1990 AC Delco 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 27 of 29 in the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
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The 1990 AC Delco 500 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. | |||
| Date | October 21, 1990 | ||
| Official name | 26th Annual AC Delco 500 | ||
| Location | Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Motor Speedway | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.017 miles (1.636 km) | ||
| Distance | 492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km) | ||
| Average speed | 126.452 miles per hour (203.505 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 55,800 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 24.769 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing | |
| Laps | 207 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 7 | Alan Kulwicki | AK Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
The 1990 AC Delco 500 was the 27th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 26th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 21, 1990, before an audience of 55,800 in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 miles (1.637 km) permanent high-banked racetrack. At race's end, owner-driver Alan Kulwicki would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his second career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott and Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would finish second and third, respectively.
In the driver's championship, second-place driver in the standings, Dale Earnhardt, was able to gain four points over first-place driver Mark Martin, dropping Martin's lead down to 45 points.