Race 13 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1992 Champion Spark Plug 500 program cover, featuring Richard Petty. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
Date
June 14, 1992
Official name
11th Annual Champion Spark Plug 500
Location
Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pocono Raceway
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance
200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance
200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed
144.023 miles per hour (231.783 km/h)
Attendance
100,000
Pole position
Driver
Ken Schrader
Hendrick Motorsports
Time
55.499
Most laps led
Driver
Alan Kulwicki
AK Racing
Laps
58
Winner
No. 7
Alan Kulwicki
AK 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 1992 Champion Spark Plug 500 was the 13th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 11th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 13, 1992, before an audience of 100,000 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, owner-driver Alan Kulwicki would manage to make a late-race pass for the lead with 11 to go to take his fifth and final career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his second and final victory of the season, and enough points to move him into third in the driver's championship standings, 58 points behind the leader.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Junior Johnson & Associates driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third, respectively.
^McKee, Sandra (June 15, 1992). "In one respect, Kulwicki gets big win". The Baltimore Sun. p. 19. Retrieved January 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (June 15, 1992). "Patient Kulwicki takes Pocono win". The Anniston Star. p. 9. Retrieved January 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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