1992 Daytona 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Track map of Daytona International Speedway showing mainly the speedway.
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| Date | February 16, 1992 | ||
| Official name | Daytona 500 by STP | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.02336 km) |
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| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 82.9 °F (28.3 °C); wind speeds approaching 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 160.256 miles per hour (257.907 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Junior Johnson & Associates | ||
| Qualifying race winners | |||
| Duel 1 Winner | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Duel 2 Winner | Bill Elliott | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Davey Allison | Robert Yates Racing | |
| Laps | 127 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 28 | Davey Allison | Robert Yates Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | CBS | ||
| Announcers | Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett and Ned Jarrett | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 9.2/25 (13.4 million viewers) |
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The 1992 Daytona 500, the 34th running of the event, was held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the first race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup season. Davey Allison won the race. Sterling Marlin won the pole, driving the No. 22 Ford for Junior Johnson & Associates. Richard Petty gave the command to start the engines from the cockpit of the famous #43 Pontiac for his team in his final appearance in the race as a driver. This would also be the final Daytona 500 start for 1972 winner A.J. Foyt, who would also start his final Indianapolis 500 later that year. It also marked the debut of Joe Gibbs Racing in the form of the green and black No. 18 Chevrolet, with Dale Jarrett as the driver.
The initial part of the race was clean, though Geoff Bodine and Morgan Shepherd touched exiting Turn 4 with no further incident. Brett Bodine and Ricky Rudd fell out in the first half of the race with separate engine failures, as the Junior Johnson cars of Sterling Marlin and Bill Elliott established themselves as the cars to beat. Davey Allison's crew gambled with a two-tire change, but caught a lucky break when Geoff Bodine was penalized for speeding, and gained a drafting partner.
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