Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.522-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.
The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, March 10, at 12:30 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 11, 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 21-38 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 four 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.
Dale Earnhardt, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 29.605 and an average speed of 185.077 miles per hour (297.853 km/h) in the first round.[4]
^Higgins, Tom (March 13, 1995). "Gordon holds off late charge". Kenosha News. p. 22. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Harris, Mike (March 13, 1995). "Mystery unsolved, but Gordon wins the Purolator 500". The Park City Daily News. p. 10. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1995 Purolator 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 36th iteration of the event The race was held on Saturday March 12 1995 in Hampton Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway a 1 522 miles 2 449 km permanent asphalt quad oval intermediate speedway The race took the scheduled 328 laps to complete At race s end Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to dominate the majority of the race to take his fourth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season 1 2 To fill out the top three Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte and Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would finish second and third respectively 1995 Purolator 500Race detailsRace 4 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1995 Purolator 500 program cover featuring Bill Elliott DateMarch 12 1995Official name36th Annual Purolator 500LocationHampton Georgia Atlanta Motor SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility1 522 mi 2 449 km Distance328 laps 499 216 mi 803 41 km Scheduled Distance328 laps 499 216 mi 803 41 km Average speed150 115 miles per hour 241 587 km h Pole positionDriverDale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingTime29 605Most laps ledDriverJeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsLaps250WinnerNo 3Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsTelevision in the United StatesNetworkABCAnnouncersBob Jenkins Benny ParsonsRadio in the United StatesRadioPerformance Racing NetworkContents 1 Background 1 1 Entry list 2 Qualifying 2 1 Full qualifying results 3 Race results 4 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway the circuit where the race was held Atlanta Motor Speedway formerly Atlanta International Raceway is a 1 522 mile race track in Hampton Georgia United States 20 miles 32 km south of Atlanta It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960 The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990 In 1994 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track In 1997 to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports other two intermediate ovals the entire track was almost completely rebuilt The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad oval with a new official length of 1 54 mile 2 48 km where before it was 1 522 mile 2 449 km The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac Skoal2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford Miller Genuine Draft3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg s Frosted Flakes6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford Exide8 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Raybestos9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford Spam10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Lowe s12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford Mane n Tail15 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford Ford Quality Care16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford The Family Channel17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Western Auto18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries19 Phil Parsons TriStar Motorsports Ford TriStar Motorsports21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo22 Randy LaJoie R Bill Davis Racing Pontiac MBNA23 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford Smokin Joe s24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser26 Steve Kinser King Racing Ford Quaker State27 Loy Allen Jr Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford Hooters28 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Meineke30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil31 Ward Burton A G Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet Hardee s32 Jimmy Hensley Active Motorsports Chevrolet Active Trucking33 Robert Pressley R Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet Skoal Bandit37 John Andretti Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford Little Caesars Kmart40 Greg Sacks Dick Brooks Racing Pontiac Kendall41 Ricky Craven R Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac Coors Light Silver Bullet43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP44 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet Jackaroo Barby Q Sauce47 Billy Standridge Standridge Motorsports Ford World Championship Wrestling52 Gary Bradberry Jimmy Means Racing Ford NAPA Auto Parts66 Ben Hess RaDiUs Motorsports Ford DuraGloss67 Ken Bouchard Cunningham Racing Ford Cunningham Racing71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Olive Garden75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Factory Stores of America76 Johnny Chapman RaDiUs Motorsports Ford RaDiUs Motorsports77 Davy Jones R Jasper Motorsports Ford US Airways Jasper Engines amp Transmissions78 Pancho Carter Triad Motorsports Ford Equipment Supply Company81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford TIC Financial Systems87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Burger King90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig Meyers94 Bill Elliott Elliott Hardy Racing Ford McDonald s98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford RCAQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday March 10 at 12 30 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 11 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 38 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 four 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 Dale Earnhardt driving for Richard Childress Racing would win the pole setting a time of 29 605 and an average speed of 185 077 miles per hour 297 853 km h in the first round 4 Eight cars would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed1 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29 605 185 0772 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 29 610 185 0463 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 705 184 4544 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 29 728 184 3115 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 824 183 7186 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 29 836 183 6447 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 29 839 183 6258 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 29 848 183 5709 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 29 858 183 50910 15 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford 29 865 183 46611 32 Jimmy Hensley Active Motorsports Chevrolet 29 933 183 04912 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 29 970 182 82313 