1994 Brickyard 400

1994 Brickyard 400

Race details [1]
Race 19 of 31 in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1994 Brickyard 400 program cover.
Date	August 6, 1994 (1994-08-06)
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance	160 laps, 400 mi (643.74 km)
Weather	Mild with temperatures approaching 73 °F (23 °C); wind speeds up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h)
Average speed	131.977 miles per hour (212.396 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Rick Mast	Richard Jackson
Time	52.200
Most laps led
Driver	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	93
Winner
No. 24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	ABC
Announcers	Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons

The 1994 Brickyard 400 was held on Saturday, August 6, 1994, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race marked the nineteenth race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. It was the first NASCAR stock car race at the famous Speedway and the first race of any kind held at the track beside the Indianapolis 500 since the Harvest Classic in 1916. The race featured the largest crowd in NASCAR history, and a then NASCAR record purse of $3.2 million.

Second-year driver, 23-year-old Jeff Gordon, who once lived in nearby Pittsboro, was cheered on by the hometown crowd to a popular win. ^{[2] [3] [4]} It was his second career NASCAR Winston Cup win and thrust the young Gordon, the future hall of famer, into superstardom. ^[5]

The race was a culmination of decades of speculation and over two years of preparation. While the event was looked on with enormous anticipation and significant media attention, the traditional nature of the Indianapolis 500 and the Speedway was a concern to ownership, some from the Indycar community, and some fans. ^{[6] [7]} Despite some mild complaints, the event was considered a huge success and a financial cash cow—it ultimately bankrolled the formation of the Indy Racing League. ^[8] The race featured two former Indy 500 winners (A. J. Foyt and Danny Sullivan). Foyt came out of retirement to participate, which would be his final Winston Cup start. ^[9]

Background

Further information: Brickyard 400 § Race origins

The #28 Robert Yates Racing car being unloaded from the transporter in Gasoline Alley.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909, and the first Indianapolis 500 was held in 1911. It became a tradition that the Indianapolis 500 was the only race held at the track annually. With the exception of a September race meet in 1916, no other races were held at the track through 1993. As the NASCAR Winston Cup Series began to grow in stature and popularity, speculation began to grow in the 1980s and early 1990s about the possibility of holding a race at Indy. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

On September 24, 1991, A. J. Foyt filmed a commercial for Craftsman tools at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. While filming in the garage area, Foyt, and Speedway president Tony George decided to take Foyt's NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car for a few laps around the track. ^[14] Foyt was the first driver to do so, and later on, George himself took a few laps. The event was not planned, and had no implications, but was an unusual sight, and stirred up some mild interest and speculation for the future.

In December 1991, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway board of directors voted to pursue a second race at the Speedway, preferably a NASCAR Winston Cup event. In March 1992, IROC was invited to test cars at the Speedway. On June 22–23, 1992, nine top NASCAR Winston Cup series teams were invited to test at Indy. Although no official announcements were made, it was in fact an unofficial compatibility test to see if stock cars would be competitive at the circuit. An estimated 10,000 spectators watched two days of history in the making.

On April 14, 1993, Speedway President Tony George and president of NASCAR Bill France Jr. jointly announced the inaugural Brickyard 400 would be held Saturday, August 6, 1994. ^{[15] [16]} A new race logo was also unveiled. Immediately, anticipation for the event grew, as many drivers contemplated one-off entries, and comparisons were already being made to NASCAR's biggest event, the Daytona 500. ABC signed on to broadcast the race live, and ESPN would cover practice and qualifying.

1994 season

Jimmy Spencer won the DieHard 500 at Talladega, immediately preceding the 1994 Brickyard 400. Going into the race, the top five in championship points were as follows: ^[17]

Championship standings following the 1994 DieHard 500

1. Ernie Irvan, 2,739 points
2. Dale Earnhardt, −16
3. Mark Martin, −258
4. Rusty Wallace, −289
5. Ken Schrader, −357

NASCAR "tire war" was notable during the 1994 season. Both Goodyear and Hoosier tires were used by entrants. Most of the entries and many of the front-runners utilized Goodyear. A total of twelve Hoosier-shod cars would qualify for the race, led by Geoff Bodine. ^[18]

In order to attract more entries, the initial Brickyard 400 was concurrently included in the NASCAR Winston West schedule. One provisional starting position would be available to the top driver in Winston West points that did not qualify on speed. The points leader in Winston West standings entering the race was Mike Chase.

Going into the race, conjecture amongst fans and media contemplated the possibility of an expanded field, a special qualifying format, a three-abreast starting grid, a celebrity pace car driver, or other changes for the race. However, NASCAR officials planned on treating the Brickyard 400 as any other points-paying race, with standard rules and regulations.

Tire tests

1992 test

On June 22–23, 1992, nine top NASCAR Winston Cup series teams were invited to Indy to participate in a Goodyear tire test. ^{[19] [20] [21]} Over the weekend, the teams had raced in the Miller Genuine Draft 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Although no official announcements were made, it was in fact an unofficial feasibility test to see if stock cars would be competitive at the circuit. An estimated 20,000-25,000 spectators watched a rather exciting two days of history in the making. A. J. Foyt took a few laps around the track in Dale Earnhardt's car on the second day. ^{[22] [23] [24]} ESPN covered the test.

