1992 Coca-Cola 600

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Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

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

0 |Delma Cowart |H. L. Waters Racing |Ford |Masters Inn Economy

1 |Rick Mast |Precision Products Racing |Oldsmobile |Skoal

2 |Rusty Wallace |Penske Racing South |Pontiac |Miller Genuine Draft

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

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

5 |Ricky Rudd |Hendrick Motorsports |Chevrolet |Tide

6 |Mark Martin |Roush Racing |Ford |Valvoline

7 |Alan Kulwicki |AK Racing |Ford |Hooters

8 |Dick Trickle |Stavola Brothers Racing |Ford |Snickers

9 |Dave Mader III |Melling Racing |Ford |Melling Racing

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

11 |Bill Elliott |Junior Johnson & Associates |Ford |Budweiser

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

15 |Geoff Bodine |Bud Moore Engineering |Ford |Motorcraft

16 |Wally Dallenbach Jr. |Roush Racing |Ford |Keystone

17 |Darrell Waltrip |Darrell Waltrip Motorsports |Chevrolet |Western Auto

18 |Dale Jarrett |Joe Gibbs Racing |Chevrolet |Interstate Batteries

20 |Joe Ruttman |Moroso Racing |Oldsmobile |Orkin

21 |Morgan Shepherd |Wood Brothers Racing |Ford |Citgo

22 |Sterling Marlin |Junior Johnson & Associates |Ford |Maxwell House

23 |Eddie Bierschwale |B&B Racing |Oldsmobile |SplitFire

25 |Ken Schrader |Hendrick Motorsports |Chevrolet |Kodiak

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

27 |Gary Balough |Linro Motorsports |Chevrolet |Linro Motorsports

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

30 |Michael Waltrip |Bahari Racing |Pontiac |Pennzoil

31 |Bobby Hillin Jr. |Team Ireland |Chevrolet |Team Ireland

32 |Randy Porter |Porter Racing |Pontiac |Porter Racing

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

41 |Greg Sacks |Larry Hedrick Motorsports |Chevrolet |Kellogg's Frosted Flakes

42 |Kyle Petty |SABCO Racing |Pontiac |Mello Yello

43 |Richard Petty |Petty Enterprises |Pontiac |STP

48 |James Hylton |Hylton Motorsports |Pontiac |Rumple Furniture

49 |Stanley Smith |BS&S Motorsports |Chevrolet |Ameritron Batteries

52 |Jimmy Means |Jimmy Means Racing |Pontiac |Jimmy Means Racing

55 |Ted Musgrave |RaDiUs Motorsports |Oldsmobile |Jasper Engines & Transmissions

66 |Jimmy Hensley (R) |Cale Yarborough Motorsports |Ford |Phillips 66 TropArtic

68 |Bobby Hamilton |TriStar Motorsports |Oldsmobile |Country Time

71 |Dave Marcis |Marcis Auto Racing |Chevrolet |Food Lion

73 |Phil Barkdoll |Barkdoll Racing |Oldsmobile |X-1R

77 |Mike Potter |Balough Racing |Chevrolet |Kenova Trucking

83 |Lake Speed |Speed Racing |Ford |Purex

85 |Mike Skinner |Mansion Motorsports |Chevrolet |Glidden

89 |Jim Sauter |Mueller Brothers Racing |Pontiac |Evinrude

90 |Charlie Glotzbach |Donlavey Racing |Ford |Donlavey Racing

94 |Terry Labonte |Hagan Racing |Ford |Sunoco

95 |Bob Schacht (R) |Sadler Brothers Racing |Chevrolet |Glidden

98 |Jimmy Spencer |Travis Carter Enterprises |Chevrolet |Moly Black Gold

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, May 20, 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 Thursday, May 21, at 2:00 PM 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=May 19, 1992 |title=Race week schedule |pages=12 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117443844/race-week-schedule/ |access-date=January 28, 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 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.

Bill Elliott, driving for Junior Johnson & Associates, would win the pole, setting a time of 30.773 and an average speed of {{Convert|175.479|mph|km/h}} in the first round.{{Cite news |last=Nowell |first=Paul |date=May 21, 1992 |title=Charlotte pole another high for Elliott |pages=25 |work=The Item |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117444163/charlotte-pole-another-high-for-elliott/ |access-date=January 28, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Six drivers would fail to qualify.

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;Drivers' Championship standings

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! Pos ! Driver ! Points
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | Davey Allison | style="text-align:center;"| 1,564
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Bill Elliott | style="text-align:center;"| 1,453 (-111)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Harry Gant | style="text-align:center;"| 1,444 (-120)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Alan Kulwicki | style="text-align:center;"| 1,432 (–132)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Dale Earnhardt | style="text-align:center;"| 1,420 (–144)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Terry Labonte | style="text-align:center;"| 1,378 (–186)
align="left"| 10px 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Morgan Shepherd | style="text-align:center;"| 1,333 (–231)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Geoff Bodine | style="text-align:center;"| 1,248 (–316)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Dick Trickle | style="text-align:center;"| 1,245 (–319)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Mark Martin | style="text-align:center;"| 1,217 (–347)
class="sortbottom" !colspan="9"|[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117444334/nascar-standings/ Official driver's standings]

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

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