1995 UAW-GM Quality 500
28th race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1995 UAW-GM Quality 500 was the 28th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 36th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 8, 1995, in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to chase down Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt for the lead, passing Earnhardt with three to go to take his 18th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth and final victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Earnhardt and Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would finish second and third, respectively.
Race details | |||
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Race 28 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
Date | October 8, 1995 | ||
Official name | 36th Annual UAW-GM Quality 500 | ||
Location | Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Average speed | 145.358 miles per hour (233.931 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Rudd Performance Motorsports | ||
Time | 29.904 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Ricky Rudd | Rudd Performance Motorsports | |
Laps | 107 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | TBS | ||
Announcers | Ken Squier, Ernie Irvan, Dick Berggren | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Performance Racing Network |
In the overall driver's championship points standings, Dale Earnhardt would manage to close the gap between points leader Jeff Gordon by 97 points, decreasing Gordon's lead to 205 points.[3]