Bristol 1994 recap
FOOD CITY 500, Bristol, Tenn. -- Strangely, winning at a short- track had been a thing of the past for Dale Earnhardt. But that changed at the 0.533-mile Bristol International Raceway. When race leader Geoff Bodine made a green-flag pit stop ...
FOOD CITY 500, Bristol, Tenn. -- Strangely, winning at a short- track had been a thing of the past for Dale Earnhardt. But that changed at the 0.533-mile Bristol International Raceway. When race leader Geoff Bodine made a green-flag pit stop for tires and fuel on lap 318, the move paved the way for Earnhardt's first short- track victory since October 1991 and his eighth career win at the ultra-high-banked speedway. Earnhardt, who was able to pit under yellow soon thereafter, led from there and clinched the 500-lap event 7.63 seconds in front of Ken Schrader.
Ernie Irvan retired from the race with engine failure, which aided Earnhardt in taking a 40-point lead over Irvan in the Winston Cup standings.
1994 FOOD CITY 500 BOX SCORES
ST FIN CAR # DRIVER LAPS STATUS 1 24 3 Dale Earnhardt 500 Running 2 22 25 Ken Schrader 500 Running 3 13 15 Lake Speed 500 Running 4 27 7 Geoff Bodine 499 Running 5 23 30 Michael Waltrip 497 Running 6 9 22 Bobby Labonte 496 Running 7 2 2 Rusty Wallace 494 Running 8 18 4 Sterling Marlin 491 Running 9 34 40 Bobby Hamilton 488 Running 10 29 71 Dave Marcis 486 Running 11 31 77 Greg Sacks 482 Running 12 30 29 Steve Grissom 480 Running 13 19 26 Brett Bodine 478 Running 14 26 23 Hut Stricklin 478 Running 15 37 17 Darrell Waltrip 476 Running 16 6 41 Joe Nemechek 473 Running 17 33 43 Wally Dallenbach Jr. 464 Running 18 10 21 Morgan Shepherd 457 Running 19 5 16 Ted Musgrave 431 Running 20 14 42 Kyle Petty 426 Running 21 3 6 Mark Martin 425 Accident 22 4 24 Jeff Gordon 425 Accident 23 1 12 Chuck Bown 393 Running 24 12 5 Terry Labonte 373 Running 25 21 31 Ward Burton 368 Running 26 8 75 Todd Bodine 358 Running 27 17 98 Derrike Cope 276 Running 28 25 90 Mike Wallace 262 Engine 29 28 1 Rick Mast 222 Accident 30 15 11 Bill Elliott 198 Accident 31 35 8 Jeff Burton 197 Accident 32 11 10 Ricky Rudd 187 Accident 33 7 28 Ernie Irvan 167 Engine 34 32 32 Dick Trickle 164 Accident 35 16 27 Jimmy Spencer 159 Head Gasket 36 36 18 Dale Jarrett 66 Accident 37 20 33 Harry Gant 10 Accident
Time of Race: 2 Hours, 58 minutes, 22 seconds Average Speed: 89.647 mph Margin of Victory: 7.63 seconds Caution Flags: 10 for 75 laps Lead Changes: 11 among 5 drivers Dale Earnhardt, Geoff Bodine, Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon.
SOURCE: 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Media Guide
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