1992 Goody's 500

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Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

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

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

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

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

12 |Jeff Purvis |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

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

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

25 |Ken Schrader |Hendrick Motorsports |Chevrolet |Kodiak

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

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

30 |Michael Waltrip |Bahari Racing |Pontiac |Pennzoil

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

41 |Dick Trickle |Larry Hedrick Motorsports |Chevrolet |Kellogg's Frosted Flakes

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

43 |Richard Petty |Petty Enterprises |Pontiac |STP

45 |Rich Bickle |Terminal Trucking Motorsports |Ford |Terminal Trucking

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

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

57 |Bob Schacht (R) |Stringer Motorsports |Oldsmobile |National Pronto Auto Parts

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

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

71 |Jim Sauter |Marcis Auto Racing |Chevrolet |Marcis Auto Racing

90 |Hut Stricklin |Donlavey Racing |Ford |Maxx Race Cards

94 |Terry Labonte |Hagan Racing |Oldsmobile |Sunoco

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 25, 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, September 26, at 12:30 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-30 would be decided on time,{{Cite news |date=September 25, 1992 |title=NASCAR today |pages=33 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118079589/nascar-today/ |access-date=February 6, 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. 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.

Kyle Petty, driving for SABCO Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 20.472 and an average speed of {{Convert|92.497|mph|km/h}} in the first round.{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Gerald |date=September 26, 1992 |title=Kyle Petty finds the pole under Martinsville lights |pages=27 |work=The News and Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118079670/kyle-petty-finds-the-pole-under/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Three 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 | Bill Elliott | style="text-align:center;"| 3,490
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Davey Allison | style="text-align:center;"| 3,378 (-112)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Alan Kulwicki | style="text-align:center;"| 3,299 (-191)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Harry Gant | style="text-align:center;"| 3,284 (–206)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Mark Martin | style="text-align:center;"| 3,207 (–283)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Kyle Petty | style="text-align:center;"| 3,194 (–296)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Ricky Rudd | style="text-align:center;"| 3,136 (–354)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Darrell Waltrip | style="text-align:center;"| 3,099 (–391)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Morgan Shepherd | style="text-align:center;"| 3,010 (–480)
align="left"| 10px 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Rusty Wallace | style="text-align:center;"| 3,000 (–490)
class="sortbottom" !colspan="9"|[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118079791/nascar-standings/ Official driver's standings]

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

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