling Marlin's 8th place finish; Bill Elliott finished in the middle of the pack at 20th place.

  Hanes 500

1. 6-Mark Martin
2. 22-Sterling Marlin
3. 17-Darrell Waltrip, 1 lap down
4. 94-Terry Labonte, 1 lap down
5. 33-Harry Gant, 2 laps down
6. 21-Morgan Shepherd, 2 laps down
7. 25-Ken Schrader, 2 laps down
8. 26-Brett Bodine, 2 laps down
9. 3-Dale Earnhardt, 3 laps down
10. 11-Bill Elliott, 3 laps down

• This will long be remembered as "Camber Day". With new trick rear ends tilted slightly to help get a better drive through the corners, one leader after another fell to the wayside with broken rear axles. First to be victimized was then-dominating Kulwicki, followed by Dale Earnhardt and Ernie Irvan-all in the final 50 laps. With 10 laps remaining, Brett Bodine assumed the lead, until his rear axle broke, leaving Mark Martin standing. Martin's rear axle withstood the strain a few more laps and came out victorious, his first win in 1992. Sterling Marlin posted a second-place finish, followed by Darrell Waltrip, Labonte and Gant. Allison suffered another spin and crash, re injuring his rib cage, but he held a scant 16 point lead over Gant, who finished 5th. Terry Labonte was a surprising 3rd in points, just 41 points out of the lead. Also Dick Trickle was 9th at this time. Reigning Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt was 7th overall, while Mark Martin was down in 10th even after his win. 1991 points runner-up Ricky Rudd was 11th, Ken Schrader 14th, Rusty Wallace 16th, and Darrell Waltrip sat 17th in points.
• Scheduling conflicts with ESPN's coverage of the 1992 NFL Draft meant they were unable to carry the race live, forcing ESPN to air the race on tape the next day, the last time a NASCAR race was not carried live.

  Winston 500

1. 28-Davey Allison
2. 11-Bill Elliott
3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
4. 22-Sterling Marlin
5. 4-Ernie Irvan
6. 7-Alan Kulwicki
7. 18-Dale Jarrett
8. 6-Mark Martin
9. 21-Morgan Shepherd
10. 42-Kyle Petty

• This was Buddy Baker's 700th and final Grand National/Winston Cup start. He would later attempt but fail to qualify for the 1993 DieHard 500, and at Daytona and Atlanta in 1994.
• Davey Allison's resiliency was evident again. Coming off his second crash of the season, Allison held off Elliott by two car lengths in one of the most exciting finishes of the year. Everyone teamed up against Allison for a final shot coming out of the Talladega tri-oval. Chevrolet teammates Ernie Irvan and Dale Earnhardt on the right and Junior Johnson teammates Elliott and Sterling Marlin on the left. But Allison held them off for his second consecutive Winston 500 victory. The win made Allison the only remaining contender for the Winston Million. He had claimed two of the legs required to claim the $1 million bonus from Winston-the Daytona 500 and Winston 500. He would have two shots at the bonus, Charlotte and Darlington
• The #98 Chevrolet of Jimmy Spencer had a spectacular crash late in race on the backstretch. After contact in the middle of the backstretch from the #16 Ford of Wally Dallenbach Jr., the #98 spun and became airborne. Luckily, the car came back down on all 4 wheels without flipping over. However, the suspension broke in the car as a result of the landing.
• Davey Allison led Bill Elliott by 67 points.

  The Winston

• Lights were installed at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and it became the first non-short track to host night racing. The lights debuted for this popular exhibition "all star" event, The Winston on Saturday night, May 16.
• In a race nicknamed "One Hot Night," Davey Allison won in shocking fashion. During the final 10-lap sprint, Dale Earnhardt led Kyle Petty and Davey Allison. On the final lap, Petty nudged Earnhardt in turn three, spinning him out. Petty took the lead into turn four, but as he entered the qual-oval, Davey Allison pulled alongside. The two cars touched as they crossed the finish line, with Allison edging out Petty by less than half a car length. The two cars clipped, and Allison crashed hard into the outside wall, showering bright sparks over the track. Allison spent the night in the hospital instead of victory lane.

