1992 Hooters 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 29 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway (used until March 1997)
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| Date | November 15, 1992 | ||
| Official name | Hooters 500 | ||
| Location | Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.522 mi (2.449 km) |
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| Distance | 328 laps, 499.216 mi (803.410 km) | ||
| Weather | Cold with temperatures up to 57 °F (14 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 133.322 miles per hour (214.561 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 162,500 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Jackson Racing | ||
| Time | 30.409 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Alan Kulwicki | AK Racing | |
| Laps | 103 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Bill Elliott | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett | ||
The 1992 Hooters 500 was the final race of the 1992 NASCAR season. It was held on November 15, 1992, at Atlanta Motor Speedway and was televised live on ESPN. The race is widely considered one of the greatest NASCAR races of all time, with three noteworthy stories dominating the race: the debut of Jeff Gordon in the Winston Cup Series, the final race of seven time champion Richard Petty's thirty-five-year career, and the battle for the series points championship with six drivers mathematically eligible to win the title.
The race was won by Bill Elliott in the #11 Ford for Junior Johnson and Associates. Owner-driver Alan Kulwicki, driving the #7 Ford, finished second behind Elliott, and secured the series title by virtue of having led the most laps during the race. It was the closest points championship battle in NASCAR history at the time (10 points), and Kulwicki's margin of most laps led compared to Elliott's total was a mere single lap.
The 1992 Hooters 500 represented the 33rd running of the Atlanta fall race, and the sixth time the event was held as the NASCAR season finale.
Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of nine current intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Charlotte, Chicagoland, Darlington, Homestead, Kansas, Kentucky, Las Vegas, and Texas. However, at the time, only Charlotte and Darlington were built.
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