Race 26 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1992 Mello Yello 500 program cover, featuring Richard Petty. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
Date
October 11, 1992
Official name
33rd Annual Mello Yello 500
Location
Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance
334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Scheduled Distance
334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Average speed
153.537 miles per hour (247.094 km/h)
Attendance
162,500
Pole position
Driver
Alan Kulwicki
AK Racing
Time
30.163
Most laps led
Driver
Kyle Petty
SABCO Racing
Laps
129
Winner
No. 6
Mark Martin
Roush Racing
Television in the United States
Network
TBS
Announcers
Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett
Radio in the United States
Radio
Performance Racing Network
Motor car race
The 1992 Mello Yello 500 was the 26th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 11, 1992, before an audience of 162,500 in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At race's end, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to make a late-race pass on eventual second-place finisher, owner-driver Alan Kulwicki with 32 laps to go to take his seventh career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would finish third.
With poor finishes from the top two in the driver's championship standings, those being Bill Elliott and Davey Allison, the points battle had tightened to extreme margins, with the top five in the driver's championship all being within 100 points within the leader with three races left in the season, the first time of such an occurrence in NASCAR history.[3]
^Coble, Dom (October 12, 1992). "Martin makes a point in Mello Yello win". Florida Today. p. 21. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Harris, Mike (October 12, 1992). "Mello Yello win thrusts Martin into points battle". The Anniston Star. p. 13. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
^Clarke, Liz (October 12, 1992). "Elliott woes tighten points race". The Charlotte Observer. p. 14. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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