1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400

Race details
Race 14 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
Date	June 21, 1992
Official name	24th Annual Miller Genuine Draft 400
Location	Brooklyn, Michigan, Michigan International Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 2 mi (3.2 km)
Distance	200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed	152.672 miles per hour (245.702 km/h)
Attendance	105,000
Pole position
Driver	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing
Time	40.847
Most laps led
Driver	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing
Laps	158
Winner
No. 28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, Chris Economaki
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 was the 14th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 21, 1992, before an audience of 105,000 in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his 17th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth victory of the season.^[1][2] To fill out the top three, owner-drivers Darrell Waltrip and Alan Kulwicki would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

The layout of Michigan International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, June 19, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, June 20, at 11:00 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,^[4] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.

Davey Allison, driving for Robert Yates Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 40.847 and an average speed of 176.268 miles per hour (283.676 km/h) in the first round.^[5]

Andy Genzman was the only driver to fail to qualify.

Race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Davey Allison 2,118 2 Bill Elliott 2,051 (-67) 3 Alan Kulwicki 2,045 (-73) 4 Harry Gant 1,991 (–127) 5 Dale Earnhardt 1,962 (–156) 6 Terry Labonte 1,841 (–277) 7 Mark Martin 1,813 (–305) 8 Morgan Shepherd 1,763 (–355) 9 Geoff Bodine 1,745 (–373) 1 10 Ricky Rudd 1,721 (–397) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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