Top speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Car make	Entrant	Speed
					Mon.	Tue.
1	11	Bill Elliott	Ford	Junior Johnson	165.001	168.767
2	4	Ernie Irvan	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	161.772	167.817
3	2	Rusty Wallace	Pontiac	Penske Racing	160.686	166.704
4	42	Kyle Petty	Pontiac	SABCO Racing	162.657	166.199
5	5	Ricky Rudd	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	162.375	165.001
6	17	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	161.772	164.567
7	3	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	162.212	163.194
8	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Roush Racing	161.676	162.346
9	3	A. J. Foyt	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	—	161.452
10	28	Davey Allison	Ford	Robert Yates Racing	161.215	161.261

1993 open test

On August 16–17, 1993, thirty-five NASCAR teams took part in an official open test at Indy. It was held as the teams returned from the second race at Michigan, the Champion Spark Plug 400. The top 35 teams in NASCAR points received invitations. Hosting the test in August mimicked the weather conditions expected for the race in 1994. Several thousand spectators attended, and many announcements were made.

Bobby Labonte (165.624 miles per hour (266.546 km/h)) set the fastest lap on Monday, while Bill Elliott (167.467 miles per hour (269.512 km/h)) turned the fastest lap overall on Tuesday morning. On Monday, Kenny Wallace spun out and hit the inside wall. He was taken to Methodist Hospital for minor injuries. ^[25] At noon on Tuesday, recently retired NASCAR legend Richard Petty took four fast laps by himself and then donated his car to the Speedway museum. ^[26] Later on Tuesday, during a session of "drafting practice," a full complement of over 30 cars took to the track, to simulate race condition. John Andretti spun in turn 1, and several cars crashed. No injuries were reported, but the incident drew the ire of some of the veterans who thought some drivers were pushing too hard. ESPN covered the test, airing highlights of both days on SpeedWeek.

Some of the participants compared the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to Ontario Motor Speedway, which was built to closely mimic Indy's layout. Only a handful of drivers in the field had actually driven at Ontario before it closed (1980), and none of them felt they held any sort of measurable experience advantage.

Richard Petty taking practice laps at the Open Test in 1993.

Top ten speeds (combined sessions)
Pos	No.	Driver	Car make	Entrant	Speed
1	11	Bill Elliott	Ford	Junior Johnson	167.467
2	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Roush Racing	165.905
3	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	165.868
4	68	Greg Sacks	Ford	TriStar Motorsports	165.856
5	22	Bobby Labonte	Ford	Bill Davis Racing	165.624
6	7	Geoff Bodine	Ford	Geoff Bodine Racing	165.256
7	25	Ken Schrader	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	164.754
8	90	Bobby Hillin	Ford	Donlavey Racing	164.495
9	2	Rusty Wallace	Pontiac	Penske Racing	164.429
10	98	Derrike Cope	Ford	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	164.270

1994 testing

During the summer of 1994, private testing sessions conducted by the manufacturers were held. ^{[27] [28]} Ford teams tested in late June, ^[29] with Sterling Marlin leading the first week with a lap at 170 miles per hour (270 km/h). During the second week, Ernie Irvan turned the fastest unofficial lap at the Speedway at over 171 miles per hour (275 km/h). Rusty Wallace was close behind at 170 miles per hour (270 km/h). A. J. Foyt came out of retirement, shaking down and testing the #50 Ford. ^{[30] [31]}

In early July, Davy Jones turned a lap at 168.659 miles per hour (271.430 km/h), ^[32] but would later wreck his primary car. ^{[33] [34]} Chevrolet and Pontiac's teams took to the track in mid-July. ^[35] Danny Sullivan blew an engine. ^[36]

Entry list

86 cars attempted to make the inaugural Brickyard 400 which is a NASCAR record.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

