Mountain Dew Southern 500
The Mountain Dew Southern 500 was held September 5 at Darlington Raceway. Ken Schrader won the pole. Ernie Irvan negotiated out of his contract with Morgan-McClure Motorsports in order to take over the #28 Texaco-Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing. Mark Martin won his fourth Winston Cup race in a row.
Top Ten Results
- 6-Mark Martin
- 26-Brett Bodine
- 2-Rusty Wallace
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
- 28-Ernie Irvan, 1 Lap down
- 5-Ricky Rudd, 1 Lap down
- 33-Harry Gant, 1 Lap down
- 21-Morgan Shepherd, 2 Laps down
- 25-Ken Schrader, 2 Laps down
- 40-Kenny Wallace, 3 Laps down
Failed to qualify: 48-Trevor Boys, 56-Jerry Hill, 29-Jeff McClure
- This was Mark Martin's 4th consecutive victory, tying the Modern-era record for most consecutive victories.
- The race was shortened by 15 laps. The start of the race had been delayed by more than 3 hours. As the race came towards the end the teams were told on a restart with 25 laps to go that there would only be 10 laps remaining due to darkness
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