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 29 978 182 77414 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 29 990 182 70115 37 John Andretti Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford 30 028 182 47016 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 30 072 182 20317 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30 074 182 19118 28 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 30 083 182 13619 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 30 113 181 95520 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30 120 181 912Failed to lock in Round 121 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 30 073 182 19722 44 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 30 122 181 90023 26 Steve Kinser King Racing Ford 30 133 181 83424 40 Greg Sacks Team SABCO Pontiac 30 137 181 81025 77 Davy Jones R Jasper Motorsports Ford 30 137 181 81026 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 30 139 181 79827 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 30 173 181 59328 8 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 30 173 181 59329 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30 179 181 55730 33 Robert Pressley R Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 30 236 181 21431 11 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 30 238 181 20232 41 Ricky Craven R Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30 240 181 19033 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 30 251 181 12534 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 30 262 181 05935 94 Bill Elliott Elliott Hardy Racing Ford 30 277 180 96936 47 Billy Standridge Johnson Standridge Racing Ford 30 344 180 56937 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 30 370 180 41538 19 Phil Parsons TriStar Motorsports Ford 30 378 180 367Provisionals39 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 40 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 41 22 Randy LaJoie R Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 42 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford Failed to qualify43 31 Ward Burton TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 44 52 Gary Bradberry Jimmy Means Racing Ford 45 27 Loy Allen Jr Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 46 67 Ken Bouchard Cunningham Racing Ford 47 76 Johnny Chapman RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 48 66 Ben Hess RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 49 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 50 78 Pancho Carter Triad Motorsports Ford Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings1 3 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 328 250 running 185 104 9502 2 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 328 7 running 175 50 0003 5 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 328 2 running 170 44 1504 1 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 328 62 running 165 52 9505 18 28 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 327 0 running 155 33 7256 17 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 327 0 running 150 24 9507 7 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 327 0 running 146 27 2008 6 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 327 0 running 142 26 2009 13 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 326 0 running 138 26 50010 12 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 326 0 running 134 28 10011 19 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 326 0 running 130 20 87012 32 41 Ricky Craven R Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 0 running 127 18 35013 8 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 325 0 running 124 15 03014 40 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 325 1 running 126 19 36015 21 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 324 0 running 118 11 58016 20 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 324 0 running 115 10 32017 9 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 324 0 running 112 14 31018 16 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 324 0 running 109 14 09019 27 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 323 0 running 106 18 78020 15 37 John Andretti Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford 323 0 running 103 11 06021 37 75 Todd Bodine Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 323 0 running 100 18 45022 10 15 Dick Trickle Bud Moore Engineering Ford 322 0 running 97 18 29023 31 11 Brett Bodine Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 322 0 running 94 22 58024 25 77 Davy Jones R Jasper Motorsports Ford 320 0 running 91 13 44525 36 47 Billy Standridge Johnson Standridge Racing Ford 307 0 running 88 9 54026 35 94 Bill Elliott Elliott Hardy Racing Ford 302 0 engine 85 9 28527 29 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 298 4 crash 87 17 57528 33 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 296 0 running 79 9 10029 24 40 Greg Sacks Team SABCO Pontiac 272 0 engine 76 17 28530 34 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 263 0 handling 73 23 45031 30 33 Robert Pressley R Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 258 0 running 70 16 99032 42 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 248 0 running 67 11 83033 28 8 Jeff Burton Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 191 0 engine 64 16 63534 4 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 187 2 engine 66 16 60035 39 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 147 0 crash 58 16 06536 14 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 146 0 crash 55 8 54037 22 44 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 146 0 crash 52 8 52538 11 32 Jimmy Hensley Active Motorsports Chevrolet 93 0 engine 49 8 44539 41 22 Randy LaJoie R Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 67 0 engine 46 13 44540 26 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 33 0 engine 43 9 44541 23 26 Steve Kinser King Racing Ford 9 0 crash 40 13 44542 38 19 Phil Parsons TriStar Motorsports Ford 9 0 crash 37 8 445Failed to qualify43 31 Ward Burton TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet44 52 Gary Bradberry Jimmy Means Racing Ford45 27 Loy Allen Jr Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford46 67 Ken Bouchard Cunningham Racing Ford47 76 Johnny Chapman RaDiUs Motorsports Ford48 66 Ben Hess RaDiUs Motorsports Ford49 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford50 78 Pancho Carter Triad Motorsports FordOfficial race resultsReferences edit Higgins Tom March 13 1995 Gordon holds off late charge Kenosha News p 22 Retrieved December 26 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Harris Mike March 13 1995 Mystery unsolved but Gordon wins the Purolator 500 The Park City Daily News p 10 Retrieved December 26 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Nuts and Bolts The Charlotte Observer March 10 1995 p 17 Retrieved December 26 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp McLaurin Jim March 11 1995 Earnhardt gets pole but wants perfection The State p 30 Retrieved December 26 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1995 Pontiac Excitement 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1995 season Next race 1995 TranSouth Financial 400 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1995 Purolator 500 amp oldid 1137238237, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
