Top Ten Results The Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was held March 19 at Atlanta International Raceway.
D. McDuffie, Rodney Combs, Rick Jeffrey The Pontiac Excitement 400 was held March 26 at Richmond International Raceway.
Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 43-Richard Petty The TranSouth 500 was held April 2 at Darlington Raceway.
D. McDuffie, 04-Bill Meacham, Jerry O'Neil, Kevin Evans, Mark Walbridge The Pannill Sweatshirts 500 was held April 23 at Martinsville Speedway.
Top Ten Results The inaugural Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was held June 11 at Sears Point Raceway.
Top Ten Results The Miller High Life 500 was held June 18 at Pocono International Raceway.
Top Ten Results The Miller High Life 400 was held June 25 at Michigan International Speedway.
Top Ten Results The AC Spark Plug 500 was held on July 23 at Pocono International Raceway.
Top Ten Finishers The Talladega DieHard 500 was held July 30 at Alabama International Motor Speedway.
Top Ten Results The Champion Spark Plug 400 was held August 20 at Michigan International Speedway.
Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 43-Richard Petty The Heinz Southern 500 was held September 3 at Darlington Raceway.
Top Ten Results The Miller High Life 400 was held September 10 at Richmond International Raceway.
Top Ten Results The Peak Performance 500 was held September 17 at Dover Downs International Speedway.
Top Ten Results The All Pro Auto Parts 500 was held October 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Top Ten Results The AC Delco 500 was held October 22 at North Carolina Motor Speedway.
Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 18-Tommy Ellis, 41-Danny Lawson, 89-Bob Howard, 35-Keith van Houten, 07-Mark Walbridge, 44-Jack Sellers, 19-Robert Sprague, 24-Butch Gilliland, 22-St. James Davis, 80-Bob Walker, 08-Rick McCray, 99-John Krebs, 38-Duke Hoenshell, 04-Hershel McGriff, 50-Rick Scribner[8] The Atlanta Journal 500 was held November 19 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Dick Trickle was named the 1989 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year, despite entering the competition in the second week of the season, replacing Mike Alexander at Stavola Brothers Racing.
The top runner-up was former Dash champion Hut Stricklin, driving for returning car owner Rod Osterlund.
Two-time Busch champion Larry Pearson and former modified driver Jimmy Spencer were the only other candidates to make a full schedule, as Rick Mast, Ben Hess, Chad Little, Butch Miller, and Mickey Gibbs all ran part-time.