1992 Mello Yello 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1992 Mello Yello 500
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	October 11th

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1992 Mello Yello 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1992 Mello Yello 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Mark Martin	6	4	$101,500	334	running	Valvoline
2	Alan Kulwicki	7	1	$89,000	334	running	Hooters
3	Kyle Petty	42	20	$68,600	334	running	Mello Yello
4	Jimmy Spencer	12	24	$41,200	334	running	Raybestos Brakes
5	Ricky Rudd	5	5	$35,550	334	running	Tide
6	Ernie Irvan	4	3	$34,150	334	running	Kodak Film
7	Ken Schrader	25	2	$32,500	334	running	Kodiak
8	Harry Gant	33	18	$25,800	334	running	Skoal Bandit
9	Dick Trickle	8	17	$19,300	333	running	Snickers
10	Geoffrey Bodine	15	12	$19,600	333	running	Motorcraft
11	Ted Musgrave	55	30	$16,200	333	running	Jasper Engines
12	Terry Labonte	94	13	$15,000	333	running	Sunoco
13	Morgan Shepherd	21	6	$14,700	333	running	Citgo
14	Dale Earnhardt	3	11	$19,050	332	running	GM Goodwrench
15	Bobby Hamilton	68	26	$13,450	331	running	Country Time
16	Sterling Marlin	22	19	$11,350	331	running	Maxwell House Coffee
17	Derrike Cope	10	14	$16,100	331	running	Purolator
18	Jimmy Hensley	66	9	$8,450	330	running	TropArtic
19	Davey Allison	28	22	$15,375	329	running	Havoline
23	Michael Waltrip	30	29	$9,220	325	running	Pennzoil
24	Dale Jarrett	18	7	$9,640	324	clutch	Interstate Batteries
25	Rich Bickle	45	33	$4,830	324	running	Terminal Trucking
26	Lake Speed	83	15	$4,235	323	clutch	Purex
27	Richard Petty	43	32	$8,720	323	running	STP
28	Brett Bodine	26	8	$9,105	320	running	Quaker State
30	Bill Elliott	11	16	$13,880	310	sway bar	Budweiser
32	Pancho Carter	90	31	$3,735	297	running	Plumb Hammers
33	Chad Little	9	25	$3,670	294	heating	Melling Performance
34	Darrell Waltrip	17	10	$13,350	215	engine	Western Auto
35	Rick Mast	1	23	$8,155	168	engine	Skoal Classic
37	Rusty Wallace	2	21	$11,600	128	engine	Miller Genuine Draft
39	Dave Marcis	41	40	$5,085	57	rear end	Kellogg's
40	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	31	28	$0	52	dq	Bryant