4-Ernie Irvan 6-Mark Martin Failed to qualify: 04-Hershel McGriff, 34-Ted Kennedy, 24-Butch Gilliland, 61-Rick Scribner, 44-Jack Sellers, 22-St. James Davis Dale Earnhardt won his first (and only) race at Phoenix in a dominant way leading the most laps (262 laps of 312). He also took the points lead by 6 points over Mark Martin heading into the season finale at Atlanta. This was the first season since 1987 where Dale Earnhardt won the most races in a season. 1990 was also the final season in his career that he won the most races in a season. Atlanta Journal 500 The final race of the season was held on November 18, 1990, at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Rusty Wallace won the pole. Top Ten Results 15-Morgan Shepherd 11-Geoff Bodine 3-Dale Earnhardt 21-Dale Jarrett 17-Darrell Waltrip 6-Mark Martin 4-Ernie Irvan 7-Alan Kulwicki 27-Rusty Wallace 18-Greg Sacks -1 Failed to qualify: 82-Mark Stahl Tragedy struck during the race when Ricky Rudd driving the Levi Garrett No. 5 locked his brakes up, lost control of the car on pit road, and struck and killed Mike Ritch, a pit crew member on Bill Elliott's team. The fatal accident on pit road was the trigger for a series of new pit road procedures in the Winston Cup Series. At this time, pit road had no speed limit, which meant that cars would blast down pit road in order to lose a least amount of time. Drivers were essentially waved into their pit stall by a sign board man who would stand out in pit lane holding up their team's pit board. (Examples of this can be seen in the film Days of Thunder.) In addition, pit road was not closed when the caution was first displayed, which would result in cars rushing into the pits before the pace car picked up the field. This was first curtailed by the banning of tire changes under caution, an extremely unpopular move (all other services were still allowed though). The pit road closing procedures (that continue today in a modified form) also began with this pit procedure. New rules for pit crews that required crews to stay on the other side of the pit wall from the cars until their car was one stall away were instituted. Pit board men were no longer allowed to stand out in the middle of the pit lane. Lollipops, similar to what is used