No.	Driver	Team/Owner	Manufacturer
00W	Scott Gaylord	Oliver Racing	Ford
0	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Ford
1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Ford
02	Derrike Cope	Taylor Racing	Ford
2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
04W	Hershel McGriff	Breezly Motorsports	Ford
4	Sterling Marlin	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet
5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford
07	Geoff Brabham	Kranefuss-Haas Racing	Ford
7	Geoff Bodine	Geoff Bodine Racing	Ford
8	Jeff Burton (R)	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford
09	Stan Fox	Roulo Brothers Racing	Chevrolet
9	Rich Bickle	Melling Racing	Ford
10	Ricky Rudd	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Ford
11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford
12	Tim Steele	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Ford
13	Kerry Teague	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet
14	John Andretti (R)	Hagan Racing	Chevrolet
15	Lake Speed	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford
16	Ted Musgrave	Roush Racing	Ford
17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet
18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet
19	Loy Allen Jr. (R)	Tri-Star Motorsports	Ford
20	Randy LaJoie	Moroso Racing	Ford
21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
22	Bobby Labonte	Bill Davis Racing	Pontiac
23	Hut Stricklin	Travis Carter Motorsports	Ford
24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Ford
27	Jimmy Spencer	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford
28	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford
29	Steve Grissom (R)	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	Chevrolet
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac
31	Ward Burton (R)	A.G. Dillard Motorsports	Chevrolet
32	Dick Trickle	Active Motorsports	Chevrolet
33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet
34	Bob Brevak	Brevak Racing	Ford
36	H. B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	Pontiac
36W	Rich Woodland Jr.	Gilliland Racing	Chevrolet
38	P. J. Jones	Stroppe Motorsports	Ford
39	Joe Ruttman	Roulo Brothers Racing	Chevrolet
40	Bobby Hamilton	SABCO Racing	Pontiac
41	Joe Nemechek (R)	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
41W	Steve Sellers	Mike Clark	Ford
42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac
43	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac
44	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Charles Hardy Racing	Ford
47	Billy Standridge	Johnson Standridge Racing	Ford
48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Pontiac
48W	Jack Sellers	Sellers Racing	Chevrolet
50	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Ford
50W	Mike Chase	JTC Racing	Chevrolet
51	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet
52	Brad Teague	Means Racing	Ford
54	Robert Pressley	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet
55	Jimmy Hensley	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford
56	Jerry Hill	Hill Motorsports	Chevrolet
57	Bob Schacht	Balough Racing	Ford
58W	Wayne Jacks	Jacks Motorsports	Pontiac
59	Andy Belmont	Andy Belmont Racing	Ford
59W	Jim Sauter	Dick Simon Racing	Ford
60	Gary Bettenhausen	Barkdoll Racing	Chevrolet
61W	Rick Carelli	Chesrown Racing	Chevrolet
65	Jerry O'Neil	Aroneck Racing	Chevrolet
67	Ken Bouchard	Cunningham Racing	Ford
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet
75	Todd Bodine	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford
76W	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Spears Motorsports	Chevrolet
77	Greg Sacks	U.S. Racing	Ford
79	Doug French	T.R.I.X. Racing	Chevrolet
81W	Jeff Davis	Jeff Davis Racing	Ford
82	Charlie Glotzbach	Carl Miskotten	Ford
84	Norm Benning	Norm Benning Racing	Oldsmobile
86W	Butch Gilliland	Gilliland Racing	Chevrolet
88	Davy Jones	U.S. Racing	Ford
90	Mike Wallace	Donlavey Racing	Ford
90W	Joe Heath	Joe Heath	Ford
91W	Robert Sprague	Bruce Latta	Ford
92W	John Krebs	John Krebs Racing	Chevrolet
95	Ben Hess	Sadler Brothers Racing	Ford
95W	Lance Wade	Dan Wade	Ford
98	Jeremy Mayfield (R)	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford
99	Danny Sullivan	Virtue Racing	Chevrolet

Pole qualifying

The car of Robert Pressley in the garage area during practice.

Pole qualifying for the Inaugural Brickyard 400 was held on Thursday, August 4, 1994. A NASCAR record 86 cars entered, for 43 starting positions. A blind draw was conducted to determine the qualifying order. A total of 85 cars took part in the draw and H. B. Bailey drew the #1 qualifying attempt. Per the NASCAR rules in 1994, a one-lap qualifying attempt was utilized. The top twenty cars in pole qualifying were locked into the starting field. The remainder of the cars could stand on their time, or make a new attempt in second-round qualifying.

The first practice was held Thursday morning. Four incidents occurred, crashes by Joe Nemechek, Robert Pressley, Tim Steele, and Dale Jarrett brushed the wall. Nemechek, Pressley, and Steele would switch to back-up cars, while Jarrett's car was not seriously damaged. The practice session was followed by a heavy thunderstorm that pelted the Speedway. The rain stopped and the track dried, allowing qualifying to start on time at 3 p.m.

The entire qualifying line of 70 attempts was completed without a single incident. H. B. Bailey went into the record books as the first stock car to complete a qualifying attempt. His speed of 152.669 mph was a stock car track record for only a minute or two, and his speed proved to be the slowest of the day other than those that experienced mechanical problems. Only two drivers experienced trouble, one was Ken Schrader, who blew an engine during his attempt. Dale Earnhardt took the provisional pole with a lap of 171.726 miles per hour (276.366 km/h), but his tenure at the top was short-lived. The very next car out to qualify was Rick Mast. Mast set a new stock car lap record of 172.414 miles per hour (277.473 km/h) to secure the pole position. Jeff Gordon was one of the last cars to make an attempt, and qualified third. Geoff Bodine and Bobby Labonte round out the top five. Sixteen cars, many of them Winston West competitors, did not make a qualifying attempt during the pole round.

Indy car and IMSA regular Geoff Brabham, attempting his first NASCAR race, surprised many by qualifying 18th. Former Indy 500 winners A. J. Foyt and Danny Sullivan, however, did not make the top twenty. Wally Dallenbach Jr. driving for Petty Enterprises, who drew 84th out of the 85 cars in line, pulled in when he felt something was wrong with the engine and ended the day with no speed. Rookie Joe Nemechek, who wrecked his primary car in the morning practice session, bounced back with the 21st-fastest qualifying speed; a speed strong enough that he would stand on his time and ultimately qualify for the race.

