Race 3 of 29 in the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott.
Date
March 19, 1989
Official name
30th Annual Motorcraft Quality Parts 500
Location
Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta International Raceway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.522 mi (2.449 km)
Distance
328 laps, 499.216 mi (803.41 km)
Scheduled Distance
328 laps, 499.216 mi (803.41 km)
Average speed
139.684 miles per hour (224.800 km/h)
Attendance
41,000
Pole position
Driver
Alan Kulwicki
AK Racing
Time
30.969
Most laps led
Driver
Rusty Wallace
Blue Max Racing
Laps
130
Winner
No. 17
Darrell Waltrip
Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network
ABC
Announcers
Paul Page, Sam Posey, Bobby Unser
Radio in the United States
Radio
Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
The 1989 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was the third stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 30th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 19, 1989, before an audience of 41,000 in Hampton, Georgia, at Atlanta International Raceway, a 1.522 miles (2.449 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 328 laps to complete. With the assist of a fast final pit-stop, Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip would manage to hold off the field on the final restart with nine laps left in the race to take his 75th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.[1][2][3][4] To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Stavola Brothers Racing driver Dick Trickle would finish second and third, respectively.
^Higgins, Tom (March 20, 1989). "Waltrip Wins Atlanta Race (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 23. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (March 20, 1989). "Waltrip Wins Atlanta Race (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 27. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Hinton, Ed (March 20, 1989). "Waltrip Makes It 2 Out of 3 (Part 1)". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 39. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Hinton, Ed (March 20, 1989). "Waltrip Makes It 2 Out of 3 (Part 2)". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 47. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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