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12th race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1994 Budweiser 500 was the 12th stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 45th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 5, 1994, in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. At race's end, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace was able to defend against a late race charge against Robert Yates Racing driver Ernie Irvan to take his 34th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series and his third victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Ernie Irvan and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would finish second and third, respectively.
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Race 12 of 31 in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
![]() The 1994 Miller Genuine Draft 500 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott. | |||
Date | June 5, 1994 | ||
Official name | 26th Annual Budweiser 500 | ||
Location | Dover, Delaware, Dover International Speedway | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) | ||
Distance | 500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
Average speed | 102.529 miles per hour (165.004 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 94,000 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Robert Yates Racing | ||
Time | 23.691 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Ernie Irvan | Robert Yates Racing | |
Laps | 313 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 2 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing South | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | TNN | ||
Announcers | Mike Joy, Dick Berggren, Kenny Wallace | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Motor Racing Network |
Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 3, at 3:00 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 4, at 11:30 AM 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,[3] 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 two. 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.
Ernie Irvan, driving for Robert Yates Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 23.691 and an average speed of 151.956 miles per hour (244.549 km/h) in the first round.[4]
Two drivers would fail to qualify.
Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings |
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1 | 6 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing South | Ford | 500 | 150 | running | 180 | $70,605 |
2 | 1 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 500 | 313 | running | 180 | $54,830 |
3 | 20 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 500 | 0 | running | 165 | $35,605 |
4 | 32 | 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | Ford | 500 | 1 | running | 165 | $29,765 |
5 | 23 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 500 | 0 | running | 155 | $33,570 |
6 | 16 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | Chevrolet | 499 | 0 | running | 150 | $22,365 |
7 | 34 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahari Racing | Pontiac | 499 | 2 | running | 151 | $20,515 |
8 | 30 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Morgan–McClure Motorsports | Chevrolet | 498 | 0 | running | 142 | $22,415 |
9 | 38 | 23 | Hut Stricklin | Travis Carter Enterprises | Ford | 498 | 0 | running | 138 | $17,165 |
10 | 27 | 43 | Wally Dallenbach Jr. | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 497 | 0 | running | 134 | $16,865 |
11 | 31 | 42 | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing | Pontiac | 497 | 0 | running | 130 | $21,615 |
12 | 40 | 15 | Lake Speed | Melling Racing | Ford | 497 | 0 | running | 127 | $20,115 |
13 | 41 | 90 | Mike Wallace (R) | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 496 | 0 | running | 124 | $14,015 |
14 | 3 | 41 | Joe Nemechek (R) | Larry Hedrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 496 | 0 | running | 121 | $13,115 |
15 | 39 | 19 | Loy Allen Jr. (R) | TriStar Motorsports | Ford | 495 | 0 | running | 118 | $9,665 |
16 | 12 | 75 | Todd Bodine | Butch Mock Motorsports | Ford | 494 | 0 | running | 115 | $12,065 |
17 | 10 | 55 | Jimmy Hensley | RaDiUs Motorsports | Ford | 493 | 1 | running | 117 | $8,965 |
18 | 29 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 490 | 5 | running | 114 | $11,650 |
19 | 18 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Rudd Performance Motorsports | Ford | 489 | 0 | running | 106 | $11,465 |
20 | 4 | 22 | Bobby Labonte | Bill Davis Racing | Pontiac | 482 | 0 | crash | 103 | $15,965 |
21 | 35 | 12 | Chuck Bown | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Ford | 482 | 0 | running | 100 | $15,165 |
22 | 33 | 14 | John Andretti (R) | Hagan Racing | Chevrolet | 482 | 0 | running | 97 | $12,615 |
23 | 24 | 98 | Derrike Cope | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Ford | 481 | 0 | running | 94 | $10,965 |
24 | 36 | 77 | Greg Sacks | Jasper Motorsports | Ford | 476 | 0 | running | 91 | $10,815 |
25 | 9 | 21 | Morgan Shepherd | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 444 | 0 | crash | 88 | $19,465 |
26 | 22 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 438 | 0 | running | 85 | $18,415 |
27 | 15 | 29 | Steve Grissom (R) | Diamond Ridge Motorsports | Chevrolet | 428 | 0 | running | 82 | $10,565 |
28 | 14 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 425 | 0 | running | 79 | $22,065 |
29 | 13 | 18 | Dale Jarrett | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 424 | 0 | running | 76 | $19,665 |
30 | 17 | 1 | Rick Mast | Precision Products Racing | Ford | 402 | 0 | handling | 73 | $14,315 |
31 | 5 | 11 | Bill Elliott | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 397 | 0 | engine | 70 | $14,165 |
32 | 21 | 26 | Brett Bodine | King Racing | Ford | 376 | 14 | running | 72 | $14,605 |
33 | 26 | 8 | Jeff Burton (R) | Stavola Brothers Racing | Ford | 365 | 0 | running | 64 | $13,555 |
34 | 8 | 40 | Bobby Hamilton | SABCO Racing | Pontiac | 359 | 0 | crash | 61 | $12,005 |
35 | 7 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | Roush Racing | Ford | 358 | 0 | crash | 58 | $11,805 |
36 | 25 | 47 | Billy Standridge | Johnson Standridge Racing | Ford | 339 | 0 | running | 55 | $7,780 |
37 | 11 | 31 | Ward Burton (R) | A.G. Dillard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 218 | 0 | crash | 52 | $7,780 |
38 | 19 | 32 | Dick Trickle | Active Motorsports | Chevrolet | 171 | 0 | crash | 49 | $7,780 |
39 | 28 | 27 | Jimmy Spencer | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 95 | 0 | crash | 46 | $7,780 |
40 | 42 | 52 | Brad Teague | Jimmy Means Racing | Ford | 84 | 0 | axle | 43 | $7,780 |
41 | 2 | 7 | Geoff Bodine | Geoff Bodine Racing | Ford | 68 | 14 | crash | 45 | $12,180 |
42 | 37 | 33 | Harry Gant | Leo Jackson Motorsports | Chevrolet | 14 | 0 | crash | 37 | $12,180 |
Failed to qualify | ||||||||||
43 | 84 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Oldsmobile | ||||||
44 | 59 | Andy Belmont | Andy Belmont Racing | Ford | ||||||
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