1995 Food City 500
Race details | |||||
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Race 6 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||||
Date | April 2, 1995 | ||||
Official name | 35th Annual Food City 500 | ||||
Location | Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol Motor Speedway | ||||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.533 mi (0.858 km) | ||||
Distance | 342 laps, 182.286 mi (293.36 km) | ||||
Scheduled Distance | 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km) | ||||
Average speed | 92.011 miles per hour (148.077 km/h) | ||||
Attendance | 76,000 | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver |
Roush Racing | ||||
Time | 15.399 | ||||
Most laps led | |||||
Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
Laps | 205 | ||||
Winner | |||||
No. 24 | Jeff Gordon |
Network | ESPN | ||
Announcers | Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons | ||||
Radio in the United States | |||||
Radio | Motor Racing Network |
The 1995 Food City 500 was the sixth
Background
The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, March 31, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, April 1, at 12:30 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-32 would be decided on time,[3] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to four provisionals were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.
Nine drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
Race results
Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings |
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1 | 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 500 | 205 | running | 185 | $67,645 |
2 | 9 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing South
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Ford | 500 | 101 | running | 175 | $42,045 |
3 | 12 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | Chevrolet | 500 | 0 | running | 165 | $35,845 |
4 | 17 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 500 | 2 | running | 165 | $28,631 |
5 | 13 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Rudd Performance Motorsports | Ford | 500 | 0 | running | 155 | $32,260 |
6 | 19 | 28 | Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates Racing
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Ford | 500 | 0 | running | 150 | $27,660 |
7 | 21 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 499 | 0 | running | 146 | $28,060 |
8 | 1 | 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing
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Ford | 499 | 155 | running | 147 | $44,860 |
9 | 31 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Morgan–McClure Motorsports | Chevrolet | 499 | 0 | running | 138 | $25,055 |
10 | 18 | 33 | Robert Pressley (R) | Leo Jackson Motorsports
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Chevrolet | 498 | 0 | running | 134 | $24,605 |
11 | 34 | 29 | Steve Grissom | Diamond Ridge Motorsports | Chevrolet | 498 | 0 | running | 130 | $17,955 |
12 | 24 | 22 | Randy LaJoie (R) | Bill Davis Racing | Pontiac | 497 | 0 | running | 127 | $21,105 |
13 | 4 | 12 | Derrike Cope | Bobby Allison Motorsports
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Ford | 496 | 0 | running | 124 | $15,430 |
14 | 20 | 94 | Bill Elliott | Elliott-Hardy Racing
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Ford | 496 | 0 | running | 121 | $10,980 |
15 | 30 | 1 | Rick Mast | Precision Products Racing | Ford | 496 | 0 | running | 118 | $20,530 |
16 | 23 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer
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Travis Carter Enterprises | Ford | 495 | 0 | running | 115 | $14,755 |
17 | 28 | 9 | Lake Speed | Melling Racing | Ford | 495 | 0 | running | 112 | $10,705 |
18 | 6 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | Roush Racing
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Ford | 495 | 0 | running | 109 | $19,455 |
19 | 8 | 37 | John Andretti | Kranefuss-Haas Racing
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Ford | 492 | 0 | running | 106 | $10,645 |
20 | 32 | 21 | Morgan Shepherd | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 492 | 0 | running | 103 | $20,536 |
21 | 35 | 31 | Ward Burton | A.G. Dillard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 489 | 0 | running | 100 | $10,380 |
22 | 33 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahari Racing | Pontiac | 489 | 0 | running | 97 | $18,930 |
23 | 11 | 7 | Geoff Bodine | Geoff Bodine Racing | Ford | 488 | 0 | running | 94 | $24,980 |
24 | 26 | 77 | Davy Jones (R) | Jasper Motorsports | Ford | 486 | 0 | running | 91 | $13,705 |
25 | 25 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 479 | 0 | running | 88 | $36,360 |
26 | 27 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 475 | 0 | running | 85 | $18,530 |
27 | 14 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 460 | 0 | running | 82 | $23,106 |
28 | 10 | 8 | Jeff Burton | Stavola Brothers Racing | Ford | 413 | 0 | running | 79 | $18,355 |
29 | 7 | 41 | Ricky Craven (R) | Larry Hedrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 407 | 0 | running | 76 | $13,225 |
30 | 22 | 15 | Dick Trickle | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 407 | 0 | running | 73 | $17,800 |
31 | 16 | 32 | Chuck Bown | Active Motorsports | Chevrolet | 395 | 0 | running | 70 | $12,200 |
32 | 5 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 393 | 0 | running | 67 | $16,700 |
33 | 29 | 75 | Todd Bodine | Butch Mock Motorsports
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Ford | 392 | 0 | running | 64 | $16,200 |
34 | 36 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 354 | 0 | running | 61 | $9,200 |
35 | 3 | 42 | Kyle Petty | Team SABCO
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Pontiac | 276 | 37 | crash | 63 | $14,000 |
36 | 15 | 40 | Greg Sacks | Dick Brooks Racing
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Pontiac | 212 | 0 | engine | 55 | $13,700 |
Failed to qualify | ||||||||||
37 | 98 | Jeremy Mayfield | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Ford | ||||||
38 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | ||||||
39 | 26 | Steve Kinser | King Racing | Ford | ||||||
40 | 47 | Billy Standridge | Johnson Standridge Racing | Ford | ||||||
41 | 78 | Hut Stricklin | Triad Motorsports | Ford | ||||||
42 | 66 | Butch Miller | RaDiUs Motorsports
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Ford | ||||||
43 | 52 | Brad Teague | Jimmy Means Racing | Ford | ||||||
44 | 27 | Loy Allen Jr. | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | ||||||
45 | 90 | Mike Wallace | Donlavey Racing | Ford | ||||||
Official race results |