1995 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 Last updated July 15, 2025 Tenth race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The 1995 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 was the tenth stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series , the third race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston West Series , and the seventh iteration of the event . The race was held on Sunday, May 7, 1995, at the Grand Prix layout of Sears Point Raceway , a 2.52 miles (4.06 km) permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to make a late-race pass on the leader with two laps to go to take his 65th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his second victory of the season, and his only career road course victory. [ 1] [ 2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would finish second and third, respectively.
Background The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time. Sears Point Raceway is one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Watkins Glen International . The standard road course at Sears Point Raceway is a 12-turn course that is 2.52 miles (4.06 km) long; [ 3] the track was modified in 1998, adding the Chute , which bypassed turns 5 and 6, shortening the course to 1.95 miles (3.14 km) . The Chute was only used for NASCAR events such as this race, and was criticized by many drivers, who preferred the full layout. [ 4] In 2001, it was replaced with a 70-degree turn , 4A, bringing the track to its current dimensions of 1.99 miles (3.20 km) . [ 5]
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver.Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, May 5, at 6:30 PM EST . Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 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, May 6, at 1:00 PM EST . As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-37 would be decided on time, [ 6] and four spots would be determined by NASCAR Winston Cup Series provisionals, while two more additional provisionals would be given to teams in the Winston West Series.
Ricky Rudd , driving for Rudd Performance Motorsports , would win the pole, setting a time of 1:38.467 and an average speed of 92.132 miles per hour (148.272 km/h) in the first round. [ 7]
Eight drivers would fail to qualify.
Race results Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 4 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 74 2 running 180 $74,860 2 3 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 74 66 running 180 $68,915 3 5 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 165 $41,625 4 1 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 74 4 running 165 $39,870 5 2 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 155 $35,020 6 12 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 74 0 running 150 $26,420 7 20 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 146 $27,670 8 26 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 74 0 running 142 $24,470 9 7 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 2 running 143 $28,920 10 13 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 74 0 running 134 $17,215 11 25 37 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 74 0 running 130 $12,405 12 15 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 74 0 running 127 $16,305 13 38 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 74 0 running 124 $23,050 14 21 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 74 0 running 121 $15,405 15 27 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 74 0 running 118 $19,905 16 39 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 74 0 running 115 $19,455 17 34 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 74 0 running 112 14,280 18 23 8 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 74 0 running 109 $19,130 19 19 94 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford 74 0 running 106 $10,505 20 6 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 74 0 running 103 $25,680 21 14 31 Ward Burton A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 100 $10,380 22 11 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 74 0 running 97 24,955 23 9 28 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 74 0 running 94 24,730 24 40 15 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford 74 0 running 91 $18,760 25 41 41 Ricky Craven (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 88 $14,650 26 28 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 85 $13,530 27 37 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 74 0 running 82 $10,205 28 8 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 74 0 running 79 $18,330 29 31 11 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 74 0 running 76 $23,120 30 29 33 Robert Pressley (R) Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 73 0 running 73 $18,690 31 42 07 Doug George Olson Technology Racing Ford 73 0 running 70 $10,005 32 30 22 Randy LaJoie (R) Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 70 0 running 67 $17,955 33 16 26 Hut Stricklin King Racing Ford 68 0 running 64 $17,920 34 10 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 65 0 rear end 61 $12,405 35 17 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 64 0 running 58 $14,880 36 24 77 Davy Jones (R) Jasper Motorsports Ford 60 0 crash 55 $9,865 37 18 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 58 0 running 52 $9,760 38 36 09 Terry Fisher Fisher Racing Pontiac 57 0 running 49 $9,760 39 32 45 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Strauser Racing Chevrolet 41 0 suspension 46 $9,760 40 22 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 32 0 running 43 $9,760 41 35 91 Ken Pedersen Kenny Shaw Racing Ford 25 0 handling 40 $9,760 42 33 38 Butch Gilliland Stroppe Motorsports Ford 19 0 engine 37 $9,760 43 43 72 Dan Obrist Obrist Racing Chevrolet 7 0 ignition 34 $9,760 Failed to qualify 44 40 Greg Sacks Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac 45 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 46 27 Elton Sawyer Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 47 00W Scott Gaylord Oliver Racing Ford 48 64 Garrett Evans White Racing Chevrolet 49 22W St. James Davis St. James Racing Pontiac 50 19 Ernie Cope Lew Miller Racing Chevrolet 51 90W Joe Heath Heath Racing Ford Official race results
References ↑ Spander, Art (May 8, 1995). "Earnhardt's one for the road" . The San Francisco Examiner . p. 49. Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Peterson, Anne M. (May 8, 1995). "Milestone win for Earnhardt" . Citizens' Voice . p. 56. Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ "Sears Point" . www.gt-racing.co.uk . Retrieved November 13, 2021 . ↑ "Passing is tough in Chute | chronicle.augusta.com" . June 7, 2011. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2021 . ↑ "SEARS POINT BREAKS GROUND ON MODIFIED CHUTE - RacingWest" . September 29, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2021 . ↑ "Save Mart 300" . The Charlotte Observer . May 5, 1995. p. 28. Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Peterson, Anne M. (May 6, 1995). "Rudd sets record in winning Save Mart pole" . The Item . p. 15. Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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