1994 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400

{{Short description|21st race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series}}

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The 1994 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 was the 21st stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 25th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 21, 1994, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Geoff Bodine, driving for his own Geoff Bodine Racing team, would manage to dominate the race to take his 17th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Mike |date=August 22, 1994 |title=Competitor on Bodine's mind during winning ride |pages=28 |work=The Indianapolis Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114506084/competitor-on-bodines-mind-during/ |access-date=December 12, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Tom |date=August 22, 1994 |title=The long run |pages=19 |work=Evansville Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114506157/the-long-run/ |access-date=December 12, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Precision Products Racing driver Rick Mast would finish second and third, respectively.

The race weekend was marred when on Saturday, a near-fatal crash involving championship contender Ernie Irvan would occur in the race's first Saturday practice session. Irvan would suffer a basilar skull fracture and a collapsed lung, and it would take over a year for Irvan to get back into the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.{{Cite news |date=August 21, 1994 |title=Irvan clings to life |pages=33 |work=Wausau Daily Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114511989/irvan-clings-to-life/ |access-date=December 12, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Background

File:Michigan_International_Speedway_track_map.png, the venue where the race was held.]]

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

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1994 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400

Background

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Qualifying

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Ernie Irvan practice crash

Race results

Standings after the race

References