1994 AC Delco 500

29th race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON 30th Annual AC Delco 500 October 23 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Mike Joy, Buddy Baker Dale Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt 108 Richard Childress Racing Richard Childress Racing 3 TNN Motor Racing Network 126.408 mph km/h 55,000 Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Motor Speedway 805.257 805.257 500.364 492 492 1.636 1.017 31 29 AC Delco 500 1994 23.305 500.364 The 1994 AC Delco 500 program cover, featuring Darrell Waltrip. 1994_AC_Delco_500.jpeg The 1994 AC Delco 500 was the 29th stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 30th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 23, 1994, in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 mi km permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 492 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to defend against Precision Products Racing driver Rick Mast to take his 63rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth and final victory of the season.Higgins Tom October 24, 1994 Earnhardt's seventh Cup matches Petty 24 Lancaster New Era https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115124685/earnhardts-seventh-cup-matches-petty/ December 24, 2022 Newspapers.comHarris Mike October 24, 1994 Earnhardt wins race and his 7th Winston Cup title 19 Intelligencer Journal https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115124856/earnhardt-wins-race-and-his-7th-winston/ December 24, 2022 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Rick Mast and Wood Brothers Racing driver Morgan Shepherd would finish second and third, respectively. With the victory, Earnhardt would manage to mathematically clinch and win a record-tying seventh NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship, which at the time was an achievement only achieved by Richard Petty. Earnhardt had only needed to gain 50 points on second-place driver in the driver's standings, Rusty Wallace. With Earnhardt's win and an early engine issue from Wallace, Earnhardt had managed to gain 127 points on Wallace, thus clinching the championship.McKee Sandra October 24, 1994 Earnhardt new King? 15 Florida Today https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115125095/earnhardt-new-king/ December 24, 2022 Newspapers.com The feat would not be matched until 2016, when Jimmie Johnson managed to win his seventh championship at the 2016 Ford EcoBoost 400. Background thumb|The layout of North Carolina Speedway, the venue where the race was held. North Carolina Speedway is a 1 mile (1.6 km) flat oval track in Rockingham, North Carolina. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord02Brad NoffsingerTaylor 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 MotorsportsFord14Randy MacDonaldHagan RacingChevrolet15Lake 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 RacingFord55Butch MillerRaDiUs MotorsportsFord61Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevrolet71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Greg SacksU.S. Motorsports Inc.Ford84Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingFord90Mike Wallace (R)Donlavey RacingFord98Jeremy Mayfield (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord Qualifying Qualifying was originally scheduled to be split into two rounds. The first round was scheduled to be held on Thursday, October 20, at 3:00 PM EST. However, after 35 drivers had taken times for qualifying, first-round qualifying was rained out and postponed until Friday, October 21, at 2:00 PM EST.Nowell Paul October 21, 1994 Weather postpones AC Delco 500 qualifying 19 The Beaufort Gazette https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115125473/weather-postpones-ac-delco-500/ December 24, 2022 Newspapers.com As a result of the rain delay, qualifying was decided to be combined into only one round. For this specific race, positions 1-40 would be decided on time,October 20, 1994 NASCAR today 28 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115125398/nascar-today/ December 24, 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. Ricky Rudd, driving for his own Rudd Performance Motorsports team, won the pole, setting a time of 23.305 and an average speed of 157.099 mph km/h on in the first round.Harris Mike October 22, 1994 Record ravaged by Rudd, 42 more at Rockingham 33 Centre Daily Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115125605/record-ravaged-by-rudd-42-more-at/ December 24, 2022 Newspapers.com Three drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed110Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord23.305157.09925Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.334156.90437Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord23.346156.823412Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord23.348156.810526Brett BodineKing RacingFord23.380156.595621Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord23.401156.455731Ward Burton (R)A.