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1992 Peak Antifreeze 500


Race details
Race 23 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1992 Peak Antifreeze 500 program cover, featuring Harry Gant, Jeff Purvis, and Bill Elliott.
September 20, 1992
22nd Annual Peak Antifreeze 500
Dover, Delaware, Dover Downs International Speedway
Permanent racing facility
1 miles (1.6 km)
500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
115.289 miles per hour (185.540 km/h)
80,000
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24.782
Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & Associates
261
Ricky RuddHendrick Motorsports
TNN
Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett
Motor Racing Network

The 1992 Peak Antifreeze 500 was the 23rd stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 20, 1992, before an audience of 80,000 in Dover, Delaware at Dover Downs International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. With a call from crew chief Gary DeHart, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ricky Rudd would decide to run the final 19 laps on old tires, pitting for fuel only on lap 481. The call managed to put Rudd ahead of the field, and Rudd would manage to hold off second-place finisher, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Bill Elliott to take his 13th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would finish third.

The layout of Dover Downs International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobileSkoal
2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiacMiller Genuine Draft
3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletGM Goodwrench Service Plus
4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevroletKodak
5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevroletTide
6Mark MartinRoush RacingFordValvoline
7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFordHooters
8Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFordSnickers
9Chad LittleMelling RacingFordMelling Racing
10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevroletPurolator Filters
11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFordBudweiser
12Jeff PurvisBobby Allison MotorsportsChevroletRaybestos
15Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFordMotorcraft
16Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFordKeystone
17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevroletWestern Auto
18Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevroletInterstate Batteries
21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFordCitgo
22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFordMaxwell House
25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevroletKodiak
26Brett BodineKing RacingFordQuaker State
28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFordTexaco, Havoline
30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiacPennzoil
33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal Bandit
41Dick TrickleLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevroletKellogg's Frosted Flakes
42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiacMello Yello
43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP
48James HyltonHylton MotorsportsPontiacMcElroy's Flower Shop
52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiacHurley Limo
53Graham TaylorJimmy Means RacingPontiacJimmy Means Racing
55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFordJasper Engines & Transmissions
66Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFordPhillips 66 TropArtic
68Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsFordCountry Time
71Jim SauterMarcis Auto RacingChevroletMarcis Auto Racing
77Mike PotterBalough RacingBuickKenova Golf Course Construction
90Hut StricklinDonlavey RacingFordMaxx Race Cards
94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobileSunoco

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 18, 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, September 19, at 11:30 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-38 would be decided on time, 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. 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.

Alan Kulwicki, driving for his own AK Racing team, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.782 and an average speed of 145.267 miles per hour (233.785 km/h) in the first round.

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord24.782145.267
6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord24.852144.858
2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac24.936144.370
94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile25.016143.908
3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet25.119143.318
5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25.123143.295
8Dick TrickleStavola Brothers RacingFord25.143143.181
15Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord25.149143.147
25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25.153143.124
1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile25.162143.073
18Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet25.181142.965
41Dave MarcisLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet25.221142.738
11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord25.223142.727
17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet25.223142.727
22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord25.259142.523
42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac25.278142.416
55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord25.293142.332
26Brett BodineKing RacingFord25.324142.158
4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet25.336142.090
90Hut StricklinDonlavey RacingFord25.337142.085
21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord24.976144.138
33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile25.015143.914
68Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsFord25.015143.914
30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac25.067143.615
43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac25.184142.948
66Jimmy Hensley (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord25.210142.800
16Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord25.342142.057
77Mike PotterBalough RacingBuick25.430141.565
28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord25.592140.669
71Jim SauterMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet25.704140.056
10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet25.914138.921
9Chad LittleMelling RacingFord26.078138.047
12Jeff PurvisBobby Allison MotorsportsChevrolet26.303136.867
52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac26.403136.348
53Graham TaylorJimmy Means RacingPontiac27.790129.543
48James HyltonHylton MotorsportsPontiac28.024128.461
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