1994 Slick 50 500 Last updated May 09, 2025 30th race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The 1994 Slick 50 500 was the 30th and penultimate stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the 30th and penultimate race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Transcontinental Series , and the seventh iteration of the event . The race was held on Sunday, October 30, 1994, before an audience of 96,000 in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix International Raceway , a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent low-banked tri-oval race track. The race took the scheduled 312 laps to complete. At race's end, Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 14th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third and final victory of the season. [ 1] [ 2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Sterling Marlin would finish second and third, respectively.
Background The layout of Phoenix International Raceway , the venue where the race was held. Phoenix International Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona . It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix . The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series , CART , USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series . The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation .
The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver.Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 28, at 6:00 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, October 29, at 4:00 PM 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; which was two for cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and one extra provisional for the NASCAR Winston West Series. 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.
Sterling Marlin , driving for Morgan–McClure Motorsports , would win the pole, setting a time of 27.728 and an average speed of 129.833 miles per hour (208.946 km/h) in the first round. [ 4]
11 drivers would fail to qualify.
Race results Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 19 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 112 running 185 $67,885 2 6 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 312 84 running 175 $46,155 3 1 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 312 7 running 170 $40,330 4 14 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 311 1 running 165 $26,780 5 12 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 311 0 running 155 $25,405 6 15 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 311 0 running 150 $24,370 7 4 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 311 99 running 151 $20,220 8 37 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 311 0 running 142 $20,520 9 5 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 310 4 running 143 $21,920 10 18 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 310 0 running 134 $19,770 11 29 40 Bobby Hamilton SABCO Racing Pontiac 310 0 running 130 $16,820 12 13 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 310 0 running 127 $19,020 13 9 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 310 0 running 124 $15,920 14 10 15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford 310 0 running 121 $18,520 15 7 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 310 0 running 118 $15,470 16 28 22 Bobby Labonte Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 310 2 running 120 $14,820 17 2 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 310 0 running 112 $20,420 18 11 28 Kenny Wallace Robert Yates Racing Ford 310 0 running 109 $19,195 19 34 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 310 0 running 106 $10,295 20 41 98 Jeremy Mayfield (R) Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 309 0 running 103 $11,560 21 27 31 Ward Burton (R) A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 309 0 running 100 $7,685 22 33 29 Steve Grissom (R) Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 309 0 running 97 $9,760 23 24 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 308 0 running 94 $13,635 24 31 23 Hut Stricklin Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 308 0 running 91 $9,485 25 16 41 Joe Nemechek (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 306 0 running 88 $9,335 26 30 77 Greg Sacks U.S. Motorsports Inc. Ford 306 0 running 85 $9,235 27 36 8 Jeff Burton (R) Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 306 0 running 82 $13,110 28 26 90 Mike Wallace (R) Donlavey Racing Ford 304 0 running 79 $8,985 29 40 06 P. J. Jones Ultra Motorsports Ford 303 0 running 76 $6,960 30 22 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 303 0 running 73 $12,935 31 43 50 Mike Chase JTC Racing Chevrolet 302 0 running 70 $6,910 32 23 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 298 0 running 67 $8,135 33 32 61 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 297 0 engine 64 $7,710 34 38 76 Ron Hornaday Jr. Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 297 1 running 66 $6,585 35 3 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 275 2 clutch 63 $11,860 36 25 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 263 0 running 55 $10,535 37 39 39 Rich Bickle Roulo Brothers Racing Chevrolet 144 0 engine 52 $6,515 38 20 27 Jimmy Spencer Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 116 0 crash 49 $6,505 39 35 32 Dick Trickle Active Motorsports Chevrolet 97 0 engine 46 $6,490 40 8 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 91 0 engine 43 $19,575 41 42 19 Loy Allen Jr. (R) TriStar Motorsports Ford 67 0 transmission 40 $5,825 42 21 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 31 0 engine 37 $10,325 43 17 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 31 0 crash 34 $6,825 Failed to qualify 44 51 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 45 02 Brad Noffsinger Taylor Racing Ford 46 00 Scott Gaylord Oliver Racing Ford 47 37 Doug George Olson Technology Racing Ford 48 81 Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Racing Ford 49 90W Joe Heath Heath Racing Ford 50 86 Rich Woodland Jr. Woodland Racing Chevrolet 51 92 John Krebs Krebs Racing Chevrolet 52 22W St. James Davis St. James Racing Pontiac 53 95 Lance Wade Wade Racing Ford 54 58 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac Official race results
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dale Earnhardt 4,519 2 Rusty Wallace 4,140 (-379) 3 Mark Martin 4,065 (-454) 4 Ken Schrader 3,930 (–589) 5 Ricky Rudd 3,929 (–590) 6 Morgan Shepherd 3,879 (–640) 7 Terry Labonte 3,734 (–785) 1 8 Jeff Gordon 3,658 (–861) 1 9 Darrell Waltrip 3,588 (–931) 2 10 Bill Elliott 3,568 (–951) Official driver's standings
Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References ↑ Higgins, Tom (October 31, 1994). "Labonte captures Slick 50 crown" . The Daily Herald . p. 12. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Harris, Mike (October 31, 1994). " . The Messenger . p. 9. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ "NASCAR today" . The Charlotte Observer . October 28, 1994. p. 24. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Harris, Mike (October 29, 1994). "Marlin wins 'Slick' pole" . The Messenger . p. 7. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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