1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series - AC Delco 500

AC Delco 500

The AC Delco 500 was held October 25 at North Carolina Speedway. Kyle Petty won the pole. In the most dominating performance of the season, Kyle Petty continued his sensational second half of 1992 with a convincing AC-Delco 500 win. Petty led all but eight of the 492 laps in his father's final race in North Carolina. He only relinquished the lead during green flag pit stops. The outcome was never in doubt, so the attention moved to the points battle, which marched into Rockingham with six drivers in contention. After Petty's Victory Lane celebration, those six still remained in the title picture, with Elliott leading by 70 over Allison, 85 over Kulwicki, 94 over Petty and 113 over Gant.

Top Ten Finishers
Fin.
Pos		 Car
No.		 Driver Team Laps
1 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing 492
2 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan-McClure Motorsports 492
3 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports 491
4 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates 491
5 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates 491
6 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports 491
7 26 Brett Bodine King Racing 491
8 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing 490
9 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing 490
10 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing 490

Winston Cup points standings (after 27 of 29 races)

  1. Bill Elliott, 3818 points
  2. Davey Allison, 3748 (−70)
  3. Alan Kulwicki, 3733 (−85)
  4. Kyle Petty, 3724 (−94)
  5. Harry Gant, 3705 (−113)
  6. Mark Martin, 3640 (−178)
  7. Ricky Rudd, 3574 (−244)
  8. Ernie Irvan, 3438 (−380)
  • Kyle Petty led 484 of 492 laps. Mark Martin (before he crashed) and Bill Elliott led 3 laps each, and Ernie Irvan led 2 during green flag pit stops. As a result of the domination and only 2 cautions in a 500-mile (805 km) race, only 2 cars finished on the lead lap. Despite the green flag look of the race, Petty beat Irvan by just under a second.
  • Bill Elliott finally had a good finish after 3 successive finishes of 26th or worse.

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