1994 SplitFire Spark Plug 500

25th race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON 804.672 24th Annual SplitFire Spark Plug 500 The 1994 SplitFire Spark Plug 500 program cover. Motor Racing Network TNN Penske Racing South Geoff Bodine Racing Rusty Wallace Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Geoff Bodine 170 2 804.672 Dover, Delaware, Dover International Speedway 500 500 500 112.556 mph km/h September 18 23.554 1.6 1 SplitFire Spark Plug 500 1994 31 25 500 Mike Joy, Buddy Baker 1994 SplitFire Spark Plug 500.jpeg 94,000 The 1994 SplitFire Spark Plug 500 was the 25th stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 18, 1994, in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. With a handful laps to go in the race, previous damage sustained from an earlier incident caused Roush Racing driver Mark Martin to blow his right front tire with six laps to go in the race, propelling Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace to the lead when the caution would come out for Martin. Running with barely any fuel and a punctured left rear tire, Wallace was able to coast to the finish line, running at 20 mph km/h under caution to take his 38th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his seventh victory of the season.Snyder Brad September 19, 1994 Cautious ending lifts Wallace 61 The Baltimore Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114877159/cautious-ending-lifts-wallace/ December 19, 2022 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom September 19, 1994 Rusty Wallace good to the last drop of gas at Dover 12 The Republic https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114877257/rusty-wallace-good-to-the-last-drop-of/ December 19, 2022 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and owner-driver Darrell Waltrip would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Dover International Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports. The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord3Dale 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 MotorsportsFord21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Bobby LabonteBill Davis RacingPontiac23Hut StricklinTravis Carter EnterprisesFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingFord27Jimmy SpencerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord28Kenny WallaceRobert Yates RacingFord29Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet32Dick TrickleActive MotorsportsChevrolet33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet40Bobby HamiltonSABCO RacingPontiac41Joe Nemechek (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43John Andretti (R)Petty EnterprisesPontiac47Billy Standridge (R)Johnson Standridge RacingFord52Brad TeagueJimmy Means RacingFord55Tim FedewaRaDiUs MotorsportsFord71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Greg SacksU.S. Motorsports Inc.Ford79Doug FrenchWaters RacingChevrolet84Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingFord90Mike Wallace (R)Donlavey RacingFord98Jeremy Mayfield (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 16, at 3:00 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, September 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 21-40 would be decided on time,September 16, 1994 NASCAR today 25 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114877837/nascar-today/ December 19, 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. Geoff Bodine, driving for his own Geoff Bodine Racing team, won the pole, setting a time of 23.554 and an average speed of 152.840 mph km/h on in the first round.Brinster Dick September 17, 1994 Bodine takes pole with record lap 12 Bennington Banner https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114878111/bodine-takes-pole-with-record-lap/ December 19, 2022 Newspapers.com Three drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed17Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord23.554152.840232Dick TrickleActive MotorsportsChevrolet23.571152.730331Ward Burton (R)A.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet23.578152.68546Mark MartinRoush RacingFord23.698151.912526Brett BodineKing RacingFord23.755151.54768Jeff Burton (R)Stavola Brothers RacingFord23.779151.394728Kenny WallaceRobert Yates RacingFord23.823151.11481Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord23.832151.057975Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord23.858150.893102Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord23.864150.8551140Bobby HamiltonSABCO RacingPontiac23.884150.7291224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.886150.7161311Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord23.886150.7161425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.889150.6971542Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac23.911150.5581610Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord23.920150.5021712Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord23.920150.502184Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet23.948150.3261918Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet23.950150.3132021Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord23.951150.307Failed to lock in Round 12141Joe Nemechek (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.939150.3822215Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord23.965150.2192343John Andretti (R)Petty EnterprisesPontiac24.012149.9252471Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet24.031149.8062590Mike Wallace (R)Donlavey RacingFord24.042149.7382616Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord24.043149.7322727Jimmy SpencerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24.083149.4832830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac24.084149.477295Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet24.108149.3283033Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet24.146149.0933122Bobby LabonteBill Davis RacingPontiac24.151149.0623223Hut StricklinTravis Carter EnterprisesFord24.151149.0623398Jeremy Mayfield (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord24.157149.0253429Steve Grissom (R)Diamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet24.180148.8833517Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet24.226148.6013677Greg SacksU.S. Motorsports Inc.Ford24.258148.405373Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet24.486147.0233855Tim FedewaRaDiUs MotorsportsFord24.578146.4723952Brad TeagueJimmy Means RacingFord24.722145.6194019Loy Allen Jr. (R)TriStar MotorsportsFord25.093143.466Failed to qualify4184Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingFord -* -*4279Doug FrenchWaters RacingChevrolet -* -*4347Billy Standridge (R)Johnson Standridge RacingFord -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1102Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord50056running180$55,0552373Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet50062running175$47,98033517Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet50011running170$36,70541425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50020running165$32,965517Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord500170running165$31,52061542Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac5000running150$24,9657295Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet5000running146$23,01583429Steve Grissom (R)Diamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet4991running147$16,81592215Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord4990running138$21,765102021Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord4990running134$23,565111224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4990running130$20,615121712Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord4990running127$13,415133033Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet4990running124$17,015142616Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord4980running121$16,6151581Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord4980running118$16,66516975Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord4970running115$11,865173122Bobby LabonteBill Davis RacingPontiac4970running112$15,665181610Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord4960running109$15,4501946Mark MartinRoush RacingFord494158crash111$23,06520728Kenny WallaceRobert Yates RacingFord4942running108$20,96521232Dick TrickleActive MotorsportsChevrolet4940running100$11,165224019Loy Allen Jr. (R)TriStar MotorsportsFord4910running97$9,115233855Tim FedewaRaDiUs MotorsportsFord4870running94$8,565243398Jeremy Mayfield (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord4720running91$10,915252343John Andretti (R)Petty EnterprisesPontiac4681running93$10,76526526Brett BodineKing RacingFord4620running85$14,61527331Ward Burton (R)A.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet4170running82$8,465281311Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4040running79$14,415292590Mike Wallace (R)Donlavey RacingFord3980rear end76$10,26530184Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3800running73$18,215311140Bobby HamiltonSABCO RacingPontiac3790crash70$14,165323223Hut StricklinTravis Carter EnterprisesFord3670running67$9,605332830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3260running64$12,055341918Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3230crash61$19,405352471Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet2730engine58$7,805362141Joe Nemechek (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet2258crash60$8,2803768Jeff Burton (R)Stavola Brothers RacingFord1898crash57$13,280383677Greg SacksU.S. Motorsports Inc.Ford1183crash54$7,780392727Jimmy SpencerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1000engine46$7,780403952Brad TeagueJimmy Means RacingFord290timing chain43$7,780Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 3,795 10px 2 Rusty Wallace 3,568 (-227) 10px 3 Mark Martin 3,428 (-367) 10px 4 Ricky Rudd 3,319 (–476) 10px 5 Ken Schrader 3,304 (–491) 10px 6 Morgan Shepherd 3,211 (–584) 10px 1 7 Jeff Gordon 3,054 (–744) 10px 1 8 Ernie Irvan 3,026 (–769) 10px 9 Bill Elliott 2,966 (–829) 10px 2 10 Darrell Waltrip 2,959 (–836)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1994 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Richmond) 1994 Goody's 500 (Martinsville) 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Dover Motor Speedway Category:September 1994 sports events in the United States Category:1994 in sports in Delaware