1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300

1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Race details[1]
Race 12 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season

Track map for Sonoma Raceway. The NASCAR track is emphasized in this version.
Date June 10, 1990 (1990-June-10)
Location Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California
Course Permanent racing facility
1.99 mi (3.2 km)
Distance 74 laps, 172.88 mi (308.69 km)
Weather Hot with temperatures reaching up to 88 °F (31 °C); wind speeds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)
Attendance 66,000[2]
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing
Laps 42
Winner
No. 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing

The 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on June 10, 1990, at Sears Point International Raceway in the American community of Sonoma, California.

Mike Chase, Butch Gilliland, and Jack Sellers would make their introductions into the NASCAR Cup Series in this event while Stan Barrett and Ted Kennedy would leave the Cup Series after this event.[3]

Summary

A grand total of 44 American-born drivers participated in this 74-lap event. Hershel McGriff was the unfortunate last-place finisher due to a problematic stock car engine on the second lap. While Jack Sellers was the last man to actually finish the event, a faulty engine on lap 70 prevented Morgan Shepherd from finishing anywhere except in the middle of the pack.[2] The average green flag run was determined to be 6 laps; with slightly more than 32% of the entire race being run under a caution flag. Race-related accidents and vehicles stalling out on the relatively length road course track were the majority of the reasons behind the yellow flag laps.

I was going into a turn when a tire blew and spun me around,The next thing I knew I was flying through the air. The car landed so far up in the sticks I don't know how we'll get it back

After two hours and forty-five minutes of racing, Rusty Wallace would defeat Mark Martin under the race's final caution flag. Amongst the drivers who failed to qualify for the race were Jimmy Means and Mike Hickingbottom. Mark Martin would maintain a 62 point lead for the 1990 Winston Cup Series championship against Morgan Shepherd after this event was through.[2] Vehicles in this race ran speeds averaging up to 69.245 miles per hour (111.439 km/h); making it the slowest NASCAR Cup Series event in the history of Sonoma Raceway.[2] After this race, Mark Martin had a 136 point lead over Dale Earnhardt who was 4th in points after this race. Mark didn't lose the championship because of the penalty at Richmond. He lost it because Earnhardt dominated the rest of the year and took the championship away from him.

Individual earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $69,100 ($125,157.95 when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's share of $3,325 ($6,022.43 when adjusted for inflation). NASCAR officials were authorized to hand out a sum of $443,457 to all the drivers who qualified for this racing event ($803,215.16 when adjusted for inflation).[4]

Top ten finishers

Pos[2] Grid No. Driver Manufacturer Laps
1 11 27 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 74
2 5 6 Mark Martin Ford 74
3 1 5 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 74
4 26 11 Geoffrey Bodine Ford 74
5 31 8 Bobby Hillin, Jr. Buick 74
6 17 94 Sterling Marlin Oldsmobile 74
7 2 4 Ernie Irvan Oldsmobile 74
8 28 0 Irv Hoerr Oldsmobile 74
9 20 30 Michael Waltrip Pontiac 74
10 14 75 Rick Wilson Oldsmobile 74

Timeline

Standings after the race

Pos Driver Points[2]
1 Mark Martin 1800
2 Morgan Shepherd 1738
3 Rusty Wallace 1688
4 Dale Earnhardt 1664
5 Geoffrey Bodine 1644

References

Preceded by
1990 Budweiser 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season
1990
Succeeded by
1990 Miller Genuine Draft 500
Preceded by
1989
Banquet Frozen Foods 300 races
1990
Succeeded by
1991
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