1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500 (Pocono)

17th race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON Robert Yates Racing 31 17 Ken Squier, Buddy Baker, Chad Little 74 TBS Motor Racing Network 134.038 mph km/h Bill Elliott Dale Jarrett Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Elliott-Hardy Racing 28 Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pocono Raceway 804.672 804.672 500 200 200 4.0 2.5 23rd Annual Miller Genuine Draft 500 Miller Genuine Draft 500 55.386 1995 500 July 16 1995_Miller_Genuine_Draft_500_(Pocono).jpeg The 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. The 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 16, 1995, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Depending on fuel mileage, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would manage to stretch his last fuel run for 41 laps to take his fourth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.Higgins Tom July 17, 1995 Yates team proves it's resourceful 17 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112618815/yates-team-proves-its-resourceful/ November 6, 2022 Newspapers.com Huneke Bill July 17, 1995 Jarrett bounces back in Miller Genuine Draft 500 26 The Central New Jersey Home News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112618875/jarrett-bounces-back-in-miller-genuine/ November 6, 2022 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon and Rudd Performance Motorsports driver Ricky Rudd would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Pocono Raceway, the venue where the race was held. The race was held at Pocono Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Until 2019, the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race. Pocono Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli. Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingPontiac2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord8Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord9Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord10Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord11Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord14Randy MacDonaldHagan RacingPontiac15Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord16Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet18Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Jimmy HensleyBill Davis RacingPontiac23Jimmy SpencerHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Hut StricklinKing RacingFord27Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord28Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord29Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet33Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet37John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord40Rich BickleDick Brooks RacingPontiac41Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac43Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord81Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord82Terry ByersByers RacingFord87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet90Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord94Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord98Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, July 7, at 4:00 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, July 8, 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, July 14, 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500 26 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112618931/miller-genuine-draft-500/ November 6, 2022 Newspapers.com 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. Bill Elliott, driving for Elliott-Hardy Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 55.386 and an average speed of 162.496 mph km/h.Brinster Dick July 15, 1995 Elliott wins Miller 500 pole; roof flaps controversy 11 The Daily American https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112618962/elliott-wins-miller-500-pole-roof/ November 6, 2022 Newspapers.com Two drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed194Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord55.386162.49626Mark MartinRoush RacingFord55.558161.993321Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord55.749161.438425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet55.795161.30553Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet55.806161.27364Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet55.824161.221716Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord55.825161.218843Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac55.877161.068987Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet55.884161.048101Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord55.894161.0191124Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet55.917160.9531217Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet55.946160.8691310Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord55.981160.7691431Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet55.983160.7631528Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord56.041160.5971611Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord56.105160.4141742Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac56.174160.2161826Hut StricklinKing RacingFord56.196160.1541912Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord56.208160.1202022Jimmy HensleyBill Davis RacingPontiac56.219160.0882130Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac56.248160.006222Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord56.281159.912238Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord56.296159.869245Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet56.305159.8442515Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord56.317159.8102629Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet56.325159.787277Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord56.449159.4362833Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet56.466159.388299Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord56.475159.3633040Rich BickleDick Brooks RacingPontiac56.481159.3463123Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord56.573159.0863218Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet56.631158.9243377Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord56.639158.9013481Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord56.741158.6153590Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord56.834158.3563637John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord56.976157.9613771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet56.992157.9173898Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord57.062157.723Provisionals3941Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4075Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord -* -*4127Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord -* -*Failed to qualify4214Randy MacDonaldHagan RacingPontiac -* -*4382Terry ByersByers RacingFord -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings11528Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord20026running180$72,97021124Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet20018running175$48,52031310Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord2000running165$41,0104716Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord2001running165$32,1355194Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord20015running160$32,7806277Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord2001running155$29,180726Mark MartinRoush RacingFord20041running151$38,76083898Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord2000running142$19,0809987Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet2000running138$12,080102515Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord2000running134$23,780111431Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet2000running130$15,530123377Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord2000running127$10,98013101Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord2000running124$19,98014245Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2000running121$25,380151611Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord2000running118$24,48016222Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord20074running125$30,480173123Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord2002running117$19,2801864Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet2000running109$23,08019843Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac1990running106$13,9302053Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1990running103$31,555212130Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac1990running100$18,38022299Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord1990running97$13,180234075Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord1990running94$17,98024321Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord1990running91$17,830253941Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet1992running93$13,880263590Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord1980running85$12,53027238Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord1982running87$17,355281742Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac1980running79$17,205294127Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1960running76$17,055303040Rich BickleDick Brooks RacingPontiac1960running73$14,005312629Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet1960running70$11,955322022Jimmy HensleyBill Davis RacingPontiac1940running67$16,905333771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1862engine69$11,305342833Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet1660running61$14,230353218Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet1621running63$21,655361217Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet1560engine55$13,580373481Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord1490crash52$8,515383637John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord1360engine49$8,390391912Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord1080engine46$8,39040425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet9315engine48$14,390411826Hut StricklinKing RacingFord380engine40$13,390Official race results References 1995 Slick 50 300 1995 1995 DieHard 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Pocono Raceway Category:July 1995 sports events in the United States Category:1995 in sports in Pennsylvania