1988 The Budweiser at The Glen

The 1988 The Budweiser at The Glen was the 18th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the third iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 13, 1989, before an audience of 100,000 in Watkins Glen, New York, at the shortened layout of Watkins Glen International, a 2.428-mile (3.907 km) permanent road course layout. In the final laps of the race, King Racing driver Ricky Rudd would manage to fend off Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace to the finish to take his ninth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.^[1][2][3][4] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Rusty Wallace and Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third, respectively.

1988 The Budweiser at The Glen

Race details
Race 18 of 29 in the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1988 The Budweiser at The Glen program cover, featuring Alan Kulwicki.
Date	August 14, 1988
Official name	3rd Annual The Budweiser at The Glen
Location	Watkins Glen, New York, Watkins Glen International
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.428 mi (3.907 km)
Distance	90 laps, 218.52 mi (351.673 km)
Scheduled Distance	90 laps, 218.52 mi (351.673 km)
Average speed	74.096 miles per hour (119.246 km/h)
Attendance	100,000
Pole position
Driver	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	1:12.537
Most laps led
Driver	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing
Laps	19
Winner
No. 26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

Background

The layout of Watkins Glen International NASCAR used at the time.

Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.

Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J.D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.

The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
2	Ernie Irvan (R)	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Kroger
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service
4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Kodak
04	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Racing	Pontiac	U.S. Bank
5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Levi Garrett
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	Stroh Light
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	Zerex
8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Miller High Life
9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	Coors Light
10	Ken Bouchard (R)	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	Whitcomb Racing
11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	Budweiser
12	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Miller High Life
15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Crisco
16	Tom Rotsell	Chilson Racing	Ford	Ed Learn Ford
17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Tide
21	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Citgo
25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Folgers
26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	Quaker State
27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	Kodiak
28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	Havoline
29	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Hardee's
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	Country Time
31	Joe Ruttman	Bob Clark Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Slender You Figure Salons
33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	Skoal Bandit
37	Patty Moise	Randy Hope Motorsports	Buick	Randy Hope Motorsports
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	STP
44	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	Piedmont Airlines
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	Eureka
55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Crown Central Petroleum, Skoal Classic
63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet	Linro Motorsports
67	Ron Esau	Arrington Racing	Ford	Pannill Sweatshirts
68	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	Ford	Purolator Filters
70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	Rumple Furniture
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Lifebuoy
75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	Valvoline
76	Phil Good	Good Racing	Ford	United Way
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Wynn's, Kmart
88	Morgan Shepherd	Baker-Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	Red Baron Frozen Pizza
90	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
97	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	Buick	AC Spark Plug
98	Brad Noffsinger (R)	Curb Racing	Buick	Sunoco

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, August 12, at 1:00 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, August 13, 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,^[5] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified on time but were high enough in owner's points; up to two provisionals were given.

Geoff Bodine, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:12.537 and an average speed of 120.501 miles per hour (193.928 km/h) in the first round.^[6][7]

