| Type: | NASWINSTON |
| Location: | Richmond, Virginia, Richmond International Raceway |
| Distance Mi: | 300 |
| Pole Time: | 22.354 |
| Most Laps: | 231 |
| Most Driver: | Rusty Wallace |
| Pole Driver: | Ernie Irvan |
| Car: | 2 |
| First Driver: | Rusty Wallace |
| Most Team: | Penske Racing South |
| First Team: | Penske Racing South |
| Pole Team: | Morgan-McClure Motorsports |
| Network: | TBS |
| Radio: | Motor Racing Network |
| Announcers: | Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett |
| Scheduled Laps: | 400 |
| Distance Laps: | 400 |
| Scheduled Mi: | 300 |
| Scheduled Km: | 482.803 |
| Distance Km: | 482.803 |
| Course Mi: | 0.75 |
| Course Km: | 1.21 |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Race No: | 22 |
| Season No: | 29 |
| Caption: | The 1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. |
| Date: | September 12 |
| Avg: | 99.917mph |
| Race Name: | Miller Genuine Draft 400 |
| Official Name: | 35th Annual Miller Genuine Draft 400 |
| Attendance: | 69,000 |
The 1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 was the 22nd stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 35th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 12, 1992, before an audience of 69,000 in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond International Raceway, a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his 21st career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.[1] [2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and owner-driver Darrell Waltrip would finish second and third, respectively.
Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 11, at 5:30 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 12, at 3:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-34 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 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 22.354 and an average speed of 120.784mph in the first round.[4]
Two drivers would fail to qualify.
| Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Elliott | 3,237 | |||||||
| 2 | Davey Allison | 3,103 (-134) | |||||||
| 3 | Alan Kulwicki | 3,073 (-164) | |||||||
| 4 | Harry Gant | 3,023 (–214) | |||||||
| 5 | Mark Martin | 2,954 (–283) | |||||||
| 1 | 6 | Darrell Waltrip | 2,873 (–364) | ||||||
| 1 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 2,864 (–373) | ||||||
| 8 | Ricky Rudd | 2,822 (–415) | |||||||
| 9 | Dale Earnhardt | 2,806 (–431) | |||||||
| 10 | Morgan Shepherd | 2,755 (–482) | |||||||
| Official driver's standings | |||||||||