1994 Hooters 500

31st race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON 148.982 mph km/h Performance Racing Network The 1994 Hooters 500 program cover, with artwork by Sam Bass. 35th Annual Hooters 500 Greg Sacks 29.485 Roush Racing Roush Racing Mark Martin Mark Martin 119 6 U.S. Motorsports Inc. November 12 Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta Motor Speedway 31 31 ESPN Hooters 500 1994 328 328 803.41 499.216 803.41 2.449 1.522 499.216 Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons 1994 Hooters 500.jpeg 100,000 The 1994 Hooters 500 was the 31st and final stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 35th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, November 13, 1994, in Hampton, Georgia, at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.522 mi km permanent asphalt oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 328 laps to complete. At race's end, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 14th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season.Higgins Tom November 14, 1994 Martin floors it, wins Hooters 25 Kenosha News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115144525/martin-floors-it-wins-hooters/ December 25, 2022 Newspapers.com Harris Mike November 14, 1994 Martin weathers Hooters finale 11 The Republic https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115144559/martin-weathers-hooters-finale/ December 25, 2022 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Butch Mock Motorsports driver Todd Bodine would finish second and third, respectively. The race marked the final Winston Cup Series start for long-time driver Harry Gant. Gant would retire from the race due to a burnt piston, finishing 33rd.Cain Holly November 14, 1994 Gant ends career: 'Stick a fork in me' 97 The Tampa Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115144663/gant-ends-career-stick-a-fork-in-me/ December 25, 2022 Newspapers.com Earnhardt dedicated his season championship to Neil Bonnett who lost his life before the first race of the season. Background thumb|The layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway, the circuit where the race was held. Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.522-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960. The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54 mi km on where before it was 1.522 mi km on. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. Entry list (R) - denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord02Randy LaJoieTaylor RacingFord3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord8Jeff Burton (R)Stavola Brothers RacingFord10Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord15Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord16Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet18Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet19Loy Allen Jr. (R)TriStar MotorsportsFord20Bobby Hillin Jr.Moroso RacingFord21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Bobby LabonteBill Davis RacingPontiac23Hut StricklinTravis Carter EnterprisesFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingFord27Jimmy SpencerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord28Ernie IrvanRobert Yates RacingFord29Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet32Dick TrickleActive MotorsportsChevrolet33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet34Bob BrevakBrevak RacingFord35Bill VenturiniVenturini MotorsportsChevrolet40Bobby HamiltonSABCO RacingPontiac41Joe Nemechek (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43John Andretti (R)Petty EnterprisesPontiac44Bobby Hillin Jr.Charles Hardy RacingFord45Rich Bickle (R)Terminal Trucking MotorsportsFord47Billy Standridge (R)Johnson Standridge RacingFord50Brian BonnerA. J. Foyt RacingFord52Gary BradberryJimmy Means RacingFord53Brad TeagueJimmy Means RacingFord54Robert PressleyLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet55Tim FedewaRaDiUs MotorsportsFord61Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevrolet64Gary WrightWhite RacingChevrolet67Ken BouchardCunningham RacingFord71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Greg SacksU.S. Motorsports Inc.Ford78Pancho CarterTriad MotorsportsFord80Joe RuttmanHover MotorsportsFord90Mike Wallace (R)Donlavey RacingFord97Jeff GreenJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord98Jeremy Mayfield (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, November 11, at 2:00 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, November 12, 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 21-40 would be decided on time,November 10, 1994 NASCAR today 19 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115144741/nascar-today/ December 25, 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; up to two provisionals were given. 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. Greg Sacks, driving for U.S. Motorsports Inc., won the pole, setting a time of 29.485 and an average speed of 185.830 mph km/h on in the first round.Thompson Chuck November 12, 1994 Sacks goes for broke, wins Hooters 500 pole 13 Lancaster New Era https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115144785/sacks-goes-for-broke-wins-hooters-500/ December 25, 2022 Newspapers.com 13 drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed177Greg SacksU.S. Motorsports Inc.Ford29.485185.830228Kenny WallaceRobert Yates RacingFord29.658184.746312Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord29.791183.92147Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord29.793183.90956Mark MartinRoush RacingFord29.821183.736624Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.859183.502741Joe Nemechek (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.878183.386810Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord29.905183.220943John Andretti (R)Petty GMS MotorsportsPontiac29.917183.147105Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.920183.1281122Bobby LabonteBill Davis RacingPontiac29.927183.0861252Gary BradberryJimmy Means RacingFord29.971182.817134Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet30.032182.4451426Brett BodineKing RacingFord30.098182.0471502Randy LaJoieTaylor RacingFord30.040182.3971617Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet30.044182.3731719Loy Allen Jr. (R)TriStar MotorsportsFord30.060182.275182Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord30.088182.106198Jeff Burton (R)Stavola Brothers RacingFord30.099182.0392015Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord30.115181.943Failed to lock in Round 12116Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord30.009182.5852278Pancho CarterTriad MotorsportsFord30.034185.4332318Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet30.092182.082241Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord30.098182.0452527Jimmy SpencerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord30.126181.8762631Ward Burton (R)A.