  Coca-Cola 600

• All eyes focused on Allison, as he was recovering from his injuries the previous weekend during The Winston. Allison spent two days in the hospital, nursing a broken collarbone, re-injured ribs and bruises covering 60% of his body. After winning at Daytona and Talladega, Allison was eligible for the Winston Million if he was victorious at Charlotte. Allison had won the Coca-Cola 600 in 1991, and Charlotte was considered Robert Yates's best track.
• In the late stages, Kyle Petty and Ernie Irvan battled for 1st-2nd. Dale Earnhardt was running third, about 3 seconds behind. After the final round of pit stops, Dale Earnhardt moved in front of both Kyle Petty and Ernie Irvan to post his first - and only - win of 1992. Allison finished fourth in his bid for the $1 million bonus, but still expanded his point lead over Elliott to 111 points. Allison still had one more chance to win the Winston Million, later in the season at Darlington.
• This was the first victory of the season for GM, as all races up to this point had been won by Fords.
• The Coca-Cola 600 would be Dale Earnhardt's lone victory of 1992. Approaching his final green-flag pit stop, Earnhardt trailed by 3 seconds, but emerged with a 1.5 second lead, prompting several of his competitors to believe that Earnhardt broke the 55 mph pit road speed limit while exiting. No penalty was assessed.
• This would be the final Coca-Cola 600 scheduled to run during the daytime. Starting in 1993, the race was moved to a late afternoon/night race.
• Davey Allison led 33 laps after starting 17th. Polesitter Bill Elliott failed to lead any laps en route to a 14th-place finish, 4 laps down. Elliott was now 111 points behind, closely followed by Harry Gant, Alan Kulwicki, and Dale Earnhardt.

  Budweiser 500

1. 33-Harry Gant
2. 3-Dale Earnhardt
3. 2-Rusty Wallace, 1 lap down
4. 4-Ernie Irvan, 1 lap down
5. 17-Darrell Waltrip, 1 lap down
6. 5-Ricky Rudd, 2 laps down
7. 12-Hut Stricklin, 2 laps down
8. 66-Jimmy Hensley, 2 laps down
9. 8-Dick Trickle, 2 laps down
10. 21-Morgan Shepherd, 2 laps down

• Harry Gant could not outduel the field, so he outfueled them en route to his first victory of '92. While other drivers were forced to pit late for fuel, Gant stretched his to the absolute limit and beat Darrell Waltrip in a fuel mileage war. His final pit stop was on lap 403, and Darrell Waltrip's last stop was on lap 406. But Waltrip was the one who ran out of fuel, while Gant ran out on the backstretch on lap 500 with a one lap lead. Dale Earnhardt passed him in turns 3 and 4 to unlap himself and finish 26 seconds behind Gant. Third was Rusty Wallace and fourth for Ernie Irvan. Points leader Allison was never a contender, finishing 11th, while Elliott was 13th. Allison's point lead dwindled to 70 points over Gant and just 99 over Earnhardt.
• Harry Gant won on great fuel mileage.

  Save Mart 300K

1. 4-Ernie Irvan
2. 94-Terry Labonte
3. 6-Mark Martin
4. 5-Ricky Rudd
5. 11-Bill Elliott
6. 3-Dale Earnhardt
7. 2-Rusty Wallace
8. 17-Darrell Waltrip
9. 25-Ken Schrader
10. 15-Geoffrey Bodine

• On the day of this race NASCAR founder William France Sr. died.
• Ernie Irvan started 2nd in this race, but jumped the start and was given a stop-and-go penalty in the pits. Irvan came through the entire field to win in the fastest Winston Cup race held on the version of Sears Point. Irvan forged one of the most astonishing comebacks in NASCAR history. Irvan, qualifying second, was black-flagged for jumping the start of the race, relegating him to dead last on a road course with road course demons Rusty Wallace, Ricky Rudd and Terry Labonte leading the field. Irvan blazed through the backmarkers, picked off the middle of the pack, then steadily reeled in leader Labonte with 10 laps remaining. Finally, on lap 67 of the 74-lap event, Irvan retook the top spot and drove on to a 3.6-second win. Irvan dedicated the race to Bill France Sr., the founder of NASCAR who died the morning of the race.
• Points leader Davey Allison had a terrible day. He spun into a tire barrier early in the race, and later spun in front of the leaders while trying to get out of the way. His 28th-place finish tightened up the points race in favor of Dale Earnhardt, Bill Elliott, and Harry Gant, who now trailed by 28, 31 and 32 points respectively.

