The 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 400 was the 24th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 38th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 9, 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, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to dominate the majority of the race to take his 41st career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
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. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.
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 MotorsportsChevrolet32Ed BerrierActive MotorsportsChevrolet33Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet37John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord40Shane HallDick Brooks RacingPontiac41Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac43Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac49Eric SmithSmith RacingFord71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord78Jay HedgecockTriad 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, September 8, at 5:30 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, September 9, at 4:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-34 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.
Dale Earnhardt, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 22.033 and an average speed of in the first round.
Six drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed13Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet22.033122.543224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet22.049122.455325Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet22.057122.410433Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet22.071122.33256Mark MartinRoush RacingFord22.076122.305671Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet22.081122.27772Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord22.093122.21184Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet22.108122.128943Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac22.124122.0391016Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord22.129122.0121111Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord22.139121.9571210Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord22.142121.9401381Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord22.142121.9401412Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord22.146121.9181517Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet22.152121.885161Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord22.154121.8741718Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet22.177121.7481887Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet22.184121.7091930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac22.187121.693208Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord22.203121.605Failed to lock in Round 12142Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac22.218121.5232294Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord22.219121.518235Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet22.241121.3972422Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac22.273121.2232526Hut StricklinKing RacingFord22.276121.2072615Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord22.277121.2012728Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord22.287121.1472877Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord22.295121.1032975Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord22.320120.968307Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord22.347120.8223137John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord22.349120.8113227Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord22.358120.7623331Greg SacksA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet22.370120.6973421Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22.382120.633Provisionals359Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord -* -*3641Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*3723Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord -* -*3898Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord -* -*Failed to qualify3932Ed BerrierActive MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4078Jay HedgecockTriad MotorsportsFord -* -*4140Shane HallDick Brooks RacingPontiac -* -*4229Steve GrissomDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4390Mike WallaceDonlavey RacingFord -* -*4449Eric SmithSmith RacingFord -* -*Official first round qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings172Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord400254running185$64,5152235Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4002running175$49,065313Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet40073running170$54,00542728Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord4000running160$40,6055943Bobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesPontiac4005running160$26,8056224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet40063running155$38,25573137John AndrettiKranefuss-Haas RacingFord3991running151$24,75581210Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord3990running142$25,4559325Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3990running138$21,755101016Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord3990running134$25,205112422Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac3980running130$20,60512161Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord3980running127$20,30513208Jeff BurtonStavola Brothers RacingFord3970running124$20,155142294Bill ElliottElliott-Hardy RacingFord3972running126$14,9551556Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3970running118$25,955161111Brett BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3970running115$23,780171718Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3970running112$23,680182615Dick TrickleBud Moore EngineeringFord3970running109$19,43019307Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord3970running106$25,205201381Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord3970running103$12,33021359Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord3960running100$14,230221517Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet3960running97$19,105233898Jeremy MayfieldCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord3960running94$13,930242975Todd BodineButch Mock MotorsportsFord3960running91$18,805252142Kyle PettyTeam SABCOPontiac3950running88$18,855261887Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet3950running85$13,530273421Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord3950running82$18,405281930Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3940running79$18,280293641Ricky Craven (R)Larry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet3940running76$14,25530433Robert Pressley (R)Leo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet3940running73$18,205313723Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord3920running70$10,155322526Hut StricklinKing RacingFord3910running67$15,1303384Sterling MarlinMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3370rear end64$24,125341412Derrike CopeBobby Allison MotorsportsFord3320rear end61$10,10535671Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3150running58$10,105362877Bobby Hillin Jr.Jasper MotorsportsFord3130engine55$10,105373331Greg SacksA.G. Dillard MotorsportsChevrolet1880crash52$10,105383227Elton SawyerJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord660crash49$18,105Official race results
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