1995 UAW-GM Quality 500

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1995 UAW-GM Quality 500
Race details
Race 28 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1995 UAW-GM Quality 500 program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
DateOctober 8, 1995
Official name 36th Annual UAW-GM Quality 500
Location Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.5 miles (2.41 km)
Distance 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Scheduled distance 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Average speed 145.358 miles per hour (233.931 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Rudd Performance Motorsports
Time 29.904
Most laps led
Driver Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports
Laps 107
Winner
No. 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing
Television in the United States
Network TBS
Announcers Ken Squier, Ernie Irvan, Dick Berggren
Radio in the United States
Radio Performance Racing Network

The 1995 UAW-GM Quality 500 was the 28th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 36th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 8, 1995, in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to chase down Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt for the lead, passing Earnhardt with three to go to take his 18th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth and final victory of the season. [1] [2] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Earnhardt and Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would finish second and third, respectively.

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In the overall driver's championship points standings, Dale Earnhardt would manage to close the gap between points leader Jeff Gordon by 97 points, decreasing Gordon's lead to 205 points. [3]

Background

The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Charlotte Motor Speedway diagram.svg
The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.

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 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
44 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet Jackaroo Barby-Q-Sauce
66 Billy Standridge Johnson Standridge Racing Ford Duragloss
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
93 Gary Bradberry Bradberry Racing Chevrolet Bradberry Racing
94 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford McDonald's
97 Chad Little Mark Rypien Motorsports Ford Bayer
98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford RCA

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 6, at 12:00 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, October 7, at 10:00 AM EST. [4] As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-38 would be decided on time, 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 usually four. 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.

Ricky Rudd, driving for Rudd Performance Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 29.904 and an average speed of 180.578 miles per hour (290.612 km/h) in the first round. [5]

Five drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
110 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 29.904180.578
241 Ricky Craven (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.025179.850
324 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.061179.635
430 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 30.096179.426
56 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 30.111179.336
621 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.112179.330
775 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 30.135179.194
85 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.143179.146
943 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 30.147179.122
1022 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 30.182178.915
1198 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 30.185178.897
1215 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford 30.199178.814
138 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 30.200178.808
144 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 30.219178.696
1587 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30.234178.607
1637 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 30.238178.583
1716 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 30.247178.530
1842 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 30.250178.512
1933 Robert Pressley (R) Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 30.277178.353
202 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 30.285178.306
2126 Hut Stricklin King Racing Ford 30.291178.271
2211 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 30.296178.241
2377 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford 30.316178.124
2418 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 30.320178.100
2571 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 30.352177.912
Failed to lock in Round 1
269 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 30.234178.607
2719 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford 30.244178.548
2894 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford 30.268178.406
2925 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.272178.383
3093 Gary Bradberry Bradberry Racing Chevrolet 30.310178.159
3128 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 30.377177.766
3217 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 30.394177.667
3332 Greg Sacks Active Motorsports Chevrolet 30.399177.637
347 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 30.438177.410
351 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 30.469177.229
3623 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 30.516176.956
3729 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 30.519176.939
3831 Jimmy Hensley A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 30.522176.922
Provisionals
3912 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford -*-*
4090 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford -*-*
4127 Elton Sawyer Junior Johnson & Associates Ford -*-*
4240 Rich Bickle Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac -*-*
Champion's Provisional
433 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet -*-*
Failed to qualify
4497 Chad Little Mark Rypien Motorsports Ford -*-*
4581 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford -*-*
4644 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet -*-*
470 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford -*-*
4866 Billy Standridge Johnson Standridge Racing Ford -*-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
156 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 3345running180$105,650
2433 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3342running175$86,800
385 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 33452running170$73,750
4110 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 334107running170$90,200
53128 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 3340running155$51,400
6144 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 33490running155$51,000
71022 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 33442running151$48,000
82418 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 3343running147$33,000
9202 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 3340running138$34,200
10943 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 3340running134$26,000
113912 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 3340running130$20,100
123623 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 3340running127$17,000
131637 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 3340running124$15,500
14621 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 3345running126$19,900
151842 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 3330running118$19,200
16347 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 3330running115$22,600
17430 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 3334running117$18,900
182126 Hut Stricklin King Racing Ford 3330running109$11,900
191716 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 3330running106$15,400
202894 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford 3320running103$11,750
21269 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 3320running100$10,150
221587 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 3320running97$9,345
234090 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 3320running94$6,065
242377 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford 3311running96$5,525
25241 Ricky Craven (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3310running88$14,990
26775 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 3290running85$14,165
272211 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 3290running82$18,150
284127 Elton Sawyer Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 3280running79$13,030
291198 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 3260running76$8,120
30324 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 32123running78$25,915
31138 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 2190crash70$12,820
321215 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford 2100crash67$12,640
333332 Greg Sacks Active Motorsports Chevrolet 1680engine64$4,565
343217 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 1630crash61$12,540
352925 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1400crash58$12,015
36351 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 1380crash55$9,500
372719 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford 1360crash52$4,490
384240 Rich Bickle Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac 1260water pump49$9,455
393831 Jimmy Hensley A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 1070oil pump46$4,455
402571 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 510engine43$4,455
413729 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 460piston40$4,455
421933 Robert Pressley (R) Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 220crash37$9,955
433093 Gary Bradberry Bradberry Racing Chevrolet 60crash34$4,455
Failed to qualify
4497 Chad Little Mark Rypien Motorsports Ford
4581 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford
4644 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet
470 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford
4866 Billy Standridge Johnson Standridge Racing Ford
Official race results

References

  1. Cain, Holly (October 9, 1995). "Martin pulls off rare weekend sweep". The Tampa Tribune. p. 23. Retrieved November 16, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. Harris, Mike (October 9, 1995). "Martin wins Quality 500; Earnhardt alive in Winston Cup race". Standard-Speaker. p. 19. Retrieved November 16, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. Hobbs, Chris (October 9, 1995). "Gordon feels bite in his points lead". The Charlotte Observer. p. 21. Retrieved November 16, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "UAW-GM Quality 500". The Charlotte Observer . October 6, 1995. p. 28. Retrieved November 16, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. Harris, Mike (October 7, 1995). "Rudd bests field in UAW-GM qualifying". The Times and Democrat. p. 15. Retrieved November 16, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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