1994 Miller Genuine Draft 500

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1994 Miller Genuine Draft 500
Race details
Race 17 of 31 in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1994 Miller Genuine Draft 500 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
DateJuly 17, 1994
Official name 22nd Annual Miller Genuine Draft 500
Location Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pocono Raceway
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed 136.075 miles per hour (218.991 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Geoff Bodine Racing
Time 54.922
Most laps led
Driver Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing
Laps 156
Winner
No. 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing
Television in the United States
Network TBS
Announcers Ken Squier, Barry Dodson
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1994 Miller Genuine Draft 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 17, 1994, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Geoff Bodine, driving for his own Geoff Bodine Racing team, would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his 16th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. [1] [2] To fill out the top three, A.G. Dillard Motorsports driver Ward Burton and Larry Hedrick Motorsports driver Joe Nemechek would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

Background

The layout of Pocono Raceway, the venue where the race was held. Pocono Raceway.svg
The layout of Pocono Raceway, the venue where the race was held.

The race was held at Pocono Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Until 2019, the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race.

Pocono Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.

Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford Skoal
2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford Miller Genuine Draft
02 Derrike Cope Taylor Racing Ford Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak
5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford Exide
8 Jeff Burton (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Raybestos
9 Rich Bickle (R) Melling Racing Ford Melling Racing
10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide
11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
12 Tim Steele Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford Bobby Allison Motorsports
14 John Andretti (R) Hagan Racing Chevrolet Hagan Racing
15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford Ford Quality Care
16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford The Family Channel
17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Western Auto
18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries
19 Loy Allen Jr. (R) TriStar Motorsports Ford Hooters
21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Bobby Labonte Bill Davis Racing Pontiac Maxwell House
23 Hut Stricklin Travis Carter Enterprises Ford Smokin' Joe's
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford Quaker State
27 Jimmy Spencer Junior Johnson & Associates Ford McDonald's
28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Diamond Ridge Motorsports
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
31 Ward Burton A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet Hardee's
32 Dick Trickle Active Motorsports Chevrolet SkyBox International
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet Skoal Bandit
40 Bobby Hamilton SABCO Racing Pontiac Kendall
41 Joe Nemechek (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Meineke
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello
43 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
47 Billy Standridge (R) Johnson Standridge Racing Ford Johnson Standridge Racing
55 Jimmy Hensley RaDiUs Motorsports Ford RaDiUs Motorsports
57 Bob Schacht Balough Racing Ford Kenova Golf Construction
65 Jerry O'Neil O'Neil Racing Chevrolet X-1R
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Precision Restaurant Services
75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Factory Stores of America
77 Greg Sacks U.S. Motorsports Inc. Ford US Airways
90 Mike Wallace (R) Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig-Meyers
98 Jeremy Mayfield (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Fingerhut
99 Phil Parsons J&J Racing Oldsmobile Matchbox

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, July 15, 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, July 16, at 10:30 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 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 two 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.

Geoff Bodine, driving for his own Geoff Bodine Racing team, would win the pole, setting a time of 54.922 and an average speed of 163.869 miles per hour (263.722 km/h) in the first round. [4]

