The 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 400 was the 14th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 14th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 18, 1995, in Cambridge Township, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. On the final restart with 16 to go, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte managed to make a charge to the front and raced to his second career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season. Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon and Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace finished second and third respectively.
Background
The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Cambridge Township, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).
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 RacingFord22Randy LaJoie (R)Bill Davis RacingPontiac23Jimmy SpencerHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Hut StricklinKing RacingFord27Jimmy HortonJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord28Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord29Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet32Chuck BownActive MotorsportsChevrolet33Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet37John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord40Greg SacksDick Brooks RacingPontiac41Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac43Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac44Jeff PurvisPhoenix RacingChevrolet71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord81Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet88Gary BradberryBradberry RacingChevrolet90Mike 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, 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.
Jeff Gordon, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, won the pole, setting a time of 38.583 and an average speed of .
Two drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed124Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet38.583186.611210Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord38.887185.15234Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet39.000184.61546Mark MartinRoush RacingFord39.023184.50752Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord39.041184.422616Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord39.050184.37973Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet39.059184.337815Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord39.062184.322998Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord39.124184.030109Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord39.132183.9931187Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet39.152183.8991243Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac39.173183.8001323Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord39.173183.8001477Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord39.190183.720155Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet39.193183.7061617Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet39.233183.5191726Hut StricklinKing RacingFord39.303183.192181Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord39.315183.1361918Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet39.326183.0852031Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet39.338183.029Failed to lock in Round 12137John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord39.165183.8382233Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet39.222183.5702327Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord39.334183.0482430Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac39.361182.9222511Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord39.363182.913268Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord39.363182.9132775Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord39.364182.9082890Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord39.379182.8392928Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord39.395182.7643041Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet39.441182.5513122Randy LaJoie (R)Bill Davis RacingPontiac39.457182.4773232Chuck BownActive MotorsportsChevrolet39.475182.3943381Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord39.486182.3433494Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord39.573181.942357Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord39.578181.9193612Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord39.599181.8233729Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet39.608181.7813844Jeff PurvisPhoenix RacingChevrolet39.624181.708Provisionals3921Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord -* -*4025Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4142Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac -* -*4271Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet -* -*Failed to qualify4388Gary BradberryBradberry RacingChevrolet -* -*4440Greg SacksDick Brooks RacingPontiac -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings11918Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet20058running180$84,0802124Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet20080running180$72,530352Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord2007running170$44,78042137John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord2001running165$31,37553921Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord2005running160$36,07562928Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord2008running155$33,500734Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet2000running146$37,350846Mark MartinRoush RacingFord2000running142$31,2009155Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2000running138$30,80010616Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord2000running134$17,40011109Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord2000running130$18,950122430Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac2000running127$23,375131477Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord1990running124$13,625143494Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord1990running121$17,375154271Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1990running118$18,37516815Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord1985running120$21,400172233Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet1980running112$21,975182031Ward BurtonA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet1980running109$15,640193612Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord1980running106$15,325203729Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet1980running103$16,76021357Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord1970flagged100$25,89022998Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord1960running97$14,575232327Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1960running94$24,065243232Chuck BownActive MotorsportsChevrolet1880running91$10,955251243Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac1830running88$14,345261617Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet1763crash90$18,885274025Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1760running82$18,725281187Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1750engine79$10,565292775Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord1750engine76$18,455301323Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord1750running73$13,39031268Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord1430running70$17,760322890Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord1380crash67$10,190333041Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet1340running64$10,08534181Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord1330running61$15,0153573Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1272crash63$29,945363381Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord780engine55$9,900371726Hut StricklinKing RacingFord700crash52$14,86538210Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord7031crash54$24,780393844Jeff PurvisPhoenix RacingChevrolet630engine46$9,780402511Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord500crash43$22,780413122Randy LaJoie (R)Bill Davis RacingPontiac180valve40$14,780424142Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac170engine37$14,780Official race results
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