SONOMA, Calif. - The first NASCAR Winston Cup race at Sears Point International Raceway came down to a shoving match four laps from the end.
Ricky Rudd won that moment from Rusty Wallace, and he went on to win the 300-K race.
``He sort of surprised me,'' Rudd said of Wallace, who darted to the outside on the slow right-handed seventh turn. ``He outbraked me into the corner. I was guarding the inside and he went outside, stood on the gas and surprised me by getting up alongside me.
``He was where I wanted to be, so I just moved over.''
Rudd slid to the outside of the turn, bumping Wallace and sending the challenger off the racing surface and onto the grass
1 Ricky Rudd
2 Rusty Wallace
3 Bill Elliot
4 Dale Earnhardt
5 Lake Speed
6 Joe Ruttman
7 Morgan Shepherd
8 Rich Wilson
9 Davey Allison
10 Michael Waltrip
11 Neil Bonnettt
12 Harry Gant
13 Bobby Hillin
14 Hershel McGriff
15 Terry Labonte
16 Dave Marcis
17 Bill Schmitt
18 Phil Parsons
19 Larry Pearson
20 Geoff Bodine
21 Hut Stricklin
22 Darin Brassfield
23 Ernie Irvan
24 Troy beebe
25 Terry Fisher
26 Richard Petty
27 Geoff Bodine
28 Rick McCray
29 Jim Brown
30 Dick Trickle
31 Mark Martin
32 Dick Johnsons
33 John Krebs
34 Eddie Bierschwale
35 Bill Cooper
36 Alan Kulwicki
37 Ken Scrader
38 Darrell Waltrip
39 Roy Smith
40 Sterling Marlin
41 Ron Esau
42 Dale Jarrett
Time Of Race: 2 hours, 27 minutes, 03 seconds
Average Speed : 76.088 mph
Margin Of Victory: .05 seconds