1995 AC Delco 400

29th race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON 31st Annual AC Delco 400 October 22 Hut Stricklin King Racing Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Dick Berggren Rick Mast Ward Burton 139 Precision Products Racing Bill Davis Racing 22 TNN Motor Racing Network 114.778 mph km/h Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Motor Speedway 643.224 643.224 399.681 393 393 1.636 1.017 31 29 AC Delco 400 1995 23.563 399.681 The 1995 AC Delco 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon. 1995_AC_Delco_400.jpeg The 1995 AC Delco 400 was the 29th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 31st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 22, 1995, in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Motor Speedway, a 1.017 mi km permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 393 laps to complete. On the final restart of the race with 10 to go, Bill Davis Racing driver Ward Burton would manage to defend the field to take his first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.Harris Mike October 23, 1995 MBNA driver Burton makes Delco 400 his first victory 17 The News Journal https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113162216/mbna-driver-burton-makes-delco-400-his/ November 16, 2022 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom October 23, 1995 Burton wins; Gordon's points lead dwindles 11 The Republic https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113164311/burton-wins-gordons-points-lead/ November 16, 2022 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively. The race was marred in controversy when late in the race, a NASCAR official had mistaken a dark-colored lug-nut on championship contender Dale Earnhardt's car as missing, when in reality the lug-nut was on the car. Initially, Earnhardt was forced to suffer a one-lap penalty. However, after NASCAR had realized the mistake, NASCAR would declare an extended caution period to ensure that Earnhardt could gain his lost lap back. This decision led to extreme anger from drivers and their crews, saying that the caution had ruined their strategies and that the decision had preferred a single driver that had been a deterrent to every other driver.Higgins Tom October 23, 1995 Let's spruce up those murky lug nuts 17 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113164837/lets-spruce-up-those-murky-lug-nuts/ November 16, 2022 Newspapers.com In the overall driver's championship points race, second-place driver Dale Earnhardt was able to close the gap between himself and points leader Jeff Gordon by 43 points, decreasing Gordon's lead to 162 points. With only two races left in the season, Gordon was listed as the heavy favorite to win the championship.Higgins Tom October 23, 1995 Gordon sees his points lead shrink 17 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113165039/gordon-sees-his-points-lead-shrink/ November 16, 2022 Newspapers.com Background thumb|The layout of North Carolina Speedway, the venue where the race was held. North Carolina Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School. Fast Track High Performance Driving School, Inc http://www.fasttrackracing.com/ July 16, 2012 Fasttrackracing.com 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 MotorsportsFord14Richard BrickhouseSkillen RacingChevrolet15Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord16Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet18Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet19Loy Allen Jr.TriStar MotorsportsFord21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac23Jimmy SpencerHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Hut StricklinKing RacingFord27Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord28Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord29Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Gary BradberryA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet32Greg SacksActive MotorsportsChevrolet33Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet37John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord40Shane HallDick Brooks RacingPontiac41Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac43Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac70Alan RussellRussell RacingChevrolet71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord78Jay HedgecockTriad MotorsportsFord84Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingFord87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet88Ernie IrvanRobert Yates RacingFord90Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord94Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord98Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord Qualifying Qualifying was originally scheduled to be split into two rounds. The first round was scheduled to be held on Friday, October 20, at 2:30 PM EST.October 20, 1995 AC Delco 400 26 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113165202/ac-delco-400/ November 16, 2022 Newspapers.com However, first-round qualifying was rained out and postponed until Saturday, October 21, at 9:30 AM EST. As a result of the rain delay, qualifying was decided to be combined into only one round. For this specific race, positions 1-38 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.Higgins Tom October 21, 1995 Rain halts Rockingham's day 10 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113165491/rain-halts-rockinghams-day/ November 16, 2022 Newspapers.com Hut Stricklin, driving for King Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 23.563 and an average speed of 155.379 mph km/h.McLaurin Jim October 22, 1995 Hut one - Stricklin grabs the pole 36 The State https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113165813/hut-one-stricklin-grabs-the-pole/ November 16, 2022 Newspapers.com Seven drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed126Hut StricklinKing RacingFord23.563155.379230Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac23.572155.320322Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac23.575155.300424Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.591155.19556Mark MartinRoush RacingFord23.592155.188615Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord23.610155.070710Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord23.664154.716817Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet23.670154.677987Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet23.671154.6701012Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord23.673154.6571121Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord23.675154.6441231Gary BradberryA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet23.685154.579135Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.692154.5331437John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord23.692154.5331542Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac23.696154.507161Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord23.706154.4421743Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac23.711154.409182Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord23.734154.2601998Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord23.744154.195203Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet23.764154.0652141Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.769154.033227Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord23.790153.8972394Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord23.807153.7872425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.807153.7872533Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet23.826153.6642677Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord23.829153.6452728Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord23.907153.143284Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet23.913153.1052918Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet23.921153.0543090Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord23.932152.9833129Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet23.947152.888328Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord23.954152.8433375Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord23.978152.6903423Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord23.994152.5883527Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord23.995152.5823611Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord23.998152.5633716Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord24.004152.5253832Greg SacksActive MotorsportsChevrolet24.051152.227Provisionals399Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord -* -*4040Shane HallDick Brooks RacingPontiac -* -*Failed to qualify4171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet -* -*4288Ernie IrvanRobert Yates RacingFord -* -*4319Loy Allen Jr.TriStar MotorsportsFord -* -*4478Jay HedgecockTriad MotorsportsFord -* -*4584Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingFord -* -*4670Alan RussellRussell RacingChevrolet -* -*4714Richard BrickhouseSkillen RacingChevrolet -* -*Official starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1322Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac39387running180$70,2502182Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord39321running175$50,050356Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3932running170$44,8504135Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3930running160$34,9255328Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord3930running155$40,3256284Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet39333running155$27,5507203Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet39339running151$34,05082141Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet3930running142$19,6509987Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet3930running138$18,650102394Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord3930running134$17,650111998Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord3936running135$16,95012817Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet3921crash132$21,65013710Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord3920running124$21,950143129Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet3920running121$16,05015227Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord3920running118$27,45016615Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord3920running115$20,450173375Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord3910running112$20,740181121Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord3910running109$19,850191012Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord3910running106$17,65020424Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet39157running108$25,550212677Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord3910running100$10,500223716Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord3910running97$14,300232728Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord3900running94$24,70024399Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord3900running91$13,500251437John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord3900running88$13,500263423Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord3900running85$13,100273611Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3870running82$33,00028126Hut StricklinKing RacingFord3868running84$21,300292533Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet3840running76$18,200301743Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac3720running73$12,600313527Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3570handling70$17,400321542Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac3270crash67$21,900332425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3210running64$14,20034161Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord257139engine71$25,100351231Gary BradberryA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet2540crash58$9,000364040Shane HallDick Brooks RacingPontiac2050crash55$13,975373832Greg SacksActive MotorsportsChevrolet1490oil pump52$8,95038230Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac1130crash49$14,150393090Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord840crash46$8,900402918Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet470engine43$22,700Official race results References 1995 UAW-GM Quality 500 1995 Dura Lube 500 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Rockingham Speedway Category:October 1995 sports events in the United States Category:1995 in sports in North Carolina