The 1992 Tyson Holly Farms 400 was the 25th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 43rd iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, October 4, 1992, but was delayed to Monday, October 5 due to rain.[1] The race was held in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, a 0.625 miles (1.006 km) oval short track. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At the race's end, Bud Moore Engineering driver Geoff Bodine would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his 14th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season.[2][3] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would finish second and third, respectively.
| Race details | |||
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| Race 25 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1992 Tyson Holly Farms 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt. | |||
| Date | October 5, 1992 | ||
| Official name | 43rd Annual Tyson Holly Farms 400 | ||
| Location | North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.625 mi (1.006 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 400 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km) | ||
| Average speed | 107.36 miles per hour (172.78 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | AK Racing | ||
| Time | 19.209 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Geoff Bodine | Bud Moore Engineering | |
| Laps | 181 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 15 | Geoff Bodine | Bud Moore Engineering | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
Background
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North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about five miles east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi (1.006 km) and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch. It has previously held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races. The track, a NASCAR original, operated from 1949, NASCAR's inception, until the track's original closure in 1996. The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races before closing again in the spring of 2011. It was re-opened in August 2022 for grassroots racing.
Entry list
edit- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
editQualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 2, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 15 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, October 3, at 11:00 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 16-30 would be decided on time,[4] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.
Alan Kulwicki, driving for his own AK Racing team, would win the pole, setting a time of 19.209 and an average speed of 117.133 miles per hour (188.507 km/h) in the first round.[5]
Jimmy Means was the only driver to fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
editRace results
editStandings after the race
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References
edit- ^ Higgins, Tom (October 5, 1992). "Race washed out, will run today". The Charlotte Observer. p. 47. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Foreman Jr., Tom (October 6, 1992). "Bodine's Monday loneliness takes place on track". The Herald. p. 32. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hamer, Jim (October 6, 1992). "Bodine blisters field". Asheville Citizen-Times. p. 23. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. October 2, 1992. p. 39. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Foreman Jr., Tom (October 3, 1992). "Kulwicki takes pole for Holly Farm 400". The Times and Democrat. p. 17. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.