Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 2, 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, September 3, 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 21-40 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; up to two provisionals were given. 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.
Geoff Bodine, driving for his own Geoff Bodine Racing team, would win the pole, setting a time of 29.447 and an average speed of 166.998 miles per hour (268.757 km/h) in the first round.[4]
^Pearce, Al (September 3, 1994). "Drivers blister Darlington track record". St. Lucie News Tribune. p. 41. Retrieved January 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1994 Mountain Dew Southern 500 was the 23rd stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 45th iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday September 4 1994 before an audience of 50 000 in Darlington South Carolina at Darlington Raceway a 1 366 miles 2 198 km permanent egg shaped oval racetrack The race took the scheduled 367 laps to complete In the final stages of the race Junior Johnson amp Associates driver Bill Elliott would make a late race charge to the lead passing with 13 to go to take his 40th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season 1 2 To fill out the top three Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Wood Brothers Racing driver Morgan Shepherd would finish second and third respectively 1994 Mountain Dew Southern 500Race detailsRace 23 of 31 in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1994 Mountain Dew Southern 500 program cover feautring Dale Earnhardt DateSeptember 4 1994Official name45th Annual Mountain Dew Southern 500LocationDarlington Raceway Darlington South CarolinaCoursePermanent racing facility1 366 mi 2 221 km Distance367 laps 501 322 mi 806 799 km Scheduled Distance367 laps 501 322 mi 806 799 km Average speed127 952 miles per hour 205 919 km h Attendance50 000Pole positionDriverGeoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingTime29 447Most laps ledDriverKen SchraderHendrick MotorsportsLaps127WinnerNo 11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson amp AssociatesTelevision in the United StatesNetworkESPNAnnouncersBob Jenkins Ned Jarrett Benny ParsonsRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor Racing Network Contents 1 Background 1 1 Entry list 2 Qualifying 2 1 Full qualifying results 3 Race results 4 Standings after the race 5 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Darlington Raceway the venue where the race was held Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington South Carolina It is nicknamed The Lady in Black and The Track Too Tough to Tame by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as A NASCAR Tradition It is of a unique somewhat egg shaped design an oval with the ends of very different configurations a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars handling in a way that is effective at both ends Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford Skoal 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford Miller Genuine Draft 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg s Frosted Flakes 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford Exide 8 Jeff Burton R Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Raybestos 9 Phil Parsons Melling Racing Ford Melling Racing 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford Budweiser 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford Mane n Tail 15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford Ford Quality Care 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford The Family Channel 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Western Auto 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 19 Loy Allen Jr R TriStar Motorsports Ford Hooters 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo 22 Bobby Labonte Bill Davis Racing Pontiac Maxwell House 23 Hut Stricklin Travis Carter Enterprises Ford Smokin Joe s 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford Quaker State 27 Jimmy Spencer Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford McDonald s 28 Kenny Wallace Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Diamond Ridge Motorsports 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil 31 Ward Burton A G Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet Hardee s 32 Dick Trickle Active Motorsports Chevrolet Active Motorsports 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet Skoal Bandit 40 Bobby Hamilton SABCO Racing Pontiac Kendall 41 Joe Nemechek R Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Meineke 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello 43 John Andretti R Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 47 Billy Standridge R Johnson Standridge Racing Ford Johnson Standridge Racing 52 Brad Teague Jimmy Means Racing Ford Priddy s Lumber 55 Butch Miller RaDiUs Motorsports Ford RaDiUs Motorsports 57 Bob Schacht Balough Racing Ford Kenova Golf Course Construction 61 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet Total Petroleum 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Olive Garden 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Factory Stores of America 77 Greg Sacks U S Motorsports Inc Ford US Airways 90 Mike Wallace R Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig Meyers 98 Jeremy Mayfield R Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford FingerhutQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday September 2 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 September 3 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 40 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 up to two provisionals were given 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 Geoff Bodine driving for his own Geoff Bodine Racing team would win the pole setting a time of 29 447 and an average speed of 166 998 miles per hour 268 757 km h in the first round 4 Two drivers would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 29 447 166 998 2 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 477 166 828 3 31 Ward Burton R A G Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 29 484 166 789 4 41 Joe Nemechek R Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 528 166 540 5 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 29 534 166 506 6 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 29 538 166 484 7 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 547 166 433 8 22 Bobby Labonte Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 29 547 166 433 9 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 29 552 166 405 10 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 29 621 166 017 11 28 Kenny Wallace Robert Yates Racing Ford 29 627 165 984 12 77 Greg Sacks U S Motorsports Inc Ford 29 660 165 799 13 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29 662 165 788 14 8 Jeff Burton R Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 29 668 165 754 15 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 