Pole qualifying results

Locked-in cars SP No. Driver Speed 1 1 Rick Mast 172.414 2 3 Dale Earnhardt 171.726 3 24 Jeff Gordon 171.125 4 7 Geoff Bodine 170.982 5 22 Bobby Labonte 170.794 6 11 Bill Elliott 170.338 7 26 Brett Bodine 170.084 8 10 Ricky Rudd 169.933 9 4 Sterling Marlin 169.766 10 6 Mark Martin 169.690 11 21 Morgan Shepherd 169.687 12 2 Rusty Wallace 169.683 13 77 Greg Sacks 169.677 14 18 Dale Jarrett 169.661 15 30 Michael Waltrip 169.587 16 71 Dave Marcis 169.514 17 28 Ernie Irvan 169.453 18 07 Geoff Brabham 169.310 19 9 Rich Bickle 169.214 20 23 Hut Stricklin 169.065

Failed to qualify in round 1 Pos. No. Driver Speed 21 41 Joe Nemechek 168.989 22 31 Ward Burton 168.900 23 27 Jimmy Spencer 168.890 24 8 Jeff Burton 168.672 25 02 Derrike Cope 168.634 26 5 Terry Labonte 168.574 27 17 Darrell Waltrip 168.401 28 16 Ted Musgrave 168.209 29 98 Jeremy Mayfield 168.108 30 90 Mike Wallace 168.008 31 14 John Andretti 168.008 32 75 Todd Bodine 167.989 33 15 Lake Speed 167.917 34 51 Jeff Purvis 167.917 35 29 Steve Grissom 167.848 36 55 Jimmy Hensley 167.826 37 88 Davy Jones 167.745 38 40 Bobby Hamilton 167.616 39 99 Danny Sullivan 167.358 40 61w Rick Carelli 167.299 41 20 Randy LaJoie 167.233 42 12 Tim Steele 167.087 43 59W Jim Sauter 166.914 44 33 Harry Gant 166.911 45 50 A. J. Foyt 166.889 46 19 Loy Allen Jr. 166.599 47 42 Kyle Petty 166.236 48 32 Dick Trickle 166.226 49 47 Billy Standridge 166.052 50 54 Robert Pressley 165.978 51 92w John Krebs 165.676 52 39 Joe Ruttman 165.621 53 34 Bob Brevak 165.599 54 44 Bobby Hillin 165.353 55 60 Gary Bettenhausen 164.962 56 09 Stan Fox 164.594 57 76w Ron Hornaday Jr. 164.456 58 95w Lance Wade 162.922 59 00w Scott Gaylord 162.285 60 81w Jeff Davis 161.955 61 50w Mike Chase 159.864 62 56 Jerry Hill 159.453 63 59 Andy Belmont 159.385 64 58w Wayne Jacks 159.193 65 95 Ben Hess 158.081 66 04w Hershel McGriff 157.456 67 36w Rich Woodland Jr. 155.457 68 36 H. B. Bailey 152.669 69 25 Ken Schrader 120.943 70 43 Wally Dallenbach Jr. no time

Did not make an attempt No. Driver 0 Delma Cowart 13 Kerry Teague 38 P. J. Jones 41w Steve Sellers 48 James Hylton 48W Jack Sellers 52 Brad Teague 57 Bob Schacht 65 Jerry O'Neil 67 Ken Bouchard 79 Doug French 82 Charlie Glotzbach 84 Norm Benning 86w Butch Gilliland 90w Joe Heath 91w Robert Sprague

Second round qualifying

The car of Brad Teague in the garage area during practice.

Second-round qualifying was held Friday August 5, 1994. The drivers that had qualified 1st–20th on Thursday were locked-in to those positions and did not have to re-qualify. The drivers that placed 21st and beyond from the previous round were allowed to stand on their time from Thursday, or erase it and make a new attempt. Due to the expected length of the session, and the sensitive nature of how the track is known to react to changing weather conditions, ^{[33] [34]} for fairness, the qualifying draw order from the previous round was inverted for round two. NASCAR subsequently adopted this policy for all races from that day forth until two-round qualifying was abolished at the end of the 2000 season.

Five drivers stood on their times from Thursday, and all five hung on to qualify for the race. Terry Labonte, who had placed 26th Thursday, was among those who elected to re-qualify, and he wound up the fastest qualifier of the day. The decision was wise as Labonte's Thursday speed would not have help up Friday. A. J. Foyt managed to qualify in 40th, the last car to make the field on speed. After a miserable run on Thursday, Kyle Petty found much-needed speed and placed 36th. Lake Speed (168.429 mph) and Harry Gant (168.003 mph) both failed to crack the top 40, but made the field as the provisional starters – the two highest-placed entries in NASCAR points standing not already in the race. ^[37] No Winston West Series competitors made the field on speed, but Mike Chase (166.312 mph) was awarded a special provisional for the highest entry in Winston West points standings (Chase was the Winston West points leader going into the race).

Very few of the one-off entries by Indy car regulars made the field. Danny Sullivan surprised himself by placing 26th for his first (and only) career Winston Cup start. ^[38] Popular Indy car owner Dick Simon who was noted for never failing to qualify one of his rookie drivers at the Indy 500 fell short as his driver, NASCAR veteran Jim Sauter, ranked only 47th. After no major incidents during qualifying attempts on Thursday, Friday's qualifying saw wrecks or spins by four cars, including Daytona 500 polesitter Loy Allen Jr. Dick Trickle had a fast lap going until lightly brushing the wall coming off of turn four. He would miss the field by 0.037 seconds.

