1995 MBNA 500

25th race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON 804.672 27th Annual MBNA 500 The 1995 Miller 500 program cover. Motor Racing Network TNN Hendrick Motorsports Hendrick Motorsports Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon Precision Products Racing Rick Mast 400 24 804.672 Dover, Delaware, Dover International Speedway 500 500 500 124.74 mph km/h September 17 23.461 1.6 1 MBNA 500 1995 31 25 500 Mike Joy, Dick Berggren, Buddy Baker 1995_MBNA_500.jpeg The 1995 MBNA 500 was the 25th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 27th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 17, 1995, 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. At race's end, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to dominate the race to take his ninth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his seventh and final victory of the season.Baker Kent September 18, 1995 Gordon wins MBNA 500 to strengthen points lead 38 The Baltimore Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112997803/gordon-wins-mbna-500-to-strengthen/ November 13, 2022 Newspapers.com Schnatz Pete September 18, 1995 Jeff Gordon cruises to victory at Dover 17 The Philadelphia Inquirer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112997988/jeff-gordon-cruises-to-victory-at-dover/ November 13, 2022 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Petty Enterprises driver Bobby Hamilton and Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace 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 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 MotorsportsFord15Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord16Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet18Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet21Morgan 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 RacingPontiac31Greg SacksA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet32Michael RitchActive MotorsportsChevrolet33Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet37John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord40Rich BickleDick Brooks RacingPontiac41Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac43Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac66Billy StandridgeJohnson Standridge RacingFord67Terry FisherRaDiUs MotorsportsFord71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet90Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord94Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord98Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 15, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 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 16, at 11:45 AM EST.September 15, 1995 MBNA 500 30 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112998376/mbna-500/ November 13, 2022 Newspapers.com As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-38 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. Rick Mast, driving for Precision Products Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 23.461 and an average speed of 153.446 mph km/h in the first round.Harris Mike September 16, 1995 Rick Mast gains third pole of his career 148 The Morning Call https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112998630/rick-mast-gains-third-pole-of-his-career/ November 13, 2022 Newspapers.com Three drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed11Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord23.461153.446224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.502153.178342Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac23.555152.834418Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet23.558152.814522Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac23.559152.808610Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord23.576152.69872Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord23.587152.626826Hut StricklinKing RacingFord23.631152.342937John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord23.690151.9631098Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord23.690151.9631175Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord23.698151.9121233Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet23.703151.8801316Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord23.717151.7901429Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet23.725151.7391515Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord23.729151.713166Mark MartinRoush RacingFord23.734151.6811794Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord23.735151.6751812Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord23.749151.5851917Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet23.755151.547205Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.757151.5342140Rich BickleDick Brooks RacingPontiac23.767151.4712241Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.777151.4072377Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord23.778151.4002487Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet23.784151.362258Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord23.788151.337Failed to lock in Round 12628Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord23.571152.730279Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord23.592152.594283Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet23.648152.233294Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet23.657152.1753030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac23.677152.0463121Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord23.727151.7263243Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac23.729151.7133327Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord23.730151.7073423Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord23.760151.5153571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet23.788151.3373625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.806151.2223711Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord23.826151.0953890Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord23.836151.032Provisionals397Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord -* -*4032Michael RitchActive MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*Failed to qualify4166Billy StandridgeJohnson Standridge RacingFord -* -*4267Terry FisherRaDiUs MotorsportsFord -* -*4331Greg SacksA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet500400running185$74,65523243Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac50083running175$62,505372Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord5000running165$46,90542487Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet5000running160$34,4655283Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet5000running155$40,9706294Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5000running150$31,51571812Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord4991running151$22,1558166Mark MartinRoush RacingFord4990running142$31,0659418Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet4980running138$29,41510610Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord4980running134$33,665111316Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord4980running130$24,665123625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4980running127$24,065132377Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord4970running124$14,465141233Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet49511running126$24,36515205Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4950running118$29,865163423Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord4950running115$17,815173711Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4940running112$26,615181794Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord4940running109$17,500191098Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord4930running106$17,21520258Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord4930running103$23,81521522Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac4930running100$21,915222241Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet4920running97$17,265231515Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord4920running94$21,61524397Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord4910running91$27,765251429Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet4910running88$16,61526342Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac4900running85$21,365273571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet4820running82$16,1152811Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord4393engine84$26,965293030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac4251running81$20,915302628Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord4101crash78$29,765313890Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord4030crash70$12,81532279Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord2670handling67$15,255333121Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord2620engine64$17,705344032Michael RitchActive MotorsportsChevrolet2260engine61$12,655352140Rich BickleDick Brooks RacingPontiac2180engine58$17,605361917Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet1480handling55$17,430371175Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord530crash52$17,43038826Hut StricklinKing RacingFord480crash49$17,43039937John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord390crash46$12,430403327Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord100crash43$20,430Official race results References 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Richmond) 1995 Goody's 500 (Martinsville) 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Dover Motor Speedway Category:September 1995 sports events in the United States Category:1995 in sports in Delaware