DieHard 500
The DieHard 500 was held July 25 at Talladega Superspeedway. Bill Elliott won the pole.
The race was marked by two major accidents: Stanley Smith suffered near-fatal head injuries in a Lap 69 accident while Jimmy Horton flew over the wall and landed on an access road outside the track in the same crash. Later in the race, on Lap 132, Neil Bonnett flew into the catch fence similar to the Bobby Allison crash in 1987. That resulted in the introduction of roof flaps in 1994.
Top Ten Results
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
- 4-Ernie Irvan
- 6-Mark Martin
- 42-Kyle Petty
- 18-Dale Jarrett
- 68-Greg Sacks
- 21-Morgan Shepherd
- 33-Harry Gant
- 26-Brett Bodine
- 16-Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
Failed to Qualify: 45-Rich Bickle, 38-Bobby Hamilton, 46-Buddy Baker, 62-Clay Young, 29-Kerry Teague
- The margin of victory was 5 one-thousandths of a second (.005), setting a new record.
- Race winner Dale Earnhardt made a Polish Victory Lap with the #28 flag of Davey Allison on his memory, who died 13 days before.
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