Race 11 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1990 Budweiser 500 program cover, featuring Geoff Bodine.
Date
June 3, 1990
Official name
22nd Annual Budweiser 500
Location
Dover, Delaware, Dover Downs International Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance
500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance
500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed
120.152 miles per hour (193.366 km/h)
Attendance
72,000
Pole position
Driver
Dick Trickle
Cale Yarborough Motorsports
Time
24.689
Most laps led
Driver
Rusty Wallace
Blue Max Racing
Laps
131
Winner
No. 10
Derrike Cope
Whitcomb Racing
Television in the United States
Network
ESPN
Announcers
Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio
Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
The 1990 Budweiser 500 was the 11th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 3, 1990, before an audience of 77,000 in Dover, Delaware at Dover Downs International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. In the late stages of the race, Whitcomb Racing driver Derrike Cope would make a late-race charge to the front, passing for the lead with 55 laps to go to take his second and to date, final career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season.[1][2][3] To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader and Cale Yarborough Motorsports driver Dick Trickle would finish second and third, respectively.
In the driver's championship standings, Bud Moore Engineering driver Morgan Shepherd would take the overall lead after a poor finish from then-points leader Dale Earnhardt.[4]
^Higgins, Tom (June 4, 1990). "Cope Proves He's No Fluke, Wins At Dover (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 19. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (June 4, 1990). "Cope Proves He's No Fluke, Wins At Dover (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 21. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Caldwell, Terry (June 4, 1990). "Cope chases down win at Dover". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 61. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (June 4, 1990). "Shepherd, Moore Get Last Laugh". The Charlotte Observer. p. 21. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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