From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500
1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500
Preceded by NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season Succeeded by
1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 1990 1990 Goody’s 500
1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500
Race details
Summary
Bill Elliott managed to defeat Mark Martin (who would
Race 23 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
maintain the championship points lead after this race)
by less than 1.4 seconds in front of 74000 loyal NASCAR
Date September 16, fans.[1][2][3][4] Elliott would earn the pole position by
1990 (1990-September-16) qualifying at a speed of 144.928 miles per hour
Location Dover International Speedway (Dover, (233.239 km/h) while the average race speed was 125.945
Delaware) miles per hour (202.689 km/h).[1][2][3][4] The other dri-
vers in the top ten were: Dale Earnhardt, Harry Gant,
Course Permanent racing facility
1.000 mi (1.609 km) Michael Waltrip, Dale Jarrett, Rusty Wallace, Kyle Petty,
Davey Allison, and Ken Schrader.[1][2][3][4] J.D. McDuffie
Distance 500 laps, 500.0 mi (804.6 km) would make his final last-place finish before being killed
Avg Speed 125.945 miles per hour at the 1991 Budweiser at The Glen race[1][2][3][4] (which
(202.689 km/h) took place at Watkins Glen International). The only dri-
ver that would fail to qualify was Kerry Teague.[1][3]
Pole position
Six cautions were handed out for 29 laps.[1][2][3][4]
Driver Bill Elliott Harry Tommy Riggins and Jerry Huflin would retire from the
Melling Winston Cup Series after this race. Bobby Wawak would
also make his NASCAR exit after this racer (but as an
Most laps led owner).
Driver Bill Elliott Harry
Melling
References
Laps 364 [1] ^ "1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500 racing results". Racing
Winner Reference. http://www.racing-reference.info/
race/1990_Peak_AntiFreeze_500/W. Retrieved
9 Bill Elliott Harry
2011-03-07.
Melling
[2] ^ "1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500 racing results (second
Television reference)". Stat Sheet. http://statsheet.com/
nascar/races/1990-09-16-peak-antifreeze-500.
Network untelevised
Retrieved 2011-03-09.
Announcers none [3] ^ "1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500 racing results (third
reference)". Ultimate Racing History.
The 1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/
Series racing event that took place on September 16, 1990 race.php?raceid=12433. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
at Dover International Speedway in the American com- [4] ^ "1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500 racing results (fourth
munity of Dover, Delaware.[1][2][3][4] Temperatures reference)". Database Racing.
would reach a maximum of 71.1 °F (21.7 °C) while wind http://www.databaseracing.com/races/
speeds would reach their highest point at 6 miles per raceinfo.htm?rid=1602. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
hour (9.7 km/h).[5] [5] "1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500 weather information".
Almanac. http://www.almanac.com/weather/
history/DE/Dover/1990-09-16. Retrieved
2011-03-11.
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