1995 Goody's 500 (Martinsville)

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1995 Goody's 500
Race details
Race 26 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1995 Goody's 500 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace and Dale Earnhardt.
DateSeptember 24, 1995
Official name 47th Annual Goody's 500
Location Ridgeway, Virginia, Martinsville Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 0.526 miles (0.847 km)
Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Scheduled distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Average speed 73.946 miles per hour (119.005 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time Set by 1995 owner's points
Most laps led
Driver Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Laps 253
Winner
No. 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1995 Goody's 500 was the 26th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 47th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 24, 1995, in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 miles (0.847 km) permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would make a late race pass on Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace with eight to go to take his 67th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth victory of the season, while in the process cutting down his points deficit down to 275 points with points leader Jeff Gordon. [1] [2] To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte and the aforementioned Wallace would finish second and third, respectively.

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Background

The layout of Martinsville Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Martinsville Speedway track map.png
The layout of Martinsville Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac Skoal
2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford Miller Genuine Draft
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 Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Raybestos
9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford Spam
10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide
11 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Lowe's
12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford Mane 'n Tail
15 Dick Trickle 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 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries
21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac MBNA
23 Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford Smokin' Joe's
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser
26 Hut Stricklin King Racing Ford Quaker State
27 Elton Sawyer Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Hooters
28 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Meineke
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
31 Jimmy Hensley A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet Hardee's
32 Greg Sacks Active Motorsports Chevrolet FINA
33 Robert Pressley (R) Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet Skoal Bandit
37 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford Little Caesars, Kmart
40 Rich Bickle Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac Kendall
41 Ricky Craven (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac Coors Light Silver Bullet
43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Terramite
75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Factory Stores of America
77 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford US Airways, Jasper Engines & Transmissions
81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford TIC Financial Systems
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Burger King
90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig-Meyers
94 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford McDonald's
98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford RCA

Qualifying

Two round of qualifying were scheduled to be held on Friday, September 22, and Saturday, September 23. However, Friday's sessions were cancelled due to rain, with both rounds then scheduled to commence on Saturday. [3] However, Saturday's sessions would also be cancelled due to rain, leaving qualifying to be determined by a system of owner's points and postmarks on entry list blanks. The top 30 positions would be determined by the current 1995 owner's points, while the final six spots would be determined by a system of provisionals that included past winners, and finally postmarks. [4] As a result, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would win the pole. [5]

Six drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMake
124 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
23 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
34 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet
46 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford
516 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford
62 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford
75 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
818 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet
930 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac
1021 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford
1194 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford
1243 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac
1310 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford
1428 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford
1525 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
1612 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford
177 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford
181 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford
1937 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford
2017 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet
2111 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford
229 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford
2329 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet
2441 Ricky Craven (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2515 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford
2633 Robert Pressley (R) Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet
2723 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford
2842 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac
2987 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet
308 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford
Provisionals
3127 Elton Sawyer Junior Johnson & Associates Ford
3222 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac
3398 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford
3475 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford
3526 Hut Stricklin King Racing Ford
3690 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford
Failed to qualify
3731 Jimmy Hensley A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet
3832 Greg Sacks Active Motorsports Chevrolet
3940 Rich Bickle Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac
4071 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet
4177 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford
4281 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford
Official starting lineup

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
123 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500253running185$78,150
275 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500164running175$45,600
362 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 50053running170$42,400
41243 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 5000running160$24,450
5177 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 5000running155$32,100
61194 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford 5000running150$17,600
7124 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 5003running151$25,150
82017 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 5000running142$21,050
91612 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 5000running138$15,350
101428 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 50011running139$27,050
112842 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 5000running130$18,685
1246 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 4990running127$22,900
131937 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 4990running124$12,900
14818 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 4990running121$21,600
152515 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford 4980running118$18,700
163398 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 4970running115$12,400
173690 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 4970running112$14,100
182723 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 4960running109$11,605
191021 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 4940running106$15,950
20229 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 4940running103$12,500
213222 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 4940running100$15,550
222111 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 4910running97$20,050
2334 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 4840brakes94$21,000
243475 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 4790running91$15,250
25930 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 4751running93$15,250
262329 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 45813running90$9,850
271310 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 4500running82$19,700
28181 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 4500running79$14,600
29516 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 4340running76$14,500
302987 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 4290running73$8,950
31308 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 4010crash70$11,450
321525 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3860running67$11,450
333127 Elton Sawyer Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 3780rear end64$11,450
342633 Robert Pressley (R) Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 3680crash61$13,050
352441 Ricky Craven (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3242engine63$6,950
363526 Hut Stricklin King Racing Ford 2020brakes55$11,450
Failed to qualify
3731 Jimmy Hensley A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet
3832 Greg Sacks Active Motorsports Chevrolet
3940 Rich Bickle Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac
4071 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet
4177 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford
4281 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford
Official race results

References

  1. Harris, Mike (September 25, 1995). "Earnhardt triumphs, trims 34 points off Gordon's lead". Messenger-Inquirer. p. 7. Retrieved November 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. Martin, Gerald (September 25, 1995). "Earnhardt just out for a Sunday ride". The News and Observer. p. 36. Retrieved November 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. Blake, Ben W. (September 23, 1995). "Qualifying washed out, but rain tire is tested". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. 37. Retrieved November 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. Higgins, Tom (September 24, 1995). "Rain stalls qualifying, Irvan's plans". The Charlotte Observer . p. 117. Retrieved November 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. Higgins, Tom (September 24, 1995). "Showers grant Gordon a pole". The Charlotte Observer . p. 117. Retrieved November 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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