  Champion Spark Plug 500

1. 7-Alan Kulwicki
2. 6-Mark Martin
3. 11-Bill Elliott
4. 25-Ken Schrader
5. 28-Davey Allison
6. 42-Kyle Petty
7. 22-Sterling Marlin
8. 26-Brett Bodine
9. 66-Jimmy Hensley
10. 94-Terry Labonte

• Alan Kulwicki overcame a charging Mark Martin and a brush with danger while passing a lapped car in the final 15 laps to notch his second '92 win. Kulwicki nearly drove into the wall on the backstretch with 12 laps remaining while passing lapped traffic, yielding the lead to Elliott. But with 10 laps to go, Kulwicki blew by Elliott for a lead he would never again relinquish. Martin also moved by Elliott in the final five laps for second. Earnhardt had motor problems, dropping him back to 28th finishing position and fifth in the points.
• Davey Allison's points lead continued to dwindle, as Bill Elliott chopped off another 10 points with 21 remaining. Alan Kulwicki's win reduced his deficit to Allison to just 58 points, as he also led the most laps.
• This would be Alan Kulwicki's last win. 1992 was also the only year in which Kulwicki won twice.

  Miller Genuine Draft 400

1. 28-Davey Allison
2. 17-Darrell Waltrip
3. 7-Alan Kulwicki
4. 42-Kyle Petty
5. 5-Ricky Rudd
6. 6-Mark Martin
7. 33-Harry Gant
8. 55-Ted Musgrave, 1 lap down
9. 3-Dale Earnhardt, 1 lap down
10. 11-Bill Elliott, 1 lap down

• After four wrecks and a plethora of misfortune, Allison was up to his old tricks — flat out dominating. Allison guided his Texaco Ford to an easy victory at Michigan, his fourth of the '92 season. By winning from the pole he received the bonus money for the position that boosted his winnings to $150,665. Darrell Waltrip and Kulwicki ran in the top five all day and finished second and third, respectively. Allison padded his points lead to 67 over Elliott and 73 over Kulwicki.
• Michael Waltrip, driving the #30 Pennzoil Pontiac Grand Prix, was injured in a crash in qualifying on June 19; with Ben Hess attempting to qualify on the day before the race only for Hess to crash at about the same spot; forcing Waltrip to take a provisional to start the race. Waltrip started the race but was still hampered by the injuries and was eventually relieved by Hess.
• Final time where Davey Allison wins form the pole.

  Indianapolis Motor Speedway test

Pepsi 400

• This race was attended by President George H. W. Bush and he served as the grand marshal.
• A special ceremony was held during the pre-race festivities, honoring Richard Petty's final race at Daytona. Petty had spent time before the race testing at Daytona, in hopes that he might win the pole position and possibly be a factor in the race. He held the provisional pole for quite some time, and ultimately qualified second. At the start, Petty whipped the capacity crowd into a frenzy when he led the first five laps. He dropped out in 36th due to heat-related fatigue. A futile effort was made for Eddie Bierschwale to take over the #43 car and bring it to the finish, but he lasted only a couple laps.
• The race became a battle between Ernie Irvan, Sterling Marlin, Dale Jarrett, Geoffrey Bodine and Bill Elliott. Irvan held off a furious charge by Marlin and Jarrett by two car lengths.
• Frustration increased for Dale Earnhardt, now-midway through what would turn out to be his worst Winston Cup season. He was the first car out, suffering engine failure, dropping him 252 points behind points leader Allison, who still held a 46-point lead over Elliott.
• The race went 109 laps before the first caution, and was on-pace for a record average speed until a crash on lap 129 slowed the pace. The average speed of 170.457 mph stood as the fastest restrictor plate at Daytona race until 1998.
• The enigmatic "Daytona Tsunami", a nine foot rogue wave, occurred the night before at the beach with some injuries being reported.

  Miller Genuine Draft 500

1. 17-Darrell Waltrip
2. 33-Harry Gant
3. 7-Alan Kulwicki
4. 5-Ricky Rudd
5. 55-Ted Musgrave
6. 6-Mark Martin
7. 42-Kyle Petty
8. 26-Brett Bodine
9. 8-Dick Trickle
10. 18-Dale Jarrett

