First Union 400
The First Union 400 was held at North Wilkesboro Speedway on April 22, 1990. Mark Martin was the polesitter. Brett Bodine won his only Winston Cup race.
Top Ten Results
- 26-Brett Bodine*
- 17-Darrell Waltrip
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
- 5-Ricky Rudd
- 15-Morgan Shepherd
- 6-Mark Martin
- 27-Rusty Wallace
- 11-Geoff Bodine
- 28-Davey Allison
- 42-Kyle Petty -1
Failed to qualify: 48-Freddie Crawford, 70-J.D. McDuffie, 76-Bill Sedgwick
- Controversy occurred after Kenny Wallace, who was making his first start in the series crashed in turn one and brought the caution. During the caution, the pace car picked up Dale Earnhardt instead of Bodine who had fresh tires. This led to several confusions on whether who led the race (NASCAR did not have time and electrical scoring until 1993) and took 17 caution laps to sort it out the scoring error. In the end, Bodine was declared as the race leader. After the race, Darrell Waltrip who finished second protested the victory however it was turned down.
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