TranSouth 500
The TranSouth 500 was held on April 1 at Darlington Speedway. Dale Earnhardt pulled away on two restarts in the final 18 laps and finished two car lengths in front of Mark Martin to earn his second victory of the 1990 season and second consecutive win at Darlington. The race came under some controversy, as Ernie Irvan, who was ten laps down, was racing aggressively against then-leader Ken Schrader, lost control and started a huge crash that almost ended the career of Neil Bonnett. Geoff Bodine started on the pole.
Top Ten Results
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
- 6-Mark Martin
- 28-Davey Allison
- 11-Geoff Bodine
- 15-Morgan Shepherd
- 33-Harry Gant
- 9-Bill Elliott
- 26-Brett Bodine
- 30-Michael Waltrip
- 25-Ken Schrader -1
Failed to qualify: 48-Norm Benning, 74-Mike Potter, 82-Mark Stahl
- Two of the Days of Thunder movie cars where in this race. All those it wasn't for filming it was just for racing. the number 46-Greg Sacks and 51-Hut Stricklin. Both cars dropped out of the race and finished 36 and 37. This would also be the last time you see any Days of Thunder movie cars in a race.
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