500 The AC Spark Plug 500 was held July 22 at Pocono Raceway. Mark Martin qualified on the top spot. Top Ten Results 11-Geoff Bodine 9-Bill Elliott 27-Rusty Wallace 3-Dale Earnhardt 28-Davey Allison 6-Mark Martin 5-Ricky Rudd 98-Butch Miller 43-Richard Petty 1-Terry Labonte Did not start: 50-Rich Vogler (credited with 40th-place finish) Failed to qualify: 2-Troy Beebe, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 85-Bobby Gerhart Rich Vogler was set to make his Winston Cup debut at this event as he had qualified 32nd for this race, but on the night before, he was killed in a sprint car race at Salem Speedway. Junior Johnson's team gambled on the amount of fuel in Geoff Bodine's tank and elected not to make a pit stop as Bodine nearly coasted to victory over Bill Elliott at Pocono. Bodine led nine times for 119 of the 200 laps. Elliott had pitted on lap 157 and needed no fuel for the finish while other contenders made fuel stops beginning with 11 laps left. After a four-lap caution, the race was restarted on the final lap and Bodine finished with a half-gallon to spare. Martin won the pole. One car that qualified for this race did not roll off the grid. Darrell Waltrip actually started the race in the No. 17, and pulled in to put Jimmy Horton in the car at the end of the 1st lap. NASCAR official Dick Beaty stated the day before that he wanted Darrell to stay at the back of the field, do not pass anybody, and pull in at the end of the 1st lap for the driver change. Waltrip passed 3 or 4 cars at the start, then caught a caution that allowed him to do the driver change under yellow. Beaty then penalized the No. 17 1 lap for disobeying the earlier command (as stated in Waltrip's book, DW: A Lifetime Going Around in Circles). DieHard 500 The DieHard 500 was held July 29, 1990, at Talladega Superspeedway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole. Top Ten Results 3-Dale Earnhardt 9-Bill Elliott 94-Sterling Marlin 7-Alan Kulwicki 5-Ricky Rudd 4-Ernie Irvan 10-Derrike Cope 42-Kyle Petty 6-Mark Martin 8-Bobby Hillin Jr. -1 Failed to qualify: 0-Delma Cowart, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 77-Ken Ragan Dale Earnhardt made it three of four major superspeedway titles so far in the 1990 season by winning the pole, leading a record-breaking 134 laps and winning the race. Earnhardt got the