1995 Pepsi 400

1995 Pepsi 400
Race details
Race 15 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1995 Pepsi 400 program cover, featuring Jimmy Spencer and Ernie Irvan.
The 1995 Pepsi 400 program cover, featuring Jimmy Spencer and Ernie Irvan.
Date July 1, 1995
Official name 37th Annual Pepsi 400
Location Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (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.

Background

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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

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
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

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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

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 47.033 191.355
2 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 47.190 190.718
3 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 47.212 190.630
4 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 47.240 190.517
5 33 Robert Pressley (R) Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 47.242 190.508
6 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 47.339 190.118
7 28 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 47.349 190.078
8 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 47.414 189.817
9 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 47.425 189.773
10 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 47.440 189.713
11 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 47.448 189.681
12 15 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford 47.452 189.665
13 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 47.455 189.653
14 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 47.483 189.542
15 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 47.495 189.494
16 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 47.496 189.490
17 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 47.515 189.414
18 19 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford 47.530 189.354
19 44 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 47.567 189.207
20 27 Greg Sacks Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 47.606 189.052
Failed to lock in Round 1
21 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 47.615 189.016
22 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 47.660 188.838
23 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 47.684 188.743
24 11 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 47.699 188.683
25 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 47.713 188.628
26 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 47.726 188.576
27 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 47.759 188.446
28 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 47.775 188.383
29 32 Chuck Bown Active Motorsports Chevrolet 47.840 188.127
30 26 Hut Stricklin King Racing Ford 47.869 188.013
31 22 Jimmy Hensley Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 47.896 187.907
32 8 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 47.906 187.868
33 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 47.998 187.508
34 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 48,000 187.500
35 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 48.007 187.473
36 37 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 48.041 187.340
37 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 48.089 187.153
38 77 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford 48.127 187.005
Provisionals
39 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 48.331 186.216
40 41 Ricky Craven (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48.160 186.877
41 31 Ward Burton A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 48.242 186.559
42 40 Andy Hillenburg Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac 48.162 186.869
Champion's Provisional
43 94 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford 48.296 186.351
Failed to qualify
44 65 Steve Seligman O'Neil Racing Chevrolet 49.114 183.247
45 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 49.172 183.031
46 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford 49.679 181.163
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 3 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 72 running 185 $96,580
2 2 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 160 72 running 180 $63,450
3 1 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 11 running 170 $66,200
4 10 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 160 0 running 160 $43,225
5 21 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 160 0 running 155 $39,075
6 26 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 0 running 150 $36,075
7 16 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 160 0 running 146 $29,375
8 14 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 160 5 running 147 $31,775
9 15 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 160 0 running 138 $22,275
10 43 94 Bill Elliott Elliott-Hardy Racing Ford 160 0 running 134 $26,125
11 5 33 Robert Pressley (R) Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 160 0 running 130 $26,615
12 12 15 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford 160 0 running 127 $24,920
13 37 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 160 0 running 124 $19,530
14 25 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 160 0 running 121 $29,890
15 8 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 160 0 running 118 $24,950
16 30 26 Hut Stricklin King Racing Ford 160 0 running 115 $19,860
17 20 27 Greg Sacks Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 160 0 running 112 $22,620
18 32 8 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 160 0 running 109 $23,105
19 33 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 0 running 106 $28,965
20 24 11 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 159 0 running 103 $28,650
21 11 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 159 0 running 100 $17,280
22 40 41 Ricky Craven (R) Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 159 0 running 97 $17,560
23 6 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 159 0 running 94 $21,790
24 13 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 159 0 running 91 $21,570
25 27 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 159 0 running 88 $16,550
26 28 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 159 0 running 85 $21,090
27 22 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 159 0 running 82 $28,035
28 38 77 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford 159 0 running 79 $12,715
29 29 32 Chuck Bown Active Motorsports Chevrolet 159 0 running 76 $13,120
30 31 22 Jimmy Hensley Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 159 0 running 73 $20,525
31 18 19 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford 159 0 running 70 $12,470
32 35 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 158 0 running 67 $15,440
33 36 37 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 158 0 running 64 $14,910
34 9 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 158 0 running 61 $17,380
35 41 31 Ward Burton A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 157 0 running 58 $12,350
36 42 40 Andy Hillenburg Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac 157 0 running 55 $17,320
37 23 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 155 0 running 52 $12,291
38 17 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 155 0 running 49 $13,145
39 19 44 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 128 0 crash 46 $12,245
40 39 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 118 0 overheating 43 $12,245
41 4 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 48 0 piston 40 $25,245
42 7 28 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 38 0 engine 37 $27,645
43 34 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 34 0 crash 34 $12,245
Failed to qualify
44 65 Steve Seligman O'Neil Racing Chevrolet
45 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford
46 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford
Official race results

References

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  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 icon
  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 icon
  3. ^ "NASCAR.COM : Tracks". 2010-08-11. Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  4. ^ "Daytona International Speedway: The World Center of Racing". 2010-08-30. Archived from the original on 2010-08-30. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  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 icon
  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 icon
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