Four drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
17 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 54.922163.869
231 Ward Burton (R) A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 55.118163.286
377 Greg Sacks U.S. Motorsports Inc. Ford 55.274162.825
48 Jeff Burton (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 55.392162.478
528 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 55.395162.470
610 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 55.440162.338
724 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 55.468162.256
819 Loy Allen Jr. (R) TriStar Motorsports Ford 55.513162.124
925 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 55.515162.118
102 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 55.519162.107
1141 Joe Nemechek (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 55.525162.089
126 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 55.539162.048
1322 Bobby Labonte Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 55.575161.943
1426 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 55.641161.751
1533 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 55.663161.687
1640 Bobby Hamilton SABCO Racing Pontiac 55.682161.632
1718 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 55.690161.609
184 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 55.699161.583
1911 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 55.768161.383
203 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 55.782161.342
Failed to lock in Round 1
2143 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Petty Enterprises Pontiac 55.794161.308
2247 Billy Standridge (R) Johnson Standridge Racing Ford 55.795161.305
2398 Jeremy Mayfield (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 55.821161.230
241 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 55.894161.019
2590 Mike Wallace (R) Donlavey Racing Ford 55.919160.947
2617 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 55.929160.918
2702 Derrike Cope Taylor Racing Ford 55.982160.766
285 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 55.999160.717
2912 Tim Steele Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 56.003160.706
3057 Bob Schacht Balough Racing Ford 56.105160.414
3175 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 56.130160.342
3216 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 56.181160.197
3321 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 56.203160.134
3471 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 56.209160.117
3523 Hut Stricklin Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 56.249160.003
3614 John Andretti (R) Hagan Racing Chevrolet 56.262159.966
3742 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 56.286159.898
389 Rich Bickle (R) Melling Racing Ford 56.348159.722
3929 Steve Grissom (R) Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 56.389159.606
4015 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford 56.396159.586
Provisionals
4130 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac -*-*
4227 Jimmy Spencer Junior Johnson & Associates Ford -*-*
Failed to qualify
4355 Jimmy Hensley RaDiUs Motorsports Ford -*-*
4432 Dick Trickle Active Motorsports Chevrolet -*-*
4599 Phil Parsons J&J Racing Oldsmobile -*-*
4665 Jerry O'Neil O'Neil Racing Chevrolet -*-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
117 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 200156running185$103,270
2231 Ward Burton (R) A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 2006running175$39,720
31141 Joe Nemechek (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2000running165$29,790
448 Jeff Burton (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 20016running165$29,640
53321 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 2000running155$30,635
6610 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 2000running150$17,260
7203 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2000running146$26,210
8724 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1990running142$21,760
9102 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 19912running143$24,460
101718 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 1990running134$24,510
113175 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 1991running135$13,710
12184 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 1990running127$20,160
131322 Bobby Labonte Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 1990running124$17,160
144130 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 1980running121$16,860
15285 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1980running118$19,910
162143 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1980running115$19,360
171911 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1980running112$16,160
18819 Loy Allen Jr. (R) TriStar Motorsports Ford 1980running109$9,260
192702 Derrike Cope Taylor Racing Ford 1980running106$9,110
204015 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford 1970running103$19,365
212398 Jeremy Mayfield (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 1970running100$11,960
223523 Hut Stricklin Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 1970running97$11,260
231640 Bobby Hamilton SABCO Racing Pontiac 1960running94$15,060
244227 Jimmy Spencer Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1960running91$10,910
253614 John Andretti (R) Hagan Racing Chevrolet 1961running93$12,460
263471 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1960running85$10,710
273742 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 1900running82$19,360
282617 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 1890running79$14,810
293929 Steve Grissom (R) Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 1780running76$10,360
302590 Mike Wallace (R) Donlavey Racing Ford 1760running73$10,210
31126 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1742engine75$21,460
323216 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 1560running67$14,110
332912 Tim Steele Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 1530running64$13,510
34389 Rich Bickle (R) Melling Racing Ford 1520engine61$7,935
351426 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 1450transmission58$11,860
36377 Greg Sacks U.S. Motorsports Inc. Ford 1430engine55$7,785
37528 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 1361timing chain57$19,310
381533 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 1115oil line54$12,670
39925 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1050overheating46$11,635
40241 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 1020overheating43$12,060
412247 Billy Standridge (R) Johnson Standridge Racing Ford 770rear end40$7,560
423057 Bob Schacht Balough Racing Ford 110transmission37$7,560
Failed to qualify
4355 Jimmy Hensley RaDiUs Motorsports Ford
4432 Dick Trickle Active Motorsports Chevrolet
4599 Phil Parsons J&J Racing Oldsmobile
4665 Jerry O'Neil O'Neil Racing Chevrolet
Official race results

Standings after the race

References

  1. Brinster, Dick (July 18, 1994). "Hoosier tires deliver win". The Advocate-Messenger. p. 12. Retrieved December 7, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. McKee, Sandra (July 18, 1994). "Bodine easily wins Miller 500". The Baltimore Sun. p. 20. Retrieved December 7, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer . July 15, 1994. p. 22. Retrieved December 7, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. Coble, Don (July 16, 1994). "Geoff takes Miller pole". Star-Gazette. p. 11. Retrieved December 7, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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