1995 Pepsi 400

15th race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON 37th Annual Pepsi 400 The 1995 Pepsi 400 program cover, featuring Jimmy Spencer and Ernie Irvan. July 1 166.976 mph km/h 31 15 160 4.0 160 643.737 2.5 643.737 400 Pepsi 400 Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Ned Jarrett Motor Racing Network ESPN Hendrick Motorsports Jeff Gordon Richard Childress Racing Morgan-McClure MotorsportsHendrick Motorsports Dale Earnhardt Sterling MarlinJeff Gordon 72 24 1995 400 47.033 1995_Pepsi_400.jpeg The 1995 Pepsi 400 was the 15th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 37th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 1, 1995, in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 160 laps to complete. In a one-lap dash to the finish, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to defend the field to take his sixth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth victory of the season.Newberry Paul July 2, 1995 Gordon wins battle of 'Big Three' in Pepsi 400 22 Indiana Gazette https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112525757/gordon-wins-battle-of-big-three-in/ November 4, 2022 Newspapers.com Long Gary July 2, 1995 Wonder Boy Gordon catches on in a hurry 52 The Miami Herald https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112526234/wonder-boy-gordon-catches-on-in-a-hurry/ November 4, 2022 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Sterling Marlin and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Daytona International Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.2010-08-11 NASCAR.COM : Tracks http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100811053515/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ 2010-08-11 2021-10-17 The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.2010-08-30 Daytona International Speedway: The World Center of Racing http://www.speedway-guide.com/Daytona-International-Speedway.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100830050250/http://www.speedway-guide.com/Daytona-International-Speedway.html 2010-08-30 2021-10-17 Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake0Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFord1Rick 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 RacingChevrolet19Loy Allen Jr.TriStar MotorsportsFord21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Jimmy HensleyBill Davis RacingPontiac23Jimmy SpencerHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Hut StricklinKing RacingFord27Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord28Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord29Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet32Chuck BownActive MotorsportsChevrolet33Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet37John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord40Andy HillenburgDick Brooks RacingPontiac41Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac43Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac44Jeff PurvisPhoenix RacingFord65Steve SeligmanO'Neil RacingChevrolet71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord81Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet90Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord94Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord98Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 16, at 3:30 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, June 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 21-38 would be decided on time,Laye Leonard June 29, 1995 Odds don't favor sweep at Daytona 20 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112526699/odds-dont-favor-sweep-at-daytona/ November 4, 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. Dale Earnhardt, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 47.033 and an average speed of 191.355 mph km/h.Coble Don June 30, 1995 Earnhardt charges back to take Daytona pole 23 Press and Sun-Bulletin https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112526837/earnhardt-charges-back-to-take-daytona/ November 4, 2022 Newspapers.com Three drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed13Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet47.033191.35524Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet47.190190.718324Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet47.212190.630418Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet47.240190.517533Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet47.242190.508675Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord47.339190.118728Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord47.349190.078830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac47.414189.817917Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet47.425189.773106Mark MartinRoush RacingFord47.440189.713119Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord47.448189.6811215Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord47.452189.6651321Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord47.455189.6531410Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord47.483189.5421523Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord47.495189.4941642Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac47.496189.4901787Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet47.515189.4141819Loy Allen Jr.TriStar MotorsportsFord47.530189.3541944Jeff PurvisPhoenix RacingChevrolet47.567189.2072027Greg SacksJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord47.606189.052Failed to lock in Round 12116Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord47.615189.016222Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord47.660188.8382390Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord47.684188.7432411Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord47.699188.683257Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord47.713188.6282625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet47.726188.5762771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet47.759188.446281Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord47.775188.3832932Chuck BownActive MotorsportsChevrolet47.840188.1273026Hut StricklinKing RacingFord47.869188.0133122Jimmy HensleyBill Davis RacingPontiac47.896187.907328Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord47.906187.868335Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet47.998187.5083429Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet48,000187.5003598Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord48.007187.4733637John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord48.041187.3403712Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord48.089187.1533877Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord48.127187.005Provisionals3943Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac48.331186.2164041Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet48.160186.8774131Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet48.242186.5594240Andy HillenburgDick Brooks RacingPontiac48.162186.869Champion's Provisional4394Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord48.296186.351Failed to qualify4465Steve SeligmanO'Neil RacingChevrolet49.114183.2474581Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord49.172183.031460Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFord49.679181.163Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1324Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet16072running185$96,580224Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet16072running180$63,450313Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet16011running170$66,2004106Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1600running160$43,22552116Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord1600running155$39,07562625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1600running150$36,07571642Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac1600running146$29,37581410Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord1605running147$31,77591523Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord1600running138$22,275104394Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord1600running134$26,12511533Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet1600running130$26,615121215Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord1600running127$24,920133712Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord1600running124$19,53014257Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord1600running121$29,89015830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac1600running118$24,950163026Hut StricklinKing RacingFord1600running115$19,860172027Greg SacksJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1600running112$22,62018328Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord1600running109$23,10519335Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1600running106$28,965202411Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1590running103$28,65021119Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord1590running100$17,280224041Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet1590running97$17,56023675Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord1590running94$21,790241321Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord1590running91$21,570252771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1590running88$16,55026281Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord1590running85$21,09027222Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord1590running82$28,035283877Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord1590running79$12,715292932Chuck BownActive MotorsportsChevrolet1590running76$13,120303122Jimmy HensleyBill Davis RacingPontiac1590running73$20,525311819Loy Allen Jr.TriStar MotorsportsFord1590running70$12,470323598Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord1580running67$15,440333637John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord1580running64$14,91034917Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet1580running61$17,380354131Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet1570running58$12,350364240Andy HillenburgDick Brooks RacingPontiac1570running55$17,320372390Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord1550running52$12,291381787Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1550running49$13,145391944Jeff PurvisPhoenix RacingChevrolet1280crash46$12,245403943Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac1180overheating43$12,24541418Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet480piston40$25,24542728Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord380engine37$27,645433429Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet340crash34$12,245Official race results References 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Michigan) 1995 Slick 50 300 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway Category:July 1995 sports events in the United States Category:1995 in sports in Florida