1992 Mello Yello 500
26th race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1992 Mello Yello 500 was the 26th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 11, 1992, before an audience of 162,500 in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At race's end, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to make a late-race pass on eventual second-place finisher, owner-driver Alan Kulwicki with 32 laps to go to take his seventh career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would finish third.
Race details | |||
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Race 26 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
Date | October 11, 1992 | ||
Official name | 33rd Annual Mello Yello 500 | ||
Location | Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Average speed | 153.537 miles per hour (247.094 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 162,500 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | AK Racing | ||
Time | 30.163 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing | |
Laps | 129 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | TBS | ||
Announcers | Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Performance Racing Network |
With poor finishes from the top two in the driver's championship standings, those being Bill Elliott and Davey Allison, the points battle had tightened to extreme margins, with the top five in the driver's championship all being within 100 points within the leader with three races left in the season, the first time of such an occurrence in NASCAR history.[3]