1992 Daytona 500

1992 Daytona 500 By STP

Race details
Race 1 of 29 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1992 Daytona 500 program cover, featuring Ernie Irvan.
Date	February 16, 1992
Official name	34th Annual Daytona 500 By STP
Location	Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance	200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed	160.256 miles per hour (257.907 km/h)
Attendance	140,000
Pole position
Driver	Sterling Marlin	Junior Johnson & Associates
Time	46.823
Most laps led
Driver	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing
Laps	127
Winner
No. 28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett, Ned Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 1992 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 34th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 16, 1992, before an audience of 140,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete.

Leading for over half of the race, Robert Yates Racing's Davey Allison managed to avoid a major wreck in the first half of the race that took out several contenders. Afterwards, Allison managed to dominate the latter stages of the race, leading the final 98 laps en route to his 14th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his first victory of the season, and his only career Daytona 500 victory.^[1][2] To fill out the top three, Wood Brothers Racing's Morgan Shepherd and Bud Moore Engineering's Geoff Bodine finished second and third, respectively.