1990 Budweiser 500

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Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !# !Driver !Team !Make !Sponsor

1 |Terry Labonte |Precision Products Racing |Oldsmobile |Skoal

2 |Rick Mast |U.S. Racing |Pontiac |U.S. Racing

3 |Dale Earnhardt |Richard Childress Racing |Chevrolet |GM Goodwrench Service Plus

4 |Ernie Irvan |Morgan–McClure Motorsports |Oldsmobile |Kodak

5 |Ricky Rudd |Hendrick Motorsports |Chevrolet |Levi Garrett

6 |Mark Martin |Roush Racing |Ford |Folgers

7 |Alan Kulwicki |AK Racing |Ford |Zerex

8 |Bobby Hillin Jr. |Stavola Brothers Racing |Buick |Snickers

9 |Bill Elliott |Melling Racing |Ford |Coors Light

10 |Derrike Cope |Whitcomb Racing |Chevrolet |Purolator Filters

11 |Geoff Bodine |Junior Johnson & Associates |Ford |Budweiser

12 |Hut Stricklin |Bobby Allison Motorsports |Buick |Raybestos

15 |Morgan Shepherd |Bud Moore Engineering |Ford |Motorcraft

17 |Darrell Waltrip |Hendrick Motorsports |Chevrolet |Tide

20 |Rob Moroso (R) |Moroso Racing |Oldsmobile |Crown Central Petroleum

21 |Dale Jarrett |Wood Brothers Racing |Ford |Citgo

25 |Ken Schrader |Hendrick Motorsports |Chevrolet |Kodiak

26 |Brett Bodine |King Racing |Buick |Quaker State

27 |Rusty Wallace |Blue Max Racing |Pontiac |Miller Genuine Draft

28 |Davey Allison |Robert Yates Racing |Ford |Texaco, Havoline

30 |Michael Waltrip |Bahari Racing |Pontiac |Country Time

33 |Harry Gant |Leo Jackson Motorsports |Oldsmobile |Skoal Bandit

42 |Kyle Petty |SABCO Racing |Pontiac |Peak Antifreeze

43 |Richard Petty |Petty Enterprises |Pontiac |STP

48 |Freddie Crawford |Hylton Motorsports |Chevrolet |Hylton Motorsports

52 |Jimmy Means |Jimmy Means Racing |Pontiac |Alka-Seltzer

57 |Jimmy Spencer |Osterlund Racing |Pontiac |Heinz

66 |Dick Trickle |Cale Yarborough Motorsports |Pontiac |Phillips 66 TropArtic

70 |J. D. McDuffie |McDuffie Racing |Pontiac |Rumple Furniture

71 |Dave Marcis |Marcis Auto Racing |Chevrolet |Big Apple Market

74 |Mike Potter |Wawak Racing |Pontiac |Wawak Racing

75 |Rick Wilson |RahMoc Enterprises |Pontiac |Dinner Bell Foods

80 |Jimmy Horton |S&H Racing |Ford |S&H Racing

85 |Bobby Gerhart |Bobby Gerhart Racing |Chevrolet |James Omar Landis Auctions

94 |Sterling Marlin |Hagan Racing |Oldsmobile |Sunoco

98 |Butch Miller |Travis Carter Enterprises |Chevrolet |Banquet Foods

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 1, 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 2, at 11:30 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,{{Cite news |date=June 1, 1990 |title=NASCAR today |pages=22 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121261234/nascar-today/ |access-date=March 20, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} 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 provisionals were given.

Dick Trickle, driving for Cale Yarborough Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.689 and an average speed of {{Convert|145.814|mph|km/h}} in the first round.{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Tom |date=June 2, 1990 |title=Trickle Stops Dominance At Dover (Part 1) |pages=25 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121261459/trickle-stops-dominance-at-dover-part/ |access-date=March 20, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Tom |date=June 2, 1990 |title=Trickle Stops Dominance At Dover (Part 2) |pages=26 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121261486/trickle-stops-dominance-at-dover-part-2/ |access-date=March 20, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

No drivers would fail to qualify.

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;Drivers' Championship standings

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! Pos ! Driver ! Points
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | Morgan Shepherd | style="text-align:center;"| 1,662
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Mark Martin | style="text-align:center;"| 1,630 (-32)
align="left"| 10px 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Dale Earnhardt | style="text-align:center;"| 1,603 (-59)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Rusty Wallace | style="text-align:center;"| 1,503 (–159)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Geoff Bodine | style="text-align:center;"| 1,484 (–178)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Kyle Petty | style="text-align:center;"| 1,479 (–183)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Darrell Waltrip | style="text-align:center;"| 1,453 (–209)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Bill Elliott | style="text-align:center;"| 1,446 (–216)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Ken Schrader | style="text-align:center;"| 1,446 (–216)
align="left"| 10px 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Ernie Irvan | style="text-align:center;"| 1,353 (–309)
class="sortbottom" !colspan="9"|[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121244303/nascar-statistics/ Official driver's standings]

• Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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