1995 Pontiac Excitement 400

Third race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON 3 300 1995 21.642 Pontiac Excitement 400 0.75 482.803 482.803 1.21 400 400 300 41st Annual Pontiac Excitement 400 Richmond, Virginia, Richmond International Raceway 106.425 mph km/h 31 March 5 5 Motor Racing Network TBS Ken Squier, Ernie Irvan, Chuck Bown 248 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Rusty Wallace Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Penske Racing South The 1995 Pontiac Excitement 400 program cover. 1995_Pontiac_Excitement_400.jpeg The 1995 Pontiac Excitement 400 was the third stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 41st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 5, 1995, in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond International Raceway, a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would manage to dominate the final stages of the race to take his 15th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.Macenka Joe March 6, 1995 Labonte wins second straight at Richmond 13 Messenger-Inquirer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112117699/labonte-wins-second-straight-at-richmond/ October 27, 2022 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom March 6, 1995 Excitement's plentiful as Labonte wins Pontiac 400 8 The Daily Herald https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112118310/excitements-plentiful-as-labonte-wins/ October 27, 2022 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Richmond International Raceway, the venue where the race was at. Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. Known as "America's premier short track". 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 BodineBrett Bodine RacingFord12Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord15Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord16Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet18Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Randy LaJoie (R)Bill Davis RacingPontiac23Jimmy SpencerHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Steve KinserKing RacingFord27Loy Allen Jr.Junior Johnson & AssociatesFord28Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord29Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet32Jimmy HensleyActive MotorsportsChevrolet33Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet37John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord40Greg SacksDick Brooks RacingPontiac41Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac43Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac47Billy StandridgeStandridge MotorsportsFord49Eric SmithSmith RacingFord52Gary BradberryJimmy Means RacingFord66Ben HessRaDiUs MotorsportsFord71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Davy Jones (R)Jasper MotorsportsFord78Jay HedgecockTriad MotorsportsFord81Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet90Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord94Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord98Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord Qualifying Qualifying was originally scheduled to be split into two rounds. The first round was scheduled to be held on Friday, March 3, at 10:30 AM EST. However, qualifying was snowed out and postponed until Saturday, March 4, at 12:00 PM EST. Qualifying was eventually combined into only one round.Higgins Tom March 4, 1995 Snow postpones qualifying 20 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112119075/snow-postpones-qualifying/ October 27, 2022 Newspapers.com Each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 1-34 would be decided on time,March 3, 1995 Pontiac Excitement 400 14 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112117603/pontiac-excitement-400/ October 27, 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; which is usually four. Jeff Gordon, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 21.642 and an average speed of 124.757 mph km/h.Higgins Tom March 5, 1995 Qualifying deja vu: Gordon wins pole with record speed 103 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112117578/qualifying-deja-vu-gordon-wins-pole/ October 27, 2022 Nine drivers would fail to qualify: Jimmy Hensley, Kenny Wallace, Billy Standridge, Jay Hedgecock, Steve Grissom, Gary Bradberry, Ben Hess, Eric Smith, and Davy Jones. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed124Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet21.642124.757243Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac21.730124.25232Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord21.822123.728416Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord21.826123.706512Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord21.854123.547625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet21.880123.400715Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord21.881123.39584Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet21.898123.29996Mark MartinRoush RacingFord21.904123.265109Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord21.905123.2601133Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet21.926123.141121Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord21.934123.0971328Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord21.939123.0691421Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord21.968122.9061511Brett BodineBrett Bodine RacingFord21.976122.8611690Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord22.047122.4661717Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet22.087122.2441818Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet22.095122.2001942Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac22.098122.183207Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord22.130122.0062137John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord22.132121.995228Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord22.135121.9792323Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord22.147121.913245Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet22.158121.8522594Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord22.177121.748263Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet22.186121.6982740Greg SacksDick Brooks RacingPontiac22.201121.6162898Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord22.215121.5402971Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet22.223121.4963010Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord22.260121.2943141Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet22.261121.2883275Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord22.270121.2393331Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet22.284121.1633487Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet22.350120.805Provisionals3530Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac -* -*3626Steve KinserKing RacingFord -* -*3722Randy LaJoie (R)Bill Davis RacingPontiac -* -*3827Loy Allen Jr.Junior Johnson & AssociatesFord -* -*Failed to qualify3932Jimmy HensleyActive MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4081Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord -* -*4147Billy StandridgeStandridge MotorsportsFord -* -*4278Jay HedgecockTriad MotorsportsFord -* -*4329Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4452Gary BradberryJimmy Means RacingFord -* -*4566Ben HessRaDiUs MotorsportsFord -* -*4649Eric SmithSmith RacingFord -* -*4777Davy Jones (R)Jasper MotorsportsFord -* -*Official starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1245Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet400131running180$82,9502263Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet40011running175$57,200332Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord400248running175$29,6004625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4000running160$31,100584Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet4000running155$34,4006512Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord4002running155$23,90071717Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet4000running146$21,875896Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3990running142$26,0759243Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac3990running138$11,875102137John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord3997running139$13,92511207Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord3980running130$25,57512715Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord3980running127$20,17513416Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord3980running124$20,02514109Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord3970running121$10,625151421Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord3970running118$20,335162594Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord3970running115$10,400172898Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord3970running112$10,300181511Brett BodineBrett Bodine RacingFord3970running109$23,250192740Greg SacksDick Brooks RacingPontiac3960running106$19,325202971Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3950running103$11,700213010Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord3950running100$23,150223331Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet3950running97$10,125233530Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3950running94$19,050242323Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord3930running91$13,825251328Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord3930running88$24,375261690Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord3930running85$9,950273722Randy LaJoie (R)Bill Davis RacingPontiac3920running82$19,625283626Steve KinserKing RacingFord3910running79$19,000293827Loy Allen Jr.Junior Johnson & AssociatesFord3890running76$17,875301818Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3880transmission73$18,34531228Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord3780running70$18,200323487Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet3750running67$9,775331942Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac3740running64$18,06034121Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord3020engine61$17,950351133Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet2660crash58$18,35036124Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1831fuel pump60$28,750373275Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord1480crash52$17,750383141Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet1410engine49$12,750Official race results References 1995 Goodwrench 500 1995 Purolator 500 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Richmond Raceway Category:March 1995 sports events in the United States Category:1995 in sports in Virginia