▁the ▁cov et ed ▁W inst on ▁Mill ion ▁bonus . ▁ ▁All ison ' s ▁biggest ▁challeng es , ▁however , ▁were ▁imp ending ▁rain , ▁and ▁hard - charg ing ▁Mark ▁Martin . ▁All ison ▁p itted ▁first ▁on ▁lap ▁ 2 8 6 ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 6 7 - lap ▁event . ▁Martin , ▁p itting ▁on ▁the ▁back st retch , ▁came ▁in ▁on ▁lap ▁ 2 8 9 . ▁Just ▁moments ▁later ▁on ▁lap ▁ 2 9 5 , ▁the ▁sk ies ▁opened ▁and ▁the ▁rain ▁that ▁had ▁threatened ▁all ▁day ▁finally ▁came . ▁Dar rell ▁W alt rip , ▁Bill ▁Elli ott , ▁and ▁Bre tt ▁Bod ine ▁were ▁among ▁a ▁hand ful ▁of ▁drivers ▁who ▁had ▁not ▁yet ▁p itted . ▁When ▁the ▁red ▁flag ▁was ▁displayed ▁on ▁lap ▁ 2 9 8 , ▁W alt rip ▁was ▁scored ▁as ▁the ▁leader , ▁having ▁taken ▁the ▁lead ▁on ▁Lap ▁ 2 9 3 . ▁Short ly ▁there after , ▁the ▁race ▁was ▁called ▁and ▁W alt rip ▁was ▁declared ▁the ▁winner . ▁It ▁was ▁W alt rip ' s ▁second ▁consecutive ▁win , ▁but ▁more ▁important ly , ▁his ▁first ▁Southern ▁ 5 0 0 ▁victory , ▁making ▁him ▁the ▁fourth ▁driver ▁to ▁finish ▁off ▁the ▁Career ▁Grand ▁S lam . ▁Martin ▁was ▁second , ▁with ▁points ▁cont ender ▁Elli ott ▁coming ▁home ▁a ▁surprising ▁third . ▁All ison ▁was ▁sh uff led ▁back ▁to ▁ 5 th . ▁ ▁A ▁de ject ed ▁All