Valleydale Meats 500
The Valleydale Meats 500 was held on April 8 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Davey Allison elected not to pit on the final caution on lap 391 while the other front runners took on fresh tires and fuel. The gamble paid off with Allison leading the rest of the way, holding off Mark Martin for an eight-inch victory at Bristol. Darrell Waltrip fell from contention with a cut tire with 25 laps left, leaving Allison, Martin, and Ricky Rudd in a bumper-to-bumper battle to the finish. Sterling Marlin was spun out with half a lap to go by Rudd. This resulted in a physical confrontation inside Rudd's transporter after the race. The #4 of Ernie Irvan won the pole. Michael Waltrip had a terrible crash in the previous day's Busch Series race when he hit the wall head on and his car collapsed into itself.
Top Ten Results
- 28-Davey Allison
- 6-Mark Martin
- 5-Ricky Rudd
- 1-Terry Labonte
- 75-Rick Wilson
- 25-Ken Schrader
- 94-Sterling Marlin
- 15-Morgan Shepherd -1
- 17-Darrell Waltrip -1
- 42-Kyle Petty -1
Failed to qualify: 19-Chad Little, 16-Larry Pearson
- Dale Jarrett was inserted into the #21 CITGO Ford for the Wood Brothers in a relief role (initially). It became permanent after Neil Bonnett developed a case of amnesia, which left him unable to race competitively.
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