• This race changed the outcome of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup season. Allison had set a new track record during his pole run, then totally dominated the first 140 laps. An air wrench broke during yellow flag pit stops, putting Allison in seventh for the lap 146 restart. He moved quickly up to fourth on lap 148. Allison's day took a turn for the worse a lap later when he and Darrell Waltrip tangled while jockeying for position exiting turn 2, sending Allison spinning. The air got under Allison's car and sent it into a frightening barrel along the top of the inside guardrail. The car flipped 11 times, eventually landing upside down with gasoline leaking from the rear, completely demolished. Allison suffered a broken right forearm, a dislocated wrist, a skull fracture and a severe concussion. Waltrip drove to victory, and Allison was hospitalized in Pennsylvania for four days. The severity of the crash was such that when Mark Martin drove by, he told his crew, "They may as well get a body bag for Davey."
• Elliott finished 13th, but took over the points lead for the first time of the year. Allison, his immediate future unknown, now trailed by 9 points, while Alan Kulwicki and Harry Gant continued to stay within reach..
• The first thing Darrell Waltrip wanted to know after he won was whether or not Davey was okay.
• Last carrer pole for Davey Allison.

  DieHard 500

1. 4-Ernie Irvan
2. 22-Sterling Marlin
3. 28-Davey Allison/Bobby Hillin Jr.
4. 5-Ricky Rudd, 1 lap down
5. 11-Bill Elliott, 1 lap down
6. 42-Kyle Petty, 1 lap down
7. 30-Michael Waltrip, 1 lap down
8. 9-Chad Little, 1 lap down
9. 25-Ken Schrader, 1 lap down
10. 26-Brett Bodine, 1 lap down

• In awe-inspiring fashion, Allison walked into the garage area at Talladega, determined to put on his uniform and drive in the DieHard 500 after suffering the skull fracture the previous week at Pocono. With a tailor-made cast, a wrist brace and velcro on the shifter, Allison started the race and gained the all-important Winston Cup points. After 6 laps during the 1st caution, backup driver 1986 winner Bobby Hillin Jr. took over the wheel and nearly drove the Texaco Ford to victory. Irvan and Marlin again battled for superspeedway supremacy with Irvan nipping the winless Marlin by a scant.19 seconds. Earnhardt had engine failure again and finished dead last for the second time in three races, taking him out of contention for a third consecutive Winston Cup title. Remarkably, Hillin's third-place run in Allison's sted gave the Texaco/Havoline team a one-point lead over Elliott in the points chase. Kulwicki trailed by 120 points and Gant by 129.
• The race only saw two yellows, at lap 6 and lap 70. The long green runs caused the field to spread out, and the strongest cars in the field lapped everyone else.
• Ernie Irvan suffered a flat tire on lap 5. When the yellow came out, he sped out of the pits to stay on the lead lap, but failed to beat leader Ricky Rudd to the line and was penalised to the rear of the field for speeding. He went on to pass everyone and get his lap back, and when the second caution came out, he made up his lost lap.
• Davey Allison leapfrogged Bill Elliott by 1 point to re-take the lead. Alan Kulwicki and Harry Gant fell to a deficit of 120 and 129 points respectively.
• After his engine failed; Earnhardt was briefly waiting in position as a possible substitute driver for Richard Petty; though ultimately Petty's final race in Talladega would see "the King" finish the race behind his famed #43.

  Budweiser At The Glen

1. 42-Kyle Petty
2. 21-Morgan Shepherd
3. 4-Ernie Irvan
4. 6-Mark Martin
5. 16-Wally Dallenbach Jr.
6. 2-Rusty Wallace
7. 7-Alan Kulwicki
8. 94-Terry Labonte
9. 3-Dale Earnhardt
10. 26-Brett Bodine

• The race was shortened to 51 laps due to rain. NASCAR did not have rain tires to use.
• Davey Allison fell 17 points behind 14th-place finisher Bill Elliott, after Dorsey Schroeder replaced Davey mid-race and finished 20th. Alan Kulwicki's solid finish reduced his interval to 94 points, while Harry Gant made no progress, finishing 18th and increasing his deficit to 140 points. Kyle Petty climbed up to 9th in points, tied with Morgan Shepherd at 340 points behind Elliott.
• This was Todd Bodine's first Winston Cup race. He drove a Ford Thunderbird bearing his Busch Series car number, as well as sponsorship by Diet Pepsi.

