- 1989 Daytona 500
The 31st annual
Daytona 500 was heldFebruary 19 atDaytona International Speedway .Ken Schrader won the pole.# 17-
Darrell Waltrip
# 25-Ken Schrader
# 3-Dale Earnhardt
# 5-Geoffrey Bodine
# 55-Phil Parsons
# 66-Rick Mast
# 7-Alan Kulwicki
# 4-Rick Wilson
# 11-Terry Labonte
# 23-Eddie Bierschwale *Failed to qualify: 0-
Delma Cowart , 1-Doug Heveron , 31-Philip Duffie , 31-Jim Sauter, 34-Charlie Glotzbach , 39-Ricky Woodward , 41-Jim Bown , 42-Kyle Petty , 49-Tony Spanos , 52-Jimmy Means , 57-Hut Stricklin , 59-Mark Gibson, 60-Jimmy Horton , 68-Derrike Cope , 74-Randy LaJoie , 77-Connie Saylor , 85-Bobby Gerhart , 95-Trevor Boys *The #23 entry of
Eddie Bierschwale was adorned withPeak Antifreeze logos, and at the first opportunity, they putKyle Petty in the car during the 500. Petty drove the car to the 10th place finish.*
Bill Elliott was relieved at the first caution of the race byJody Ridley due to a wreck in practice before the Twin 125's.*The #28 of
Davey Allison spun out early in the race, hit the earthen bank that separated the backstretch grass from the shore ofLake Lloyd , and did a lazy roll. Allison finished the race in 25th position, 7 laps down.*On lap 144, the #73 of
Phil Barkdoll got loose and spun out of 18th place coming of turn 2, spun through the grass, hit the earthen bank, and ended up on its side.
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