Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, March 4, 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, March 5, at 11:00 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.
Ted Musgrave, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 21.867 and an average speed of 123.474 miles per hour (198.712 km/h) in the first round.[4]
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
Referencesedit
^Higgins, Tom (March 7, 1994). "Standout pit crew effort helps Irvan clinch victory". The Charlotte Observer. p. 31. Retrieved November 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Pearce, Al (March 7, 1994). "Irvan cruises to win". Sun Herald. p. 29. Retrieved November 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Harris, Mike (March 5, 1994). "Musgrave earns pole over teammate Martin". The Indianapolis Star. p. 58. Retrieved November 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1994 Pontiac Excitement 400 was the third stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 40th iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday March 6 1994 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 On the final restart with 20 to go Robert Yates Racing driver Ernie Irvan would manage to hold off the field along with the help of a fast final pit stop to take his 10th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory his first victory of the season and the overall lead in the driver s championship 1 2 To fill out the top three Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace and Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would finish second and third respectively 1994 Pontiac Excitement 400Race detailsRace 3 of 31 in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1994 Pontiac Excitement 400 program cover Artwork by Sam Bass DateMarch 6 1994Official name40th Annual Pontiac Excitement 400LocationRichmond Virginia Richmond International RacewayCoursePermanent racing facility0 75 mi 1 21 km Distance400 laps 300 mi 482 803 km Scheduled Distance400 laps 300 mi 482 803 km Average speed98 334 miles per hour 158 253 km h Pole positionDriverTed MusgraveRoush RacingTime21 867Most laps ledDriverErnie IrvanRobert Yates RacingLaps189WinnerNo 28Ernie IrvanRobert Yates RacingTelevision in the United StatesNetworkTBSAnnouncersKen Squier Dave Marcis Kenny WallaceRadio 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 Richmond International Raceway the venue where the race was at 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 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 02 T W Taylor Taylor Racing Ford Children s Miracle Network Hospitals 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 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford Budweiser 12 Chuck Bown Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford Bobby Allison Motorsports 14 John Andretti R Hagan Racing Chevrolet Hagan Racing 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 Ernie Irvan 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 Metts Tours 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 Wally Dallenbach Jr Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 45 Rich Bickle R Terminal Trucking Motorsports Ford Terminal Trucking 47 Billy Standridge R Johnson Standridge Racing Ford Johnson Standridge Racing 55 Jimmy Hensley RaDiUs Motorsports Ford Petron Plus 61 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet Total Petroleum 66 Mike Wallace R Owen Racing Chevrolet FDP Brakes 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Southwest Technical Group 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Factory Stores of America 77 Greg Sacks Jasper Motorsports Ford US Airways 90 Bobby Hillin Jr Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig Meyers 95 Jeremy Mayfield R Sadler Brothers Racing Ford Shoney s 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford FingerhutQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday March 4 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 March 5 at 11 00 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 Ted Musgrave driving for Roush Racing would win the pole setting a time of 21 867 and an average speed of 123 474 miles per hour 198 712 km h in the first round 4 Nine drivers would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 21 867 123 474 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 21 949 123 012 3 12 Chuck Bown Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 21 956 122 973 4 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 22 000 122 727 5 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 22 018 122 627 6 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 22 033 122 543 7 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 22 066 122 360 8 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22 086 122 249 9 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22 096 122 194 10 27 Jimmy Spencer Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 22 100 122 172 11 41 Joe Nemechek R Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22 100 122 172 12 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 22 103 122 155 13 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 22 110 122 117 14 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 22 110 122 117 15 29 Steve Grissom R Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 22 114 122 095 16 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22 117 122 078 17 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 22 130 122 006 18 95 Jeremy Mayfield R Sadler Brothers Racing Ford 22 135 121 979 19 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 22 137 121 968 20 32 Dick Trickle Active Motorsports Chevrolet 22 150 121 896 Failed to lock in Round 1 21 77 Greg Sacks U S Motorsports Inc Ford 22 125 122 034 22 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 22 172 121 775 23 55 Jimmy Hensley RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 22 190 121 676 24 14 John Andretti R Hagan Racing Chevrolet 22 197 121 638 25 8 Jeff Burton R Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 22 198 121 633 26 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 22 202 121 611 27 