Among the drivers who chose not to make a qualifying attempt in the second round session was Ben Hess, who had been injured in an accident during a practice session earlier in the day. ^[37] 56-year old Charlie Glotzbach, who had entered the Indianapolis 500 in 1969–1970 (but failed to qualify in both years), also did not make an attempt. H. B. Bailey, who had drawn the first spot in the qualifying order Thursday was, per the inverted order, the final car to make a qualifying attempt on Friday. Bailey closed out time trials, gaining over 8 mph from his previous speed, but still fell far short of making the starting lineup.

Qualifying cars SP No. Driver Speed 21 5 Terry Labonte 170.046 22 43 Wally Dallenbach Jr. 169.962 23 25 Ken Schrader 169.635 24 55 Jimmy Hensley 169.492 25 75 Todd Bodine 169.396 26 99 Danny Sullivan 169.214 27 17 Darrell Waltrip 169.186 28 14 John Andretti 169.185 29 51 Jeff Purvis 169.005 30 41 Joe Nemechek 168.989* 31 98 Jeremy Mayfield 168.982 32 40 Bobby Hamilton 168.966 33 31 Ward Burton 168.900* 34 27 Jimmy Spencer 168.890* 35 44 Bobby Hillin 168.789 36 42 Kyle Petty 168.742 37 16 Ted Musgrave 168.672 38 8 Jeff Burton 168.672* 39 02 Derrike Cope 168.634* 40 50 A. J. Foyt 168.596 41 15 Lake Speed Provisional 42 33 Harry Gant Provisional 43 58 Mike Chase Provisional *Stood on Thursday time

Non-qualifying cars Pos. No. Driver Speed 44 39 Joe Ruttman 168.587 45 32 Dick Trickle 168.479 46 20 Randy LaJoie 168.401 47 59 Jim Sauter 168.205 48 29 Steve Grissom 168.165 49 88 Davy Jones 168.124 50 61w Rick Carelli 167.876 51 92w John Krebs 167.666 52 34 Bob Brevak 167.570 53 60 Gary Bettenhausen 167.249 54 52 Brad Teague 166.451 55 90 Mike Wallace 166.399 56 54 Robert Pressley 166.211 57 81w Jeff Davis 165.329 58 57 Bob Schacht 164.986 59 76w Ron Hornaday Jr. 164.736 60 65 Jerry O'Neil 164.693 61 00w Scott Gaylord 164.591 62 67 Ken Bouchard 164.534 63 47 Billy Standridge 163.636 64 12 Tim Steele 162.796 65 36w Rich Woodland Jr. 162.749 66 04w Hershel McGriff 162.449 67 56 Jerry Hill 161.897 68 59 Andy Belmont 161.679 69 36 H. B. Bailey 160.732 70 84 Norm Benning 160.040 71 58w Wayne Jacks 158.702 72 79 Doug French 154.684 73 41w Steve Sellers 153.074 74 48 James Hylton 149.276 75 91w Robert Sprague crash 76 95w Lance Wade spin 77 09 Stan Fox crash 78 19 Loy Allen Jr. crash 79 48w Jack Sellers no speed

Did not make an attempt No. Driver 0 Delma Cowart 13 Kerry Teague 38 P. J. Jones 82 Charlie Glotzbach 86w Butch Gilliland 95 Ben Hess 90w Joe Heath

Qualifying notes

A trio of brothers - Geoff, Brett, and Todd Bodine made the field, a feat that had only been accomplished once in the history of the Indy 500. In 1982, Don, Bill, and Dale Whittington all qualified for the 500. Another trio of brothers nearly did the same as Rusty and Kenny Wallace qualified, but Mike Wallace ranked only 55th. P. J. Jones, son of 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner Parnelli Jones, and the only driver entered who was a son of a former Indy 500 winner, did not complete a qualifying attempt.

Future Hall of Fame drivers Davey Allison, Alan Kulwicki, and future Hall of Fame nominee Neil Bonnett had all been notably killed in the time between the initial tire tests in 1992–1993 and the running of the race. Allison was the only one of the three that had participated in one of the early tire tests, taking part in June 1992. Neil Bonnett, who entered but did not qualify for the 1979 Indianapolis 500, announced plans to enter the 1994 Brickyard 400. ^[39] However, he was fatally injured in a crash at Daytona on February 11, 1994, five months before the Brickyard 400 was held. ^[40] Kulwicki and Allison both died in aviation accidents in 1993. Geoff Bodine bought Kulwicki's team, Allison was eventually replaced by Ernie Irvan, and Bonnett was replaced by Jeff Purvis. All three of those entries qualified for the race.

Race summary

Pre-race

Pre-race ceremonies

Popular Indianapolis 500 fixture Jim Nabors was invited to sing the national anthem, accompanied by the Indiana State University Marching Sycamores. Mary F. Hulman gave the traditional starting command. Elmo Langley drove the Chevrolet Monte Carlo pace car, and Doyle Ford served as flagman. The flyover was performed by the 181st Fighter Group, featuring four F-16 fighter jets.

