1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Michigan)
The 1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 was the 14th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 24, 1990, before an audience of 85,000 in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to take advantage of a blown engine of the dominant driver of the day, Bill Elliott, and make a late-race charge to the front, passing for the lead with six to go to take his 43rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan and Junior Johnson & Associates driver Geoff Bodine would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking.Entry list
' denotes rookie driver.Qualifying
Two rounds of qualifying were scheduled to be held on Friday, March 26, and Saturday, March 27. However, Friday's session was cancelled due to rain, with both rounds then scheduled to commence on Saturday. However, Saturday's sessions would also be cancelled due to rain, leaving qualifying to be determined by a system of owner's points and postmarks on entry list blanks. The top 30 positions would be determined by the current 1993 owner's points, while the final nine spots would be determined by a system of provisionals that included past winners, and finally postmarks. As a result, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would win the pole.Four drivers would fail to qualify.