Visual Data: 1989 Cup Season

The 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 41st season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 18th modern-era Cup season. It began February 12 and ended November 19. Rusty Wallace of Blue Max Racing won the championship. This was the first year that every Winston Cup race had flag-to-flag coverage, with almost all of them being televised live.
The 1989 season marked the end of the first of two tire wars between Goodyear and Hoosier, with Hoosier leaving NASCAR shortly after Goodyear debuted their new radial tires.
Also, 1989 was the first season without Bobby Allison, Benny Parsons, and Cale Yarborough.
1 Rusty Wallace 4176
2 Dale Earnhardt 4164
3 Mark Martin 4053
4 Darrell Waltrip 3971
5 Ken Schrader 3786
6 Bill Elliott 3774
7 Harry Gant 3610
8 Ricky Rudd 3608
9 Geoff Bodine 3600
10 Terry Labonte 3569
11 Davey Allison 3481
12 Sterling Marlin 3422
13 Morgan Shepherd 3403
14 Alan Kulwicki 3236
15 Bobby Hillin Jr. 3139
16 Rick Wilson 3119
17 Dick Trickle 3079
18 Michael Waltrip 3057
19 Brett Bodine 3051
20 Neil Bonnett 2995
21 Phil Parsons 2933
22 Ernie Irvan 2916
23 Larry Pearson 2860
24 Dale Jarrett 2789
25 Dave Marcis 2715
26 Hut Stricklin 2708
27 Lake Speed 2550
28 Derrike Cope 2180
29 Richard Petty 2148
30 Kyle Petty 2099
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