  Champion Spark Plug 400

1. 33-Harry Gant
2. 17-Darrell Waltrip
3. 11-Bill Elliott
4. 4-Ernie Irvan
5. 28-Davey Allison
6. 42-Kyle Petty
7. 22-Sterling Marlin
8. 18-Dale Jarrett
9. 6-Mark Martin
10. 21-Morgan Shepherd

• This was Harry Gant's last Winston Cup victory. He set a new record for oldest winner of a Winston Cup race at 52 years and 219 days. This was also Oldsmobile's last victory in NASCAR
• The final caution came out on lap 97 for a turn 2 accident involving Jimmy Hensley, Rick Mast, Jeff McClure, and eliminating Derrike Cope. Midpack runner Harry Gant pitted while the leaders stayed out, not believing they could finish the race on one more pit stop. They had pitted under the previous caution when Lake Speed spun and severed a fuel line. Gant pitted under green at lap 149 and stayed out until the checkered flag waved.
• Bill Elliott's point lead grew from 17 to 37 after he led a race-high 72 of 200 laps. Harry Gant shaved 5 points from his deficit to Elliott. Polesitter Alan Kulwicki faded to 14th, 1 lap down, after leading 46 laps. This lackluster result put him 143 points behind.

  Bud 500

• This was the first race at Bristol after the track was re-surfaced with concrete.
• Darrell Waltrip won this race four days after the birth of his second daughter, Sarah.
• On lap 8 polesitter Ernie Irvan spun on the backstretch and backed into the pit wall after leading the first 7 laps. He lost more than 100 laps and eventually parked the car after completing 285 laps, finishing a disappointing 28th.
• Among the points contenders, Bill Elliott had the cleanest day, finishing 6th. Harry Gant, Mark Martin, and Davey Allison all dropped out from crashes. Kyle Petty and Alan Kulwicki received minor damage in separate incidents, but both continued and posted top-5 finishes. Bill Elliott gained significant ground, stretching his lead to 109 points over Davey Allison.

  Mountain Dew Southern 500

• In the thick of the 1992 election season, Bill Clinton was the grand marshal for this race.
• This race was shortened to 298 laps due to rain.
• This was Darrell Waltrip's 84th and final Winston Cup victory.
• Final time in his career as well that Darrell Waltrip would win multiple races in a season
• First time since 1983 that Darrell Waltrip won back-to-back races in a season.

  Miller Genuine Draft 400

• Bill Elliott, Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison finished 14th, 15th, and 19th, respectively. Elliott's points grew to 124 over Allison, and 164 over Kulwicki.

  Peak Antifreeze 500

• Ricky Rudd's victory kept his streak alive of consecutive seasons with at least one victory – extending it to ten.
• Bill Elliott led the most laps and extended his point lead over Davey Allison to 154 points, the highest margin of the season. Harry Gant was third, 239 points behind Elliott. Polesitter Alan Kulwicki crashed out of the race on lap 91, finishing 34th and leaving him 278 points out of the lead with six races left.

  Goody's 500

• This race was run on a Monday as a result of rain on Sunday. The previous day's rain left the infield very soggy. Kyle Petty, who finished 4th, actually got stuck in the mud and lost 2 laps at one point.
• Bill Elliott finished 30th as a result of engine failure after 158 laps. Davey Allison finished 4 laps down in 16th, not gaining much but reducing Elliott's lead to 112 points.

  Tyson Holly Farms 400

• This race was postponed to Monday as a result of rain.
• This race was run caution-free, very strange for a short track. As a result, only 2 cars finished on the lead lap. However, Geoffrey Bodine won by only 5.3 seconds. As of 2018, this would be the last time ever that a NASCAR short track event race would go flag to flag green. In 2017, NASCAR would make a 3 stages format for every race of the season, and at a certain lap at the end of each stage, they would throw the caution flag, thus making it that a race can no longer go flag to flag green.
• Bill Elliott stubbed his toe again with another poor finish. He was 8 laps down in 26th at Junior Johnson's home track. Davey Allison was 3 laps down in 11th, and he continued to gain on Elliott as he sat 67 points behind with 4 races to go.

  Mello Yello 500

• The #31 Team Ireland Chevrolet of Bobby Hillin Jr. was disqualified due to illegal cylinder heads after finishing 15th. As a result, the team withdrew from the series in an attempt to avoid being drawn into disrepute.
• Bill Elliott's sway bar broke after 310 laps, leaving Bill a 30th-place finish. Junior Johnson entered a third car driven by Hut Stricklin, who retired the car when Elliott had his problem. Stricklin's 31st-place finish saved Elliott 3 points. Davey Allison didn't have a great day, either; he was 5 laps down in 19th.
• Last career-pole for Alan Kulwicki.