All living former NASCAR Winston Cup Champions were invited to participate in a pre-race parade around the track. Besides the former champions who qualified for the race (Earnhardt, Wallace, Elliott, Waltrip, and Labonte), those in attendance included Richard Petty, Rex White, Buck Baker, Ned Jarrett, and Benny Parsons. Former Daytona 500 winner Buddy Baker was also in attendance.

After the final practice session Friday evening, polesitter Rick Mast, as well as Ernie Irvan and Brett Bodine, were among the teams that changed the engines in their cars. ^[41]

Start

At the start, polesitter Rick Mast led Dale Earnhardt into turn one. In turn four, Earnhardt brushed the wall, which allowed Mast to lead the first lap. Earnhardt quickly began to slip in the standings. Meanwhile, Jeff Gordon passed Mast to take over the lead. On lap 3, Danny Sullivan lost a side window, bringing out the caution for debris. Earnhardt pitted to check the damage and fell to the rear of the field.

The green came back out on lap 6. On lap 10, Jimmy Spencer lost control and crashed hard in turn 3. He would become the first driver to drop out.

First half

Jeff Gordon leads the field for a restart.

The first half settled into a comfortable pace, with Jeff Gordon leading for several segments. The top five were battled among drivers including Gordon, Geoff Bodine, Bill Elliott, Darrell Waltrip, and Brett Bodine. Dale Earnhardt attempted to charge through the field and managed to lead laps during a sequence of green-flag pit stops.

A. J. Foyt ran out of fuel on lap 46. He attempted to stay out and lead a lap during green-flag pit stops, but had to coast around a full lap, and lost several laps in the process. He made it back to the pits and re-joined the race.

Second half

Ricky Rudd

On lap 95, Mike Chase and Dave Marcis crashed in turn 2, bringing out the caution. Under the yellow, Brett Bodine took on only two tires, which allowed him to re-enter the track with the lead. ^[42] The field lined up for the restart with brothers Brett and Geoff Bodine first and second, respectively. Brett got the jump and led down the backstretch on lap 100. In turn three, Geoff nudged Brett's rear bumper, which caused Brett to become loose, and Geoff took the lead. ^[42] In turn 4, however, Brett bumped Geoff in the rear bumper and spun him out in front of the entire field. ^[42] Geoff hit the outside wall and collected Dale Jarrett. Other cars scrambled to avoid the crash, most of which emerged with only minor damage. After the crash, Geoff suggested Brett spun him out on purpose, attributing the move to "family problems" between the brothers. ^[42] Brett later admitted he spun Geoff out on purpose, and the brothers feuded for nearly two years afterward. ^[42]

With Geoff Bodine out, the race came down to a battle between Jeff Gordon and Ernie Irvan, with Brett Bodine holding on to a strong top-five position.

On lap 130, Geoff Brabham got high in turn 1 and hit the outside wall. Jimmy Hensley swerved to avoid him, but Brabham spun and smacked into the side of Hensley's car. Brabham was out of the race, but Hensley limped back to the pits with damaged fenders and flat tires. During the caution, the leaders made their final scheduled pit stops. Rusty Wallace's pit crew led by Buddy Parrott, executed a 15.9-second pit stop (considered lightning-fast at the time), and he came out of the pits with the lead. Jeff Gordon and Ernie Irvan came out second and third, respectively. The top five was rounded out by Brett Bodine and Bill Elliott. By that point in the race, Dale Earnhardt had worked all the way up to seventh place.

The green flag came back out with 26 laps to go. Rusty Wallace held the lead going into turn one, but Jeff Gordon passed him going down the backstretch. The two ran side by side in turn four, down the main stretch, and into turn one again. Gordon finally got by, with Irvan now up to second. Wallace's chances for victory were dashed, and he slipped all the way back to 7th.

Finish

Ernie Irvan (#28) leading Geoff Brabham (#07).

With twenty laps to go, Ernie Irvan led Jeff Gordon and Brett Bodine. Gordon was battling a loose condition and decided to tuck in behind Irvan to improve his handling. As the laps dwindled down, Irvan and Gordon raced nose-to-tail and began to pull away from the rest of the field. Gordon slipped by to re-take the lead on lap 145, but Irvan stayed within reach. On lap 149, Irvan attempted to pass Gordon for the lead on the backstretch. Gordon stayed high in turn three, and the two went side-by-side into the turn. Exiting turn four, Gordon held off the challenge. One lap later, exiting turn two, Irvan tried the same move. This time the pass stuck, and Irvan was back in front.

With ten laps to go, Gordon tucked into second place and allowed Irvan to lead. Gordon's crew was instructing him to wait until the final 2–3 laps to make another pass attempt for the win.

