1992 SplitFire 200 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race: 1992 SplitFire 200
Name of Track:     Dover International Speedway
Date: September 19th



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.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

1992 SplitFire 200 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1992 SplitFire 200, in order of finishing place.

Fin Driver Num Start Money Laps Pts Status Sponsor
1 Robert Pressley 59 4 $13,550 200 0 running Alliance Training Centers
2 Bobby Labonte 44 9 $12,300 200 0 running Slim Jim
3 Harry Gant 7 8 $6,375 200 0 running Mac Tools
4 Jimmy Spencer 20 16 $4,125 200 0 running Daily's 1st Ade
5 Kenny Wallace 36 13 $4,000 200 0 running Dirt Devil
7 Bill Elliott 11 6 $2,525 199 0 running Budweiser
8 Michael Waltrip 30 11 $2,325 199 0 running Pennzoil
9 Mike Wallace 9 19 $2,125 199 0 running Owen Racing
10 Chuck Bown 63 14 $4,575 199 0 running Nescafe / Nestea
11 Tommy Houston 6 10 $2,600 199 0 running Rose's Stores
12 Jeff Gordon 1 1 $7,925 199 0 running Baby Ruth
13 Todd Bodine 34 17 $4,300 198 0 running Hungry Jack
14 Steve Grissom 31 18 $4,275 198 0 running Channellock
15 Joe Nemechek 87 5 $2,650 198 0 running Texas Pete Sauces
16 Bobby Dotter 64 24 $2,475 197 0 running Shoemaker Racing
18 Jeff Burton 8 23 $4,175 196 0 running Havoline
19 Ricky Craven 99 26 $4,450 196 0 running DuPont
20 Hermie Sadler 32 27 $1,800 195 0 running Slip-In Food Mart
21 Ward Burton 27 7 $4,100 192 0 running Gwaltney's Big 8's
22 Butch Miller 75 25 $2,325 185 0 running Food Country USA
23 Tommy Ellis 12 15 $1,700 172 0 oil leak Mellon Bank
24 David Donohue 96 29 $1,675 168 0 crash Sunoco
25 Troy Beebe 24 21 $1,650 165 0 handling Banana Boat
27 Richard Lasater 5 12 $2,200 92 0 crash Ranch Steak & Seafood
28 Tracy Leslie 72 3 $2,175 89 0 engine Detroit Gasket
29 Larry Carroll 62 30 $1,550 57 0 oil leak Magness Construction
30 John Linville 82 31 $1,525 9 0 engine Linville Racing
31 Ed Berrier 22 20 $1,500 5 0 crash Greased Lightning
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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