1995 Pepsi 400

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1995 Pepsi 400
Race details
Race 15 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1995 Pepsi 400 program cover, featuring Jimmy Spencer and Ernie Irvan.
DateJuly 1, 1995
Official name 37th Annual Pepsi 400
Location Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Distance 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Scheduled distance 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed 166.976 miles per hour (268.722 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Richard Childress Racing
Time 47.033
Most laps led
Driver Sterling Marlin
Jeff Gordon
Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 72
Winner
No. 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Ned Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1995 Pepsi 400 was the 15th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 37th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 1, 1995, in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 160 laps to complete. In a one-lap dash to the finish, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to defend the field to take his sixth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth victory of the season. [1] [2] To fill out the top three, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Sterling Marlin and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

Background

The layout of Daytona International Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Daytona International Speedway.svg
The layout of Daytona International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. [3] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. [4]

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford Masters Inn Economy
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
19 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford HealthSource RI
21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Jimmy Hensley 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 Ward Burton A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet Hardee's
32 Chuck Bown 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 Andy Hillenburg 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
44 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Ford Jackaroo Barby-Q-Sauce
65 Steve Seligman O'Neil Racing Chevrolet X-1R
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Olive Garden
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

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 16, at 3:30 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, June 17, at 11:00 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-38 would be decided on time, [5] 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.

Dale Earnhardt, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 47.033 and an average speed of 191.355 miles per hour (307.956 km/h). [6]

Three drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
13 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 47.033191.355
24 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 47.190190.718
324 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 47.212190.630
418 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 47.240190.517
533 Robert Pressley (R) Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 47.242190.508
675 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 47.339190.118
728 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 47.349190.078
830 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 47.414189.817
917 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 47.425189.773
106 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 47.440189.713
119 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 47.448189.681
1215 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford 47.452189.665
1321 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 47.455189.653
1410 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 47.483189.542
1523 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 47.495189.494
1642 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 47.496189.490
1787 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 47.515189.414
1819 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford 47.530189.354
1944 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 47.567189.207
2027 Greg Sacks Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 47.606189.052
Failed to lock in Round 1
2116 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 47.615189.016
222 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 47.660188.838
2390 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 47.684188.743
2411 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 47.699188.683
257 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 47.713188.628
2625 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 47.726188.576
2771 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 47.759188.446
281 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 47.775188.383
2932 Chuck Bown Active Motorsports Chevrolet 47.840188.127
3026 Hut Stricklin King Racing Ford 47.869188.013
3122 Jimmy Hensley Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 47.896187.907
328 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 47.906187.868
335 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 47.998187.508
3429 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 48,000187.500
3598 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 48.007187.473
3637 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 48.041187.340
3712 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 48.089187.153
3877 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford 48.127187.005
Provisionals
3943 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 48.331186.216
4041 Ricky Craven (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48.160186.877
4131 Ward Burton A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 48.242186.559
4240 Andy Hillenburg Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac 48.162186.869
Champion's Provisional
4394 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford 48.296186.351
Failed to qualify
4465 Steve Seligman O'Neil Racing Chevrolet 49.114183.247
4581 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 49.172183.031
460 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford 49.679181.163
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
1324 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 16072running185$96,580
224 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 16072running180$63,450
313 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 16011running170$66,200
4106 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1600running160$43,225
52116 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 1600running155$39,075
62625 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1600running150$36,075
71642 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 1600running146$29,375
81410 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 1605running147$31,775
91523 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 1600running138$22,275
104394 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford 1600running134$26,125
11533 Robert Pressley (R) Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 1600running130$26,615
121215 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford 1600running127$24,920
133712 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 1600running124$19,530
14257 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 1600running121$29,890
15830 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 1600running118$24,950
163026 Hut Stricklin King Racing Ford 1600running115$19,860
172027 Greg Sacks Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1600running112$22,620
18328 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 1600running109$23,105
19335 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1600running106$28,965
202411 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1590running103$28,650
21119 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 1590running100$17,280
224041 Ricky Craven (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1590running97$17,560
23675 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 1590running94$21,790
241321 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1590running91$21,570
252771 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1590running88$16,550
26281 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 1590running85$21,090
27222 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 1590running82$28,035
283877 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford 1590running79$12,715
292932 Chuck Bown Active Motorsports Chevrolet 1590running76$13,120
303122 Jimmy Hensley Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 1590running73$20,525
311819 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford 1590running70$12,470
323598 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 1580running67$15,440
333637 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 1580running64$14,910
34917 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 1580running61$17,380
354131 Ward Burton A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 1570running58$12,350
364240 Andy Hillenburg Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac 1570running55$17,320
372390 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 1550running52$12,291
381787 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 1550running49$13,145
391944 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 1280crash46$12,245
403943 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1180overheating43$12,245
41418 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 480piston40$25,245
42728 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 380engine37$27,645
433429 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 340crash34$12,245
Failed to qualify
4465 Steve Seligman O'Neil Racing Chevrolet
4581 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford
460 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford
Official race results

References

  1. Newberry, Paul (July 2, 1995). "Gordon wins battle of 'Big Three' in Pepsi 400". Indiana Gazette. p. 22. Retrieved November 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. Long, Gary (July 2, 1995). "Wonder Boy Gordon catches on in a hurry". The Miami Herald. p. 52. Retrieved November 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. "NASCAR.COM : Tracks". August 11, 2010. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  4. "Daytona International Speedway: The World Center of Racing". August 30, 2010. Archived from the original on August 30, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  5. Laye, Leonard (June 29, 1995). "Odds don't favor sweep at Daytona". The Charlotte Observer . p. 20. Retrieved November 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. Coble, Don (June 30, 1995). "Earnhardt charges back to take Daytona pole". Press and Sun-Bulletin. p. 23. Retrieved November 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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