With five laps to go, Ernie Irvan apparently ran over a piece of debris down the main stretch. He slid high going into turn one, and Jeff Gordon immediately dove underneath to take the lead. Coming out of turn two, and down the backstretch, Irvan's car looked unsettled. The right front tire blew, and he was forced to the pits. Gordon pulled away with Brett Bodine now in second. In the final four laps, Gordon was cheered on by the hometown crowd, but Bodine was beginning to close the gap. Gordon held off challenge and won the Inaugural Brickyard 400, his second career NASCAR Winston Cup victory. ABC Sports announcers Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons described the finish thus:

Jenkins: Years from today when 79 (the number of Indianapolis 500s run prior to this event) stock car races have been run here, we'll remember the name Jeff Gordon, winner of the inaugural Brickyard 400!
Parsons: Man, oh man, oh MAN!
Jenkins: Jeff is screaming on his radio back to the pit crew, "Oh my God, I did it! I did it!"

After dropping to the last place early on, Dale Earnhardt charged all the way to a fifth-place finish. Rusty Wallace, who briefly led after the final round of pit stops, came home fourth. A dejected Ernie Irvan wound up a lap down in 17th place. Two weeks later, Irvan was involved in a serious crash at Michigan where he suffered a near-fatal head injury. Brett Bodine's second place with King Racing would be the final top-five finish of his career. It was also the best finish for car owner Kenny Bernstein at the Speedway. Bodine's second place came six days after Scott Goodyear had delivered King Racing their first Indy car victory at Michigan.

Box score

Jeff Gordon (#24) chasing down Rick Mast (#1) for the lead early in the race.

Danny Sullivan in the pit area.

Darrell Waltrip during a pit stop.

Race results

Pos	SP	No.	Driver	Car make	Tire	Entrant	Laps	Status
1	3	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	G	Hendrick Motorsports	160	Running
2	7	26	Brett Bodine	Ford	G	King Racing	160	Running
3	6	11	Bill Elliott	Ford	G	Junior Johnson & Associates	160	Running
4	12	2	Rusty Wallace	Ford	G	Penske Racing	160	Running
5	2	3	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	G	Richard Childress Racing	160	Running
6	27	17	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	G	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	160	Running
7	23	25	Ken Schrader	Chevrolet	G	Hendrick Motorsports	160	Running
8	15	30	Michael Waltrip	Pontiac	G	Bahari Racing	160	Running
9	25	75	Todd Bodine	Ford	G	Butch Mock	160	Running
10	11	21	Morgan Shepherd	Ford	G	Wood Brothers Racing	160	Running
11	8	10	Ricky Rudd	Ford	G	Rudd Performance Motorsports	160	Running
12	21	5	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	G	Hendrick Motorsports	160	Running
13	37	16	Ted Musgrave	Ford	G	Roush Racing	160	Running
14	9	4	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	G	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	160	Running
15	41	15	Lake Speed	Ford	G	Bud Moore Engineering	160	Running
16	5	22	Bobby Labonte	Pontiac	G	Bill Davis Racing	160	Running
17	17	28	Ernie Irvan	Ford	G	Robert Yates Racing	159	Running
18	13	77	Greg Sacks	Ford	G	U.S Racing	159	Running
19	38	8	Jeff Burton  R	Ford	G	Stavola Brothers Racing	159	Running
20	30	41	Joe Nemechek  R	Chevrolet	H	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	159	Running
21	35	44	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Ford	H	Charles Hardy	159	Running
22	1	1	Rick Mast	Ford	H	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	159	Running
23	22	43	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Pontiac	G	Petty Enterprises	159	Running
24	32	40	Bobby Hamilton	Pontiac	G	SABCO Racing	159	Running
25	36	42	Kyle Petty	Pontiac	G	SABCO Racing	159	Running
26	31	98	Jeremy Mayfield	Ford	G	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	158	Running
27	39	02	Derrike Cope	Ford	H	T. W. Taylor	158	Running
28	28	14	John Andretti  R	Chevrolet	G	Hagan Racing	158	Running
29	19	9	Rich Bickle	Ford	H	Melling Racing	157	Running
30	40	50	A. J. Foyt	Ford	G	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	156	Running
31	33	31	Ward Burton  R	Chevrolet	G	Alan G. Dillard Jr.	155	Running
32	24	55	Jimmy Hensley	Ford	G	Ray DeWitt	155	Running
33	26	99	Danny Sullivan	Chevrolet	G	Chris Virtue	152	Running
34	29	51	Jeff Purvis	Chevrolet	H	James Finch	142	Running
35	10	6	Mark Martin	Ford	G	Roush Racing	140	Running
36	20	23	Hut Stricklin	Ford	G	Travis Carter	136	Oil line
37	42	33	Harry Gant	Chevrolet	H	Leo Jackson	133	Running
38	18	07	Geoff Brabham	Ford	G	Michael Kranefuss	127	Crash
39	4	7	Geoffrey Bodine	Ford	H	Geoff Bodine Racing	99	Crash
40	14	18	Dale Jarrett	Chevrolet	G	Joe Gibbs Racing	99	Crash
41	16	71	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	G	Dave Marcis	92	Crash
42	43	58	Mike Chase (WW)	Chevrolet	G	Bill Strauser	91	Crash
43	34	27	Jimmy Spencer	Ford	G	Junior Johnson & Associates	9	Crash

 R  1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series rookie contender

(WW) NASCAR Winston West competitor

Race statistics

• Time of race – 3:01:51
• Average speed – 131.977 miles per hour (212.396 km/h)
• Margin of victory – 0.53 seconds
• Lead changes – 21 amongst 13 drivers
• Total purse: $3,213,849 (winner's share $613,000)

