1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300
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| 1989 Banquest Frozen Foods 300 | ||||||||
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| @ Sonoma on June 11, 1989 | ||||||||
| Note: Winston West Drivers Denoted in Gold Rows |
The Race::1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was a Winston Cup Series (now Nextel Cup) - Winston West Series (now ) combination event held at Track::Infineon Raceway on June 11, 1989. This was the first time that the Winston Cup Series held an event at Infineon Raceway. Ricky Rudd won his only race of the year, leading 61 of 74 laps in route to a 1.1 second victory over Rusty Wallace in what many consider one of the greatest road course battles in Nascar history. The race saw an unusual accident when Mark Martin left the pits with the lug nuts loose on the right rear tire. While under caution Martin spun off into the tire barrier in turn 1 rolling his car very gently on his roof before running back to the pits. Martin would only loose a few laps and actually finished the race. Dale Earnhardt finished 4th to take a 109-marker championship lead on Darrell Waltrip (38th).
Qualifying
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The following drivers failed to qualify for the 1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300. All of these drivers except for Means and Barrett were also attempting the race as regulars in the Winston West Series, receiving points credit for both the Winston Cup owners' points and the Winston West drivers' points. Those drivers failing to qualify were:
- #41 - Jim Courage
- #22 - St. James Davis
- #46 - Marta Leonard
- #38 - Duke Hoenshell
- #75 - Bill Sedgwick
- #88 - Bob Walker
- #44 - Jack Sellers
- #52 - Jimmy Means
- #22 - Stan Barrett
Race DataEdit
Cautions: Laps: 40-44, 48-54, 67-70
Lap leaders: R. Wallace 1-10, R. Rudd 11-18, B. Elliott 19-21, R. Rudd 22-74