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet23.411156.38881Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord23.418156.341933Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet23.424156.301106Mark MartinRoush RacingFord23.456156.0881177Greg SacksU.S. Motorsports Inc.Ford23.467156.0151271Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet23.496155.8221341Joe Nemechek (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.501155.789142Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord23.545155.4981524Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.563155.3791629Steve Grissom (R)Diamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet23.564155.3731719Loy Allen Jr. (R)TriStar MotorsportsFord23.567155.3531811Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord23.597155.1551922Bobby LabonteBill Davis RacingPontiac23.616155.030203Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet23.624154.978Failed to lock in Round 12132Dick TrickleActive MotorsportsChevrolet23.621154.9982217Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet23.626154.9652328Kenny WallaceRobert Yates RacingFord23.646154.8342425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.654154.7812547Billy Standridge (R)Johnson Standridge RacingFord23.662154.7292616Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord23.664154.7162718Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet23.692154.5332875Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord23.702154.4682942Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac23.709154.422308Jeff Burton (R)Stavola Brothers RacingFord23.716154.3773190Mike Wallace (R)Donlavey RacingFord23.768154.0393227Jimmy SpencerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord23.798153.8453330Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac23.857153.4643423Hut StricklinTravis Carter EnterprisesFord23.859153.4523514Randy MacDonaldHagan RacingChevrolet23.863153.4263643John Andretti (R)Petty EnterprisesPontiac23.878153.329374Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet23.911153.1183855Butch MillerRaDiUs MotorsportsFord23.915153.0923998Jeremy Mayfield (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord23.920153.0604061Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevrolet23.943152.913Provisionals4115Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord -* -*4240Bobby HamiltonSABCO RacingPontiac -* -*Failed to qualify4302Brad NoffsingerTaylor RacingFord -* -*4452Brad TeagueJimmy Means RacingFord -* -*4584Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingFord -* -*Official starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1203Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet492108running185$60,600281Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord49258running175$45,4253621Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord49234running170$32,1004110Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord4922running165$28,076525Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet49280running160$28,75061811Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4922running155$20,6507106Mark MartinRoush RacingFord4920running146$23,85082132Dick TrickleActive MotorsportsChevrolet4921running147$15,6259731Ward Burton (R)A.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet4913running143$12,450104115Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord4910running134$25,65011308Jeff Burton (R)Stavola Brothers RacingFord4900running130$18,450122718Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet4890running127$21,850132616Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord4880running124$17,45014374Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet4885running126$20,050152328Kenny WallaceRobert Yates RacingFord4880running118$20,225163190Mike Wallace (R)Donlavey RacingFord4880running115$12,750171341Joe Nemechek (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet4840running112$12,45018526Brett BodineKing RacingFord4840running109$20,150193998Jeremy Mayfield (R)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord4830running106$11,750203855Butch MillerRaDiUs MotorsportsFord4830running103$9,450212875Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord4810running100$11,100224061Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevrolet4750running97$8,400232217Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet4740crash94$16,900243514Randy MacDonaldHagan RacingChevrolet4660running91$8,200253643John Andretti (R)Petty EnterprisesPontiac4660running88$10,500263330Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac4600running85$14,300273423Hut StricklinTravis Carter EnterprisesFord4590running82$13,200281922Bobby LabonteBill Davis RacingPontiac4580engine79$13,900291524Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet437101handling81$26,300301629Steve Grissom (R)Diamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet4300running73$9,60031933Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet3980crash70$13,400322425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet38140running72$13,300334240Bobby HamiltonSABCO RacingPontiac3410handling64$11,200341271Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3340handling61$7,10035142Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord3000engine58$19,200362942Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac2330crash55$20,57537412Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord2300engine52$10,950383227Jimmy SpencerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord2020crash49$6,925391177Greg SacksU.S. Motorsports Inc.Ford1120crash46$6,9254037Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord9558engine48$12,500412547Billy Standridge (R)Johnson Standridge RacingFord390crash40$6,950421719Loy Allen Jr. (R)TriStar MotorsportsFord250crash37$6,900Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 4,476 10px 2 Rusty Wallace 4,028 (-448) 10px 3 Mark Martin 3,890 (-586) 10px 4 Ken Schrader 3,812 (–664) 10px 5 Ricky Rudd 3,778 (–698) 10px 6 Morgan Shepherd 3,752 (–724) 10px 1 7 Terry Labonte 3,549 (–927) 10px 2 8 Bill Elliott 3,505 (–971) 10px 2 9 Jeff Gordon 3,493 (–983) 10px 1 10 Darrell Waltrip 3,454 (–1,022)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1994 Mello Yello 500 1994 Slick 50 500 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Rockingham Speedway Category:October 1994 sports events in the United States Category:1994 in sports in North Carolina