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1989 Daytona 500 Results

Fin. Pos.	Str. Car Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Laps	Money	Car
1	2	17	Darrell Waltrip	200	$184,900	Chevrolet
2	1	25	Ken Schrader	200	$182,700	Chevrolet
3	8	3	Dale Earnhardt	200	$95,550	Chevrolet
4	10	5	Geoff Bodine	200	$79,250	Chevrolet
5	7	55	Phil Parsons	200	$70,325	Oldsmobile
6	11	66	Rick Mast	200	$52,525	Chevrolet
7	9	7	Alan Kulwicki	200	$52,325	Ford
8	40	4	Rick Wilson	200	$47,357	Oldsmobile
9	4	11	Terry Labonte	200	$68,400	Ford
10	41	23	Eddie Bierschwale	200	$31,725	Oldsmobile
11	6	94	Sterling Marlin	199	$47,325	Oldsmobile
12	12	33	Harry Gant	199	$30,000	Oldsmobile
13	17	45	Joe Ruttman	199	$24,505	Pontiac
14	14	16	Larry Pearson	199	$23,915	Buick
15	3	75	Morgan Shepherd	199	$44,900	Pontiac
16	15	10	Ken Bouchard	198	$23,180	Pontiac
17	34	43	Richard Petty	198	$19,335	Pontiac
18	35	27	Rusty Wallace	197	$24,790	Pontiac
19	36	26	Ricky Rudd	197	$19,120	Buick
20	19	71	Dave Marcis	197	$20,785	Chevrolet
21	23	30	Michael Waltrip	197	$18,825	Pontiac
22	32	40	Ben Hess	196	$14,300	Oldsmobile
23	37	88	Greg Sacks	196	$15,595	Pontiac
24	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	193	$13,640	Pontiac
25	16	28	Davey Allison	193	$22,985	Ford
26	21	69	Lee Raymond	189	$13,530	Ford
27	22	84	Mike Alexander	188	$16,275	Buick
28	27	19	Ronnie Sanders	184	$12,570	Chevrolet
29	18	15	Brett Bodine	177	$16,015	Ford
30	39	83	Lake Speed	150	$14,010	Oldsmobile
31	31	73	Phil Barkdoll	143	$10,855	Oldsmobile
32	20	29	Dale Jarrett	131	$15,000	Pontiac
33	5	6	Mark Martin	110	$23,445	Ford
34	42	67	Mickey Gibbs	76	$9,940	Pontiac
35	13	9	Bill Elliott	72	$24,310	Ford
36	28	90	Chad Little	72	$11,605	Ford
37	30	89	Rodney Combs	72	$10,650	Pontiac
38	24	14	A.J. Foyt	41	$11,970	Oldsmobile
39	6	8	Bobby Hillin	39	$13,335	Buick
40	25	93	Charlie Baker	39	$10,450	Chevrolet
41	33	2	Ernie Irvan	8	$9,275	Pontiac
42	38	21	Neil Bonnett	2	$11,800	Ford

Time of Race:	3 hours, 22 minutes, 04 seconds
Average Speed:	148.466 mph
Fastest Qualifier:	Ken Schrader 196.996 mph
Pole:	Ken Schrader
Margin of Victory:	6 seconds
Caution Flags:	7 for 30 laps
Lead Changes:	30 lead changes among 15 drivers. Lap Leaders: Darrell Waltrip 1-10, Ken Schrader 11-23, D. Waltrip 24, Dave Marcis 25, Ricky Rudd 26-27, A.J. Foyt 28-31, Schrader 32-39, Michael Waltrip 40, Phil Barkdoll 41-42, Schrader 43-52, Dale Earnhardt 53, Geoff Bodine 54-61, Rick Wilson 62-64, Terry Labonte 65-66, Eddie Bierschwale 67-68, Phil Parsons 69-71, Wilson 72, Parsons 73-81, Earnhardt 82, D. Waltrip 83-92, Schrader 93-113, Wilson 114-116, Labonte 117, Schrader 118-144, Bodine 145, Rick Mast 146-154, Schrader 155-189, Earnhardt 190, Alan Kulwicki 191-196, D. Waltrip 197-200.
Total Laps Led:	Schrader 114, Darrell Waltrip 25, Phil Parsons 12, Rick Mast 9, Geoff Bodine 9, Rick Wilson 7, Alan Kulwicki 6, A.J. Foyt 4, Dale Earnhardt 3, Terry Labonte 3, Phil Barkdoll 2, Eddie Bierschwale 2, Ricky Rudd 2, Dave Marcis 1, Michael Waltrip 1.