| Type: | NASWINSTON |
| Location: | Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol International Speedway |
| Distance Mi: | 266.5 |
| Pole Time: | 15.919 |
| Most Laps: | 247 |
| Most Driver: | Darrell Waltrip |
| Pole Driver: | Ernie Irvan |
| Car: | 17 |
| First Driver: | Darrell Waltrip |
| Most Team: | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports |
| First Team: | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports |
| Pole Team: | Morgan-McClure Motorsports |
| Network: | ESPN |
| Radio: | Motor Racing Network |
| Announcers: | Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons |
| Scheduled Laps: | 500 |
| Distance Laps: | 500 |
| Scheduled Mi: | 266.5 |
| Scheduled Km: | 428.89 |
| Distance Km: | 428.89 |
| Course Mi: | 0.533 |
| Course Km: | 0.858 |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Race No: | 20 |
| Season No: | 29 |
| Caption: | The 1992 Bud 500 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott. |
| Date: | August 29 |
| Avg: | 91.198mph |
| Race Name: | Bud 500 |
| Official Name: | 32nd Annual Bud 500 |
| Attendance: | 64,870 |
The 1992 Bud 500 was the 20th stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 29, 1992, before an audience of 64,870 in Bristol, Tennessee, at Bristol Motor Speedway, a 0.533 miles (0.858 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. At race's end, owner-driver Darrell Waltrip would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 83rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.[1] [2] To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would finish second and third, respectively.
The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, August 28, at 7:35 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 15 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 29, at 1:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 15-30 would be decided on time,[3] 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.
Ernie Irvan, driving for Morgan–McClure Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 15.919 and an average speed of 120.535mph in the first round.[4]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
| Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Elliott | 2,946 | |||||||
| 2 | Davey Allison | 2,837 (-109) | |||||||
| 1 | 3 | Alan Kulwicki | 2,813 (-133) | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | Harry Gant | 2,751 (–195) | ||||||
| 5 | Mark Martin | 2,604 (–342) | |||||||
| 3 | 6 | Kyle Petty | 2,591 (–355) | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | Dale Earnhardt | 2,570 (–376) | ||||||
| 8 | Morgan Shepherd | 2,539 (–407) | |||||||
| 2 | 9 | Ricky Rudd | 2,528 (–418) | ||||||
| 3 | 10 | Darrell Waltrip | 2,523 (–423) | ||||||
| Official driver's standings | |||||||||