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 22 202 121 611 28 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 22 205 121 594 29 31 Ward Burton R A G Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 22 206 121 589 30 15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford 22 226 121 479 31 22 Bobby Labonte Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 22 227 121 474 32 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 232 121 447 33 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 22 232 121 447 34 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 22 239 121 408 Provisionals 35 40 Bobby Hamilton SABCO Racing Pontiac 36 90 Bobby Hillin Jr Donlavey Racing Ford Champion s Provisional 37 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Failed to qualify 38 19 Loy Allen Jr R TriStar Motorsports Ford 39 45 Rich Bickle R Terminal Trucking Motorsports Ford 40 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 41 43 Wally Dallenbach Jr Petty Enterprises Pontiac 42 23 Hut Stricklin Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 43 47 Billy Standridge R Johnson Standridge Racing Ford 44 61 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 45 02 T W Taylor Taylor Racing Ford 46 66 Mike Wallace R Owen Racing Chevrolet Official first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 7 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 400 189 running 185 71 175 2 12 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 400 96 running 175 39 575 3 8 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 2 running 170 34 000 4 9 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 10 running 165 29 550 5 19 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 400 0 running 155 26 500 6 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 400 27 running 155 23 150 7 4 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 400 30 running 151 9 725 8 13 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 400 0 running 142 16 525 9 37 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 1 running 143 20 825 10 22 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 399 0 running 134 21 825 11 16 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 399 0 running 130 15 325 12 26 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 399 0 running 127 15 025 13 1 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 399 45 running 129 19 375 14 30 15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford 399 0 running 121 17 575 15 32 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 398 0 running 118 17 835 16 27 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 398 0 running 115 14 500 17 3 12 Chuck Bown Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 398 0 running 112 14 300 18 34 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 398 0 running 109 7 250 19 6 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 397 0 running 106 17 225 20 25 8 Jeff Burton R Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 397 0 running 103 15 350 21 11 41 Joe Nemechek R Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 397 0 running 100 9 850 22 10 27 Jimmy Spencer Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 397 0 running 97 9 725 23 15 29 Steve Grissom R Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 396 0 running 94 7 550 24 31 22 Bobby Labonte Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 396 0 running 91 13 525 25 14 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 396 0 running 88 9 375 26 36 90 Bobby Hillin Jr Donlavey Racing Ford 390 0 running 85 9 250 27 18 95 Jeremy Mayfield R Sadler Brothers Racing Ford 390 0 running 82 6 925 28 21 77 Greg Sacks U S Motorsports Inc Ford 385 0 running 79 7 400 29 33 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 381 0 running 76 9 075 30 24 14 John Andretti R Hagan Racing Chevrolet 355 0 engine 73 12 945 31 5 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 328 0 running 70 12 825 32 17 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 301 0 engine 67 12 800 33 35 40 Bobby Hamilton SABCO Racing Pontiac 180 0 engine 65 12 285 34 28 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 72 0 accident 62 11 775 35 29 31 Ward Burton R A G Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 71 0 piston 59 6 775 36 23 55 Jimmy Hensley RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 50 0 engine 56 7 275 37 20 32 Dick Trickle Active Motorsports Chevrolet 1 0 accident 53 6 775 Failed to qualify 38 19 Loy Allen Jr R TriStar Motorsports Ford 39 45 Rich Bickle R Terminal Trucking Motorsports Ford 40 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 41 43 Wally Dallenbach Jr Petty Enterprises Pontiac 42 23 Hut Stricklin Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 43 47 Billy Standridge R Johnson Standridge Racing Ford 44 61 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 45 02 T W Taylor Taylor Racing Ford 46 66 Mike Wallace R Owen Racing Chevrolet Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 1 Ernie Irvan 520 nbsp 1 2 Dale Earnhardt 467 53 nbsp 2 3 Sterling Marlin 461 59 nbsp 4 Mark Martin 449 71 nbsp 5 Terry Labonte 425 95 nbsp 2 6 Ken Schrader 402 118 nbsp 4 7 Jeff Gordon 402 118 nbsp 5 8 Rusty Wallace 400 120 nbsp 3 9 Morgan Shepherd 398 122 nbsp 10 Rick Mast 398 122 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Higgins Tom March 7 1994 Standout pit crew effort helps Irvan clinch victory The Charlotte Observer p 31 Retrieved November 20 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Pearce Al March 7 1994 Irvan cruises to win Sun Herald p 29 Retrieved November 20 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Pontiac Excitement 400 The Charlotte Observer March 3 1996 p 8 Retrieved November 20 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Harris Mike March 5 1994 Musgrave earns pole over teammate Martin The Indianapolis Star p 58 Retrieved November 20 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1994 Goodwrench 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1994 season Next race 1994 Purolator 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1994 Pontiac Excitement 400 amp oldid 1123502848, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