29 727 165 425 16 40 Bobby Hamilton SABCO Racing Pontiac 29 775 165 159 17 32 Dick Trickle Active Motorsports Chevrolet 29 803 165 004 18 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 29 865 164 662 19 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 29 920 164 358 20 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 29 936 164 270 Failed to lock in Round 1 21 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 29 941 164 243 22 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 961 164 133 23 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 29 967 164 101 24 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 29 977 164 046 25 98 Jeremy Mayfield R Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 30 009 163 871 26 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 30 015 163 838 27 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30 036 163 724 28 52 Brad Teague Jimmy Means Racing Ford 30 059 163 598 29 43 John Andretti R Petty Enterprises Pontiac 30 072 163 528 30 27 Jimmy Spencer Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 30 076 163 506 31 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 30 134 163 191 32 29 Steve Grissom R Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 30 139 163 164 33 47 Billy Standridge R Johnson Standridge Racing Ford 30 156 163 072 34 9 Phil Parsons Melling Racing Ford 30 216 162 748 35 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 30 235 162 646 36 23 Hut Stricklin Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 30 259 162 517 37 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 30 293 162 335 38 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 30 488 161 296 39 90 Mike Wallace R Donlavey Racing Ford 30 519 161 132 40 15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford 30 551 160 963 Provisionals 41 55 Butch Miller RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 42 19 Loy Allen Jr R TriStar Motorsports Ford Failed to qualify 43 61 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 44 57 Bob Schacht Balough Racing Ford Official first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 9 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 367 21 running 180 68 330 2 27 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 367 87 running 175 45 030 3 13 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 367 0 running 165 32 730 4 18 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 367 3 running 165 24 715 5 24 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 367 4 running 160 26 870 6 7 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 366 0 running 150 22 765 7 19 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 366 8 running 151 23 620 8 14 8 Jeff Burton R Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 366 0 running 142 19 500 9 35 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 365 0 running 138 23 370 10 22 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 365 0 running 134 21 930 11 11 28 Kenny Wallace Robert Yates Racing Ford 364 0 running 130 20 765 12 37 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 362 0 running 127 19 970 13 21 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 362 4 running 129 16 180 14 36 23 Hut Stricklin Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 361 0 running 121 11 890 15 34 9 Phil Parsons Melling Racing Ford 361 0 running 118 8 750 16 29 43 John Andretti R Petty Enterprises Pontiac 360 0 running 115 11 930 17 39 90 Mike Wallace R Donlavey Racing Ford 359 0 running 112 11 160 18 41 55 Butch Miller RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 359 0 running 109 7 885 19 12 77 Greg Sacks U S Motorsports Inc Ford 358 0 running 106 10 705 20 10 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 356 0 running 103 14 335 21 42 19 Loy Allen Jr R TriStar Motorsports Ford 354 0 running 100 7 200 22 16 40 Bobby Hamilton SABCO Racing Pontiac 353 0 running 97 13 780 23 32 29 Steve Grissom R Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 350 0 running 94 9 560 24 33 47 Billy Standridge R Johnson Standridge Racing Ford 347 0 running 91 6 785 25 6 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 342 105 engine 93 20 975 26 23 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 333 0 running 85 9 015 27 1 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 323 6 engine 87 17 805 28 38 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 321 0 engine 79 8 595 29 5 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 290 0 running 76 12 385 30 28 52 Brad Teague Jimmy Means Racing Ford 281 0 crash 73 6 125 31 26 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 278 2 engine 75 12 040 32 2 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 272 127 oil 77 13 350 33 25 98 Jeremy Mayfield R Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 265 0 engine 64 7 785 34 3 31 Ward Burton R A G Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 236 0 overheating 61 5 750 35 20 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 213 0 crash 58 11 140 36 8 22 Bobby Labonte Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 185 0 overheating 55 10 080 37 30 27 Jimmy Spencer Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 181 0 crash 52 5 570 38 17 32 Dick Trickle Active Motorsports Chevrolet 143 0 engine 49 5 476 39 31 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 128 0 overheating 46 9 390 40 40 15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford 112 0 overheating 43 15 330 41 15 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 94 0 handling 40 9 330 42 4 41 Joe Nemechek R Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 0 oil pump 37 5 330 Failed to qualify 43 61 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 44 57 Bob Schacht Balough Racing Ford Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 Dale Earnhardt 3 450 nbsp 1 2 Rusty Wallace 3 223 227 nbsp 1 3 Mark Martin 3 167 283 nbsp 2 4 Ricky Rudd 3 055 395 nbsp 1 5 Ernie Irvan 3 026 424 nbsp 1 6 Ken Schrader 3 001 449 nbsp 7 Morgan Shepherd 2 956 494 nbsp 2 8 Bill Elliott 2 769 681 nbsp 1 9 Jeff Gordon 2 746 704 nbsp 1 10 Michael Waltrip 2 744 706 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Higgins Tom September 5 1994 Elliott keeps cool in steamy race Kenosha News p 22 Retrieved January 19 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Iacobelli Pete September 5 1994 No fade for Elliott in Southern 500 The Stuart News p 35 Retrieved January 19 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp NASCAR today The Charlotte Observer September 2 1993 p 32 Retrieved January 19 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Pearce Al September 3 1994 Drivers blister Darlington track record St Lucie News Tribune p 41 Retrieved January 19 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1994 Goody s 500 Bristol NASCAR Winston Cup Series1994 season Next race 1994 Miller Genuine Draft 400 Richmond Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1994 Mountain Dew Southern 500 amp oldid 1210683413, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
