1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race: 1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500
Name of Track:     Dover International Speedway
Date: September 16th



Dover International Speedway

Dover International Speedway is a NASCAR race track located near Dover, Delaware.

The Monster Mile

Dover International Speedway is unusual in several respects. It is a concrete track; most NASCAR tracks are asphalt. It is co-located with a horse racing track, Dover Downs, and in fact is sometimes also referred to by this name. It is also exactly one mile long; technically this means that it is neither a superspeedway nor a short track.

The speedway is also notoriously hard on cars, and its standard nickname is The Monster Mile. The horse track is part of an extensive entertainment complex including other forms of gambling; at one time both it and the speedway were owned by the publicly-traded Dover Downs Entertainment, but they have since been split into two separate enterprises, partly at the encouragement of NASCAR.

500 Miles Is Too Long

At one time the NASCAR Cup races held here were 500 miles long until a NASCAR rules change limited 500 mile races to being held only at tracks over a mile in length; the current Nextel Cup races here are 400 miles long.

Dover also hosted Indy Racing League races in 1998 and 1999 won by Scott Sharp and Greg Ray.

Dover International Speedway Ownership

In February 2002, Dover Downs Entertainmnet changed its name to Dover Motorsports following the spin-off of its gaming operations to its existing shareholders. As a result, the name of the track was changed from Dover Downs International Speedway to Dover International Speedway.

Dover Motorsports (formerly Dover Downs Entertainment) which owns Dover International Speedway also owns several other racing facilities, including Nashville Superspeedway. It has been suggested that one of the two current Cup races held there could be shifted to Nashville but this seems unlikely as both current Cup races at Dover are easily sold out.

The Dover ownership is one of only three publicly-held ownership groups of NASCAR tracks, the other two being International Speedway Corporation, controlled by NASCAR's founding France family and owners of the Talladega and Daytona tracks, among others, and Speedway Motorsports, Inc., led by Bruton Smith and H. A. "Humpy" Wheeler, which owns Lowe's Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, among others. Aside from these three ownership groups, NASCAR tracks are privately held by one or a few individuals.

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1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin Driver Num Start Money Laps Pts Status Sponsor
1 Bill Elliott 9 1 $83,100 500 0 running Coors
2 Mark Martin 6 6 $35,325 500 0 running Folger's
3 Dale Earnhardt 3 3 $29,375 500 0 running GM Goodwrench
4 Harry Gant 33 8 $19,425 499 0 running Skoal Bandit
5 Michael Waltrip 30 19 $16,825 499 0 running Country Time Drink Mix
6 Dale Jarrett 21 11 $13,675 499 0 running Citgo
7 Rusty Wallace 27 9 $18,175 499 0 running Miller Genuine Draft
8 Kyle Petty 42 15 $13,675 499 0 running Peak Antifreeze
9 Davey Allison 28 7 $14,075 499 0 running Havoline
10 Ken Schrader 25 23 $14,875 498 0 running Kodiak
12 Sterling Marlin 94 18 $8,625 497 0 running Sunoco
13 Derrike Cope 10 25 $9,775 496 0 running Purolator
14 Bobby Hillin, Jr. 8 21 $0 495 0 running Snickers
15 Terry Labonte 1 22 $8,350 495 0 running Skoal Classic
16 Richard Petty 43 16 $5,600 494 0 running STP
17 Butch Miller 98 27 $5,350 493 0 running Banquet Frozen Foods
18 Jimmy Spencer 57 30 $7,000 493 0 running Heinz
19 Darrell Waltrip 17 24 $12,650 492 0 running Tide
20 Brett Bodine 26 10 $7,475 492 0 running Quaker State
21 Greg Sacks 18 29 $3,550 491 0 running Ultra Slim Fast
22 Dave Marcis 71 14 $6,500 491 0 running Big Apple Markets
23 Dick Trickle 66 12 $7,400 478 0 running TropArtic
25 Morgan Shepherd 15 13 $6,200 441 0 running Motorcraft
26 Ernie Irvan 4 4 $6,000 427 0 running Kodak Film
27 Rick Wilson 75 31 $5,925 395 0 engine Dinner Bell Foods
28 Rob Moroso 20 17 $4,600 394 0 crash Crown Petroleum
29 Alan Kulwicki 7 5 $5,775 342 0 engine Zerex
30 Jimmy Horton 80 34 $3,100 318 0 engine S & H Racing
31 Tommy Ellis 83 32 $3,050 285 0 engine Prestone
32 Ricky Rudd 5 20 $5,600 246 0 heating Levi Garrett
33 Jeff Purvis 51 28 $2,950 222 0 crash Plasti-Kote
35 James Hylton 48 38 $2,800 202 0 engine Josiah
36 Geoffrey Bodine 11 2 $12,825 175 0 engine Budweiser
37 Jerry Hufflin 9 40 $2,750 130 0 oil leak Smith Racing
2008 Nextel Points
1 Jimmie Johnson Leader
2 Carl Edwards -69
3 Greg Biffle -217
4 Kevin Harvick -276
5 Clint Bowyer -303
6 Jeff Burton -349
7 Jeff Gordon -368
8 Denny Hamlin -470
9 Tony Stewart -482
10 Kyle Busch -498
2008 Busch Points
1 Clint Bowyer Leader
2 Carl Edwards -21
3 Brad Keselowski -338
4 David Ragan -607
5 Mike Bliss -614
6 Kyle Busch -671
7 David Reutimann -744
8 Mike Wallace -1004
9 Jason Leffler -1046
10 Marcos Ambrose -1141
2008 Craftsman Points
1 Johnny Benson Leader
2 Ron Hornaday -7
3 Todd Bodine -104
4 Erik Darnell -313
5 Matt Crafton -333
6 Mike Skinner -362
7 Rick Crawford -410
8 Dennis Setzer -528
9 Jack Sprague -600
10 Terry Cook -653

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