1995 Mountain Dew Southern 500

Race 23 of 31

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:08:07
Average speed of winner: 121.231 mph
Margin of victory: 0.660 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 94 laps
Lap leaders: Andretti 1, Rudd 2-19, Earnhardt 20-37, Andretti 38-65, Earnhardt 66-67, G. Bodine 68, T. Bodine 69-81, Earnhardt 82-87, M. Waltrip 88, Earnhardt 89-206, Marlin 207, Gordon 208-209, W. Burton 210, Elliott 211, Earnhardt 212-275, Andretti 276-282, Gordon 283-296, Rudd 297-315, R. Wallace 316-324, Gordon 325-327, Andretti 328-332, Gordon 333-367

Race notes: First pole for John Andretti. Debut for Ed Berrier.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham		367	4	54	running	70630	180
2	3	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Petree		367	5	208	running	62155	180
3	21	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Genuine Draft	Ford	Penske	Pemberton		367	1	9	running	40580	170
4	8	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey		367	1	1	running	39090	165
5	25	Michael Waltrip	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt		367	1	1	running	28870	160
6	2	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Ingle		367	2	37	running	34865	155
7	10	Hut Stricklin	26	Quaker State	Ford	Bernstein	Broome		367	0	0	running	20620	146
8	13	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar		367	0	0	running	27700	142
9	7	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling			367	0	0	running	18670	138
10	6	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		367	1	1	running	29580	139
11	30	Morgan Shepherd	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood		367	0	0	running	22740	130
12	1	John Andretti	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	167.379	367	4	41	running	24445	132
13	32	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	USAir/Jasper Engines	Ford	Ulrich			366	0	0	running	12955	124
14	22	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis		365	0	0	running	16965	121
15	31	Derrike Cope	12	Straight Arrow	Ford	Allison	Fennig		363	0	0	running	17775	118
16	26	Jeff Burton	8	Raybestos Brakes	Ford	Stavola Brothers			363	0	0	running	21405	115
17	15	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Pressley		361	0	0	running	22535	112
18	17	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick			361	0	0	running	17260	109
19	16	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart		360	0	0	running	26680	106
20	42	Ed Berrier	32	ATS Wood Recycling	Chevrolet	Dean Myers			358	0	0	running	15460	103
21	41	Rich Bickle	40	Kendall	Pontiac	Dick Brooks			352	0	0	running	16375	100
22	28	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel	Ford	Roush	Comstock		350	0	0	engine	19855	97
23	38	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Howes		349	0	0	running	19635	94
24	40	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Dodson		347	0	0	running	19360	91
25	14	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek			342	0	0	running	14350	88
26	39	Rick Mast	1	Skoal	Ford	Richard Jackson	Hamlin		333	0	0	running	18890	85
27	34	Steve Grissom	29	Meineke	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Buddy Parrott		333	0	0	running	13680	82
28	12	Dale Jarrett	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds		331	0	0	running	24870	79
29	11	Jimmy Spencer	23	Smokin' Joe's	Ford	Carter	Gordon		325	0	0	running	13360	76
30	27	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough			322	0	0	running	13300	73
31	23	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Johnson	Richeson		319	0	0	running	23115	70
32	35	Elton Sawyer	27	Hooters	Ford	Johnson	Mike Hill		313	0	0	handling	18025	67
33	36	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel		313	0	0	running	23960	64
34	33	Loy Allen, Jr.	19	HealthSource	Ford	Mark Smith			309	0	0	running	9925	61
35	9	Geoff Bodine	7	Exide Batteries	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews		308	1	1	running	24415	63
36	4	Dick Trickle	15	Ford Quality Care	Ford	Moore	Wingo		292	0	0	accident	17255	55
37	19	Dave Marcis	71	Terramite	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis		289	0	0	running	9691	52
38	20	Greg Sacks	31	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Dillard			264	0	0	accident	9545	49
39	29	Mike Wallace	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey			264	0	0	engine	9545	46
40	18	Darrell Waltrip	17	Western Auto	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson		263	0	0	accident	14545	43
41	24	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam		251	1	1	accident	10545	45
42	37	Todd Bodine	75	Factory Stores of America	Ford	Mock	Selberg		147	1	13	accident	14545	42

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3540	23	8	6	14	18
2	Sterling Marlin	3323	23	1	3	8	18
3	Dale Earnhardt	3246	23	2	3	13	15
4	Mark Martin	3144	23	4	2	10	17
5	Ted Musgrave	3066	23	0	0	7	11
6	Terry Labonte	2940	23	1	3	9	12
7	Rusty Wallace	2907	23	0	1	8	11
8	Michael Waltrip	2872	23	0	0	2	8
9	Bobby Labonte	2844	23	2	3	7	11
10	Morgan Shepherd	2794	23	0	0	4	9
11	Bill Elliott	2699	23	1	0	3	7
12	Dale Jarrett	2607	23	1	1	7	10
13	Ricky Rudd	2603	23	1	0	7	10
14	Bobby Hamilton	2591	23	0	0	1	6
15	Ken Schrader	2449	23	1	0	2	7
16	Derrike Cope	2441	23	0	0	1	5
17	Geoff Bodine	2397	23	0	0	0	3
18	Darrell Waltrip	2296	23	0	0	4	7
19	John Andretti	2254	23	1	0	1	4
20	Rick Mast	2245	23	0	0	0	2
21	Steve Grissom	2235	22	0	0	1	4
22	Lake Speed	2199	23	0	0	0	2
23	Brett Bodine	2188	23	0	0	0	2
24	Ricky Craven	2148	23	0	0	0	3
25	Dick Trickle	2096	23	0	0	0	1