1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series - Budweiser at The Glen

Budweiser At The Glen

The Budweiser At The Glen was held August 9 at Watkins Glen International Raceway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole. It was the first race for Winston Cup cars since the new bus stop chicane was added in light of J. D. McDuffie's fatal accident in 1991. Nifty pit strategy and Mother Nature helped Kyle Petty notch the first road course victory of his career. Rain pushed back the start of the race more than three hours, and once the green flag finally fell, it was fairly evident it would be a sprint to the halfway point. Petty won a heated battle for the lead with Ernie Irvan between laps 32–36, a pivotal point in the race. After a caution, the race was restarted on lap 44, one lap before the halfway point, which would make the race official regardless of the weather. Petty brushed off then-leader Dick Trickle on lap 45 and on lap 46, the skies opened. After five laps under caution, the race was red-flagged, then called with Petty as the winner. Still suffering from his Pocono injuries, Allison needed help from road-race extraordinaire Dorsey Schroeder to post a 20th-place finish. Elliott was 14th, extending his points lead over Allison to 17.

Top Ten Results

  1. 42-Kyle Petty
  2. 21-Morgan Shepherd
  3. 4-Ernie Irvan
  4. 6-Mark Martin
  5. 16-Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
  6. 2-Rusty Wallace
  7. 7-Alan Kulwicki
  8. 94-Terry Labonte
  9. 3-Dale Earnhardt
  10. 26-Brett Bodine
  • The race was shortened to 51 laps due to rain. NASCAR did not have rain tires to use.
  • Davey Allison fell 17 points behind 14th place finisher Bill Elliott, after Dorsey Schroeder replaced Davey mid-race and finished 20th. Alan Kulwicki's solid finish reduced his interval to 94 points, while Harry Gant made no progress, finishing 18th and increasing his deficit to 140 points. Kyle Petty climbed up to 9th in points, tied with Morgan Shepherd at 340 points behind Elliott.
  • This was Todd Bodine's first Winston Cup race. He drove a Ford Thunderbird bearing his Busch Series car number (34) and sponsorship by Diet Pepsi.

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