1959 that an entire starting field finished the race, with no drivers scoring a DNF. Junior Johnson's final race at his home track as a car owner would see Brett Bodine finish 22nd, 5 laps down; while Elton Sawyer finished 8 laps down in 34th. UAW-GM Quality 500 The UAW-GM Quality 500 was held October 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Ricky Rudd won the pole. Top ten results 6-Mark Martin 3-Dale Earnhardt 5-Terry Labonte 10-Ricky Rudd 28-Dale Jarrett 4-Sterling Marlin 22-Ward Burton 18-Bobby Labonte 2-Rusty Wallace 43-Bobby Hamilton Failed to qualify: 97-Chad Little, 81-Kenny Wallace, 44-Jeff Purvis, 0-Delma Cowart, 66-Billy Standridge Dale Earnhardt took the Past Champion's Provisional to get into this race. Within 70 laps, he was 2nd. AC Delco 400 The AC Delco 400 was held October 22 at North Carolina Speedway. The #26 of Hut Stricklin won the pole. Top ten results 22-Ward Burton 2-Rusty Wallace 6-Mark Martin 5-Terry Labonte 8-Jeff Burton 4-Sterling Marlin 3-Dale Earnhardt 41-Ricky Craven 87-Joe Nemechek 94-Bill Elliott Failed to qualify: 71-Dave Marcis, 88-Ernie Irvan, 19-Loy Allen Jr., 78-Jay Hedgecock, 84-Norm Benning, 70-Alan Russell, 14-Richard Brickhouse This was Ward Burton's first career Winston Cup win, coming in just his seventh race for Bill Davis Racing. This race featured an unusual 10+ lap long caution due to an error by NASCAR officials pertaining to Dale Earnhardt's car. On a green flag pit stop, Earnhardt's crew changed 4 tires like any other stop. However, one of the lugnuts on the left front tire was not painted red like the rest. As a result, an official called Earnhardt's car back to the pits to fix the problem that didn't actually exist. NASCAR then threw the caution in order to essentially put Earnhardt back where he was before the officials' error occurred, which was more or less unprecedented. Dura Lube 500 The Dura Lube 500 was held October 29 at Phoenix International Raceway. The #94 of Bill Elliott won the pole. Top ten results 10-Ricky Rudd 12-Derrike Cope 3-Dale Earnhardt 2-Rusty Wallace 24-Jeff Gordon 16-Ted Musgrave 21-Morgan Shepherd 6-Mark Martin 1-Rick Mast 25-Ken Schrader Failed to qualify: 50-A. J. Foyt, 97-Chad Little, 08-Mike Bliss, 40-Shane Hall, 00w-Scott Gaylord, 58w-Wayne Jacks, 7w-L. J. Pryor, 36w-Rich Woodland Jr. This victory gave Ricky Rudd a victory in 13 consecutive seasons, dating back to 1983 (when he earned his 1st career victory at Riverside while driving the #3 Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet