1995 Food City 500

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1995 Food City 500
Race details
Race 6 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Date April 2, 1995 (1995-April-02)
Official name Food City 500
Location Bristol International Raceway, Bristol, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
0.533 mi (0.857 km)
Distance 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 57.9 °F (14.4 °C); wind speeds up to 17.2 miles per hour (27.7 km/h)[1]
Average speed 92.011 miles per hour (148.077 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Roush Racing
Most laps led
Driver Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 205
Winner
No. 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Ned Jarrett

The 1995 Food City 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on April 2, 1995 at Bristol Motor Speedway, in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 mile (0.857 km) speedway, it was the 6th race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.

Top 10 results[]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford
3 17 Darrell Waltrip DarWal Inc. Chevrolet
4 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac
5 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford
6 28 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford
7 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
8 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford
9 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet
10 33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet

Race Statistics[]

  • Time of race: 2:53:47
  • Average Speed: 92.011 miles per hour (148.077 km/h)
  • Pole Speed: 124.605 miles per hour (200.532 km/h)
  • Cautions: 7 for 65 laps
  • Margin of Victory: 5.74 sec
  • Lead changes: 12
  • Percent of race run under caution: 13%
  • Average green flag run: 54.4 laps

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References[]

  1. ^ Weather information at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. ^ Race statistics at Race Database
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