Lap leaders Laps Leader 1–2 Rick Mast 3–24 Jeff Gordon 25–33 Geoffrey Bodine 34 Bill Elliott 35 Todd Bodine 36–37 Greg Sacks 38–39 Dale Earnhardt 40–41 Ted Musgrave 42–46 Lake Speed 47 Harry Gant 48–70 Jeff Gordon 71–72 Greg Sacks 73–80 Jeff Gordon 81–95 Geoffrey Bodine 96–105 Brett Bodine 106–131 Jeff Gordon 132–135 Rusty Wallace 136–139 Jeff Gordon 140–144 Ernie Irvan 145–149 Jeff Gordon 150–155 Ernie Irvan 156–160 Jeff Gordon

Total laps led Laps Leader 93 Jeff Gordon 24 Geoffrey Bodine 11 Ernie Irvan 10 Brett Bodine 5 Lake Speed 4 Greg Sacks 4 Rusty Wallace 2 Dale Earnhardt 2 Ted Musgrave 2 Rick Mast 1 Bill Elliott 1 Todd Bodine 1 Harry Gant

Cautions: 6 for 25 laps Laps Reason 4–5 Debris, turn 1 (Sullivan) 12–15 Crash, turn 3 (Spencer) 81–85 Debris 95–99 Crash, turn 1 (Marcis, Chase) 101–105 Crash, turn 4 (G. Bodine, Jarrett) 131–134 Crash, turn 2 (Brabham, Hensley)

Selected awards

Jeff Gordon and the Hendrick Motorsports crew celebrating in victory lane.

• Busch Pole Award: Rick Mast
• Busch Beer Fastest second round qualifier: Terry Labonte
• Goody's Headache Award: Geoff Bodine ^[43]
• AP Parts Meet the Challenge Award: Lake Speed (+26 positions) ^[43]
• True Value Hard Charger Award: Jeff Gordon ^[43]
• Plasti-kote Winning Finish Award: Ray Evernham ^[43]
• Western Auto Mechanic of the Race: Ray Evernham ^[43]
• Unocal 76 Challenge: $15,200 available to polesitter Rick Mast  – not won (rollover)

Sources:

Championship standings following the 1994 Brickyard 400

1. Dale Earnhardt, 2,883
2. Ernie Irvan, −27
3. Rusty Wallace, −268
4. Mark Martin, −344
5. Ken Schrader, −355

Media

Television

The 1994 Brickyard 400 was carried live on television by ABC Sports. Paul Page, who was the announcer on ABC's Indianapolis 500 broadcasts, served as host, with ABC/ESPN's regular NASCAR announcer Bob Jenkins handling the play-by-play duties. His fellow commentator on ESPN NASCAR broadcasts, Benny Parsons, served as color commentator. The pit reporters included Gary Gerould, Jerry Punch, and Jack Arute. ^[44] ESPN carried practice and qualifying with the same crew. Ned Jarrett joined the booth crew for practice/qualifying only but did not work in the television booth on race day (he had a contract at the time with CBS).

ABC
Host	Booth announcers		Pit reporters
	Lap-by-lap	Color-commentators
Paul Page	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons	Jerry Punch Jack Arute Gary Gerould

Radio

The race was carried live on the radio by the IMS Radio Network. The broadcast was carried by over 450 affiliates in the United States. Mike Joy served as the play-by-play, with Ned Jarrett as an analyst. ^[41] The turn reporters ^[41] were Jerry Baker, Gary Lee, Larry Henry, and Bob Lamey. The pit reporters ^[41] were Glenn Jarrett, Dave Despain, John Kernan, and Chris McClure. Howdy Bell served as a statistician. Chris Economaki sat in as a booth analyst during the pre-race, then as a roving reporter conducting interviews, and covering the garage area and hospital during the race. USAC historian Donald Davidson and author Greg Fielden were guests in the pre-race coverage, offering historical commentary. ^[41] During the race itself, Davidson worked as a spotter for Bob Lamey on the radio. Davidson reprised his popular program The Talk of Gasoline Alley on WIBC for the week leading up to the event. Buddy Baker served as the driver analyst during qualifying coverage on Thursday and Friday (as Jarrett had commitments with ESPN). On race day, Baker was not part of the crew but visited the booth for a brief interview.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network
Booth Announcers	Turn Reporters	Pit/garage reporters
Chief Announcer: Mike Joy Driver expert: Ned Jarrett Statistician: Howdy Bell Historian: Donald Davidson (pre-race only)	Turn 1: Jerry Baker Turn 2: Gary Lee Turn 3: Larry Henry Turn 4: Bob Lamey	Glenn Jarrett Dave Despain John Kernan Chris McClure Chris Economaki (hospital and garages)

The Speedway public address announcing team from the Indy 500 was retained for the Brickyard 400. The chief announcer Tom Carnegie was joined by Jim Phillippe and David Calabro, but John Totten did not participate.

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Preceded by 1994 DieHard 500	NASCAR Winston Cup season 1994	Succeeded by 1994 The Bud at The Glen