  AC Delco 500

• Kyle Petty led 484 of 492 laps. Mark Martin and Bill Elliott led 3 laps each, and Ernie Irvan led 2 during green flag pit stops. As a result of the domination and only 2 cautions in a 500-mile race, only 2 cars finished on the lead lap. Despite the green flag look of the race, Petty beat Irvan by just under a second.
• Only time in his career that Kyle Petty won multiple races in a season.
• Bill Elliott finally had a good finish after 3 successive finishes of 26th or worse.

  Pyroil 500K

• Point leader Bill Elliott had engine troubles again in Phoenix. As a result of his 31st-place finish, the Winston Cup was up for grabs among six drivers for the first time in history.
• Rusty Wallace led 161 laps but had to go to the garage area ; during his stay a reporter for TNN asked him a question and Wallace caustically grabbed his microphone into the cockpit to answer.
• Last race without Jeff Gordon in the field until 2016 Daytona 500.
• Final time in his career as well that Davey Allison would win multiples races in a season.

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Final points standings

Full Top 50

1. 7-Alan Kulwicki – 4078
2. 11-Bill Elliott – 4068
3. 28-Davey Allison – 4015
4. 33-Harry Gant – 3955
5. 42-Kyle Petty – 3945
6. 6-Mark Martin – 3887
7. 5-Ricky Rudd – 3735
8. 94-Terry Labonte – 3674
9. 17-Darrell Waltrip – 3659
10. 22-Sterling Marlin – 3603
11. 4-Ernie Irvan – 3580
12. 3-Dale Earnhardt – 3574
13. 2-Rusty Wallace – 3556
14. 21-Morgan Shepherd – 3549
15. 26-Brett Bodine – 3491
16. 15-Geoffrey Bodine – 3437
17. 25-Ken Schrader – 3404
18. 55-Ted Musgrave – 3315
19. 18-Dale Jarrett – 3251
20. 8-Dick Trickle – 3097
21. 10-Derrike Cope – 3033
22. 1-Rick Mast – 2830
23. 30-Michael Waltrip – 2825
24. 16-Wally Dallenbach Jr. – 2799
25. 68-Bobby Hamilton – 2787
26. 43-Richard Petty – 2731
27. 41-Hut Stricklin – 2689
28. 66-Jimmy Hensley – 2410
29. 71-Dave Marcis – 2348
30. Greg Sacks – 1759
31. 9-Chad Little – 1669
32. 52-Jimmy Means – 1531
33. 12-Jimmy Spencer – 1284
34. 90-Bobby Hillin Jr. – 1135
35. 49-Stanley Smith – 959
36. Mike Potter – 806
37. Jim Sauter – 729
38. 83-Lake Speed – 726
39. 32-Jimmy Horton – 660
40. 57-Bob Schacht – 611
41. Charlie Glotzbach – 592
42. James Hylton – 476
43. Andy Belmont – 467
44. Jeff Purvis – 453
45. Dave Mader III – 436
46. Jerry O'Neil – 429
47. 23-Eddie Bierschwale – 277
48. Buddy Baker – 255
49. 45-Rich Bickle – 252
50. 88-Mike Wallace – 248

    Other information

• Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace both failed to finish in the top 10 in points for 1992. Earnhardt, who was the defending Winston Cup champion for the last 2 years, tried to join Cale Yarborough by winning 3 championships in a row, but he had a very disappointing season. He only scored one win, and he finished 12th in points. Wallace had a very disappointing season as well. He too scored only one win, and he finished 13th in points. The next season however, both Earnhardt and Wallace rebounded, and they finished 1st and 2nd in the standings. Earnhardt would win his 6th championship that year with 6 wins, and Wallace would finish 2nd with 10 wins. Earnhardt would win the championship by 80 points over Wallace.
• Two cars numbered 24 were fielded during the season; Butch Gilliland used the number in a car owned by himself at Phoenix and Jeff Gordon drove the number 24 in his first race car with Hendrick Motorsports. The 1993 Winston Cup Series Media Guide shows that Butch Gilliland also fielded the #24 Aneheim Elect. Gear Pontiac in the Sonoma race in June 1992 finishing 38th after starting 36th. However, as the Phoenix and Sonoma races were declared combination races with the Winston West Series would run joint races together, Gilliland was registered with the West Series, a developmental series since 2003.
• This was the final year in NASCAR for the Oldsmobile brand.

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