The 1989 Pannill Sweatshirts 500 was the eighth stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 40th iteration of the event.

Taking advantage of a misfortunate incident Dale Earnhardt suffered in a pit stop late into the race, Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip would manage to pull away in the final 52 laps of the race to capture his 76th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third victory of the season.

[1][2][3][4] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Dale Earnhardt and Stavola Brothers Racing driver Dick Trickle would finish second and third, respectively.

At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Geoff Bodine, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 20.340 and an average speed of 93.097 miles per hour (149.825 km/h) in the first round.