Phil Good was the only driver to fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time	Speed
1	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1:12.537	120.501
2	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	1:12.579	120.432
3	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	1:12.629	120.349
4	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	1:12.985	119.762
5	26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	1:13.377	119.122
6	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	1:13.400	119.084
7	88	Morgan Shepherd	Baker–Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	1:13.451	119.002
8	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1:13.488	118.942
9	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1:13.509	118.908
10	55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	1:13.838	118.378
11	21	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	1:13.941	118.213
12	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	1:13.994	118.128
13	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	1:14.000	118.119
14	44	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	1:14.006	118.109
15	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	1:14.019	118.089
16	15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	1:14.031	118.069
17	4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	1:14.088	117.979
18	29	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Oldsmobile	1:14.300	117.642
19	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	1:14.307	117.631
20	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	1:14.365	117.539
Failed to lock in Round 1
21	31	Joe Ruttman	Bob Clark Motorsports	Oldsmobile	1:14.491	117.340
22	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	1:14.603	117.164
23	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	1:14.717	116.985
24	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	1:14.725	116.973
25	68	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	Ford	1:15.238	116.175
26	90	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	Ford	1:15.311	116.063
27	97	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	Buick	1:15.386	115.947
28	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	1:15.390	115.941
29	12	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	1:15.447	115.854
30	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	1:15.494	115.781
31	63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet	1:15.554	115.639
32	2	Ernie Irvan (R)	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	1:15.719	115.437
33	10	Ken Bouchard (R)	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	1:16.279	114.590
34	37	Patty Moise	Randy Hope Motorsports	Buick	1:16.078	114.893
35	70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	1:16.586	114.131
36	67	Ron Esau	Arrington Racing	Oldsmobile	1:16.610	114.095
37	98	Brad Noffsinger (R)	Curb Racing	Buick	1:16.628	114.068
38	04	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Racing	Pontiac	1:17.131	113.321
39	16	Tom Rotsell	Chilson Racing	Ford	1:17.365	112.981
To the rear
40	75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	1:13.008	119.724
Failed to qualify
41	76	Phil Good	Good Racing	Ford	1:17.426	112.892
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts	Winnings
1	5	26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	90	4	running	180	$49,625
2	2	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	90	7	running	175	$33,900
3	3	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	90	19	running	175	$26,640
4	10	55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	90	6	running	165	$16,540
5	29	12	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	90	0	running	155	$19,295
6	19	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	90	0	running	150	$18,530
7	7	88	Morgan Shepherd	Baker–Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	90	0	running	0	$12,620
8	14	44	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	90	0	running	142	$9,705
9	21	31	Joe Ruttman	Bob Clark Motorsports	Oldsmobile	90	0	running	138	$7,140
10	8	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	5	running	139	$12,835
11	18	29	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Oldsmobile	90	0	running	130	$6,180
12	17	4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	90	0	running	127	$5,845
13	23	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	90	0	running	124	$7,915
14	30	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	90	0	running	121	$6,880
15	37	98	Brad Noffsinger (R)	Curb Racing	Buick	90	0	running	118	$4,705
16	28	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	90	0	running	115	$12,615
17	12	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	90	0	running	112	$6,200
18	4	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	90	12	running	114	$9,990
19	22	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	90	0	running	106	$5,825
20	9	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	13	running	108	$11,865
21	36	67	Ron Esau	Arrington Racing	Oldsmobile	90	0	running	100	$4,580
22	39	16	Tom Rotsell	Chilson Racing	Ford	90	0	running	97	$2,470
23	16	15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	89	0	running	94	$10,960
24	27	97	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	Buick	89	0	running	91	$2,300
25	38	04	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Racing	Pontiac	88	0	running	88	$2,340
26	20	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	88	0	running	85	$5,135
27	33	10	Ken Bouchard (R)	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	87	0	running	82	$2,380
28	15	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	86	0	running	79	$2,925
29	32	2	Ernie Irvan (R)	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	86	0	running	76	$2,020
30	34	37	Patty Moise	Randy Hope Motorsports	Buick	85	0	running	73	$1,965
31	6	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	77	9	transmission	75	$4,660
32	1	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	73	10	running	72	$8,525
33	13	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	71	5	running	69	$4,440
34	11	21	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	68	0	accident	61	$8,710
35	31	63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet	41	0	engine	58	$1,655
36	35	70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	40	0	engine	55	$1,600
37	24	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	30	0	engine	52	$2,220
38	40	75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	21	0	overheating	49	$8,540
39	26	90	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	Ford	11	0	engine	46	$4,140
40	25	68	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	Ford	2	0	engine	43	$4,045
Failed to qualify
41		76	Phil Good	Good Racing	Ford
Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Rusty Wallace 2,693 2 Bill Elliott 2,682 (-11) 3 Dale Earnhardt 2,635 (-58) 4 Ken Schrader 2,470 (–223) 5 Terry Labonte 2,423 (–270) 6 Geoff Bodine 2,336 (–357) 1 7 Phil Parsons 2,302 (–391) 1 8 Sterling Marlin 2,287 (–406) 9 Darrell Waltrip 2,236 (–457) 10 Bobby Hillin Jr. 2,183 (–510) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

1. Higgins, Tom (August 15, 1988). "Rudd Fends Off Wallace In Duel At The Glen (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 45. Retrieved July 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Higgins, Tom (August 15, 1988). "Rudd Fends Off Wallace In Duel At The Glen (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 47. Retrieved July 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Sherman, Doug (August 15, 1988). "Rudd repels charge by Wallace (Part 1)". Democrat and Chronicle. p. 33. Retrieved July 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Sherman, Doug (August 15, 1988). "Rudd repels charge by Wallace (Part 2)". Democrat and Chronicle. p. 35. Retrieved July 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "NASCAR Today". The Charlotte Observer. August 12, 1988. p. 30. Retrieved July 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Higgins, Tom (August 13, 1988). "Bodine Scorches Watkins Glen (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 21. Retrieved July 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Higgins, Tom (August 13, 1988). "Bodine Scorches Watkins Glen (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 25. Retrieved July 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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