SplitFire Spark Plug 500
The SplitFire Spark Plug 500 was held September 19 at Dover International Speedway. Rusty Wallace won the pole. Among other driver changes, Geoff Bodine left Bud Moore Engineering after the previous race to drive for the #7 Family Ford team, a car that he had just purchased from the family of the late Alan Kulwicki.
Top Ten Results
- 2-Rusty Wallace
- 25-Ken Schrader
- 17-Darrell Waltrip
- 18-Dale Jarrett
- 33-Harry Gant
- 12-Jimmy Spencer
- 22-Bobby Labonte
- 14-Terry Labonte
- 21-Morgan Shepherd, 1 Lap down
- 11-Bill Elliott, 2 Laps down
Failed to qualify: 48-Trevor Boys, 84-Norm Benning, 66-Mike Wallace, 02-T.W. Taylor, 9-P.J. Jones, 77-Mike Potter
- This race was mired with tire issues resulting in cut tires and 16 cautions for 103 of the 500 laps, and the average speed was 100.334 mph. The race took 4 hours and 59 minutes to complete.
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