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet30.168181.6232730Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac30.172181.5992833Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet30.187181.5092929Steve Grissom (R)Diamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet30.195181.461303Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30.236181.2143197Jeff GreenJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord30.245181.1613220Bobby Hillin Jr.Moroso RacingFord30.249181.1373321Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord30.252181.1193490Mike Wallace (R)Donlavey RacingFord30.257181.0893554Robert PressleyLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet30.263181.0533675Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord30.265181.0413744Jimmy HensleyCharles Hardy RacingFord30.271181.0053825Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30.277180.9693923Hut StricklinTravis Carter EnterprisesFord30.280180.9514067Ken BouchardCunningham RacingFord30.307180.790Provisionals4142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac -* -*4240Bobby HamiltonSABCO RacingPontiac -* -*Champion's Provisional4311Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord -* -*Failed to qualify4455Tim FedewaRaDiUs MotorsportsFord -* -*4598Jeremy Mayfield (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord -* -*4664Gary WrightWhite RacingChevrolet -* -*4747Billy Standridge (R)Johnson Standridge RacingFord -* -*4832Dick TrickleActive MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4945Rich Bickle (R)Terminal Trucking MotorsportsFord -* -*5071Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet -* -*5180Joe RuttmanHover MotorsportsFord -* -*5235Bill VenturiniVenturini MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*5353Brad TeagueJimmy Means RacingFord -* -*5461Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevrolet -* -*5534Bob BrevakBrevak RacingFord -* -*5650Brian BonnerA. J. Foyt RacingFord -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings156Mark MartinRoush RacingFord328119running185$104,2002303Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32817running175$55,95033675Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord32841running170$44,00042015Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord32820running165$32,00053490Mike Wallace (R)Donlavey RacingFord32813running160$23,80063321Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord3280running150$24,1007312Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord3274running151$21,0308105Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3260running142$22,55092318Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3260running138$23,325102730Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3260running134$21,200113825Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3260running130$18,375123744Jimmy HensleyCharles Hardy RacingFord3252running132$10,95013943John Andretti (R)Petty GMS MotorsportsPontiac3259running129$15,02514810Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord3240running121$17,20015624Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3230running118$20,125163923Hut StricklinTravis Carter EnterprisesFord3230running115$12,450172278Pancho CarterTriad MotorsportsFord3220running112$9,130183197Jeff GreenJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3210running109$8,815191502Randy LaJoieTaylor RacingFord3180running106$8,575202527Jimmy SpencerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3150running103$11,710211617Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet3130running100$10,745224142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac3070running97$18,73023741Joe Nemechek (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet2990running94$10,115244240Bobby HamiltonSABCO RacingPontiac2960running91$13,80025228Kenny WallaceRobert Yates RacingFord2920running88$18,685262929Steve Grissom (R)Diamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet2900running85$9,37027241Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord2889running87$14,055282116Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord2870timing chain79$14,940294067Ken BouchardCunningham RacingFord2800valve76$6,675301252Gary BradberryJimmy Means RacingFord2760running73$6,60031198Jeff Burton (R)Stavola Brothers RacingFord2750running70$12,63532182Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord2630running67$17,670332833Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet2570oil pan64$12,4053447Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord24734crash66$16,740353554Robert PressleyLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet2220running58$6,275361426Brett BodineKing RacingFord2118engine60$12,510371122Bobby LabonteBill Davis RacingPontiac2110running52$10,170384311Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord2030oil pump49$10,14039177Greg SacksU.S. Motorsports Inc.Ford16124vibration51$18,51540134Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet1550engine43$16,100412631Ward Burton (R)A.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet15428valve45$8,900421719Loy Allen Jr. (R)TriStar MotorsportsFord1090crash37$6,100433220Bobby Hillin Jr.Moroso RacingFord890engine34$6,100Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 4,694 10px 1 2 Mark Martin 4,250 (-444) 10px 1 3 Rusty Wallace 4,207 (-487) 10px 4 Ken Schrader 4,060 (–634) 10px 5 Ricky Rudd 4,050 (–644) 10px 6 Morgan Shepherd 4,029 (–665) 10px 7 Terry Labonte 3,876 (–818) 10px 8 Bill Elliott 3,776 (–918) 10px 9 Jeff Gordon 3,688 (–1,006) 10px 10 Darrell Waltrip 3,617 (–1,077)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1994 Slick 50 500 1995 Daytona 500 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Category:November 1994 sports events in the United States Category:1994 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)