The 1990 First Union 400 was the seventh stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 40th iteration of the event.

Many had thought that when the pace car had come out, and the leaders had raced to the caution, that Dale Earnhardt was in the lead.

However, after NASCAR officials had spent more than 20 laps sorting out the restart order, they determined that Brett Bodine was in the lead.

The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races before closing again in the spring of 2011.

[3] Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 19.153 and an average speed of 117.475 miles per hour (189.058 km/h).