Miller High Life 400
The Miller High Life 400 was held February 23 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway. Geoff Bodine won the pole.
Top Ten Results
- 7-Kyle Petty*
- 26-Joe Ruttman
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
- 22-Bobby Allison 1 lap down
- 11-Darrell Waltrip 2 laps down
- 8-Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2 laps down
- 12-Neil Bonnett 2 laps down
- 5-Geoff Bodine 3 laps down
- 71-Dave Marcis 3 laps down
- 27-Rusty Wallace 5 laps down
- This was Petty's first career Winston Cup win.
- Petty won this race as the direct result of Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip wrecking while racing for the lead with 2 laps to go. Going into Turn 3, Earnhardt hooked the right rear corner of Waltrip's car and turned him head on into the wall. Geoff Bodine and Joe Ruttman, running 3rd and 4th at the time then proceeded to pile in behind Earnhardt and Waltrip. Petty, who was running 5th at the time of the caution, was the first lead lap car through the mess, and thus was gifted his first career victory.
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