No. 4. TranSouth 500 The TranSouth 500 was held on April 1 at Darlington Raceway. Geoff Bodine started on the pole. Top Ten Results 3-Dale Earnhardt 6-Mark Martin 28-Davey Allison 11-Geoff Bodine 15-Morgan Shepherd 33-Harry Gant 9-Bill Elliott 26-Brett Bodine 30-Michael Waltrip 25-Ken Schrader -1 Failed to qualify: 48-Norm Benning, 74-Mike Potter, 82-Mark Stahl Dale Earnhardt pulled away on two restarts in the final 18 laps and finished two car lengths in front of Mark Martin to earn his second victory of the 1990 season and second consecutive win at Darlington. The race came under some controversy, as Ernie Irvan, who was ten laps down, was racing aggressively against then-leader Ken Schrader, lost control and started a huge crash that almost ended the career of Neil Bonnett. Two cars entered by Hendrick Motorsports (the No. 46 City Chevrolet driven by Greg Sacks and the No. 51 Exxon Chevrolet driven by Hut Stricklin) were originally for the 1990 film Days of Thunder, but were not used for in-race footage. Sacks started in 7th place, but finished in 37th due to a broken crankshaft. Stricklin started in 27th place but finished in 36th after withdrawing from the race. Valleydale Meats 500 The Valleydale Meats 500 was held on April 8 at Bristol International Raceway. The No. 4 of Ernie Irvan won the pole. Top Ten Results 28-Davey Allison 6-Mark Martin 5-Ricky Rudd 1-Terry Labonte 75-Rick Wilson 25-Ken Schrader 94-Sterling Marlin 15-Morgan Shepherd -1 17-Darrell Waltrip -1 42-Kyle Petty -1 Failed to qualify: 19-Chad Little, 16-Larry Pearson Michael Waltrip had a terrible crash in the previous day's Busch Series race when he hit the wall head on and his car collapsed into itself, but still managed to race in this race and finish 20th. Davey Allison elected not to pit on the final caution on lap 391 while the other front runners took on fresh tires and fuel. The gamble paid off with Allison leading the rest of the way, holding off Mark Martin for the victory, by a margin of about 8 inches (one of the closest finishes in NASCAR history). Darrell Waltrip fell from contention with a cut tire with 25 laps left, leaving Allison, Martin, and Ricky Rudd in a bumper-to-bumper battle to the finish. Sterling Marlin was spun out with half a lap to go by Rudd. This resulted in a physical confrontation inside Rudd's transporter after the race.